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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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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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Metropolitan Opera & Kiswe Team Up for Opera Competition SemiFinals Live Stream

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Kiswe has announced it is partnering with the Metropolitan Opera to produce and globally distribute the 2025 National Semifinals of the Laffont Competition set for March 9, 2025. This will mark the fifth time that Kisme partners with the Met to ensure opera fans worldwide that they can experience one of the genre’s most anticipated events. In a statement, Melissa {…}
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Bampton Classical Opera Announces Schedule & Jury for Young Singers’ Competition 2025. 

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Bampton Classical Opera has unveiled the schedule for its upcoming Young Singers’ Competition 2025. The public final for the event is set for Nov. 25, 2025 at the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium in Oxford. Each finalist will perform for 20 minutes, showcasing a repertory of opera and song. At least one work must be in English and another must be an {…}
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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Takes Home Top Prize at Gerda Lissner Foundation’s International Vocal Competition 2024

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The Gerda Lissner Foundation has announced the 2024 winners of its International Vocal Competition. In the Opera Division, countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen took home the top prize, the Liederkranz Foundation Award. The other winners in the division include baritone Yeongtaek Yang (First Prize), mezzo-soprano Maire Therese Carmack (second prize), and soprano Karoline Podolak (third prize). Taking home the Judge’s Special {…}

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