The 56 Concurso de Canto Tenor Viñas has announced its 2019 winners. After the finals held at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on Jan. 25, 2019, Peruvian tenor Ivan Ayon and Russian soprano Aigul Khismatullina took home first place. Meanwhile, American soprano Liv Redpath took home second prize while Chinese-born Long Long went home with third prize. Slovenian Jaka Mihelac won {…}
The Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition has announced that 62 singers out of 475 applicants have been chosen to participate in the VIII Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition. The competition announced that the competitors will represent 22 nationalities, including 20 from South Korea, six from the USA, five from Russia, four from Finland, and three from Germany and Ukraine. In total there {…}
Carnegie Hall has announced its 2019-20 season! The 2019-20 season will honor the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with over 35 performances celebrating the composer’s work and impact and will be dedicated to violinist, educator, and activist Isaac Stern, 2020 marking the centenary of his birth. We will focus primarily on vocal performances in this season announcement. Orchestras The first {…}
Tenor José Carreras and the José Carrerras International Foundation against Leukemia has been award Germany’s Award for Scientific Foundation of the Year. Per La Vangardia, the famed tenor’s foundation has contributed over 220 million euros in the battle against leukemia and has financed over 1,200 projects dedicated to research and treatment. The award comes with 10,000 euros and will be {…}
Countertenor David Daniels and his husband Scott Walters have been detained at the Washtenaw County Jail since Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 on charges of raping baritone Samuel Schultz in 2010. MLive originally reported that the two had been arrested and could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted. OperaWire has since received confirmation from Daniels’ representatives that the two {…}
The Houston Grand Opera has selected the finalists for the 31st annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers Concert of Arias. This year’s finalists are Sopranos Anna Dugan, Yunuet Laguna, Elena Villalón, mezzo-soprano Katherine DeYoung, and tenor Angel Romero. Bass-baritone Nicholas Newton and Basses William Meinert and William Guanbo Su are also finalists. This year, the competition received 525 applications {…}
“For 30 years my Dad thought he was a girl. This is the story of how he found himself.” So says eight-year-old William Bouk regarding “Mr. Liz: Living in the In-Between,” a showcase featuring mezzo-soprano Liz Bouk and his family. The show had a series of successful previews in late 2018, but will now get a run of shows at {…}
The Victorian Opera has announced a number of cast additions to its productions of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s beloved musical “A Little Night Music.” The company announced that Verity Hunt-Ballard would be performing Countess Charlotte Malcolm, while Alinta Chidzey would sing the role of Petra. Elisa Colla and Mat Verevis round out the cast as Anne Egerman and Henrik Egerman. The new {…}
Soprano Mara Zampieri is yet another Italian soprano who enjoyed a tremendous career in the 20th century. Zampieri received her education at the Padua Conservatory and would go on to win a number of prestigious Awards, including the Beniamino Gigli of Macerata and the Giuseppe Verdi of Parma. She made her debut in 1972 at the Fraschini Theatre. From there {…}
The Atlanta Opera’s initiative to recognize military veterans with engagement programs and free tickets to the company’s mainstage productions has received a Luminary Award for Community Engagement from ArtsATL. The Luminary Awards are known as Atlanta’s premier arts honors, celebrating the social impact, diversity, innovation, leadership, and generosity of the city’s creative community. Since 2015 the Home Depot Foundation has been {…}
The opera awards have announced the 2019 nominees with multiple singers and companies competing for top prizes. The nominees for Female Singer of the Year are Anna Caterina Antonacci, Daniela Barcellona, Sabine Devieilhe, Rosa Feola, Asmik Grigorian, and Pretty Yende. Meanwhile, the category for Male Singer of the Year is headlined by Charles Castronovo who competes with Alex Esposito, Brandon Jovanovich, John Osborn, Xavier Sabata, and Georg Zeppenfeld. {…}
