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Q & A: Nicolò Balducci Talks About His Voice & The Roles That Are Making Him A Countertenor In Demand
(Photo: Guiseppe Tricarico) Countertenor Nicolò Balducci first came to attention at the 2022 Early Music Festival in Innsbruck, where he won 3rd prize as well as the Young Artist Award in its Cesti singing competition. Three years later, he is now an established singer with an impressive CV, boasting a wide repertoire of roles from operas of the baroque era, {…}
Q & A: Mezzo-Soprano Sasha Cooke & Composer Jasmine Barnes on ‘American Lament’ & How Artists Reflect Reality
(Photos: © Sasha Cooke press / Jasmine Barnes press) The pending arrival of 2026- the country’s Semiquincentennial, got mezzo- soprano Sasha Cooke thinking about what it means to be an American in these times of unrest and division, and what the country has represented these 250 years. Her five-city “Of Thee I Sing” recital tour begins November 4th and features {…}
Q & A: Soprano Larissa Rosanoff, From Financial Analyst to World Traveler to Opera Singer
(Photo: Philippe Palma) Larissa Rosanoff spent seven years in Moscow studying piano at the Gnesin Academy of Music where she began, at the young age of five, her voyage in music. There she acquired the necessary base for continuing professional studies in Switzerland. The memories of having performed in such prestigious venues as the Tchaikovsky Hall or the Grande Hall {…}
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Gothic Opera to Present UK Stage Premiere of ‘Die Rheinnixen’
Gothic Opera returns to Battersea Arts Centre this Halloween with the UK staged premiere of Jacques Offenbach’s “Die Rheinnixen” (The Nixies of the Rhine). Performances will take place Oct. 30 and 31, and Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee on Nov. 2 at 5 p.m. The Offenbach piece will be directed by Max Hoehn, who noted that “this {…}
Sarah Brailey Gives World Premiere of Newly Restored Song Cycles of John Harbison at Token Creek
(Photo credit: Brynn Bruijn) Token Creek Chamber Music hosted a concert on Oct. 9 showcasing works by John Harbison. Soprano Sarah Brailey and pianist Tomasz Lis gave the North American premiere of the complete and restored version of Harbison’s “Miłosz Songs.” The cycle was originally commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for soprano Dawn Upshaw in 2006. The piano version {…}