Marin Alsop
Marin Alsop’s discography already comprises more than 200 titles, and on April 5 she expands this catalog with the physical and digital release of her newest addition to Naxos’s “American Classics” series. This is Alsop’s third Naxos title devoted to the music of John Adams, following recordings of Shaker Loops, The Wound-Dresser, and Short Ride…
On April 23, Marin Alsop makes her Metropolitan Opera debut conducting the company premiere of John Adams’s El Niño. Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, this fully staged new production of the composer’s Christmas oratorio stars Grammy Award–winning soprano Julia Bullock and baritone Davóne Tines, both also making company debuts, and mezzo-sopranos J’Nai Bridges and Daniela Mack,…
This month, Marin Alsop wrapped up a successful run of Bernstein’s Candide at MusikTheater an der Wien. The production was hailed as “a triumph” by Kurier, with BR Klassik writing: “Conductor Marin Alsop and the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra show the enormous multifaceted nature of Bernstein’s funny, parodic and also voluptuous music.” Opera Now Newsletter…
Alsop visited the Peabody Institute this month to lead her regular class with the Conductors’ Orchestra. She also welcomed students to rehearsals with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, where they prepared for upcoming performances of Kevin Puts’s Contact.
On August 5, Marin Alsop takes the stage with Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the USA (NYO-USA). The orchestra performs Barber’s Symphony No. 1; Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist; and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. Following the New York concert, Alsop and Thibaudet embark with NYO-USA on a South American tour. The…
Marin joins Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin in their 2024–25 season. She begins her role as official Principal Guest Conductor in September and will lead two programs beginning with the New Year’s Eve performance on December 31. She returns March 13–15 for a program featuring Brahms’s Variations on a Theme by Haydn, the Mendelssohn Violin…
Alsop begins 2024 conducting the premiere of Lydia Steier’s new production of Candide at MusikTheater an der Wien (January 17-February 3). At the end of January Alsop leads the RSO Wien in two recital programs, the first featuring works by Bernstein and Shostakovich (January 24), followed by soprano Fatma Said singing Mahler (January 29). On…
Marin Alsop has been appointed as Principal Guest Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra for a three-year term beginning in the 2024–25 season. In this new role, she will lead the orchestra in multiple subscription concerts, special events, annual summer residencies, and national and international tours, starting with a tour of China in 2024. Alsop enjoys…
From January 17 through February 3, Marin Alsop leads the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Vienna RSO) and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir in a new production of Leonard Bernstein’s celebrated operetta Candide directed by Lydia Steier. Featuring video by Momme Hinrichs, costumes by Ursula Kudrna, and lighting by Elana Siberski, the Vienna RSO’s Candide will star…
On December 7, Marin Alsop leads the European premiere of “Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah” at Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, London Adventist Chorale and vocal soloists Zwakele Tshabalala and Vanessa Haynes. It is three decades since Alsop first premiered “Too Hot to Handel” at New York’s Lincoln…
