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Manhattan School of Music’s 2019 Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Vocal Competition Winners Announced

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The 2019 first-place winner of Manhattan School of Music’s prestigious Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Vocal Competition has been announced. This year the winner of the competition was  soprano Hyeree Shin, a Professional Studies Certificate candidate at the School. Shin received $20,000 in prize money to be used towards her professional development. Soprano Kelly Singer, a second year graduate student at MSM, {…}

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Finalists for Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Vocal Competition 2019 Revealed

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The finalists for Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Vocal Competition have been announced. Among the finalists are five sopranos – Xiaotong Cao, Hanna Friesen, Sasha Gutiérrez, Hyeree Shin, and Kelly Singer. There are also two mezzo-sopranos, including Sae Lin Kim and Polixeni Tziouvaras. The lone male finalist is baritone Daniel Rich. All were selected through a preliminary audition after being {…}

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Met Opera 2019-2020 Season: Here Is All The Information For This Season’s Live in HD Performances

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The Metropolitan Opera revealed its 2019-20 season on Wednesday afternoon. Among the major announcements were the company’s schedule for its ever-popular Live in HD slate.  Here is a look at the list of performances that will be broadcast to audiences around the world. Worthy of note is that of the 10 productions set to screen in cinemas, three will be {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato Headline The Metropolitan Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2019-20 season with five new productions, a New Year’s Eve gala, and a recital. Here is a look at what to expect. New Productions  The season opens with Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” in a new production by James Robinson. The production stars Eric Owens and Kevin Short sharing the title role of Porgy and {…}

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Russell Thomas, Leah Crocetto and Kathryn Lewek Highlight Washington National Opera’s 2019-20 Season

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Washington National Opera has announced its 2019-20 season! The lineup consists of six main-stage operas: two new productions, three productions new to Washington, and the D.C. premiere of a Zambello-commissioned work by composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist Tazewell Thompson.  Additionally, the American Opera Initiative will return for “Three 20-Minute Operas,” which will showcase the work of three new composer-librettist teams during {…}

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PBS Great Performances Presents ’Marnie’ From The Met Opera

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Nico Muhly and Nicholas Wright’s “Marnie” will get a broadcast as part of PBS’s Great Performance series this Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. The broadcast, the second to showcase a performance from the 2018-19 season, will kick off at 9 p.m. EDT and Isabel Leonard as the complex heroine who constantly shifts her identity in order to run from a painful {…}

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PBS Great Performances Presents Minnesota Opera’s ‘Doubt’

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On Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, audiences around the U.S. will get a chance to check out Minnesota Opera’s production of “Doubt.” The showcase, which kicks off at 9 p.m. EDT, will feature the production of Douglas J. Cuomo and John Patrick Shanley’s adaptation of the 2005 Broadway play (which was also the basis for the 2008 film). The production was {…}

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Palm Beach Opera’s Young Artist Program Receives Major Contribution

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The Edward H. Benenson Foundation, Inc. will renew its $1 million gift to the Palm Beach Opera for the next five years, giving the company a major boost as it opens its 2018-19 season. The gift was announced Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2019 as the company was engaging in its “A night of Rising Stars & Classic Melodies” concert that featured {…}

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5 Major Highlights from Anna Netrebko’s Celebration At The Metropolitan Opera Guild’s 84th Annual Luncheon

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On Friday, Oct. 26, the Metropolitan Opera Guild presented its Annual Luncheon to honor the career of superstar soprano Anna Netrebko. Titled “Amazing Anna” and taking place at Cipriani 42nd Street (and without too many flowers as per the honoree’s request), the event was befitting of the famed diva, proving entertaining and breezing by in a way that these events {…}