Vespers, also known as The All-Night Vigil, has been praised as Rachmaninoff’s finest achievement. In an explosion of creativity this glorious work poured out of the composer in less than two weeks. A rich tapestry of chants, complex multiple melodies and harmonies, Rachmaninoff’s a cappella masterpiece is a showcase for the entire choir while making a […]
The Tucson Symphony Orchestra's season culminates in one of the greatest of symphonic musical journeys from grief, following the death of a friend, to resolution, peace, and the beauty of afterlife and resurrection. The inclusion of vocal soloists and chorus draws comparisons with Beethoven’s own majestic choral symphony, which opened this years Festival. José Luis […]
Angel Blue is a leading American opera soprano and classical crossover artist. She won the Grammy for Best Opera Recording for the Metropolitan Opera production of Porgy and Bess in the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. Her Tucson Desert Song Festival recital is hosted by Arizona Opera. PROGRAM Gabriel Fauré selection Clair de lune Mandoline Fleur […]
The Tucson Symphony Orchestra's season culminates in one of the greatest of symphonic musical journeys from grief, following the death of a friend, to resolution, peace, and the beauty of afterlife and resurrection. The inclusion of vocal soloists and chorus draws comparisons with Beethoven’s own majestic choral symphony, which opened this years Festival. José Luis […]
The Tucson Guitar Society Orchestra spring concert includes a new work commissioned from Grammy-nominated Olga Amelkina-Vera that sets poetry of Ofelia Zepeda, a member of the Tohono O’Odham nation, to music. Mezzo Michaela (Mack) Wolz will premiere this work along with electric guitarist David Sewell, percussionist Corey Denham and the Tucson Guitar Society Orchestra under […]
We are extremely sorry to announce that Fatma Said has withdrawn from the Thursday’s performance, due to illness. We are pleased, however, that celebrated guitarist Rafael Aguirre is coming and will play a solo guitar recital, which he was scheduled to perform in a solo concert next week in Greece. Rafael is a superb recitalist, […]
Originally conceived as a musical complement to the exhibition The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 2011–March 2012), this program offers portraits of popes and nobles, lovers and married couples, patrons and friends, public figures, people unknown but for a first name given as an acrostic, and […]
Mezzo-soprano Kristin Dauphinais is highly regarded for her artistry and versatility. She has worked in a variety of genres including musical theatre, opera, concert, oratorio, chamber music and solo recitals. Her performing career has taken her throughout the United States as well as internationally with tours in Italy, China, Australia and additional concert performances in […]
MacArthur Fellow and three-time GRAMMY winner Cécile McLorin Salvant has a gift for storytelling and curating layered, evocative programs that draw connections between vaudeville, blues, international folk traditions, theater, jazz, and classical music. Since winning the Thelonius Monk competition in 2010, Cécile McLorin Salvant has received GRAMMY Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three […]
Mozart's powerful C-Minor Mass was the first major work performed by True Concord and particularly appropriate for the 40th anniversary year of the award-winning film Amadeus. A new classic, Hagen’s Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, incorporates images of da Vinci’s writing and art throughout the 35-minute piece, but the focus is on her music. Hagen says, “The music meets […]
The twelve romantic boleros on Duarte's album Reencuentros, sung in Spanish, will be the program of one set of this concert with Duarte accompanied by Trio Chapultepec (Vincent A. Pequeño, Israel Alcala, and William Carlton Galvez) and special guest Jesús Pacheco on percussion. These Latin popular standards are truly art songs from the mid-20th century. […]
Singers from the UA School of Music participate in a masterclass led by celebrated mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte. Free and open to the public.
Mozart's powerful C-Minor Mass was the first major work performed by True Concord and particularly appropriate for the 40th anniversary year of the award-winning film Amadeus. A new classic, Hagen’s Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, incorporates images of da Vinci’s writing and art throughout the 35-minute piece, but the focus is on her music. Hagen says, “The music meets […]
Mozart's powerful C-Minor Mass was the first major work performed by True Concord and particularly appropriate for the 40th anniversary year of the award-winning film Amadeus. A new classic, Hagen’s Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, incorporates images of da Vinci’s writing and art throughout the 35-minute piece, but the focus is on her music. Hagen says, “The music meets […]
Singers from the UA School of Music will present a recital of contemporary art song, featuring new trends and discoveries. Hosted by faculty artist Dr. Kristin Dauphinais. Free and open to the public.
Considered one of the greatest opera buffa of all time, Rossini's The Barber of Seville has maintained its popularity for over two hundred years. Count Almaviva falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful Rosina, the young ward of grumpy and elderly Bartolo, who intends to marry her and claim her dowry. With the help of his […]
Considered one of the greatest opera buffa of all time, Rossini's The Barber of Seville has maintained its popularity for over two hundred years. Count Almaviva falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful Rosina, the young ward of grumpy and elderly Bartolo, who intends to marry her and claim her dowry. With the help of his […]
Celebrate dance, song, and romance just in time for Valentine’s Day with this captivating program. Love conquers all in the magnificent and haunting classical ballet masterpiece Giselle Act II. Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer Chieko Imada will create another dazzling world premiere featuring live music performed onstage with our talented company dancers. Christopher Wheeldon, world-renowned […]
Celebrate dance, song, and romance just in time for Valentine’s Day with this captivating program. Love conquers all in the magnificent and haunting classical ballet masterpiece Giselle Act II. Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer Chieko Imada will create another dazzling world premiere featuring live music performed onstage with our talented company dancers. Christopher Wheeldon, world-renowned […]
Celebrate dance, song, and romance just in time for Valentine’s Day with this captivating program. Love conquers all in the magnificent and haunting classical ballet masterpiece Giselle Act II. Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer Chieko Imada will create another dazzling world premiere featuring live music performed onstage with our talented company dancers. Christopher Wheeldon, world-renowned […]
Celebrate dance, song, and romance just in time for Valentine’s Day with this captivating program. Love conquers all in the magnificent and haunting classical ballet masterpiece Giselle Act II. Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer Chieko Imada will create another dazzling world premiere featuring live music performed onstage with our talented company dancers. Christopher Wheeldon, world-renowned […]
Join Tucson Desert Song Festival Coordinator George Hanson for a lively discussion about the creative process behind the world premiere of Quiet Poems, a new song cycle by Jimmy López Bellido with poems by Nilo Cruz. Pianist Laurent Philippe, Fabiano's frequent and long-time performing partner, will join him onstage the following evening for a full recital […]
Renowned tenor Michael Fabiano and long-time performing partner pianist Laurent Philippe present the world premiere of a new song cycle by Jimmy López Bellido with poems by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz. The work, titled Quiet Poems, was commissioned by the Tucson Desert Song Festival through the Wesley Green Composer Project. Best known for his enormously successful opera Bel […]
Master Class, the Tony-winning play by Terrence McNally, tells the story of the uncompromising opera diva Maria Callas as she delivers a life altering master class to students at an elite opera training program. During the class, she encounters three vastly different students who are by turns hilariously crushed, soulfully uplifted, and profoundly inspired by […]
Singers from the UA School of Music participate in a masterclass led by celebrated tenor Lawrence Brownlee. Free and open to the public.
Following the roaring success of his Beatles tribute Pepperland, Mark Morris teams up again with musical collaborator Ethan Iverson for The Look of Love, a wistful and heartfelt homage to the chart-topping songs of Burt Bacharach. A towering figure, across decades of popular music, Bacharach is known for crafting soaring melodies embedded in unique orchestrations […]
Lawrence Brownlee is a leading figure in opera, both as a singer on the world's top stages and as a voice for activism and diversity in the industry. Captivating audiences and critics around the globe, he has been hailed as “an international star in the bel canto operatic repertory” (The New York Times), “one of […]
One of the pinnacles of the orchestral-choral repertoire, Verdi’s Requiem is infrequently presented because of its large forces. When it does come around, performances are always an event, especially with this hand-picked quartet of international soloists (Katie van Kooten, soprano, Ronnita Miller, mezzo-soprano, Mario Chang, tenor, and Morris Robinson, bass) and the uplifting massed voices of the TSO Chorus […]
One of the pinnacles of the orchestral-choral repertoire, Verdi’s Requiem is infrequently presented because of its large forces. When it does come around, performances are always an event, especially with this hand-picked quartet of international soloists (Katie van Kooten, soprano, Ronnita Miller, mezzo-soprano, Mario Chang, tenor, and Morris Robinson, bass) and the uplifting massed voices of the TSO Chorus […]
Take Bernstein’s hit musical Candide of French genius Voltaire, mix in the Chichester Psalms, the most played piece worldwide for Bernstein’s Centennial Celebrations, and top it off with the 20th-Century French master composer (on his 125th birthday) Francis Poulenc’s glorious Gloria, and you have the ideal True Concord program! Add in the fabulous soprano Nicole […]
Take Bernstein’s hit musical Candide of French genius Voltaire, mix in the Chichester Psalms, the most played piece worldwide for Bernstein’s Centennial Celebrations, and top it off with the 20th-Century French master composer (on his 125th birthday) Francis Poulenc’s glorious Gloria, and you have the ideal True Concord program! Add in the fabulous soprano Nicole […]
Take Bernstein’s hit musical Candide of French genius Voltaire, mix in the Chichester Psalms, the most played piece worldwide for Bernstein’s Centennial Celebrations, and top it off with the 20th-Century French master composer (on his 125th birthday) Francis Poulenc’s glorious Gloria, and you have the ideal True Concord program! Add in the fabulous soprano Nicole […]
The magnificent soprano Nicole Cabell – winner of the BBC Singer of the World Competition, one of the most prestigious prizes won by such luminaries as Barton, Hvorostovsky, and Terfel – makes her Tucson Desert Song Festival debut. The recital program will include favorite opera and Great American Songbook selections including Puccini, Gounod, Gershwin, Jerome Kern, […]
Vocal and instrumental works by G.F. Handel, featuring soprano Amanda Forsythe. American soprano Amanda Forsythe, celebrated for her performances on both sides of the Atlantic, is a regular soloist with the highly acclaimed baroque ensembles Les Talens Lyriques, the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, the Boston Early Music Festival, the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, […]
Music of J.S. Bach and his contemporaries, featuring bass-baritone Dashon Burton and Telemann’s Flute and Recorder Concerto. Hailed as an artist “alight with the spirit of the music” (Boston Globe), three-time GRAMMY Award-winning bass-baritone Dashon Burton has established a vibrant career appearing regularly throughout the US and Europe. Highlights of his 2023/24 season included a […]
An exploration of Bach in the Church and Garden, featuring Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and Cantata BWV 32 Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen with soprano Amanda Forsythe and bass-baritone Dashon Burton. American soprano Amanda Forsythe, celebrated for her performances on both sides of the Atlantic, is a regular soloist with the highly acclaimed baroque ensembles Les Talens […]
Acclaimed Metropolitan Opera and Vienna State Opera bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green makes his Tucson debut with a program of works by Mahler, Liszt, Schubert, Wolf, and Mussorgsky. Named “the real showstopper” by The New York Times, two-time GRAMMY Award-winning vocalist Ryan Speedo Green has quickly established himself as an artist of international demand at the […]
Dominique Eade is an extraordinary vocalist, composer, improviser, and RCA recording artist. Poetic and passionate, Dominique blends musical virtuosity with a songwriter’s straightforward emotional sensibility. She creates music that has garnered critical acclaim, earned the admiration of her peers, inspired audiences, and served as a creative signpost for generations of singers. Joining Eade at the […]
Dominique Eade is an extraordinary vocalist, composer, improviser, and RCA recording artist. Poetic and passionate, Dominique blends musical virtuosity with a songwriter’s straightforward emotional sensibility. She creates music that has garnered critical acclaim, earned the admiration of her peers, inspired audiences, and served as a creative signpost for generations of singers. Joining Eade at the […]
Nigel Foster is the founder, director, and pianist of the London Song Festival, an annual event promoting song repertoire. In addition to featuring internationally known artists, the Festival acts as a major showcase for young up-and-coming singers. Nigel’s musical interests range from the baroque to contemporary music, though his main love and passion is the […]
