{"id":9651,"date":"2026-04-06T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9651"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:00:23","slug":"baritenor-michael-spyres-to-perform-in-timisoara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9651","title":{"rendered":"Baritenor Michael Spyres to perform in Timi\u0219oara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Spyres, the American operatic tenor who also sings baritone roles, will perform in Timi\u0219oara on April 11 for the closing concert of the project <em>Musica Ricercata \u2013 DiVerdi<\/em>, dedicated to the art of Verdian singing.<\/p>\n<p>He performs alongside the Musica Ricercata Orchestra and the Choir of the Banatul\u00a0Philharmonic in Timi\u0219oara, with Gabriel Bebe\u0219elea conducting.<\/p>\n<p>It follows the conference <em>Verdi \u2013 The Science of Vocal Art<\/em>, which explores what pitch means and why Verdi was concerned with orchestral tuning; the difference between the 432 Hz frequency, often associated with the so-called Verdi pitch and today\u2019s standard of 440 Hz; as well as Verdi\u2019s efforts to advocate for the adoption of a lower pitch to protect singers\u2019 voices and to ensure the sonic balance of ensembles.<\/p>\n<p>The concert ends a week of conferences, recitals, workshops, the filming of a documentary, and recordings, all born after extensive research in the Archivio Storico Ricordi in Milano and the Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale de France, conductor Gabriel Bebe\u0219elea explained.<\/p>\n\n<p>Michael Spyres has established himself as one of the leading singers of his generation and has performed at many of the world\u2019s top opera houses, concert halls, and festivals.\u00a0He is the recipient of the 2024 International Opera Awards, the OPER! Award (2024) and Opus Klassik (2024), as well as the 2022 Gramophone Classical Music Award. In 2021, he was named Chevalier de l\u2019Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French government.<\/p>\n<p>More details on the concert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entertix.ro\/evenimente\/35823\/musica-ricercata-diverdi-concert-extraordinar-de-nchidere-11-aprilie-2026-sala-mihai-perian-a-colegiului-national-de-de-arta-ion-vidu-timisoara.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Illustration: Filarmonica Banatul Timi\u015foara)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>simona@romania-insider.com\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Spyres, the American operatic tenor who also sings baritone roles, will perform in Timi\u0219oara on April 11 for the closing concert of the project Musica Ricercata \u2013 DiVerdi, dedicated to the art of Verdian singing. He performs alongside the Musica Ricercata Orchestra and the Choir of the Banatul\u00a0Philharmonic in Timi\u0219oara, with Gabriel Bebe\u0219elea conducting. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}