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Christiane Karg, Shelén Hughes, Reginald Mobley, John Brancy to Star in The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2025 Blossom Music Festival

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The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 2025 Blossom Music Festival. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Osmo Vänskä will conduct “Carmina Burana” with Shelén Hughes, Reginald Mobley, and John Brancy as the soloists. Also on the program is Sibelius’ “En Saga.” Performance Date: July 12, 2025 Elim Chan will lead a performance of Ravel’s “Shéhéreazade” with soprano {…}

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Paulina Francisco, Shelén Hughes, Jacqueline Echols, Justin Austin, Amanda Forsythe Headline Caramoor 2024 Season

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Caramoor has announced its summer 2024 season. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. Kicking things off is a Pride Month celebration with tenor Jasmine Rice LaBeija, presented in collaboration with The LOFT LGBTQ+ Community Center. Performance Date: June 13, 2024 Roomful of Teeth will present works by Caroline Shaw, Angelica Negrón, Peter Shin, William Brittelle, and {…}

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Julie Roset, Sabine Devieilhe, & Reginald Mobley Lead Saint-Denis Festival 2025

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Saint-Denis Festival has released details of its 2025 season. This year the festival puts women in the spotlight, as a “demonstration of the important place that women now occupy in the musical world, particularly in orchestral conducting.” Only vocal works are included in this article. First up is a preview concert featuring Apolline Raï-Westphal, Louise Bourgeat-Roulleau, Jordan Mouaïssia, Léo Guillou-Keredan, {…}

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Limmie Pulliam, Asmik Grigorian, Liv Redpath, Malin Byström, Christian Gerhaher Headline The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

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The Cleveland Orchestra has unveiled its 2025-26 season at Severance Music Center. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Franz Welser Möst conducts a program of works by Strauss, Ravel, and Bern Richard Deutsch’s “Urworte” with The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus. Performance Dates: Sept. 26 – 28, 2025 Limmie Pulliam and Iurii Samoilov are the soloists for {…}

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George and Nora London Foundation Competition Announces 2025 Winners

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The 53rd George and Nora London Foundation Competition for young American and Canadian opera singers has announced the winners. A total of $74,000 was  Of 12 finalists, five were named winners with a prize of $12,000 each. The remaining seven singers were awarded the George London Encouragement Awards of $2,000 each. The winners included tenor Alec Carlson, soprano Shelén Hughes, {…}

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Concorso Renata Tebaldi Announces 2024 Winners

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The ninth Concorso Renata Tebaldi di San Marino has announced the 2024 winners First prize went to baritone Matteo Mancini who performed Rossini’s “Largo al factotum” from “Il Barbiere di Siviglia.” Meanwhile second prize went to soprano Altynbek Aigerim who performed Puccini’s “Senza mamma” from “Suor Angelica.”  The third prize was taken by Lydia Hoen Tjore for her interpretation of Rossini’s {…}

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Concours de Genève Announces Eight Semi-Finalists

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(Credit:Concours de Genève) The Voice Semi-Finalists for the 78th Concours de Genève have been announced. Eight singers will participate in the Concours de Genève Voice Semi-Final including mezzo-soprano Stefanie Bruggeling, soprano Shelen Hughes, tenor Junho Hwang, baritone Jungrae Noah Kim, soprano Franciana Nogues, soprano Jaeeun Shin, mezzo-soprano, and soprano Chelsea Marilyn Zurflüh. The eight semi-finalists were chosen from the original 32 candidates. {…}

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Concours de Genève Announces Finalists for 2024 Vocal Competition

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The 78th Concours de Genève has announced the 32 singers featured in its International Music Competition this October. The singers include Stefanie Bruggeling, Lin Fan, Edwin Fardini, Julie Goussot, Liwei Hou, Shelen Hughes, Junho Hwang, Jungrae Noah Kim, SuHan Kim, Hyerim Kim, Elizaveta Kozlova, Kyrylo Krasnykov, Aleksandra Łaska, Dasol Lee, Ruoran Ma, Franciana Nogues, Changdai Park, Joseph Parrish, Hyunwoo Roh, {…}

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American Composers Orchestra & Perelman Performing Arts Center to Present ‘An American Soldier’

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The American Composers Orchestra and Perelman Performing Arts Center are set to present the New York premiere of composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang’s “An American Soldier.” The work is based on the true story of Chinese-American Army Pvt. Danny Chen, who was found dead in a guard tower at his base in Afghanistan in 2011 will be directed by Chay Yew, will star {…}