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Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Top Ten Rising Stars 2024

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(Credit: TACT/Askonas Holt/Intermusica/Natalia Jansen) It’s that time of the year. The end of the year. 2024 brought many debuts, many new productions, many competitions, many world premieres and many new young artists who are coming up in the world of opera.  And that it is reason alone to celebrate. As the year comes to an end, here’s a look at {…}

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Pretty Yende & Lea Desandre Headline Acte 4’s 2024-25 Season

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Acte 4 has announced its 2024-25 season. This article only features vocal works. Sopranos Emőke Baráth and Lauranne Oliva, countertenor Tim Mead, tenor Robin Tritschler, and baritone Benjamin Appl are soloists in Handel’s “Messiah.” They are joined by The Spiritual Concert orchestra and choir and directed by Hervé Niquet. Performance Dates: December 11, 2024 Mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre sings Sapho, Iphise and Eglé {…}

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Operalia Winner Kathleen O’Mara Joins Opus 3 for General Management

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(Credit: Opus 3) Operalia winner Kathleen O’Mara has joined the roster of Opus 3 for general management. O’Mara is currently a member of LA Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program and is a 2024 recipient of the prestigious Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation. This season, O’Mara is set to make her Metropolitan Opera debut in the role of {…}

Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: The History of Maria Callas On Film

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(Photo Credit: Getty Images) Maria Callas, better known as La Divina and the immortal muse of art, died on September 16, 1977, having lived a life that no-one else could have lived—or, better phrased, survived. Having sung in practically every major house in the world; recorded a enormous quantity of material from Verdi, Puccini, and Bellini, to Wagner, Spontini, Bizet, Rossini, {…}

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Opera Orlando Unveils 2024-25 Studio Artists

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Opera Orlando has announced its 2024-25 Studio Artists. The artists include Kristen Marie Gillis, Erika Vasallo, Pedro Valdez, and Thandolwethu Mamba. The artists will appear in MainStage and Opera on Site productions, starting with the Florida Premiere of “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín.” “I am very excited to welcome this new quartet of singers into the Opera Orlando family,” said {…}

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A Tale of 3 Operas & Their Unique Revival Stories

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(Photo Credit: LA Opera/Cory Weaver) Throughout time, many operas have been written which, due to the nature of things, distracts from their quality, instead leaving them behind for other, newer alternatives. However, thanks to opera’s dedicated fanbase, including everyone from laymen to academics to performers and beyond, many operas which didn’t get their fair shot are given new life after {…}

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James Robinson Named New General Director of Seattle Opera

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The Seattle Opera has announced that James Robinson will be its next General and Artistic Director of Seattle Opera. Robinson will be the fifth person to lead the company in its 61-year history and will begin his tenure on September 4, 2024, replacing Christina Scheppelmann, who takes over as General and Artistic Director of Brussels’ La Monnaie/De Munt in January {…}

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Markel Reed & Trio Mediaeval Headline Newport Classical’s 2024-25 Chamber Series

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Rhode Island’s Newport Classical has announced its 2024-25 Chamber Series. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Baritone Markel Reed takes on a program featuring works by Brahms, Benjamin Moore, Poulenc, Bonds, and Terence Blanchard. A former member of Utah Opera’s Resident Artist Program, Reed has performed with such companies as the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis {…}

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Los Angeles Opera Unveils Members of 2024-25 Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program

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The Los Angeles Opera has announced the 2024-25 members of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program. The new members include soprano Gabrielle Turgeon; tenors Nathan Bowles and Yuntong Han; baritone Hyungjin Son; and bass-baritone Vinícius Costa. Soprano Kathleen O’Mara will be a returning artist for her second year with the program. Bowles is set to appear with LA Opera in the {…}