Applications Now Live for the 2023-24 Dominick Argento Chamber Opera Competition

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The Dominick Argento Chamber Opera Competition announced the opening of its 2023-24 application. The two-year chamber opera competition is designed for new works to be performed in college, university, conservatories, and young artist programs. In the first year, composers submit scores, and from there three finalists are chosen to have excerpts from those operas presented at the National Opera Association {…}

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Obituary: Pulitzer-Prize Winning Composer Dominick Argento Passes At 91

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Composer Dominick Argento has passed away at age 91. Born in 1927 in York Pennsylvania, the composer would earn both his Bachelor and Master’s degrees from the Peabody Conservatory. He then got a Ph. D. from the Eastman School of Music, followed by Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellowships that enabled him to study in Italy. From there he became the music {…}

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New York City Opera to Honor Dominick Argento’s 90th Birthday with Carnegie Hall Concert

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On November 9, 2017, New York City Opera will celebrate the 90th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento with a one-night concert at Carnegie Hall. The concert will feature two of Argento’s one-act operas, “Miss Havisham’s Wedding Night,” with soprano Heather Buck, and “A Water Bird Talk,” with baritone Aaron Engebreth. The New York City Opera will be conducted {…}

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National Opera Association Announces Dominick and Carolyn Bailey Argento Fellowships For Composers and Vocalists

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The National Opera Association has launched the Dominick and Carolyn Bailey Argento Fellowships, two new fellowship programs to support graduate studies in opera composition and vocal performance. Through an endowment provided by Argento and his wife, soprano Carolyn Bailey, two recipients will gain full tuition and living expenses, up to $50k per year each. Applications will be accepted through October {…}

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Erin Wagner Headlines Concert at The Morgan Library & Museum

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The Morgan Library & Museum will present a recital featuring mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner on April 24, 2025. The showcase, which kicks off at 12 p.m. and has a duration of one hour, will feature the mezzo as she takes Dominick Argento’s “From the Diary of Virginia Woolf” and Mahler’s “Rückert-Lieder.” Wagner is a Naumburg Vocal Award Winner and Houston Grand {…}

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The National Opera Association Announces Collaborations For its 70th National Conference

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The National Opera Association (NOA) has announced that at its 70th National Conference it will join forces with the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and other Savannah Arts Organizations. NOA+NATS 2025 Conference offerings include artistic discussions with NOA’s president Isaí Jess Muñoz and NATS’ president Alexis Davis Hall along with industry {…}

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Opera for Earth Unveils Fall 2024 Slate

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Opera for Earth has announced its upcoming productions for the fall of 2024. First up is a Fundraising concert featuring Dominick Argento’s “Miss Havisham’s Wedding” and “Miss Manners on Music.” The showcase will take place at St. John’s in the Village. Performance Date: Sept. 14, 2024 Then comes a production of “Dialogues of the Carmelites” at Moccasin Lake Nature Park. The {…}

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Four Essential Operas by Women Composers

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(Photo credit: Christophe-Abramowitz) Throughout time, women have routinely been at the bad end of the deal when it came to composing, performing, or really anything that has to do with music. However, as we now know that didn’t mean women composers, performers, critics, and everything in between didn’t exist. Actually, the opposite! Composers like Hildegard von Bingen, Barbara Strozzi, Clara {…}

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Brooklyn Art Song Society 2023-24 Review: Circles V – The Minnesota Connection

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(Photo: Catherine Hancock) Brooklyn Art Song Society (BASS) presented “Circles V: The Minnesota Connection” on Friday, February 2nd 2024 at First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. The program focused on works by Michael Djupstrom, Libby Larsen, Reinaldo Moya, and Dominick Argento. The pre-lecture before the program began featured Larsen and Moya discussing their works and the Minnesota connection. Larsen’s comments about her work, “The {…}

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Applications Now Live for the 2023-24 Dominick Argento Chamber Opera Competition

Obituary: Pulitzer-Prize Winning Composer Dominick Argento Passes At 91

New York City Opera to Honor Dominick Argento’s 90th Birthday with Carnegie Hall Concert

National Opera Association Announces Dominick and Carolyn Bailey Argento Fellowships For Composers and Vocalists

Erin Wagner Headlines Concert at The Morgan Library & Museum

The National Opera Association Announces Collaborations For its 70th National Conference

Opera for Earth Unveils Fall 2024 Slate

Four Essential Operas by Women Composers

Brooklyn Art Song Society 2023-24 Review: Circles V – The Minnesota Connection