(Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) Saioa Hernández has been dominating the international scene since her 2018 debut at the Teatro alla Scala where she was handpicked by Riccardo Chailly to open a new production of “Attila.” That production and the endorsement of Monserrat Caballé, naming Hernández one of the major voices in the world, led her to gain the attention {…}
(Credit: Maritere Casillas Rice) Ramón Tebar recently made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting “La Bohème,” a work he knows all too well. But this debut did not come as a surprise or as a rising star conductor. He has been working for years building his resume at some of the greatest houses in the world while also building up Opera {…}
(Credit: Olivia Renaud) On Nov. 1, Rachel Willis-Sørensen performed the world premiere of a new song cycle especially composed for her. The cycle was Jeff Beal’s “Our Better Selves,” which the soprano commissioned for herself and which she also contributed a poem for one of the movements. Willis-Sørensen, a renowned soprano is known for her Strauss, Mozart, Wagner and Verdi {…}
The Denyce Graves Foundation began as a way to bridge the past to the future by honoring overlooked musical voices and empowering the next generation of world-class artists. Founded by opera star Denyce Graves, the foundation celebrates trailblazing musicians, music educators, and composers of color through community engagement programs, concerts and presentations, creation of new works of art, establishment of {…}
Ed Lyon is known for his baroque interpretations as well as his passion for early music. He has performed all over the world at such major theaters as the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Opera di Roma, Garsington Opera, Opera North, La Monnaie Brussels, Pinchgut Opera, Salzburg Festival, The Grange Festival, Grand Théâtre de Génève, and Oper Köln. In addition {…}
(Credit: Marine Cessat-Begler) Since winning Operalia in 2019, Adriana González’s career has steadily risen to the top, singing at many of the great theaters around the world and creating memorable interpretations. She has become renowned for her interpretations of Micaëla in “Carmen” and the Countess in “Le Nozze di Figaro” as well as Mimì in “La Bohème.” Last season she {…}
The Denyce Graves Foundation began as a way to bridge the past to future by honoring overlooked musical voices and empowering the next generation of world-class artists. Founded by opera star Denyce Graves, the foundation celebrates trailblazing musicians, music educators, and composers of color through community engagement programs, concerts and presentations, creation of new works of art, establishment of young {…}
The Denyce Graves Foundation began as a way to bridge the past to future by honoring overlooked musical voices and empowering the next generation of world-class artists. Founded by opera star Denyce Graves, the foundation celebrates trailblazing musicians, music educators, and composers of color through community engagement programs, concerts and presentations, creation of new works of art, establishment of young {…}
(Credit: ©Marco Borrelli) Michele Spotti is a rising star conductor who has slowly held important positions, including becoming the Musical Director of Marseille’s Opera House and Philharmonic Orchestra and was recently appointed the Deutsche Oper Berlin as the Principal Guest Conductor starting. He has already conducted at the Metropolitan Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Arena Opera Festival, Les Arts in {…}
At 26, Galician soprano Lucía Iglesias is entering a defining period in her young career. A member of the Teatro Real’s Young Artists program, she begins the 2026–27 season with a series of major debuts, including Barbarina in Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro” at Teatro Real and Papagena in “Die Zauberflöte” at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Mozart is at {…}
As the 2026-27 season opens at Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela, baritone César San Martín returns to one of the works most deeply connected to the city’s musical identity: Tomás Bretón’s “La Verbena de la Paloma.” San Martín appears as Julián in Nuria Castejón’s production, which returns to the stage following its 2024 presentation and forms part of a season {…}