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Summer 2022 Performances of La Traviata with New York City Opera

News | 24 Jul 2022

Constantine Orbelian leads soprano Ekaterina Siurina, tenor Charles Castronovo, and baritone Michael Chioldi in performances of Verdi’s La Traviata with the New York City Opera as part of The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice and the Bryant Park Series. Saturday, August 6, 2022 – 8:30pm at The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice Soprano Ekaterina… Continue reading Summer 2022 Performances of La Traviata with New York City Opera

Festival Napa Performances

News | 1 Jul 2022

Constantine Orbelian leads performances featuring Joshua Bell, Larisa Martínez, Tessa Lark, Dmitry Masleev, and the Festival Orchestra Napa as part of the 2022 Festival Napa Valley! Tchaikovsky in America at Charles Krug WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 | 6:30PM Festival Napa Valley commemorates composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s first and only visit to America, with works he conducted… Continue reading Festival Napa Performances

New Album: In Questa Reggia with Oksana Dyka

News | 12 Feb 2022

On 4 March 2022, Constantine Orbelian, the Kaunas City Symphony, and soprano Oksana Dyka present In Questa Reggia: Puccini & Verdia Arias on the Delos label! Splendid interpretations and superb singing make this album of opera arias a special treat. Oksana Dyka’s dramatic and dazzling voice sparkles in this collection of favorites from treasured operas by… Continue reading New Album: In Questa Reggia with Oksana Dyka

“I Puritani” and “Poison d’Amour” Are Opera News Recordings of the Year

News | 27 Dec 2021

Opera News names Constantine Orbelian’s Bellini: I Puritani featuring Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, and the Kaunas City Symphony and Poison d’Amour featuring Oksana Volkova and the Kaunas City Symphony as 2021 Recordings of the Year!

American Record Guide “I Puritani” Rave

News | 14 Dec 2021

“This Delos release of Bellini’s Puritani is another example of the excellent work of Kaunas City Symphony of Lithuania under the direction of its principal conductor Constantine Orbelian. He elicits a clean, warm sound from the orchestra, with especially fine playing in the horn and woodwind sections. Tempos are well chosen and the dramatic pacing leads… Continue reading American Record Guide “I Puritani” Rave

Limelight Magazine’s Recording of the Month

News | 25 Oct 2021

“This latest offering, featuring Bellini’s mellifluous swansong I Puritani, may just be their finest to date, conducted as usual by Constantine Orbelian, with Brownlee joined by the excellent American coloratura soprano Sarah Coburn. … First of all, a big tick goes to Orbelian and his fine orchestral forces. His expansive yet dramatically alert pacing of the… Continue reading Limelight Magazine’s Recording of the Month

Fanfare Interview with Henry Fogel and Constantine Orbelian

News | 10 Oct 2021

Interview from the Fanfare Archive. Italics are Questions from Henry Fogel: When I look at the totality of your work, you strike me as a conductor equally at home in the worlds of operatic and symphonic music. Although historically that was the case for the majority of conductors in the 19th and first half of… Continue reading Fanfare Interview with Henry Fogel and Constantine Orbelian

Rave Reviews Coming in for “I Puritani”

News | 10 Oct 2021

Wonderful rave reviews for Bellini: I Puritani from Fanfare, Opera Now, BBC Music Magazine, and AllMusic Guide have already come in! “From Delos comes an impressive new studio release of Bellini’s final opera, I puritani, recorded at the Kaunas Philharmonic. … In previous Fanfare reviews of various opera recital recordings, I’ve admired the work of conductor Constantine Orbelian.… Continue reading Rave Reviews Coming in for “I Puritani”

New Recording of I Puritani with Lawrence Brownlee and Sarah Coburn on Delos

News | 3 Jul 2021

Coming to Delos on August 20, 2021 Bellini: I Puritani Starring Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, and Constantine Orbelian directing the Kaunas City Symphony and Kaunas State Choir This stellar production features a pair of operatic superstars, namely GRAMMY®-nominated tenor Lawrence Brownlee and soprano supreme Sarah Coburn, who continually appear in the lead roles in top houses worldwide. The… Continue reading New Recording of I Puritani with Lawrence Brownlee and Sarah Coburn on Delos