Heather Walrath Releases First Novel, ‘The Diva’s Daughter’

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Debut author Heather Walrath has released “The Diva’s Daughter,” an opera-themed historical novel set against the political and cultural upheaval of Europe in the early 1930s. Set in Munich and Vienna in 1932, “The Diva’s Daughter” tells the story of Angelika Eder, an aspiring opera singer whose life is upended after the sudden death of her mother, a celebrated soprano. {…}

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Ivor Novello Awards Announces 2025 Nominees

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The Ivors Academy has revealed the 34 composers and librettists who have been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award. A jury of 30 composer judges from The Ivors Academy considered over 220 works entered for this year’s Awards, resulting in 29 nominated works in the shortlist. Those with classical vocal works nominated are featured in this article. Best Choral Composition {…}

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Q & A: Mezzo-Soprano Indyana Schneider on Her Second Novel: Since the World is Ending

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The first draft didn’t work. Australian mezzo-soprano and novelist Indyana Schneider says that plainly, without flinching. By the time Schneider’s debut novel, “28 Questions,” hit shelves in January 2022, she’d already completed a full draft of her follow-up, “Since the World is Ending,” and it wasn’t good. But what followed was, in her words, “a really fun journey.” That journey {…}

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Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi & Maria Novella Malfatti Lead Teatro di Piacenza’s Verdi Trilogy

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The Teatro di Piacenza has announced that the Verdi Trilogy will conclude the 2024-25 season. The company announced that all three operas will be directed by Roberto Catalano and will be conducted by Francesco Lanzillotta. The three works will also star the same cast. The trilogy opens with “Rigoletto” starring Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi, Ernesto Petti, Maria Novella Malfatti, Adolfo Corrado, {…}

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‘Everest’ Graphic Novel Opera to Screen at Opera Steamboat

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Opera Steamboat will present a screening of “Everest – A Graphic Novel Opera” on Oct. 22, 2024 at the Bud Werner Memorial Library. The screening will showcase the new film production by Opera Parallèle. The one-act opera by Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer focuses on the 1996 Mount Everest Disaster during which several mountaineers died after a severe storm hit {…}

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Carolyn Jack to Publish Debut Novel ‘The Changing of Keys’

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(Photo credit: Kevin Rabito) Carolyn Jack’s debut novel, “The Changing of Keys” will be released on Sept. 17 by Regal House Publishing. The novel explores the cutthroat world of classical opera, grief, and coming-of-age. The plot follows a gifted, fourteen-year-old pianist, whose father has died. He himself sent away from his Caribbean home against his will, to study classical music {…}

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Thomas Adès, Brett Dean, Tansy Davies, Brian Irvine, Hannah Kendall, Ben Nobuto, John Rutter, Josephine Stephenson, & Dobrinka Tabakova Take Home Ivor Novello Awards

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((c) Hogan Media Shutterstock) The Ivors Academy revealed the winners of the Ivor Novello Awards at The Ivors Classical Awards. The 11 winners were announced during a ceremony hosted by BBC Radio 3’s Hannah Peel and Tom Service at the British Film Institute in London. Winners in opera and classical voice categories are Thomas Adès, Brett Dean, Tansy Davies, Brian {…}

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The Book Publishing Guild Announces Upcoming Release of ‘Madama Butterfly’ Novel

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The Book Guild Publishing has announced the upcoming publication of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” literary novelization by acclaimed writer Gary Davis. The publisher has set April 28, 2023, as the novel’s release date. “Davis’ “Butterfly” is set after the American Civil War. When a man from Maine becomes a diplomat in Nagasaki, Japan, he befriends a geisha named Cio-Cio and attends {…}

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Ivor Novello Composer Award Winners 2022 Announced

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The Ivor Novello Composer Awards have announced the 2022 winners. For the purpose of this article, our focus will be solely on winners in operatic and vocal categories. Brett Dean took home the prize for Chamber Ensemble for his work “Madame Ma Bonne Soeur,” written for mezzo-soprano and string quartet. The work premiered in the UK at the Oxford Lieder {…}

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Heather Walrath Releases First Novel, ‘The Diva’s Daughter’

Ivor Novello Awards Announces 2025 Nominees

Q & A: Mezzo-Soprano Indyana Schneider on Her Second Novel: Since the World is Ending

Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi & Maria Novella Malfatti Lead Teatro di Piacenza’s Verdi Trilogy

‘Everest’ Graphic Novel Opera to Screen at Opera Steamboat

Carolyn Jack to Publish Debut Novel ‘The Changing of Keys’

Thomas Adès, Brett Dean, Tansy Davies, Brian Irvine, Hannah Kendall, Ben Nobuto, John Rutter, Josephine Stephenson, & Dobrinka Tabakova Take Home Ivor Novello Awards

The Book Publishing Guild Announces Upcoming Release of ‘Madama Butterfly’ Novel

Ivor Novello Composer Award Winners 2022 Announced