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Finn Sagal Joins IMG Artists for General Management

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(Credit: Kirstine Walton) Baritone Finn Sagal has joined IMG Artists for general management. Sagal will be represented by Executive Vice President and Global Head of Vocal, Matthew Horner. The baritone has performed with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Pasadena Symphony, and with the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco.  He is a recipient of the 2025 Sara Tucker Study Grant from the {…}
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Sadie Cheslak Wins 2025 Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition

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Mezzo-soprano Sadie Cheslak is the 2025 Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition winner. Chelsak will receive a $15,000 grant following performances of “Weiche, Wotan! Weiche!” from Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” and “My husband was an ugly man” from “The Listeners.” “The Jensen Foundation’s commitment to supporting artists they believe in means everything to me. It’s a vote of confidence in who I am {…}
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Leah Crocetto & Carrie-Ann Matheson to Perform in Schwabacher Recital Series

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(Photo credit: Jiyang Chen) The Schwabacher Recital Series, presented by Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center, concludes its 41st season with a performance by Leah Crocetto and pianist Carrie-Ann Matheson. The third and final concert of the series showcases music by Clara Schumann, Richard Strauss, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Giuseppe Verdi, Stephen Sondheim, and others. Baritone Lester Lynch will join {…}
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Erin Wagner Headlines Concert at The Morgan Library & Museum

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The Morgan Library & Museum will present a recital featuring mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner on April 24, 2025. The showcase, which kicks off at 12 p.m. and has a duration of one hour, will feature the mezzo as she takes Dominick Argento’s “From the Diary of Virginia Woolf” and Mahler’s “Rückert-Lieder.” Wagner is a Naumburg Vocal Award Winner and Houston Grand {…}
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Leah Crocetto, Michael John Butler, Olivier Zerouali, Georgiana Adams, Caroline Corrales Among Headliners of 2025 Schwabacher Recital Series

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Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center have announced the 2025 Schwabacher Recital Series. First up is a concert starring Georgiana Adams, Caroline Corrales, Thomas Kinch, Samuel Kidd, and pianist Julian Grabarek as they present works by Amy Beach, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Rebecca Clarke, Richard Strauss, George Butterworth, Alma Mahler, Claude Debussy and Kurt Weill. Nicholas Phan curates the program. {…}
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Richard Cox Named Professor of Voice and Executive Chair at San Francisco Conservatory of Music

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(Credit: SFCM) Richard Cox will join the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Voice department in 2025. Cox will be a Professor of Voice and Executive Chair of the Voice program. In a statement, Cox said, “I am looking forward to joining the distinguished faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Through the recently expanded multi-genre voice curriculum, SFCM has {…}
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Curtis Institute of Music to Host ‘Daughter of God’ Workshop

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The Curtis Institute will host a workshop of “Daughter of God” on May 10, 2024. The opera for chamber ensemble and mezzo-soprano explores the story of Leah, a Christian influencer, who after a battle with cancer reveals that her illness is terminal. However, new technology allows her to transcend her physical form by having her consciousness uploaded to an AI {…}
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Joélle Harvey Joins Askonas Holt for Representation in in Europe & Asia

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Joélle Harvey has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for representation in Europe and Asia. She will be managed at Askonas Holt by Nicholas Moloney in collaboration with Fletcher Artists Management. This season the American soprano debuted with the New World Symphony and also makes her debut with the Houston Symphony in “Carmina Burana.” She also performed with the Chicago Symphony, {…}

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