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Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition Announces 2024 Winners

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The 2024 Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition has announced its winners.  The first prize of £10,000 went to mezzo-soprano Anja Mittermüller and the second prize of £5,000 was awarded to tenor Santiago Sánchez. The third prize of £2,500 went to baritone Jonathan Eyers, while the special prize went to mezzo-soprano Mathilde Ortscheidt. Jong Sun Woo won the pianist prize of £5,000 and {…}
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Glyndebourne Opera Festival 2023-24 Review: Don Giovanni

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© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith Trigger warning: Mozart aficionados, look away now. One might think Wolfgang Amadeus to be somewhat overrated, and the fact that he was hugely prolific, widely acknowledged to be a prodigy and is almost globally asserted to have been a genius, does little by way of endearing his music to my ear. I {…}
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Royal Academy of Music to Present ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

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The Royal Academy of Music will present “Le Nozze di Figaro” this March. Starting on March 21, 2023, at the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, the production will be conducted by Alice Farnham and directed by Stephen Medcalf. Jamie Vartan will be the production designer while Simon Corder will act as the lighting designer. The famed Mozart opera will run through March {…}
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Glyndebourne Announces 2023 Jerwood Young Artists

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Glyndebourne has announced that three artists will be part of the organization’s Jerwood Young Artists Programme in 2023. The three singers include mezzo-soprano Annabel Kennedy, bass-baritone Michael Ronan, and bass Jamie Woollard. Ronan performed with Glyndebourne in a production of “Les Mamelles de Tirésias” and covered roles in “La Bohème” and “The Wreckers.” He is also a member of the {…}
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Royal Academy Opera 2021 Review: L’heure espagnole/Gianni Schicchi

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(Credit: © Craig Fuller) When it comes to sex and death, timing is everything. The Royal Academy of Music is one of Europe’s leading conservatoires, with a renowned opera program for young singers whose stars are in the ascendant. This autumn they offered – across two casts – a double bill of Maurice Ravel’s mischievous farce “L’heure Espagnole” and Giacomo {…}
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David Oller, Nicole Chevalier, José Simerilla Romero, Heather Engebretson & Johanna Wallroth Lead Theater Basel’s 2025-26 Season

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Theater Basel has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres  Kurt Weill’s “Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny” will be directed by Benedikt von Peter. Jasmin Jorias Etezadzadeh, Ronan Caillet, Andrew Murphy, Solenn’ Lavanant Linke, Rolf Romei, Ervin Ahmeti, Elliott Carlton Hines, and Marius Aron star.  Stefan Klingele and Thomas Wise conduct. Performance Dates: August 28-Oct. 26, 2025 David Oller, Carmen Artaza, {…}
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Local Students to Take Part in Blackwater Valley Opera Festival Opening Ceremony

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Over 100 local primary school students will perform at the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival’s Official Opening Ceremony in Millenium Park Lismore for the first time in the festival’s history. Their performance is the culmination of a six-week education outreach program run by the festival in conjunction with Music Generation Waterford tutors Anita Mahon and Conor Clancy. For two months weekly {…}
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Theatre Basel Announces 2023-24 Season

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Switzerland’s Theatre Basel has unveiled its 2023-24 season. Here is rundown of all the opera performances. New Productions First up is “Das Rheingold” in a production by Benedikt von Peter and Caterina Cianfarini. The opera, which will be conducted by Jonathan Nott, stars Nathan Berg, Michael Borth, Ronan Caillet, Michael Laurenz, Solenn’ Lavant Left, and Lucie Peyramaure, among others. Performance {…}

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