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Valerie Eickhoff Joins Intermusica for Management

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(Credit: Kiki Liu) German mezzo-soprano Valerie Eickhoff has joined the Intermusica’s Vocal & Opera roster for worldwide management. Eickhoff is the winner of the 2024 Opus Klassik New Talent of the Year and was the subject of Juliane Sauter’s documentary film “Primadonna or Nothing,” alongside Renata Scotto and Angel Blue. The mezzo has performed at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Danish {…}

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Valerie Eickhoff to Make LIFE Victoria Debut

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LIFE Victoria is set to present a performance featuring mezzo-soprano Valerie Eickhoff, on May 21, 2024. This marks the mezzo’s debut after winning the Premio Victoria de los Ángeles at the Concurso de Canto Tenor Viñas. For the occasion, she will present a program alongside pianist Eleonora Pertz that features music by Debussy, Duparc, Mahler, Britten, Korngold, and Weill. Eickhoff {…}

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Will Liverman, Andreas Scholl & Valerie Eickhoff 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 be able to hear newly released archive recordings, a world premiere opera, debut albums, and some great baroque works. Erinnerung St. Florian Abbey Singers releases an album with an homage to Bruckner. Invocazioni Mariane: Andreas Scholl, Alessandro Tampieri & {…}

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Valerie Eickhoff Wins 2022 Südwestrundfunk Junge Opernstars Competition

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Mezzo-soprano Valerie Eickhoff has won the 2022 Südwestrundfunk Junge Opernstars Competition. She took home the audience prize, the Emmerich Smola Prize, as well as the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Orchestra Prize, which is chosen by members of the orchestra. As the winner, Eickhoff will now have the opportunity to appear in a concert, studio production, and radio, television, and online programs {…}

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Mezzo-Soprano Valerie Eickhoff Joins Promethean Artists

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Promethean Artists has announced that mezzo-soprano Valerie Eickhoff has joined its roster of performers. A graduate with honors from Robert Schumann University, Eickhoff has recently made her role debut as Rosina in “Barber of Seville” with Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and will debut this summer at the Tiroler Festpiele Erl as Die Stallmagd in Humperdinck’s “Konigskinder.” The 2021-22 season will {…}

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Mirjam Mesak Joins Intermusica for Management

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Estonian soprano Mirjam Mesak has joined Intermusica for worldwide general management. Mesak will be managed by Camilla Wehmeyer and Mary Donald. The soprano is a member of the ensemble of the Bayerische Staatsoper, and has performed “Iolanta,” Musetta in “La bohème”, and the leading role in Axel Ranisch’s film “Orphea in Love,” which premiered in Munich in 2022. This season Mesak {…}

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Diego Matheuz Joins Intermusica for General Management

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Diego Matheuz has signed with Intermusica New York for worldwide general management. Matheuz is a rising conductor from Venezuela’s renowned El Sistema who has held distinguished positions, including Principal Conductor of Teatro La Fenice, Principal Conductor of the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra in Tokyo, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestra Mozart in Bologna, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and Simón {…}

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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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Ailyn Pérez, Adela Zaharia, Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Camilla Nylund Headline Semperoper Dresden’s 2025-26 Season

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Semperoper Dresden has unveiled its 2025-26 season. New Productions It opens with Verdi’s “Falstaff,” conducted by Daniele Gatti and directed by Damiano Michieletto with a cast starring Nicola Alaimo, Lodovico Ravizza, Yijie Shi, Eleonora Buratto, Rosalia Cid, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, and Nicole Chirka, among others. Performance Dates: Oct. 5 – Oct. 24, 2025 Next up is Hans Abrahamsen’s “The Snow Queen.” {…}