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DVD and CD Releases, News

Charles Castronovo, Benjamin Britten & Galina Vishnevskaya Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Happy New Year! For the first edition of the year, we look at the first releases of 2024. This week we get a new album by a leading tenor and a remastering of a legendary recording conducted by the composer himself. Out of the Ashes Navona releases the USD Chamber Singers and Dr. David Holdhusen’s new album. The CD will {…}

Special Features

The Wonderful World of Opera Dogs: Galina Vishnevskaya the Soprano, Rostropovich the Cellist & Pooks the Pianist

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(Credit: New York World-Telegram / Wolfson, Stanley) OperaWire is proud to present “The Wonderful World of Opera Dogs,” a series by Diana Burgwyn, which will focus on the relationship between opera’s most iconic stars and their beloved canines. The creation of this series and all research necessary for each individual piece were conducted solely by Diana. To learn more about {…}

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Artist Profile: Soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, One of Russia’s Great Artists

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Galina Vishnevskaya, born on Oct. 25, 1926, is not one of most recognized singers of the 20th century, though she was certainly well-recognized in the USSR. Vishnevskaya was born in Leningrad and got started singing operetta when she was barely 18 years old. She became a member of Bolshoi Theater in 1953, at the age of 27. While the greater {…}

News

Mikhailovsky Theatre Artistic Director Steps Down

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Saint Perterburg’s Mikhailovsky Theatre has announced that Artistic Director Vladimir Kehman has stepped down from his post. Kehman worked with the theater for almost 19 years and was appointed the theater’s General Director in May 2007 and in 2015 he took the post of Artistic Director. In 2024, Kehman made his debut as a director on the theater stage. The company {…}

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Otar Jorjikia Joins Keynote Artist Management

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Georgian tenor Otar Jorjikia has joined Keynote Artist Management. The tenor has performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Opernhaus Zürich, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, Polish National Opera, Lithuanian National Opera, and Opera Australia. Recent highlights include Cavaradossi in “Tosca” for Wiesbaden, Adorno in “Simon Boccanegra” for Grange Park Opera, and Pinkerton in “Madama Butterfly” for Teatr Wielki. Jorjikia is {…}

News

Opera Crown Tbilisi International Voice Competition Announces Schedule & Jury

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The Opera Crown Tbilisi International Voice Competition is set to take place from Nov. 3 – 8, 2025. The competition, which is in the midst of accepting applications through Oct. 1, 2025, will require contestants to sing two arias with piano for its first rounds and then require finalists to sing two arias with orchestra for the final section of {…}

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Obituary: Bolshoi Theatre Baritone Vladislav Verestnikov Dies at 77

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(Credit: Bolshoi Theatre) Opera singer Vladislav Verestnikov has died at the age of 77. The news was reported by the Bolshoi Theatre stated that the baritone was suffering from a long illness.  Born on Jan. 4, 1947, Verestnikov graduated from the Kharkov Institute of Radio Electronics, and then from the vocal department of the Kharkov Institute of Arts. In 1975, {…}

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Elena Obraztsova Competition Announces Western Agencies in Jury

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Correction: A representative from the Teatro Massimo di Palermo will not be in attendance as part of the jury.  The Elena Obraztsova Singing Competition has announced the jury members for the 2024 edition which will take place between July 21 and 27, 2024. The competition, which is sponsored by Russia’s Minister of Culture, will see Larisa Gergieva, the Artistic Director {…}

DVD and CD Reviews, Reviews

CD Review: Marina Rebeka’s ‘Essence’

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“Essence” is Marina Rebeka’s fifth solo recital on her very own label, “Prima Classic.” Although it was recorded all the way back in 2021, the album was released only last November; its program therefore does not reflect the soprano’s current engagements nor does it acknowledge her accomplishments in the French repertory. Instead, it presents like a best-of compilation, with arias {…}