Richard Hamrin is currently one of Sweden’s most versatile and sought-after baritones. He has built a career that range spans the full lyric baritone repertoire and large-scale musical theatre. In 2024, he garnered acclaimed for his portrayal of Jasper in “Arv” at Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern in Stockholm and as Sigismund in “Vita Hästen” at Folkoperan. He has also portrayed King {…}
Soprano Amy Broadbent is a founding member of the vocal quartet The Polyphonists. She has performed in ensembles including The Crossing, Seraphic Fire, True Concord, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and the Choir of the Basilica. The Washington Bach Consort will be presenting Bach’s “Mass in B Minor” at the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, {…}
(Photo credit: Mario Cervantes) The opera pop trio, Il Volo got their start 15 years ago in the Eurovision competition. Today, the group featuring Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble, have nearly one million followers on Instagram, over two million subscribers on YouTube, and over three million likes on TikTok. Last year alone, Il Volo performed in Rome for {…}
(Credit: Ben Ealovega) Few countertenors today command the international stage with the authority and musical intelligence of Iestyn Davies. Renowned for his interpretations of Baroque repertoire as well as his compelling performances in 20th-century opera, Davies has become one of the defining voices of his generation. During his recent return to Teatro Real in Madrid to perform Oberon in “A {…}
(Photo: A soprano known for her “tender and expressive voice” (SF Examiner) Toni Marie Palmertree is described as giving “riveting” performances of Tosca, Donna Elvira, and Nedda across America. She makes her principal role debut March 28th at the Metropolitan Opera as Cio-Cio-San in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, Toni Marie Palmertree shares with OperaWire how {…}
Bulgarian tenor Alexander Marev is one of the rising stars of the opera world who has won numerous national singing competitions in his native Poland. He has also been a young talent program of the Opera La Monnaie/De Munt in Brussels and made his stage debut in March 2022 in a production of “Rigoletto.” Since then he has appeared at {…}
(Credit: Katharina Gebauer) Anna Skryleva is an award winning conductor, composer, pianist, and synesthete. She regularly appears as a guest conductor at prestigious opera houses including the Hamburg State Opera, the Royal Swedish Opera, the Dallas Opera, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and this season she made her Teatro alla Scala debut. She is also making {…}
Joshua Conyers is recognized as one of the leading dramatic baritones of today. Described by the New York Times as having a “sonorous baritone that wheedled and seduced” and by the Washington Post as having a “show stealing performance;” his is a remarkable story that starts in abject poverty, from the shelters, drug abuse, and violence of his childhood home {…}
(Photo: Tomas Kullström) Swedish mezzo-soprano Alexandra Olsson Andersen’s work spans opera, concert, theater, and film, with a growing reputation for physically demanding roles and a strong presence in the trouser repertoire. She studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, the Norwegian National Academy of Opera in Oslo, and the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where she {…}
(Photo: Press Image) Included in the TOP TEN rising stars of opera by OperaWire in 2022, soprano Francesca Pia Vitale has won numerous international awards after graduating in 2020 from the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan. She is renowned for her eclectic repertoire that in recent months ranges from “Tancredi” to “Rigoletto” and “Orfeo ed Euridice.” She is currently {…}
(Credit: Gemma Escribano) This month Ruth Iniesta is set to return to the Teatro de la Zarzuela, where she will sing the role of La duquesa de Medina in “Jugar con Fuego.” The zarzuela by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, which premiered in 1851, is relatively unknown and for this production, the Madrid theater will present a new production. Throughout the past {…}