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Ema Nikolovska, James Newby, Alessandro Fisher, Theodore Platt Among Winners of Borletti-Buitoni Trust Prizes

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The Borletti-Buitoni Trust has announced the recipients of their 2022 awards and fellowships. The four award winners are cellist Anastasia Kobekina, violinist Geneva Lewis, baritone James Newby, and mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska; they will each receive a prize of 30k Pounds. The five fellowships winners are Consone Quartet ensemble, tenor Alessandro Fisher, cellist Zlatomir Fung, recordist Lucie Horsch, and baritone Theodore {…}
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Emmy D’Angelo, Kathryn Lewek, Emily Pogorelc, Emőke Baráth, Rolando Villazón Headline Salzburg Mozarteum’s 2026 Mozart Week

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(Credit: Wolfgang Lienbacher) The Salzburg Mozarteum has announced its programming for Mozart Week 2026. Here is a breakdown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is a concert featuring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo alongside the Danish Chamber Orchestra and conductor Adam Fischer. Rolando Villazón will moderate the program, which includes works by Mozart, Monteverdi, and Händel. Performance Date: Jan. 22, 2026 {…}
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Lise Davidsen, Quinn Kelsey, Marigona Qerkezi, Gevorg Hakobyan & Santiago Ballerini Lead Royal Danish Opera’s 2025-26 Season

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The Royal Danish Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Daniele Squeo and Lukas Beikircher conduct Puccini’s “Tosca” with Francesca Tiburzi and Marigona Qerkezi sharing the title role. Matteo Lippi, Carlos Cardoso, Johan Reuter, and Daniel Luis de Vicente also star. Kasper Holten directs. Performance Dates: August 31, 2025-Jan. 24 2026 Evan Rogister conducts George Benjamin’s “Written on Skin” in a stage production by Katie Mitchell. Daniel {…}
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Royal Danish Opera 2025 Review: The Barber of Seville

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(Photo: Miklos Szabo) It is well known that the premiere night of “The Barber of Seville” was a resounding failure. A series of onstage mishaps, boos from the audience, and even a black cat crossing the stage forced Gioachino Rossini to flee the theater to avoid, in his own words, “being killed by the audience for their unbridled passion.” Yet {…}
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CD Review: Jonathan Tetelman’s ‘The Great Puccini’

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Jonathan Tetelman’s “Arias” ranks, to who currently writes, among the most sensational debuts in recent years. With a program tailored to his velvety and, at times, dusky tenor voice it made the heavy hitters from both the French and Italian repertoires sound as fresh and untainted as if one had heard them for the very first time. Yet its successor, {…}
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2023 Review: The Dialogue of the Carmelites

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(Photo: Richard Hubert Smith) Whether you like Barrie Kosky’s stagings or not, they always have an enormous presence. Think of the Marlene Dietrich-inspired gorilla suit in his “Carmen” for the Royal Opera House, the inflatable Beckmesser caricature in the Nuremberg trial “Meistersinger”, or the eerie sea of ash and candles in his “Saul” for Glyndebourne. The latter, highly acclaimed, meant {…}
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Benjamin Appl, Miah Persson, Dame Sarah Connolly, Roderick Williams, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha Headline Oxford International Song Festival 2023

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The Oxford International Song Festival has unveiled the schedule for its 2023 season. Kicking off the festival will be “Quiet Music: A Draw-Along,” featuring mezzo-soprano Bethany Horak-Hallet, pianist Natalie Burch, and Julia Thaxton. The program includes works by Schubert, Clara Schumann, and Hildegard von Bingen, among others. Performance Date: Oct. 13, 2023  Soprano Soraya Mafi will be joined by such {…}
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Lucia Lucas, Sylvia D’Eramo, Rolando Villazón, Christopher Sokolowski, Vincenzo Neri Headline Theater St. Gallen’s 2023-24 Season

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The Theater St. Gallen has unveiled its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the classical vocal and operatic performances. First up is a performance of “Carmina Burana” featuring Kali Hardwick, Jonah Hoskins, Shea Owens, and Vincenzo Neri. Modestas Pitrenas conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 8 – Oct. 1, 2023 Rolando Villazón performs in recital alongside Carrie-Ann Matheson. They will deliver {…}

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