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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

February 27, 2025 at 8:00PM
February 28, 2025 at 8:00PM
March 1, 2025 at 2:00PM
March 1, 2025 at 8:00PM
March 2, 2025 at 2:00PM
Radio City Music Hall

Experience the epic motion picture and its legendary score at the historic Radio City Music Hall, beneath a 60-foot screen accompanied by over 235 musicians.

Blind Injustice

February 16, 2024 at 7:30PM
February 18, 2024 at 3:00PM
ALEXANDER KASSER THEATER, Montclair NJ

Composed by Montclair State University College of the Arts faculty member, Scott Davenport Richards, Blind Injustice explores the true stories of six people who were tried, unjustly convicted, imprisoned, and who ultimately freed themselves with the help of the Ohio Innocence Project. “A powerful piece of music theater.” — The Wall Street Journal

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in Concert

February 14, 2024 at 8:00PM
February 15, 2024 at 8:00PM
February 16, 2024 at 8:00PM
February 17, 2024 at 8:00PM
Radio City Music Hall

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Academy Award winner Howard Shore’s score will be presented live, in concert. Experience the epic motion picture and its legendary score at the historic Radio City Music Hall, beneath a 60-foot screen accompanied by over 235 musicians, including symphony orchestra, chorus, and soloists, this coming February 14, 15, 16, and 17, 2024. 

The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring in Concert

February 6, 2023 at 8:00PM
February 7, 2023 at 8:00PM
February 8, 2023 at 8:00PM
February 9, 2023 at 8:00PM
Radio City Music Hall

Celebrating the 21st anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Howard Shore’s Academy award-winning score will be presented live, in concert at Radio City Music Hall on February 6, 7, 8 & 9. Experience the epic motion picture and its legendary score beneath a giant screen accompanied by 238 musicians, including a symphony orchestra, chorus and soloists, all under the baton of renowned conductor, Ludwig Wicki. 

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert

August 13, 2022 at 8:00PM
August 15, 2022 at 8:00PM
August 16, 2022 at 8:00PM
August 17, 2022 at 8:00PM
August 18, 2022 at 8:00PM
Radio City Music Hall

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki are performed with a full orchestra and choir and are conducted by Hisaishi himself. The music accompanies montages from Miyazaki’s films, breathing new life to the timeless work of Hisaishi and Miyazaki.

The Halloween Tree

By THEO POPOV and Libretto by TONY ASARO

February 23, 2020 at 7:00PM | Alvin Ailey Theater

The Halloween Tree is a new opera, commissioned by American Lyric Theater in partnership with the Bradbury estate, with music by Theo Popov and libretto by Tony Asaro. Led by a mysterious guide, a group of children undertake an unforgettable journey to find their friend Pipkin, who has disappeared on Halloween night.

Iron & Coal

By Jeremy Schonfeld

January 10, 2020 at 8:00PM
January 11, 2020 at 8:00PM
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College

This powerful and personal chamber opera, presented in collaboration with Beth Morrison Projects is based on the composer’s own personal story and that of his father, who was a childhood survivor of Auschwitz.

Handel’s Messiah

December 8, 2018 at 8:00PM | Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist, Stamford, CT

Presented by Stamford Symphony

MasterVoices makes its inaugural appearance with the Stamford Symphony in a performance of Part I and the “Hallelujah” Chorus (Part II) of Handel’s Messiah, conducted by Ted Sperling.

Chichester Psalms

May 19, 2018 at 3:00PM | Symphony Space

Join MasterVoices at an all-day event celebrating Leonard Bernstein.

Handel’s Messiah

December 9, 2017 at 8:00PM | Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist, Stamford, CT

MasterVoices makes its inaugural appearance with the Stamford Symphony in a performance of Part I and the “Hallelujah” Chorus (Part II) of Handel’s Messiah, conducted by Ted Sperling.

NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

December 6, 2017 at 8:00PM
December 7, 2017 at 8:00PM
Barclays Center

Pumpkin King Danny Elfman is coming to Brooklyn on December 6 & 7 to perform his legendary role of Jack Skellington in a very special screening, with the music performed live by a full orchestra and members of MasterVoices, of Disney’s timeless holiday classic, “TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.” Elfman will be joined by other original cast members, including Catherine O’Hara (Sally) and Ken Page (Oogie Boogie), who will all sing live during the movie.

Mahler’s Symphony No. 3

November 8, 2017 at 8:00PM | Carnegie Hall

Presented by Carnegie Hall, MasterVoices joins the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro Zubin Mehta for a performance of  Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3.  MasterVoices has appeared with the Orchestra at Carnegie Hall (2012 and 2015), in Israel (2008 and 2012), and at the Salzburg Festival (2012).

 

 

Of Thee I Sing at Tilles Center

November 4, 2017 at 8:00PM | Tilles Center for the Performing Arts

MasterVoices will reprise its Carnegie Hall presentation of Of Thee I Sing  at Tilles Center in Long Island.

Babes in Toyland at Tilles Center

April 29, 2017 at 7:00PM | Tilles Center for the Performing Arts

MasterVoices, with Artistic Director Ted Sperling, brings its Carnegie Hall production of Victor Herbert’s Babes in Toyland to Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post (Brookville, NY).

The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing

By Justine F. Chen and David Simpatico

January 12, 2017 at 7:30PM | Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center

A new opera by Justine F. Chen and David Simpatico, The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing  is a historical-fantasia inspired by the life of the groundbreaking computer scientist, Alan Turing.

The Halloween Tree

By Theo Popov and Tony Asaro

October 30, 2016 at 3:00PM | Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center

Adapted from Ray Bradbury’s beloved children’s novel, The Halloween Tree is a new opera commissioned by American Lyric Theater with music by Theo Popov and libretto by Tony Asaro.

JFK

By David T. Little, Composer and Royce Vavrek, Librettist

November 25, 2014 at 7:00PM | Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center

The opera’s story is based on the final night of American president John F. Kennedy’s life that was spent in at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth, prior to his assassination in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.