The George London Foundation Recital Series will conclude its 23rd season by presenting two George London Award winners. Soprano Julie Adams and mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo will present a joint program with pianist Ken Noda. The program will showcase Adams in “Elsa’s Dream” from Wagner’s “Lohengrin” and songs by Grieg and Rachmaninoff, as well as two Strauss songs – “Morgen” and “Beim {…}
The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music announced the winners for the 2019 Lotte Lenya Competition. The competition, which was held at Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music on April 13, handed its first prize of $20,000 to Daniel Berryman. Meanwhile Andrea Wozniak won the $15,000 Second Prize. Trevor Martin received the Third Prize of $10,000. In addition to the {…}
Those who missed out on the famed performances of “Il Bravo” from the Wexford Festival will get a chance to check the work out via ARTE.Tv starting on Easter Sunday. The stream will remain on ARTE’s digital streaming channels as part of its 2019 Opera season. The work received tremendous accolades, winning the award for Best Opera Production from The {…}
Tenor Gianni Raimondi, born on April 17, 1923, had a solid career. Born in Bologna, he studied at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini and made his stage debut in “Rigoletto” at the Teatro Conorziale in Budrio in 1947. He also debuted at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna the following year. He appeared at La Scala in 1956, singing alongside Maria {…}
Soprano Elena Mosuc has been awarded the “Best Soprano” Award from the International Opera Awards (International Opera Award (Oscar della Lirica) 2019. She will receive her award in Venice on October 1, 2019. The soprano is coming off a major triumph at the Royal Opera Muscat in her first-ever performances of Délibes’ “Lakmé.” “First of all the music is very {…}
The BBC Proms has announced its 2019 festival featuring some of the great singers, performers and orchestras in the world. For this season announcement we will concentrate on the vocal performances. Omer Meir Wellber leads the BBC Proms Youth Choir and BBC Philharmonic in Haydn’s “The Creation.” He is joined by soloists Sarah-Jane Brandon, Benjamin Hulett, and Christoph Pohl. Performance Date: July 29, {…}
Stage fright. What performer or artist of any kind has not dealt with some form of performance anxiety at some point in his or her career? In fact, they say that if you care about something, there will always be nerves associated. Some people are excellent at channeling these emotions in the right manner – Franco Corelli was said to {…}
China’s Music City Harbin will launch its annual event, the 2nd International Music Competition Harbin, allowing international young musicians to showcase their skills as they attempt to capture some of the top prizes in the industry. This year’s competition will be held in Harbin and will expand to four categories: vocal, piano, violin and composition. The competition will be judged by 29 worldwide renowned {…}
The Salzburg Osterfestspiele has its 2020 festival concentrating on the works of Verdi and Beethoven. This season the festival will present a new production of “Don Carlo” directed by Vera Nemirova. Christian Thielemann will conduct the production, which is set to include a new prologue by Manfred Trojan; this in turn will replace the Act one Fontainebleau scene. The cast will include Yusif {…}
This week will center on one major release in honor of one of the great tenors of the 20th century. Johan Botha: Italian Opera Arias Orfeo and Naxos pay tribute to Johan Botha in a CD set featuring arias and duets from Verdi’s “Don Carlo,” “I Vespri Siciliani,” “Aida” and “Otello” as well as Puccini’s “Turandot” and “Tosca,” Giordano’s “Andrea {…}
On April 12, 2019, the Metropolitan Opera resumed it season’s run of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Occupying a rather unique space as a dramma giocoso, the work unfolds the allegorical message through often-comedic methods. The cast and crew of Friday’s performance strongly favored these comedic elements, much to the delight of the audience. Michael Grandage’s production highlights the universal nature of {…}
