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Piotr Beczala, Sonya Yoncheva, Rolando Villazon & Joyce DiDonato Lead ‘Hidden Voices’ Series’ 2024-25 Season

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SY1 has announced its 2024-25 season entitled “Hidden Voices” featuring a star-studded lineup of singers. The first concert will feature Sonay Yoncheva in the program “On One Star” featuring compositions by notable Italian composers. Performance Date: Dec. 3, 2024 Polish Tenor Piotr Beczala will perform a concert entitled “Romance.” Performance Date: March 19, 2025 Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón will visit Sofia {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Sonya Yoncheva, Rolando Villazón, Jonathan Tetelman & Aigul Akhmetshina Lead Festspielhaus Baden-Baden’s 2025 Season

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The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden has announced its 2025 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Camilla Nylund, Andreas Schager, and Pietari Inkinen perform an evening of Wagner, Strauss, Kálmán, Lehar, Performance Dates: Jan. 12, 2025 Zum Rahmenprogramm des Festivals  Gianandrea Noseda, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, and Philharmonia Zürich lead an all-Strauss program. Performance Dates: Feb. 22, 2025 Andris Nelsons conducts Mahler’s {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón & Piotr Beczała Lead ‘Masters of Classic’s’ First Season

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A new festival, “Masters of Classic,” will celebrate its first year in Bucharest, Romania with a star-studded lineup. The festival will occur between Sept. 1 and 15, 2024 at the Sala Palatului and the National Opera House in Bucharest. For this article, vocal performances will be emphasized. The season opens with Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov performing in concert. Performance {…}

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Sonya Yoncheva, Iestyn Davies, Juan Diego Flórez, Lauren Snouffer, Rolando Villazón Headline Salzburg Mozarteum’s 2025 Season

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The Salzburg Mozarteum has unveiled its 2025 season. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is a program featuring soprano Lauren Snouffer taking on arias by Haydn and Mozart. The program, which will be conducted by Roberto González-Monjas, will also include works by Gluck and Salieri. Performance Date: Jan. 23, 2025 Michael Shade headlines a concert {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Golda Schultz, Michael Volle & Rolando Villazón Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to explore a new album by one of the most acclaimed Mozart sopranos of our time and a new Ring Cycle. There are some rarely performed composers being explored. La Serenissima Composer and vocalist Esbe will release her {…}

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Rolando Villazón Revealed on the Masked Singer Germany

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Rolando Villazón was revealed as one of the singers on the Masked Singer Germany. The tenor announced the news on social media stating, “This was fun…! Queen‘s ‘Somebody to love’ is my favorite song for Karaoke night and it was such a treat performing it on Masked Singer Germany as the show’s first ever Mysterium.” When it was revealed presenter {…}

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‘Cabrini,’ Featuring Rolando Villazón, Set for Theaters this Week

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On March 8, 2024, Angel Studios is set to release Alejandro Mointeverde’s new film “Cabrini.” The movie tells the story of Mother Cabrini, who after witnessing disease and poverty in the slums of New York, embarks on a daring journey to persuade the hostile mayor to provide housing and healthcare for hundreds of orphaned children. The film stars Christiana Dell’Anna {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Rolando Villazón on Being Fulfilled, the Major Turning Points of His Career & Never Quitting

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(Photo: Stéphane Gallois) Through his uniquely compelling performances, Rolando Villazón has firmly established himself as one of the music world’s most critically acclaimed and beloved stars and as one of the leading artistic voices of our day. It was as the winner of several prizes at the “Operalia” Competition in 1999 (including the audience award and the Zarzuela prize) that {…}

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Rolando Villazón Earns Major Honor from Merola Opera Program

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(Credit: Kristen Loken Photography) Famed tenor Rolando Villazón has received a Merola Distinguished Almuni Award. The Mexican tenor was given the recognition on August 8 during a master class. During the presentation of the award, Merola Opera Program Board of Directors President Barbara Bruser Clark stated, “Those of us who heard Rolando Villazón that summer were never in doubt that {…}