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May Festival to Perform Ravel

Start the New Year off right by attending a CSO performance on January 13 & 14. The May Festival Chorus will be featured in Ravel’s luminous ballet music, Daphnis et Chloé Suites 1 and 2 under the direction of Juanjo Mena, one of Spain’s most distinguished conductors. Also on the concert, Mozart’s beloved Symphony No. 40, which replaces the originally schedule On a Wire by Jennifer Higdon.

This is sure to be an evening of vibrant music making.
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Auditions Set for January

Interested in singing some of the greatest choral repertoire ever written, with the world’s leading conductors? Then start warming up now! The Chorus will be holding auditions for all voice parts on January 14, 17, 24 and 31. To schedule an audition call Rosanne Wetzel at 513.744.3229 or email rwetzel@mayfestival.com .

More information can be found on the May Festival website.

Youth Chorus is Guest on Honors Concert

The May Festival Youth Chorus will perform as the Guest Choir on the Ohio Music Education Association Junior High Honors Choir Concert. This concert will take place on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 5:30 pm, at Princeton High School, 11080 Chester Road, Cincinnati, OH 45246. Tickets cost $3 and can be purchased at the door.

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Guest Artist Performance: NICOLE CABELL

Through mid-January Nicole Cabell is performing at Lyric Opera of Chicago in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. John Von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune wrote:

Pamina is the ideal Mozart role for Cabell, and the Ryan Opera Center's star alumna fulfilled every requirement. Thanks to her creamy soprano, poised line and expressive phrasing, the heroine's lovelorn aria, "Ach, ich fuhls," was infused with delicate pathos, while the Pamina-Papageno duet went like a dream.

The full review can be found here.

An in-depth review with Nicole Cabell can be found on the Chicago Classical Review website.

Nicole Cabell will perform in Cincinnati on Friday, May 18, 2012 in Brahms’ A German Requiem.

Where in the World is James Conlon?

James Conlon began the New Year with sold out performances in Miami conducting the New World Symphony on January 7 & 8. Later in the month he will conduct LA Opera’s Domingo-Thornton Young Artists and the Colburn Orchestra in two one act operas: The Emperor of Atlantis by Viktor Ullman and The Secret Kingdom by Ernst Krenek.

Next up at LA Opera for James Conlon is Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra with performance dates set for mid to late February. Placido Domingo will sing the title role.

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