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Maria Agresta, Martin Muehle, Pretty Yende, & Angelo Villari Among Performers at 2025 Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund

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(Photo credits: Elisa Rinaldi, Simon Pauly, & Gregor Hohenberg) Klangvokal Music Festival Dortmund announces its 2025 lineup. Soprano Maria Agresta and tenor Martin Muehle perform opera classics from Verdi to Puccini in the Italian opera gala. Carlo Montanaro conducts the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen. Performance Date: June 1, 2025 Works by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and those who inspired his writing {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Cecilia Bartoli, Piotr Beczała, Elina Garanča, Benjamin Bernheim & Sabine Devieilhe Headline Palau de la Música Catalana’s 2025-26 Season

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The Palau de la Música Catalana has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Adolf Gassol conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” Performance Dates: Sept. 6 & Dec. 6, 2025 Puccini’s “Tosca” will be performed. Performance Date: Sept. 11, 2025 Julia Kleiter joins the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès and Andrés Salado for G. Ortiz and Tchaikovsky. Performance {…}

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Cincinnati Opera Receives Major Donation for Opera Fusion: New Works

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Cincinnati Opera has announced a generous donation in support of “Opera Fusion: New Works,” its joint creative venture with the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. The company said that it had received an anonymous gift that will extend OF:NW by three years. The Opera Fision program was launched in 2011 to foster the development of new American operas, receiving {…}

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Limak Philharmonic Orchestra to Showcase ‘Enchanting Melodies of the Mediterranean’ in Barcelona

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(Photo Courtesy of Limak Holding) The Limak Philharmonic Orchestra is set to present “Enchanting Melodies of the Mediterranean” at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona on Oct. 30, 2024. The performance will be led by Francesco Ivan Ciampa as he showcases the talents of tenor Murat Karahan and soprano Sara Blanch. “This concert celebrates our shared Mediterranean heritage {…}

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The Dallas Opera Announces Free Community Events in Fall 2024

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The Dallas Opera has announced its fall 2024 lineup of free events. In addition to its free community events, The Dallas Opera is offering livestreams of mainstage performances as well as sessions of the Hart Institute for Women Conductors, and more on its YouTube channel. The annual People’s Choice concert features some of opera’s most recognizable tunes sung by soprano {…}

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Clip Releases Details of its 2024 International Opera Competition

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The international opera competition, Clip, is returning to Portofino for its tenth year. Nearly 300 vocalists with an average age of 28, from 49 countries on five continents applied for the 2024 installment. The 86 singers who have already passed the first selections will gather July 23 to 28 in Portofino and Camogli for further competition. Ten finalists will move {…}

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Kosciuszko Foundation Announces the 2024 Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition

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The Kosciuszko Foundation has announced details of the 2024 Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition. This year’s competition is open to singers of all voice types and nationalities between the ages of 20 and 32. The jury panel includes conductor Daniele Callegari and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny. Under the artistic direction of Thomas Lausmann, Director of Music Administration at the Metropolitan Opera, {…}

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Tiara Abraham, Andrew Gellen, Lukas Palys, & Detola Badmus are Among the Winners of the 2024 YoungArts Award

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YoungArts announced its 2024 YoungArts award winners. This article features classical voice winners only. A complete list of the 2024 winners, all 15–18 years old or in grades 10–12 can be found here. In the classical voice category the winners include sopranos Tiara Abraham, Grace Chung, Olivia Gonzales, Theo Hsu, Ava Maha, Milena Manocchia, Esther Puderbaugh, Felicity Robles, and Viveka {…}