Oper Scharbeutz: Mozart-Pasticcio auf hoher See
Nach der erfolgreichen Produktion von Mozarts Figaros Hochzeit im Sommer 2023, Johann Strauß’ beliebter Operette Die Fledermaus 2024 und Mozarts Oper Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe im vergangenen Jahr kommen die jungen amerikanischen Sängerinnen und Sänger des Spezialprogramms “German for Singers” am Middlebury College (Vermont) in diesem Sommer mit einem besonderen Opernprojekt nach Scharbeutz: Auf der “MS Amadeus” geben sich bekannte Mozart-Figuren wie Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Rosina (Figaros Hochzeit) und viele mehr auf einem Kreuzfahrtschiff ein buntes Stelldichein. Das eigens für diesen Sommer geschriebene “Mozart-Pasticcio auf hoher See” verspricht einen turbulenten Abend, an dem sowohl die Lachmuskeln als auch die großen Gefühle nicht zu kurz kommen. Unterstützt wird das Projekt wie in Vorjahren vom Verein “Vox Mare e.V.”.
Talbot: Path of Miracles
Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles is an immersive choral journey that traces the ancient pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela through four stirring movements, each evoking a stage of the Camino. Blending haunting medieval chant with striking contemporary harmonies, the work captures the physical trials, spiritual reflection, and profound transcendence experienced by pilgrims across the centuries. A modern choral masterpiece celebrated for its evocative storytelling and dramatic impact, this is a rare opportunity to hear this deeply moving work performed live.
HANDEL’S MESSIAH • EL MESÍAS HWV 56
With Bach Collegium San Diego.
Messiah springs to life in both English and Spanish, showcasing Handel’s supreme skill as a composer of the theater with an affinity for the dramatic. From the opening prophetic command of Comfort ye through to the culminating choral Amen, this beloved oratorio continues to refresh our souls.
REPERTOIRE
George Frideric Handel - Messiah • El Mesías, HWV 56
SOLOISTS
Estelí Gomez, soprano - Jay Carter, countertenor - Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano - Jacob Perry, tenor - Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone - Fredy Bonilla, bass-baritone
HANDEL’S MESSIAH • EL MESÍAS HWV 56
With Bach Collegium San Diego.
Messiah springs to life in both English and Spanish, showcasing Handel’s supreme skill as a composer of the theater with an affinity for the dramatic. From the opening prophetic command of Comfort ye through to the culminating choral Amen, this beloved oratorio continues to refresh our souls.
REPERTOIRE
George Frideric Handel - Messiah • El Mesías, HWV 56
SOLOISTS
Estelí Gomez, soprano - Jay Carter, countertenor - Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano - Jacob Perry, tenor - Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone - Fredy Bonilla, bass-baritone
HANDEL’S MESSIAH • EL MESÍAS HWV 56
With Bach Collegium San Diego.
Messiah springs to life in both English and Spanish, showcasing Handel’s supreme skill as a composer of the theater with an affinity for the dramatic. From the opening prophetic command of Comfort ye through to the culminating choral Amen, this beloved oratorio continues to refresh our souls.
REPERTOIRE
George Frideric Handel - Messiah • El Mesías, HWV 56
SOLOISTS
Estelí Gomez, soprano - Jay Carter, countertenor - Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano - Jacob Perry, tenor - Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone - Fredy Bonilla, bass-baritone
German For Singers Opera Performance
A Mozart Pastiche featuring musical numbers from Mozart’s famous operas.
German For Singers Opera Performance
A Mozart Pastiche featuring musical numbers from Mozart’s famous operas.
Votive Mass of St. Thomas More and John Fisher
As part of St. Thomas More Days.
This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the film A Man for All Seasons, winner of six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor. This two-day gathering brings together friends of Saint Thomas More—alumni, faculty, staff, students, donors, and members of our local community—for a screening, panel discussion, and day of spiritual reflection. The event offers a unique opportunity to consider the life, legacy, and enduring relevance of St.Thomas More, our patron saint.
Votive Mass of St. Thomas More and John Fisher featuring sixteenth-century music by William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, and Orlando Gibbons.
Music of Loss and Renewal
Join the Yale Choral Artists, Yale's professional choral ensemble, for an exciting and adventurous program featuring the premiere of Grammy-winning composer Chris Cerrone's Last Message Received (chamber version), Michael Gilbertson's eloquent Returning, and Ildebrando Pizzetti's beloved a cappella masterwork, Requiem.
Handel’s Theodora
With the Charlotte Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra.
Ian Watson leads Handel’s most profound and affecting creation. A powerful drama of courage, faith, and moral resolve, Theodora unfolds through radiant arias and stirring choruses of extraordinary emotional force.
GF Handel: My song shall be alway, HWV 252
With the Charlotte Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra.
Opening with a French-style overture, Handel alternates between choruses and solo movements, using contrast to shape extended moral reflection.
Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
With the Charlotte Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra.
Don’t miss this concert version of English composer Henry Purcell’s gripping tale of love, betrayal, and heartbreak.
Powered by unforgettable music, Dido and Aeneas ends with one of the most haunting pieces of music ever written.
JS Bach: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 9
With the Charlotte Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra.
In this cantata, Bach builds a theological argument through his musical structure for the Lutheran creed of salvation from sin by God’s grace alone.
Gloria! Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi
With the Charlotte Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra.
Antonio Vivaldi’s jubilant Gloria shines alongside favorite choruses from George Frideric Handel’s Messiah and Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 1 in a joyful celebration of the best of the Baroque.
Haydn: The Creation
Grete Pedersen leads Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415 in a performance of Franz Joseph Haydn's The Creation at Woolsey Hall. This oratorio masterpiece by Haydn depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as narrated in the Book of Genesis. The performance will be sung in German.
Free and open to the public.
Haydn: The Creation
Grete Pedersen leads Yale Schola Cantorum and Juilliard415 in a performance of Franz Joseph Haydn's The Creation at Woolsey Hall. This oratorio masterpiece by Haydn depicts and celebrates the creation of the world as narrated in the Book of Genesis. The performance will be sung in German.
Festal Evensong with Yale Consort
Join Yale Consort for a service of Festal Evensong at Christ Church New Haven.
Free and open to the public.
This service features music of Byrd, Mundy, Guerrero.
Due to the off-campus nature of Yale Consort events, they will not be livestreamed. We invite you to join us in person as you are able.
Yale Consort, a professional vocal ensemble conducted by Professor James O’Donnell and sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, provides high quality choral music for a series of evening services in local parishes and chapels.
Contact: Clifton Massey
Bach: St. John Passion
The Fifth Avenue Chamber Choir and Orchestra, directed by Ryan Jackson
Join us for our annual Lent concert featuring Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. John Passion—a gripping and deeply moving account of Christ’s final hours, and one of Western music’s greatest masterpieces. Through intimate arias, urgent choruses, and some of the most beautiful chorales ever written, Bach brings the Passion story vividly to life with unmatched emotional and spiritual depth. Whether you’re hearing it for the first time or returning to a cherished favorite, this powerful work offers a profound musical gateway into the heart of Holy Week.
EL CAMINO: Talbot, Casals and Victoria with Musica Viva
This powerful program weaves together voices of lament, resilience, and spiritual transformation across centuries. Luscious polyphony of Victoria and Casals’s reverent homage lead to stirring African American spirituals of hope and vitality, culminating in Joby Talbot’s monumental Path of Miracles—a 60-minute masterpiece tracing the medieval Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. At once intimate and epic, this program invites listeners on a journey from lamentation to revelation.
Pablo Casals, O Vos Omnes
Tomás Luis de Victoria, O Vos Omnes
Isaac Albéniz, Evocación
Spiritual (arr. Burleigh), My Lord, What a Morning
Spiritual (arr. Dawson), There is a Balm in Gilead
Spiritual (arr. Hogan), Elijah Rock
Joby Talbot, Path of Miracles
Choral Evensong with Yale Consort
Join Yale Consort for a service of Choral Evensong, focused on music, readings, and quiet contemplation. Through hymns, psalms, canticles, and reflections, the centuries-old tradition of Choral Evensong invites us to come together in stillness and prayer.
Free and open to the public.
This service features music of Clucas, Blair and Gardiner.
Due to the off-campus nature of Yale Consort events, they will not be livestreamed. We invite you to join us in person as you are able.
Yale Consort, a professional vocal ensemble conducted by Professor James O’Donnell and sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, provides high quality choral music for a series of evening services in local parishes and chapels.
Talbot: Path of Miracle
The Fifth Avenue Chamber Choir, directed by Ryan Jackson
Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles is an immersive choral journey that traces the ancient pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela through four stirring movements, each evoking a stage of the Camino. Blending haunting medieval chant with striking contemporary harmonies, the work captures the physical trials, spiritual reflection, and profound transcendence experienced by pilgrims across the centuries. A modern choral masterpiece celebrated for its evocative storytelling and dramatic impact, this is a rare opportunity to hear this deeply moving work performed live.
Choral Evensong with Yale Consort
Join Yale Consort for a service of Choral Evensong, focused on music, readings, and quiet contemplation. Through hymns, psalms, canticles, and reflections, the centuries-old tradition of Choral Evensong invites us to come together in stillness and prayer.
Free and open to the public.
This service features music of Mendelssohn, Howells and Sheppard.
Handel's Messiah
The Fifth Avenue Chamber Choir and Orchestra, directed by Ryan Jackson
Join the Fifth Avenue Chamber Choir and Orchestra for one of New York’s most beloved holiday traditions: Handel’s Messiah. From the gentle comfort of “He shall feed his flock” to the exultant power of the “Hallelujah” chorus, this timeless masterpiece traces a dramatic arc from prophecy to redemption. Performed by outstanding soloists and musicians, Messiah offers a moment of reflection, joy, and renewal at the start of the Christmas season.
Handel's Messiah
The Fifth Avenue Chamber Choir and Orchestra, directed by Ryan Jackson
Join the Fifth Avenue Chamber Choir and Orchestra for one of New York’s most beloved holiday traditions: Handel’s Messiah. From the gentle comfort of “He shall feed his flock” to the exultant power of the “Hallelujah” chorus, this timeless masterpiece traces a dramatic arc from prophecy to redemption. Performed by outstanding soloists and musicians, Messiah offers a moment of reflection, joy, and renewal at the start of the Christmas season.
Theofanidis: Siddhartha, She
with Yale Choral Artists
Yale Philharmonia, joined by Yale Opera, Yale Choral Artists, and Yale Glee Club, performs the East Coast premiere of Siddhartha, She — a major new work by the “unusually skilled, communicative composer” (The Baltimore Sun) Christopher Theofanidis. Conducted by Jeffrey Douma, guest conductor.
Siddhartha, She is co-commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival and Yale Glee Club.
Choral Evensong with Yale Consort
Join Yale Consort for a service of Choral Evensong, focused on music, readings, and quiet contemplation. Through hymns, psalms, canticles, and reflections, the centuries-old tradition of Choral Evensong invites us to come together in stillness and prayer.
Free and open to the public.
This service features music of Bairstow, French, Harris.
Mozart Requiem
with Apollo’s Singers
Against the backdrop of worldwide unrest and revolution, Mozart composed his masterful Requiem in 1791 – as aspirations for democracy were unfolding in France, Haiti, and the American colonies. At the same time, economic forces were creating a personal crisis for Mozart – a situation that resonates for so many people today. Apollo’s Fire is thrilled to revisit Mozart’s Requiem alongside a world premiere by composer Eric Gould. 1791: Requiem for the Ancestors evokes the neglected voices of African, Caribbean, and Native American peoples from the time of Mozart’s Requiem. Jeannette Sorrell leads 70 of the nation’s finest period-instrument specialists and early music singers in these concerts.
The commission for Eric Gould’s 1791: Requiem for the Ancestors was generously underwritten by Sonjia Smith
Mozart Requiem
with Apollo’s Singers
Against the backdrop of worldwide unrest and revolution, Mozart composed his masterful Requiem in 1791 – as aspirations for democracy were unfolding in France, Haiti, and the American colonies. At the same time, economic forces were creating a personal crisis for Mozart – a situation that resonates for so many people today. Apollo’s Fire is thrilled to revisit Mozart’s Requiem alongside a world premiere by composer Eric Gould. 1791: Requiem for the Ancestors evokes the neglected voices of African, Caribbean, and Native American peoples from the time of Mozart’s Requiem. Jeannette Sorrell leads 70 of the nation’s finest period-instrument specialists and early music singers in these concerts.
The commission for Eric Gould’s 1791: Requiem for the Ancestors was generously underwritten by Sonjia Smith
Choral Evensong with Yale Consort
Join Yale Consort for a service of Choral Evensong, focused on music, readings, and quiet contemplation. Through hymns, psalms, canticles, and reflections, the centuries-old tradition of Choral Evensong invites us to come together in stillness and prayer.
Free and open to the public.
This service features music of Rachmaninov, Sumsion, Harris.
Of Voice & Verse
The Fifth Avenue Chamber Choir, directed by Ryan Jackson
Patrick Kreeger, organ and piano
The Fifth Avenue Chamber Choir presents an unforgettable evening celebrating the divine union of words and music. The program features Benjamin Britten’s dazzling Hymn to St. Cecilia, a vibrant tribute to the patron saint of music; Charles Villiers Parry’s soaring Blest Pair of Sirens, an epic setting of Milton’s visionary poetry for organ and double choir; and Eric Whitacre’s ethereal Her Sacred Spirit Soars, a luminous soundscape where text and tone intertwine in breathtaking harmony. Spanning centuries and styles, this program celebrates the enduring power of voice and verse, united in song.
Choral Evensong with Yale Consort
Join Yale Consort for a service of Choral Evensong, focused on music, readings, and quiet contemplation. Through hymns, psalms, canticles, and reflections, the centuries-old tradition of Choral Evensong invites us to come together in stillness and prayer.
Free and open to the public.
This service features music of Dering, Stanford, Harris.
Choral Evensong with Yale Consort
Join Yale Consort for a service of Choral Evensong, focused on music, readings, and quiet contemplation. Through hymns, psalms, canticles, and reflections, the centuries-old tradition of Choral Evensong invites us to come together in stillness and prayer.
Free and open to the public.
This service features music of Tallis, Leighton and Morley.
Choral Evensong with Yale Consort
Join Yale Consort for its first appearance of the 2025-2026 season, a service of Choral Evensong, focused on music, readings, and quiet contemplation. Through hymns, psalms, canticles, and reflections, the centuries-old tradition of Choral Evensong invites us to come together in stillness and prayer.
Free and open to the public.
This service features music of Anerio, Purcell, and Blow.
Handel Aria Competition
The Handel Aria Competition is an annual event dedicated to promoting
the performance of Handel’s extensive vocal repertoire.
The 12th Annual Handel Aria Competition
This year’s Handel Aria Competition will take place on Friday, August 8, 2025, at 7:30 pm in the historic Grace Episcopal Church on the capitol square in Madison, Wisconsin. General admission and livestream tickets will go on sale in July.
Yale Sacred Music Academy presents: Hymn Festival
Please join us for a community Hymn Festival led by Martin Jean, director of the ISM, Catherine Rodland of St. Olaf College, and Michael Kleinschmidt of St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle. Accompanied by brass ensemble, with Yale Sacred Music Academy participants leading a musical tour through the church year.
Free and open to the public. This event is a part of the ISM's 2025 Sacred Music Academy.