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Marie Lys, Benjamin Appl, Inés Alonso & Mélissa Petit Lead Festival de Peralada’s 2025 Season

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The Festival de Perelada has announced its 2025 Easter Festival. Here are the vocal performances. Johann Adolf Hasse’s “Oratorio in F major” is set to be performed for the first time in Spain. Valer Sabadus, Marie Lys, Rafael Quirant, Maria Espada, and Anna Alàs i Jové. Dani Espasa conducts the Vespres d’Arnadi.  Performance Date: April 17, 2025 Benjamin Appl and Dani Espada {…}
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Cecilia Bartoli, Rolando Villazón, Mélissa Petit, Andriana Chuchman, Thomas Hampson Headline Salzburg Whitsun Festival 2023

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The Salzburg Whitsun Festival has announced its 2023 festival and it will feature a very heavy emphasis on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. “As a musician and singer, I firmly believe in the power of music and the human voice. Therefore, the Orpheus myth is naturally one of the ancient stories that fascinates me most. It heartens me when {…}
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Amina Edris, Julia Muzychenko, Hélène Carpentier & Mélissa Petit Lead Opéra de Limoges’ 2022-23 Season

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France’s Opéra de Limoges has announced its 2022-23 season featuring five productions. The season opens with Saint-Saëns’ “La Princesse jaune” under the direction of Philippe Forget. Alexandra Lacroix directs the production which stars Camille Schnoor and François Rougier. Performance Dates: Nov. 6 & 8, 2022 Julien Dran, Mélissa Petit, Jean Luc Ballestra, François Rougier, Sophie Marin-Degor, Cécile Galois, and Edouard Portal perform {…}
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Melissa Gregory Wins the 2023 Bampton Classical Opera’s Young Singers’ Competition

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(Photo credit: Sisi) Mezzo-soprano Melissa Gregory has been named the winner of Bampton Classical Opera’s 2023 Young Singers’ Competition. The finals took place Nov. 25 in the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium at Wolfson College in Oxford. Gregory took home the highest prize totaling in £2,000. Second prize of £1,000 was awarded to countertenor Kieron-Connor Valentine. The winner of the accompanists’ prize, {…}
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Sungmin Park Takes Home First Prize in 2026 Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition

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The 44th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition has announced its 2026 winners. The final round of competition was held in Jūrmala, Latvia from May 31 to June 7. The first prize and € 10,000 went to bass-baritone Sungmin Park. Soprano Forooz Razavi came in second (€ 5,000) and bass-baritone Son Jin Kim was awarded third place (€ 3,000). The {…}
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Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition Announces Winners

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the winners of the 2026 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition following its annual competition on March 22. The winners were sopranos Shannon Crowley, Elizabeth Hanje, Song Hee Lee, and Anna Thompson; and baritones Gabriel Natal-Báez and Robert Wente. Each winner receives a $20,000 cash prize and the prestige, exposure, and networking opportunities that {…}
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Camila Romero & Valeria Delmé Win Inaugural South American Region Auditions for Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition

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(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition has named Camila Romero of Chile and Valeria Delmé of Argentina as the winners of its inaugural South America Region auditions. Both sopranos will advance directly to the Semifinals of the competition, scheduled for March 15, 2026, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Romero and Delmé were selected {…}
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Bampton Classical Opera Announces Finalists for Young Singers’ Competition 2025

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Bampton Classical Opera will hold the Public Final of its Young Singers’ Competition 2025 on Nov. 25 at 6 p.m. at the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, Wolfson College, Oxford. The finalists include mezzo-sopranos Emma Roberts and Myrna Tennant; sopranos Seohyun Go, Erin Rossington, Shafali Jalota, and Erin O’Rourke; bass-baritone Wonsick Oh; and baritone Michael Lafferty. Each finalist will perform a 20-minute {…}
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Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition Announces 2025 Winners

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The Met Opera has announced the winners of the 2025 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. This year the five winners were sopranos Alissa Goretsky and Emma Marhefka, mezzo-sopranos Sadie Cheslak and Michelle Mariposa, and baritone Luke Sutliff. Each winner received a $20,000 cash prize and the prestige, exposure, and networking opportunities that come with winning a renowned competition {…}

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