Anna Gregg, Petra Wells, Anna-Helena Machlachlan, Cathal McCabe, & Ryan Garnham Named as Finalists in Northern Ireland Opera’s Glenarm Festival of Voice

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Northern Ireland Opera’s 13th Glenarm Festival of Voice has announced sopranos Anna Gregg and Petra Wells, mezzo-soprano Anna-Helena Machlachlan, tenor Cathal McCabe, and baritone Ryan Garnham as its finalists. From August 25-27 in Glenarm, the five singers will participate in intensive coaching before taking part in a live competition. Vocal coaches include Dr. Ingrid Surgenor, Professor Mark Wildman, and pianist {…}

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Northern Ireland Opera 2023-24 Review: The Juniper Tree

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Fairytales have not been kind to stepmothers. Usually depicted as jealous, manipulative and vicious, with a predilection for maltreating, disinheriting and murdering their stepchildren, stepmothers are probably on par with another favorite hate figure of the genre, the wicked witch. A typical example is found in “The Juniper Tree,” taken from Grimms’ Fairytales, published in 1812. This stepmother is not {…}

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Anna Gregg Wins Deborah Voigt Prize

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(Photo credit: Peter Thompson) Soprano Anna Gregg has won the Deborah Voigt Prize at the 13th Glenarm Festival of Voice. With the prize, Gregg will become the NI Opera Young Opera Voice of 2023. Gregg has worked with Opera Collective Ireland and Sestina Music. She has also performed with the Wexford Festival Opera, the Longborough Festival Opera, and Random Opera. {…}

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Opéra de Paris 2024 Review: Simon Boccanegra

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(Photo credit: Vincent Pontet-OnP) A few years ago, when Bieito’s staging of “Simon Boccanegra” premiered at the Paris Opera, the reviews were abysmal. Few things are as catchy in the opera world as negative consensus. I got to see the same production with a very similar cast last weekend, and, somehow, I think it was one of the most emotional {…}

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Pinchgut Opera 2022 Review: Medée

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(Photo credit: Cassandra Hannagan) In a podcast for Pinchgut Opera’s latest production, Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s opera “Médée,” Artistic Director Erin Helyard describes the first interpreter of the title role in 1693, Marie le Rochois, as “the greatest actress in all of France.” “Actress.” Not singer? But perhaps the designation provides a clue as to how to appreciate this early French baroque {…}

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Anna Gregg, Petra Wells, Anna-Helena Machlachlan, Cathal McCabe, & Ryan Garnham Named as Finalists in Northern Ireland Opera’s Glenarm Festival of Voice

Northern Ireland Opera 2023-24 Review: The Juniper Tree

Anna Gregg Wins Deborah Voigt Prize

Opéra de Paris 2024 Review: Simon Boccanegra

Pinchgut Opera 2022 Review: Medée