Singer

 Pianist and composer George Walker wrote the “Lyric for Strings” while a graduate student at the Curtis Institute of Music. Originally written as        the second movement of a string quartet, it was later broadcast on radio in a string orchestra version titled “Lament.” Walker dedicated the work        as an elegy “To my grandmother.” Walker creates an endless line of melody, sincerity, and beauty in a short work that conveys his deep        understanding of music in a manner that comes directly from the heart.

        Little is known of the performance history of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s tone poem, “Touissaint L’Ouverture” beyond the premier on October         26th, at London’s Queen's Hall. Lost to history, the handwritten and fragmented score was transcribed by our own principal timpanist, Marty        Jenkins for this performance. The work was only recently revived and this MVSO performance is among the very first to be heard worldwide.        Written as an homage to the Haitian general of the same name who fought for independence and the end of slavery in Haiti, the work        demonstrates the richly romantic and soaring melodies that Coleridge-Taylor is known for.

The Ordering Of Moses

University of Dayton

Baron Scarpia collects trophies. And Floria Tosca, the celebrated opera diva, is to be his greatest achievement! He knows that she would reject him sharply - so it suits him, the unscrupulous police chief of Rome, just fine that Tosca's lover, the painter Mario Cavaradossi, is suspected of having helped an alleged enemy of the state. Scarpia forces Floria to listen to what Mario experiences in prison. In all kindness, he offers her a way out: to spend a night of love with him! But the singer is cleverer than he thinks and makes sure that he will not survive Tosca's kiss. But has she already won?
Giacomo Puccini's blockbuster is one of the most haunting, emotional operas ever. Some of the arias from it are still hits today - such as Vissi d'arte , when Floria Tosca sings about her life for art, to which political power games are completely alien. Or Cavaradossi's famous tenor solo E lucevan le stelle , which has been causing storms of applause during the orchestral postlude for over 120 years.
Director Christian Poewe and chief conductor Marcus Bosch will open the season in the main house with Tosca .

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Tosca

Staatstheater Mainz

Volkstheater Rostock - Big House

With four performances of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, the North German Philharmonic Orchestra Rostock, under the direction of its chief conductor Marcus Bosch, is saying goodbye to the year 2024. In doing so, it is following a more than 100-year-old tradition from Leipzig. This work was performed there on New Year's Eve in 1918 with the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Arthur Nikisch, welcoming the new year 1919 with the final chorus of Schiller's Ode to Joy . There will be two performances this year in the main hall of the Rostock Volkstheater on December 31st.

Soprano

Leah Gordon

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 29, 2025 - Dec 31, 2026

New Year's Eve concert · Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock

Past events

Oct 12, 2025

The Ordering Of Moses · Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra

Jan 25 - Feb 22, 2025

Tosca · Volkstheater Rostock

Future and recently performed repertoire

Floria Tosca in Tosca by Puccini

Volkstheater Rostock

Singer in The Ordering of Moses by Dett

Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra

Singer in Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven

Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock

Singer in Toussaint L'Ouverture by Coleridge-Taylor

Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra

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