• 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



HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARTISTS' CALENDAR

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)








Kim portrays Olympia at the Met
Labadie brings Les Violons to Carnegie
Bryant, Prieto nominated for Grammy
Vajda gets MIDEM nomination

Kathleen Kim returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Olympia in a new production of Les contes d'Hoffmann opposite Joseph Calleja and Anna Netrebko, James Levine and John Keenan conducting. Read her Opera News profile. ::reviews 1 2 3 4


Bernard Labadie leads his own Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec at Carnegie Hall with Handel's Messiah and Bach's Christmas Oratorio, before repeating Messiah at Disney Hall, presented by the LA Philharmonic. ::reviews 1 2


Stephen Bryant got a Grammy nomination for "Best Opera Recording" for Tan Dun's Marco Polo on Opus Arte. Tan Dun conducts the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra.


Carlos Miguel Prieto received his Grammy nomination for "Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra" for the Naxos recording of Korngold's D Major Violin Concerto with the Sinfónica de Mineria and Philippe Quint.


Gregory Vajda is nominated for the European classical award MIDEM in the "Contemporary Music" category for conducting Péter Eötvös' As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams on the BMC label.





3, 7, 11, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30 Kathleen Kim -
Metropolitan Opera (Les contes d'Hoffmann - Olympia)
::reviews 1 2 3 4

4 Michael Dean - Baltimore Symphony (Messiah)

4, 5 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Edmonton Symphony (Messiah)

5, 6, 7 Tracy Dahl - Monterey Symphony

6 Barbara Rearick - Helena Symphony (Messiah)

10, 11 Barbara Rearick - Memphis Symphony (Messiah)

10 - 13 Gregory Vajda - Seattle Symphony Debut
::review

10, 11, 13 Kevin Deas - Minnesota Orchestra (Messiah)

11 Michael Dean - Pittsburgh Symphony (Messiah)

11 Bernard Labadie - Les Violons du Roy at Carnegie Hall (Messiah)

12 Bernard Labadie - Les Violons du Roy at Carnegie Hall
(Bach - Christmas Oratorio) ::reviews 1 2

13 Joanna Mongiardo - Syracuse Symphony (Messiah)

15, 16 Bernard Labadie - Les Violons du Roy at Disney Hall (Messiah) ::review

16, 18, 19, 20, 21 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Toronto Symphony (Messiah) Debut ::review

16, 23, 26, 30 John Keenan - Metropolitan Opera
(Offenbach - Les contes d'Hoffmann)

17 Christopher Pfund - Minas Gerais Philharmonic, Brazil (Carmina Burana)

17 Steven Tharp - Louisiana Philharmonic (Messiah)

18, 20 Margaret Lattimore, Michael Dean - Alabama Symphony (Messiah) ::review

18 - 20 Charlotte Daw Paulsen - Houston Symphony (Messiah) ::review

19 Christoph Campestrini - Indianapolis Symphony

19 Joanna Mongiardo, Barbara Rearick, Daniel Weeks, Stephen Bryant - Indianapolis Symphony (Messiah)

20 Cherry Duke, - Canterbury Choral Society
(Bach - Christmas Oratorio)

21, 22 Kevin Deas - Musica Sacra (Messiah) ::review









1 Daniel Weeks - Kentucky Opera
(Of Mice and Men - Curly) ::review

6 Tracy Dahl - Vancouver Opera (Golden Anniversary Gala)

6, 7 Gregory Vajda - Grand Rapids Symphony ::review

6, 7 Richard Zeller - Charlotte Symphony
(Bach - B minor Mass) ::review

6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17 Meredith Hansen - Boston Lyric Opera
(Carmen - Frasquita) ::reviews 1 2

7, 8 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Columbus Symphony ::review

7, 11, 14, 16, 19, 21 Karina Gauvin - Opéra de Montréal
(Die Zauberflöte - Pamina) ::reviews 1 2

7, 13, 15 Joanna Mongiardo, Margaret Lattimore
Toledo Opera (Falstaff - Nanetta, Dame Quickly) ::review

12 - 14 Tracy Dahl - Phoenix Symphony
(Selections from Nixon in China)

12 - 15 Kevin Deas - Hartford Symphony
(Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem) ::review

13 - 15 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Winnipeg Symphony ::review

15 Richard Zeller - Portland Symphonic Choir
(Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem) ::review

20 - 22 Frank Kelley - Florentine Opera (Tosca - Spoletta)

22 Penelope Shumate - Santa Fe Symphony (Messiah)

23 Barbara Rearick - Chicago Symphony
(Turnage - Twice Through the Heart) ::reviews 1 2







1, 3, 4 Jonita Lattimore, Margaret Lattimore, John Daniecki
Houston Symphony - (Beethoven Ninth Symphony) ::review

2 Carlos Miguel Prieto - Alabama Symphony ::review

3 Kevin Deas - Buffalo Philharmonic
(Beethoven Ninth Symphony) ::review

8, 10, 11 Kevin Deas - Rochester Philharmonic
(Beethoven Ninth Symphony) ::review

10 Gregory Vajda - Hungarian Radio Orchestra

16, 17 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - San Antonio Symphony ::review

17, 20, 22, 24 John Keenan - Opéra de Québec (Aida) ::review

23, 25 Jonita Lattimore - Orquesta Sinfonica
Nacional de Mexico
(Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem)

23, 25, 27 Amanda Forsythe - Opera Boston
(Tancredi - Amenaide) ::reviews 1 2

24 Andrew Armstrong - Tacoma Symphony
(Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue)

24 John Daniecki, Anton Belov - Colorado Symphony
(Rachmaninoff - The Bells)

24, 25 Cherry Duke, Richard Zeller - Winter Park
Bach Festival
(Mendelssohn - Elijah) ::review

24, 27, 29 Tracy Dahl - Edmonton Opera
(Rigoletto - Gilda) ::review

27 Barbara Rearick, Kevin Deas - Voices of Ascension
(Bach - Magnificat)






11 - 13 Benedetto Lupo - Virginia Symphony
(Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5) ::review

12 Maxim Eshkenazy - Pacific Symphony ::review

15 Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Karina Gauvin - Montreal Symphony
(Eternal Vienna) ::review

19 John Daniecki, Eric Jordan, Meredith Hansen,
Paula Rasmussen - Johnstown Symphony
(Opera Gala)

23, 26, 30 Bernard Labadie Debut,
Kathleen Kim - Metropolitan Opera
(Die Zauberflöte - Papagena) ::reviews 1 2 3

26, 27 Richard Zeller - Richmond Symphony
(Carmina Burana) ::review

26, 28 Shlomo Mintz - Vancouver Symphony Debut
(Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1) ::review

30 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - National Arts Centre Orchestra






Gregory Vajda appointed Artistic and Music Director of Music in the Mountains, CA

::articles 1 2

1, 2 Maxim Eshkenazy - Woodstock Mozart Festival

8 Benedetto Lupo - Britt Festival
(Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4)

12 Meredith Hansen - Boston Lyric Opera
(Season Preview Concert)

22 Kevin Deas - Pacific Symphony
(Lincoln Portrait, Old American Songs) ::review







10, 11 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - Lanaudière Festival

11 Richard Zeller - Buffalo Philharmonic
(Carmina Burana) ::review

11, 16, 18, 22, 24, 26 Kathleen Kim - Central City Opera
(Rinaldo - Armida) ::review

18 John Keenan - Cesky Krumlov Festival
(Operatic Gala Concert with Renée Fleming)

24 Karina Gauvin - Lanaudière Festival

24, 25 Jean-Marie Zeitouni - National Arts Centre Orchestra

24 - 29 John Keenan - Cesky Krumlov Festival
(Rusalka)

25, 27, 29 Alison Bolshoi - Cesky Krumlov Festival
(Rusalka - Foreign Princess)







5, 6 Roberta Laws - Orquesta Sinfonica
Nacional de Mexico (Porgy and Bess)

6, 7, 12, 14 Andrew Armstrong - Orquesta Sinfonica
Nacional de Mexico
(Rachmaninoff No. 2, Rhapsody in Blue)

6 Amanda Forsythe - Boston Early Music Festival
L'incoronazione di Poppea (Drusilla) ::reviews 1 2 3 4

7, 13, 16, 18, 24, 26 Jean-Marie Zeitouni Opera Theatre
of St. Louis Debut (Mozart - Il re pastore) ::review

10 - 13 Jeremy Galyon - San Francisco Symphony
(Schubert - Mass in E-flat Major, D. 950)

11 - 13 Carlos Prieto - Pacific Symphony ::review

13 Eric Jordan - Staatsoper am Rhein Debut
(Der fliegende Holländer - Daland)

18 Gregory Vajda - Houston Symphony Debut

19, 20 Jonita Lattimore - Grant Park Music Festival
(Torke - Plans) ::review

25 Frederic Chiu - Festival Chopin, Paris

25 Shlomo Mintz - Beethoven Festival, Teplice

25 Sharla Nafziger - New York City Opera
(The Magic Flute - Papagena)

27 Christoph Campestrini - Round Top Music Festival

30 Frederic Chiu - Minnesota Beethoven Festival

1, 2 Andrew Armstrong - Nashville Symphony
(Bartok No. 3) ::review

1, 2 Kevin Deas - Boston Baroque
(M. Haydn Requiem) ::review

2 Margaret Lattimore - Toledo Opera
(Candide)

5 MaryAnn McCormick - Metropolitan Opera
(Die Walküre - Grimgerde)

8, 9, 14, 15, 16 Bernard Labadie - San Francisco Symphony
::reviews 1 2 3 4 5

8, 10, 12 Nicolai Janitzky - Sacramento Opera
(La Bohème - Marcello) ::review

9 - 11 Karina Gauvin - Oregon Symphony
(Mahler - Symphony No. 4) ::review

9 Kathleen Kim - Bilbao Opera European Debut
(La fille du Régiment - Marie)

9 Richard Zeller - Spokane Symphony
(Beethoven Symphony No. 9) ::review

13 Carlos Miguel Prieto - New Jersey Symphony

15, 16 M. Lattimore, Zeller - Louisiana Philharmonic
(Beethoven Symphony No. 9)

24 Elizabeth Keusch - Cleveland Orchestra
(Knussen’s Requiem: Songs for Sue) ::review

27 - 31 Bernard Labadie - Chicago Symphony Debut
::review

27 - 31 Benedetto Lupo - Chicago Symphony Debut
(Mozart Concerto K. 456) ::review