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Seraphic Fire nabs three Grammy nominations
Seraphic Fire, Miami’s celebrated choir, has been nominated for three Grammy Awards.
Patrick Dupre Quigley, the group’s artistic director, got the news late Wednesday night, the day before his 34th birthday.…
Thu Dec 01, 2011
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Domingo cancels appearance in FGO “Luisa” performance
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Placido Domingo canceled his appearance in Tuesday night’s Florida Grand Opera gala performance of Luisa Fernanda.
In a press release sent out Tuesday two hours before the curtain,…
Tue Nov 15, 2011
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Corigliano to be composer in residence for SoBe Arts’ American music festival
The ambitious SoBe Arts musical campus in Miami Beach has scored a major coup by nabbing Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Corigliano as composer-in-residence of its American Masterworks String Festival December…
Thu Nov 10, 2011
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Miami Lyric Opera to expand, move to downtown Gusman
Miami Lyric Opera will perform some of next year’s productions at the ornate Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, a restored silent movie palace in…
Wed Oct 26, 2011
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Robert Heuer to step down from top job at Florida Grand Opera in 2013
Robert Heuer, the often controversial general director and CEO of Florida Grand Opera, who has led the Miami company for 28 years will step down in May of 2013 at…
Mon Oct 03, 2011
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New appointment indicates winds of change at the top for Florida Grand Opera
Florida Grand Opera announced the appointment Thursday of Kevin G. Mynatt to the new post of managing director. In this position, Mynatt will oversee all day-to-day operations and report to…
Thu Sep 22, 2011
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Palm Beach Opera cuts Monday performances due to economic woes
Palm Beach Opera is dropping the once-popular Monday matinee performances from its 2011-12 season, a drastic reduction of its schedule that company officials hope will head off a more serious…
Wed Sep 14, 2011
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Miami City Ballet to present free screenings of its upcoming PBS special
Miami City Ballet will present two free preview screenings of the upcoming PBS special Great Performances: Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine and Tharp at the company’s Miami Beach studios. The…
Wed Sep 14, 2011
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Domingo to sing “Luisa Fernanda” for one FGO gala performance
Placido Domingo will sing one performance of Florida Grand Opera’s season-opening production of Luisa Fernanda as part of a lavish gala fund-raising evening.
The celebrated Spanish tenor…
Thu Sep 01, 2011
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South Florida Classical Review wants you to advertise
It’s that time of year again when we make a request to South Florida Classical Review readers and local music organizations to support this website through banner…
Wed Aug 31, 2011
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Seraphic Fire’s Brahms debuts at No. 5 on iTunes
Seraphic Fire’s new recording of Brahms’ German Requiem hit No. 5 on the iTunes Classical chart on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after its release.
The Miami choir’s Brahms ranked…
Thu Aug 25, 2011
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Boston Classical Review to debut in September
I am very happy to announce that we will open up our third regional music website next month when we launch Boston Classical Review.
Boston has a…
Mon Aug 15, 2011
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Friends of Chamber Music to offer a panoply of pianists at new venues
Friends of Chamber Music of Miami will expand beyond its traditional home at the University of Miami’s Gusman Hall in the coming season, with concerts at Florida International University and the…
Thu Aug 04, 2011
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Emerson Quartet, Joshua Bell and Cleveland Orchestra on tap at Kravis Center
The Kravis Center’s Regional Arts Series will once again offer a choice array of classical artists during the 2011-12 music season.
The Cleveland Orchestra will come to…
Fri Jul 29, 2011
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Hahn and Zukerman featured in Broward Center’s Classical Series
The Broward Center will once again serve up an array of artists in its 2011-12 Classical Series. The season will open November 6 with celebrated violinist Hilary Hahn…
Thu Jul 28, 2011
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Loretta Dranoff dies, founder of two-piano festival
Loretta Dranoff, the 89-year-old founder of the Murray Dranoff International Two-Piano Competition, died Monday, July 4 in New York City. She had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease in recent years.…
Fri Jul 08, 2011
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Composer Schuller to be feted at Festival Miami
The lineup for this season’s Festival Miami concert series includes performances by the American composer Gunther Schuller, a celebration of the horn with the noted performer Richard Todd and a…
Thu Jun 23, 2011
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Aprea renews contract at Palm Beach Opera through 2014
Bruno Aprea, the highly regarded artistic director of the Palm Beach Opera, has renewed his contract through the 2013-14 season.
“Maestro Aprea has been one of the driving forces of…
Tue Jun 14, 2011
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Nadine Sierra to make Florida Grand Opera debut next January in “Rigoletto”
Fresh off an acclaimed Coral Gables recital, local soprano Nadine Sierra will make her Florida Grand Opera debut this January as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto.
Robert Heuer, general director…
Fri Jun 10, 2011
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New World Symphony season to offer new faces, variety of repertoire
Sixteen free concerts on an outdoor broadcast wall, performances led by Esa-Pekka Salonen and several other well-known guest conductors and a semi-staged production of Bartók’s opera Bluebeard’s Castle will be…
Sat Jun 04, 2011
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