Dispeker News

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARTISTS' CALENDAR

2, 4 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Calgary Philharmonic

2, 4, 5 Christoph Campestrini - Minnesota Opera
(Massenet - Werther)

2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 25 Jeremy Galyon - Metropolitan Opera
(Ernani - Jago)

3, 5 Joseph Hu - San Diego Opera
(Salome - Fourth Jew)

10 Daniel Boico - Nürnberger Symphoniker

11 Jean-François Rivest - Orchestra London

11, 12 Benedetto Lupo - Malaysian Philharmonic
(Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4)

11, 12 Alexander Korsantia - Illinois Philharmonic
(Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2)

16 - 19 Kevin Deas - North Carolina Symphony

17, 18 Bernard Labadie / Benedetto Lupo - Calgary Philharmonic
(Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3)

17, 19 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Handel & Haydn Society

17, 22, 25 Jeremy Galyon - Metropolitan Opera
(Madama Butterfly - Commissioner)

19 Shannon Mercer / Lawrence Wiliford - Aldeburgh Connection
(30th Anniversary Gala)

22, 23 Jean-Marie Zeitouni / Karina Gauvin - Toronto Symphony
(Britten - Les Illuminations)

24, 25 Bernard Labadie / Benedetto Lupo - Vancouver Symphony
(Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 9)

24, 25 Meredith Hansen / Christopher Pfund- Charlotte Symphony
(Orff - Carmina Burana)

25 Alexander Korsantia - Louisiana Philharmonic
(Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 1)

25 Quinn Patrick / Daniel Weeks - Winter Park Bach Festival
(Bach - Magnificat)

25, 26 Margaret Lattimore - South Dakota Symphony

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARTISTS' CALENDAR

1, 2 Richard Zeller - Talich Chamber Orchestra
(Czech Republic)

2 Xiayin Wang - Israel Chamber Orchestra
(Schumann - Piano Concerto)

6, 7 Yossif Ivanov - Columbus Symphony
(Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5)

7, 8 John Daniecki / Nicolai Janitzky - Musica Viva
Hong Kong
(Lucia di Lammermoor - Eduardo / Enrico)

12 - 14 Karina Gauvin - San Francisco Symphony
(Debussy - Le Martyre de Saint-Sébastien)

13, 14 Carlos Miguel Prieto / Yossif Ivanov
Louisiana Philharmonic
(Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5)

13, 15 Daniel Cilli - Stockton Opera
(Gianni Schicchi - Betto)

20 Carlos Miguel Prieto - Seattle Symphony

21 Gregory Vajda / Elina Vähälä - Huntsville Symphony
(Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto)

21, 22 Elizabeth Keusch - Oregon Symphony
(Haydn - Creation)

21, 25 Dominic Armstrong - Opera Memphis
(Die Fledermaus - Eisenstein)

27, 28 Gregory Vajda / Alexander Korsantia
Edmonton Symphony
(Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 3)

28, 29 Jonita Lattimore / Kevin Deas - Vermont Symphony
(Fauré, Mozart - Requiem)

28, 31 Christoph Campestrini - Minnesota Opera
(Massenet - Werther)

28, 31 Joseph Hu - San Diego Opera
(Salome - Fourth Jew)

'Tis The Messiah Season

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARTISTS' CALENDAR

9, 10 Shannon Mercer - Mercury Baroque
(Handel - Messiah)

9 - 11 Richard Zeller - San Diego Symphony
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

9, 11 Jonita Lattimore / Margaret Lattimore / Steven Tharp
Orquesta Sinfonica National de Mexico
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

10 José Lemos - Richmond Symphony
(Handel - Messiah)

10, 11 Kevin Deas - National Philharmonic
(Handel - Messiah)

11 Elizabeth Keusch / Christopher Pfund
Peniel Concert Choir
(Handel - Messiah)

14, 16, 17, 18, 19 Lawrence Wiliford - Toronto Symphony
(Handel - Messiah)

14 - 18 Karina Gauvin - Tafelmusik
(Handel - Messiah)

15 - 17 Barbara Rearick - Nashville Symphony
(Handel - Messiah)

16 - 18 Bernard Labadie / Benedetto Lupo
Los Angeles Philharmonic
(Mozart - Concerto No. 27)

16 - 18 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Seattle Symphony
(Handel - Messiah)

17 James Paul / Daniel Weeks - Indianapolis Symphony
(Handel - Messiah)

19 Kevin Deas - Oratorio Society of New York
(Handel - Messiah)

20, 21 Kevin Deas - Musica Sacra
(Handel - Messiah)

21 Shannon Mercer - Early Music Vancouver

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARTISTS' CALENDAR

2, 3 Stephen D'Agostino - I Musici de Montréal

2 - 6 Bernard Labadie - Chicago Symphony

2, 5, 9, 12, 17 Jeremy Galyon - Metropolitan Opera
(Nabucco - High Priest)

4, 5 Charlotte Daw Paulsen - Opera Delaware
(The Magic Flute - Third Lady)

4, 5, 7 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Vancouver Symphony

4, 6 Frank Kelley - Florentine Opera
(Turandot - Pang)

4, 5, 6, 11, 13 Tracy Dahl - Melbourne Symphony

6, 9, 12, 17, 20, 26 Michael Dean - Los Angeles Opera
(Roméo et Juliette - Grégorio)

8 Daniel Weeks - Tuesday Musical Club

9 Karina Gauvin - Quebec Symphony
(Berlioz - Nuits d'été)

10, 12, 13 Elizabeth Keusch, Quinn Patrick, Steven Tharp, Stephen Bryant - Houston Symphony
(Schubert - Mass No. 3)

12, 14 Carlos Miguel Prieto / Yossif Ivanov - Vancouver Symphony
(Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto)

17, 18, 19, 22 Christoph Campestrini - Indianapolis Symphony

18, 19 Gregory Vajda - Toledo Symphony

20 Daniel Weeks - National Chorale
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

25 - 27 Carlos Miguel Prieto - Kansas City Symphony

26, 30 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Edmonton Symphony

1 Dubravka Tomsic - Huntsville Symphony
(Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2)

1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 20 Jeremy Galyon - Metropolitan Opera
(Nabucco - High Priest)

7, 8 Karina Gauvin - Les Violons du Roy

14, 15, 17 Tracy Dahl - Vancouver Symphony

15, 16 Karina Gauvin - Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
(Britten - Les Illuminations)

21, 22 Kevin Deas - Boston Baroque
(Haydn - Creation)

22 Kristine Biller Mattson - Helena Symphony
(Orff - Carmina Burana)

22, 23 Daniel Boico - Florida Orchestra

22, 23 Margaret Lattimore - Winter Park Bach Festival
(Verdi - Requiem)

28, 30 Daniel Boico - Orquesta Sinfónica
Nacional de México

30 Charlotte Daw Paulsen - Opera Delaware
(The Magic Flute - Third Lady)

3 Alexander Korsantia - Pacific Symphony
(Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2)

9, 11 Alexander Korsantia - Orquesta Sinfónica
Nacional de México
(Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 1)

17 Kristine Biller Mattson, Charlotte Paulsen, Dominic Armstrong - Johnstown Symphony
(Gala Concert)

17, 18 Kevin Deas - Des Moines Symphony
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

18 Stephen Bryant - Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart
(Tan Dun - Water Passion)

23, 24 Christopher Pfund - Indianapolis Symphony
(Orff - Carmina Burana)

23, 25 Joseph Hu - Indianapolis Opera
(Madama Butterfly - Goro)

24 Richard Zeller - Buffalo Philharmonic
(Orff - Carmina Burana)

24 - 26 Elina Vähälä - Oregon Symphony
(Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 2)

July 16 Kevin Deas - Rochester Philharmonic
(Gershwin - Porgy and Bess)

July 27, 29, 31 Bernard Labadie - Cincinnati Opera
(Mozart - Magic Flute)

July 31 Karina Gauvin / Jean-Francois Rivest
Orford Festival
(Mahler - Symphony No. 4)

August 4, 5 Benedetto Lupo - Orford Festival
(Mozart - Concerto No. 27)

August 21 Bernard Labadie / Benedetto Lupo
Tanglewood Festival
(Mozart - Concerto No. 18)

August 24 Tracy Dahl - Wolf Trap Alumni Gala Concert

In Memoriam: We Mourn the Loss of Our Beloved Friend and Colleague Wolfgang Laufer, Head of Chamber Music Department at Dispeker

Wolfgang Laufer 1947-2011

::Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
::Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Another Milestone: Jean-Marie Zeitouni Becomes Principal Conductor and Artistic Director Designate of I Musici de Montréal

::Press Release

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARTISTS' CALENDAR

2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 16 Bernard Labadie
ABC Melbourne Symphony

2, 4, 7, 9, 11 Margaret Lattimore - Spoleto Festival USA
(Die Zauberflöte - Third Lady)

2, 5, 7, 10 Stephen Bryant - Spoleto Festival USA
(Menotti - Medium - Mr. Gobineau)

4 Steven Tharp - Hartford Symphony
(Berlioz - Te Deum)

5 Gregory Vajda - Round Top Festival

6 Eric Jordan / Margaret Lattimore - Spoleto Festival USA
(Bruckner - Te Deum)

9 - 11 Tilman Lichdi - ABC Melbourne Symphony
(Haydn - Creation)

12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 24, 25 José Lemos - Boston Early Music
(Steffani - Niobe, Queen of Thebes - Nerea)

16, 18 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Cincinnati Opera
(Verdi - Rigoletto)

25 Christoph Campestrini - Round Top Festival

30 Gregory Vajda / Richard Zeller - Music in the Mountains
(Orff - Carmina Burana)

Dispeker Congratulates:
Gregory Vajda Appointed Next Music Director of the Huntsville Symphony, Succeeding Carlos Miguel Prieto

::Press Release ::Huntsville Times ::Oregon Music News

1, 3, 6, 8 Daniel Cilli - Opera San José
(La bohème - Schaunard)

5 - 7 Carlos Miguel Prieto - Pacific Symphony

7, 8 Karina Gauvin - San Francisco Symphony
(Mahler - Symphony No. 2)

10 Xiayin Wang - Alice Tully Hall

12, 13 James Paul - Louisiana Philharmonic

13, 14 Michael Dean - Mercury Baroque Orchestra
(Mozart - Requiem)

14, 17, 20, 22 Joseph Hu - San Diego Opera
(Carmen - Remendado)

19 Kevin Deas - Virginia Symphony
(Hailstork - Launch Out on the Endless Sea)

21 Kevin Deas - National Philharmonic
(Verdi - Requiem)

21, 22 Michael Dean - Richmond Symphony
(Beethoven - Missa Solemnis)

26, 27 Eva Vogel - Korean Broadcasting Symphony
(Mahler - Symphony No. 2, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen)

27, 29 Margaret Lattimore - Spoleto Festival USA
(Magic Flute - Third Lady)

28, 30 Stephen Bryant - Spoleto Festival USA
(Menotti - Medium - Mr. Gobineau)

Pianist Xiayin Wang Joins Dispeker Roster

1 Dominic Armstrong - Toledo Opera
(La Traviata - Alfredo)

1, 2 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - San Antonio Symphony

2 Dubravka Tomsic - Huntsville Chamber Music Guild Celebrity Series

2, 3 Meredith Hansen / Daniel Weeks / Anton Belov - Bozeman Symphony
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

2, 7, 10 Quinn Patrick - Dallas Opera
(Rigoletto - Giovanna)

6 Dubravka Tomsic - Union College Concert Series

7 - 9 Gregory Vajda - Baltimore Symphony

8 - 10 Margaret Lattimore / Stephen Bryant - South Dakota Symphony
(Handel - Messiah)

9 Dubravka Tomsic - San Francisco Performances

9 Steven Tharp - Springfield Symphony (MO)
(Tosca - Cavaradossi)

10 Elizabeth Keusch / Kevin Deas - Choral Arts Society Washington
(Mozart - Requiem)

10 Dubravka Tomsic - Steinway Society in San José

13 Dubravka Tomsic - Middlebury College Concert Series

15 Dubravka Tomsic - Boston Celebrity Series

15, 16 Quinn Patrick - Syracuse Symphony
(Bach - B-minor Mass)

23 Karina Gauvin / Eva Vogel - Winnipeg Symphony
(Bach - St. John Passion)

23, 24, 28, 30 Daniel Cilli - Opera San José
(La bohème - Schaunard)

29 José Lemos - National Chorale
(Orff - Carmina Burana)

29, 30 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Edmonton Symphony

Two Major Additions to Vocal Division: Celebrated Bass-Baritone
Nathan Berg and Up-and-Coming
Tenor Jesús Léon

1 Frank Kelley - Opera Boston
(Hindemith - Cardillac - Kavalier)

3 Lawrence Wiliford - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
(Bach - St. John Passion)

5,6 Sharla Nafziger / Barbara Rearick / Kevin Deas - Winter Park Festival
(Bach - St. John Passion)

5, 6 Meredith Hansen - Boston Lyric Opera
(Hansel and Gretel - Gretel)

10 - 13 Kevin Deas - Pacific Symphony
(Glass - Passion of Ramakrishna)

11, 12 Benedetto Lupo - Austin Symphony
(Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1, Totentanz)

11, 12 Gregory Vajda - Louisiana Philharmonic

13 Daniel Weeks - National Chorale
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

15, 17, 19 Eric Jordan - Bob Jones University
(Faust - Mephistopheles)

17 Jean-Marie Zeitouni / Lawrence Wiliford - I Musici de Montreal

18 Carlos Miguel Prieto - Frankfurt Radio Orchestra

19 Maxim Eshkenazy - Huntsville Symphony

19, 20 Kevin Deas - Orchestra Iowa
(Verdi - Requiem)

24, 26, 27 Gregory Vajda - Symphony Silicon Valley

25, 27, 30 Quinn Patrick - Dallas Opera
(Rigoletto - Giovanna)

26, 27 Karina Gauvin - New World Symphony
(Britten - Les Illuminations)

1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17 Steven Tharp
Nationale Reisopera
(L'Heure Espagnole - Torquemada)

3 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Montreal Opera
(Massenet - Werther)

4, 5 Richard Zeller - Toledo Symphony
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

5, 8, 10 Lawrence Wiliford - Edmonton Opera
(Abduction from the Seraglio - Pedrillo)

11, 12 Bernard Labadie / Karina Gauvin
St. Louis Symphony

12 Daniel Boico - Huntsville Symphony

13 Meredith Hansen - Celebrity Series of Boston
("What Makes It Great?" - Don Giovanni excerpts)

17 - 19 Bernard Labadie - San Francisco Symphony

18, 19 Christoph Campestrini / Dubravka Tomsic
Grand Rapids Symphony
(Tchaikovsky - Concerto No. 1)

18, 21, 23, 24 Eric Jordan - Dallas Opera (school perfs.)
(Roméo et Juliette - Frère Laurent)

19, 23, 25, 27 Won Cho - Anchorage Opera
(La bohème - Colline)

23 Charlotte Daw Paulsen / Kevin Deas - Musica Sacra
(Handel - Israel in Egypt)

24 - 26 Carlos Miguel Prieto - North Carolina Symphony

25, 26 Christoph Campestrini - Toledo Symphony

25, 27 Frank Kelley - Opera Boston
(Hindemith - Cardillac - Kavalier)

25 - 27 Jonita Lattimore / Steven Tharp / Richard Zeller
Florida Orchestra
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

26 Margaret Lattimore - Eugene Concert Choir
(Mozart - Mass in C minor)

27 Meredith Hansen - Boston Lyric Opera
(Hansel and Gretel - Gretel)

Announcing New Chamber
Music Department

Thea Dispeker Inc. adds several renowned chamber music groups to roster. Wolfgang Laufer joins staff.

7 - 8 Carlos Miguel Prieto - Naples Philharmonic

8 Gregory Vajda - Edmonton Symphony

19 Christoph Campestrini - Québec Symphony

20, 22, 23 Margaret Lattimore - Houston Symphony
(Verdi - Requiem)

21, 22 Jonita Lattimore - Charlotte Symphony
(Gershwin - selected songs)

21 - 23 Dominic Armstrong - Musica Viva Hong Kong
(L'Elisir d'amore - Nemorino)

21 - 23 Carlos Miguel Prieto - Winnipeg Symphony

22 Gregory Vajda - Huntsville Symphony

22, 23 Bernard Labadie - Toronto Symphony

22, 24 Christoph Campestrini - Vancouver Symphony

22, 26, 29, 31 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Montreal Opera
(Massenet - Werther)

22, 27, 29 Steven Tharp - Nationale Reisopera
(L'Heure Espagnole - Torquemada)

28 - 31 Bernard Labadie, Jeremy Galyon - Colorado Symphony
(Mozart - Requiem)

30 Margaret Lattimore - American Symphony Orchestra

3 - 5 Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Karina Gauvin, Michael Dean - Calgary Philharmonic (Handel - Messiah)

3, 5 Jonita Lattimore, Margaret Lattimore,
Steven Tharp, Kevin Deas - Sinfonica National de Mexico
(Haydn - Paukenmesse)

10, 11 Kevin Deas - Boston Baroque
(Handel - Messiah)

12 Michael Dean - Pacific Symphony
(Handel - Messiah)

12 Barbara Rearick - Syracuse Symphony
(Handel - Messiah)

14 - 18 Bernard Labadie, Karina Gauvin, Tilman Lichdi
New York Philharmonic (Handel - Messiah)

16, 17 Carlos Miguel Prieto, Michael Dean
Louisiana Philharmonic

17 - 19 Jeremy Galyon - Houston Symphony
(Handel - Messiah)

18, 19 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Oregon Symphony

19 Margaret Lattimore - Philadelphia Orchestra
(Handel - Messiah)

21, 24, 28, 30 Erika Miklosa - Metropolitan Opera
(The Magic Flute - Queen of the Night)

4, 6, 12, 14, 16, 21 Dominic Armstrong - New York City Opera
(A Quiet Place - François)

5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16 Anton Belov - Boston Lyric Opera
(Tosca - Angelotti)

6, 7 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Columbus Symphony

11 - 14 Lawrence Wiliford - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
(Handel - Dixit Dominus)

12, 13 Carlos Miguel Prieto - San Antonio Symphony

12 - 14 Zeffin Quinn Hollis - Lancaster Symphony
(Verdi - Requiem)

19, 20 Richard Zeller - Jacksonville Symphony
(Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem)

20, 21 Elizabeth Keusch - Nashua Symphony
(Mahler - Symphony No. 8)

22, 26, 29 Eric Jordan - Metropolitan Opera (debut)
(Don Carlo - Flemish Deputy 6)

23 Margaret Lattimore - Houston Symphony
(Siegel - Kaddish "I Am Here")

26 - 28 Benedetto Lupo - Phoenix Symphony
(Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto No. 1)

27 Elizabeth Keusch - Philharmonie Luxembourg
(Lachenmann - Got Lost)

27, 28 José Lemos - Boston Early Music Festival
(Dido and Aeneas - Spirit in form of Mercury)

29 Elizabeth Keusch - Paris Autumn Festival
(Lachenmann - Got Lost)

10/5/2010 - Dispeker congratulates Jean-Marie Zeitouni for his appointment today as the new music director of the Columbus Symphony.

::Press Release ::Columbus Dispatch ::NBC4i
::WOSU89.7 ::Montreal Gazette
::Video portrait

2, 5, 8, 10 Gregory Vajda - Atlanta Opera
(Puccini - La bohème)

8, 9 Tracy Dahl - Vancouver Symphony

9, 10 Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Karina Gauvin - Columbus Symphony
(Ravel - Shéhérazade)

15 - 17 Steven Tharp - Alabama Symphony
(Mozart - C minor Mass)

16, 17 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Kalamazoo Symphony

17, 20, 23, 26, 29 Frank Kelley - Wexford Festival Opera
(The Golden Ticket - Grandpa Joe) European Premiere

22, 23 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Columbus Symphony

22, 23 Margaret Lattimore - San Antonio Symphony
(Rossini - Stabat Mater)

22, 24, 26 Meredith Hansen - Opera Boston
(Fidelio - Marzelline)

23, 24 Won Cho - Winter Park Bach Festival
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

27, 30 Dominic Armstrong - New York City Opera
(A Quiet Place - François)

29, 31 Bernard Labadie - Handel & Haydn Society

29, 31 James Paul - Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico

29, 31 Kevin Deas - National Symphony of Costa Rica
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

10, 12 Daniel Boico - Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico

11 Tracy Dahl - Pacific Symphony
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

15, 16 Carlos Miguel Prieto - Chicago Symphony

16 Karina Gauvin - Orchestre Metropolitain
(Mahler - Symphony No. 2)

24 - 26 Frank Kelley - Monte Carlo Opera
(Machover - Death and the Powers - World Premiere)

24, 26 Daniel Raiskin - Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico

25, 26 Kevin Deas - Richmond Symphony
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

29, 30 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Quebec Symphony

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARTISTS' CALENDAR

3, 6, 9, 11 Elizabeth Keusch - Oregon Bach Festival
(Mendelssohn - Elijah)

10 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Lanaudière Festival

12 Anton Belov - Newport Music Festival

15 Elizabeth Keusch - Colorado Symphony

17 Charlotte Daw Paulsen - Berkshire Choral Society
(Handel - Judas Maccabaeus)

21, 23, 25 John Keenan - Cincinnati Opera
(Puccini - La bohème)

22 - 25 Jeremy Galyon - Midsummer Mozart Festival

23, 24 Jonita Lattimore - Grant Park Festival
(Tippett - A Child of Our Time)

24, 26, 28 Eric Jordan - Cesky Krumlov Festival
(Don Giovanni - Leporello)

Just in: Jean-Marie Zeitouni is replacing Yannick Nézet-Séguin to make his subscription debut with the Toronto Symphony on June 10 and 12. Bruckner Symphony No. 9 is on the program.

1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 Stephen Bryant / Timothy Nolen - Spoleto Festival USA
(Flora or Hob in the Well - Old Hob / Sir Thomas Testy)

4 - 6 Cherry Duke - St. Petersburg Opera
(Carmen - title role)

5 Malcolm Smith - Deutsche Oper am Rhein
(Pelléas et Mélisande - Arkel)

9, 10 Benedetto Lupo - Les Violons du Roy
(Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 27)

10, 12 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Toronto Symphony

12, 19 Christoph Campestrini - Round Top Festival

13, 16, 18, 22, 24, 26 Tracy Dahl / Frank Kelley
Opera Theatre of St. Louis
(The Golden Ticket - Violet Beauregard / Grandpa Joe)

23, 26 John Keenan - Cincinnati Opera
(Wagner - Die Meistersinger)

Just in: Carlos Miguel Prieto makes subscription debut with the Toronto Symphony on May 26, replacing Robert Spano. The same week he also conducts the orchestra's Light Classics series.

1 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Columbus Symphony

1 Kevin Deas / Steven Tharp - Vermont Symphony
(Verdi - Requiem)

1, 2 Bernard Labadie - Cleveland Orchestra (debut)
(Handel - Water Music)

1, 7, 9 Rebecca Davis - Opera San José
(La Rondine - Magda)

2, 8 Terry Cook - Fresno Grand Opera
(Macbeth - Banquo)

6 - 8 Christopher Pfund - Cleveland Orchestra
(Orff - Carmina Burana)

7, 8 Kevin Deas - Grand Rapids Symphony
(Verdi - Requiem)

7 - 9 Bernard Labadie - Houston Symphony

13 - 15 Carlos Miguel Prieto - Chicago Symphony

13, 15, 16 Gregory Vajda - Symphony Silicon Valley

16 Malcolm Smith - Deutsche Opera am Rhein
(Pelléas et Mélisande - Arkel)

21, 22 Karina Gauvin - Indianapolis Symphony
(Mahler - Symphony No. 2)

22 Daniel Snyder / Eric Jordan - Connecticut Grand Opera
(Carmen - Don José / Zuniga)

28 - 30 Barbara Rearick - Colorado Symphony
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

26, 27, 29, 30 Carlos Miguel Prieto - Toronto Symphony

Just in: John Keenan to replace James Levine in the pit at Cincinnati Opera in June, conducting Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. ::PDF

1, 3 Terry Cook - Washington Opera
(Porgy and Bess - Crown)

1 - 4 Meredith Hansen / Steven Tharp - Boston Symphony
(Mendelssohn - Elijah)

2, 4, 8, 10, 16, 18 Eric Jordan - New York City Opera
(Madama Butterfly - Bonze)

2, 5 Malcolm Smith - Deutsche Opera am Rhein
(Parsifal - Gurnemanz)

8, 9 Christoph Campestrini / Benedetto Lupo - Orquesta Sinfonica de Navarra

11, 24 Malcolm Smith - Deutsche Opera am Rhein
(Pelléas et Mélisande - Arkel)

12, 13 Won Cho - Palm Beach Symphony

17 Jonita Lattimore - Huntsville Symphony
(Gershwin - Porgy and Bess)

17, 20, 23, 25 Nicolai Janitzky - San Diego Opera
(La traviata - Baron Douphol)

22 - 24 Tilman Lichdi / Jochen Kupfer - Charlotte Symphony
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

22 - 24 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Kitchener Waterloo Symphony

23 Kevin Deas - Musica Sacra
(Mozart - Mass in C minor)

23, 25 Christopher Pfund - Knoxville Opera
Il barbiere di Siviglia - Conte Almaviva)

24 Christoph Campestrini - Hungarian Radio Orchestra

24 Cherry Duke / Won Cho - Helena Symphony
(Barber of Seville - Rosina / Don Basilio)

29, 30 Bernard Labadie - Cleveland Orchestra (debut)
(Handel - Water Music)

• Rasmussen joins Houston Symphony
• Vajda goes to LA Philharmonic
• Labadie, Gauvin and Lichdi team up with Chicago Symphony
• Dahl is Mme. Mao at Vancouver Opera
• Lupo plays Schumann with Philadelphia Orchestra

5, 6 Barbara Rearick - Syracuse Symphony
(Beethoven - Symphony No. 9)

5 - 7 Paula Rasmussen - Houston Symphony
(Mozart - Requiem)

6 - 8 Quinn Patrick - Jacksonville Lyric Opera
(La Cenerentola - Angelina)

9 Gregory Vajda - Los Angeles Philharmonic

12, 13 Gregory Vajda - San Antonio Symphony

12 - 14 Bernard Labadie / Karina Gauvin / Tilman Lichdi - Chicago Symphony (Bach - St. John's Passion)

12, 14 Jerett Gieseler - Annapolis Opera
(Tosca - Scarpia)

12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 23 Joanna Mongiardo - Boston Lyric Opera (Ariadne auf Naxos - Naiad)

13 Andrew Armstrong - San Antonio Symphony

13, 14 Margaret Lattimore - Toledo Opera
(Rape of Lucretia - Female Chorus)

13, 16, 18, 20 Tracy Dahl - Vancouver Opera
(Nixon in China - Mme. Mao)

18 Barbara Rearick - Eugene Symphony
(Mozart - Coronation Mass)

18 - 20 Bendetto Lupo - Philadelphia Orchesra
(Schumann - Piano Concerto)

18 - 20 Kevin Deas - Pacific Symphony
(Spirituals)

19 Elizabeth Keusch - National Chorale

19, 21 Frank Kelley - Florentine Opera
(Elmer Gantry - Eddie Fislinger)

19, 21, 25, 27 Eric Jordan - New York City Opera
(Madama Butterfly - Bonze)

20, 22, 25, 27, 30 Terry Cook - Washington National Opera
(Porgy and Bess - Crown)

25, 26, 27, 28, 30 Karina Gauvin - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

• Wiliford and Gauvin win Prix Opus
• Kim is Zerbinetta at the Met
• Zeitouni and Armstrong perform with Vancouver and Omaha symphonies
• Gauvin gives Roy Thomson Hall recital

1 Tracy Dahl - Vancouver Symphony
(Mahler - Symphony No. 8)

1 Lawrence Wiliford - Winner of Prix Opus for Contemporary / Modern Disc of the Year
(Messiaen - Chants de terre et de ciel)

1 Karina Gauvin - Winner of Prix Opus for
Baroque Disc of the Year
(Handel - Arias)

4 Sharla Nafziger / Kevin Deas - Voices of Ascension
(Fauré - Requiem)

4 - 7 Carlos Miguel Prieto - Naples Philharmonic

4, 8, 11, 15, 20 Kathleen Kim - Metropolitan Opera
(Ariadne auf Naxos - Zerbinetta)

5, 6 Jean-Marie Zeitouni / Andrew Armstrong - Omaha Symphony
(Mozart Concerto No. 24)

6, 10, 12, 14 Anton Belov - Anchorage Opera
(Eugene Onegin - title role)

6, 11, 14, 16 Rebecca Davis - Opera San José
(Le nozze di Figaro - Countess)

13 Stephen Bryant - Jacksonville Symphony
(Così fan tutte - Don Alfonso)

13 Elizabeth Keusch - ECLAT Festival Neue Music, Stuttgart
(Lachenmann - Got Lost)

14 Karina Gauvin - Roy Thomson Hall
(Recital)

19, 20 Jean-Marie Zeitouni / Andrew Armstrong - Vancouver Symphony
(Haydn Concerto No. 4)

26, 27 Benedetto Lupo - San Antonio Symphony
(Chopin Concerto No. 1)

26 - 28 Karina Gauvin - Colorado Symphony
(Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem)

28 Gregory Vajda - Memphis Symphony

Benedetto Lupo's American tour stops include the symphonies of Oregon, Kansas City and Colorado - Bernard Labadie's highlight this month is a return to the Philadelphia Orchestra

7 - 10 Bernard Labadie - Philadelphia Orchestra

9 Daniel Snyder - National Philharmonic
(Carmen - Don Jose)

9 - 11 Benedetto Lupo - Oregon Symphony
(Schumann Concerto)

15-17 Bernard Labadie / Benedetto Lupo -
Kansas City Symphony (Mozart Concerto K. 456)

20, 21 Karina Gauvin - Orchestre symphonique de Québec
(Orfeo ed Euridice - Euridice)

22-24 Bernard Labadie / Benedetto Lupo -
Colorado Symphony (Mozart Concerto K. 456)

22, 23, 27 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Edmonton Symphony

29 - 31 Kevin Deas - Virginia Symphony
(Beethoven Symphony No. 9)

30 Tracy Dahl - Vancouver Symphony
(Nixon in China - Mme Mao)

::news of 2009