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Jette Parker Young Artist Programme to Celebrate 20th Anniversary with ‘Meet the Young Artists Week 2021’

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(Credit: Royal Opera House) On Oct. 5, 2021, the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme will kick off their “Meet the Young Artists Week 2021,” celebrating 20 years of the acclaimed program. Among the events are two “Jukebox” concerts on Oct. 5 and 8, with the artists performing three contrasting pieces and the audience able to vote for their favorites. Selections {…}

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The Royal Opera Announces 2021-22 Jette Parker Young Artists

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In September, The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme will mark its 20th anniversary year. Since its founding, the program has trained and supported 137 young singers, directors, conductors, and pianists worldwide in aspects of opera, music, and theatre production. In celebration of this milestone, the company has announced the artists who will make up the 2021-22 roster. Former {…}

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Antonio Pappano to Lead Jette Parker Young Artists in Third ‘Live from Covent Garden’ Concert

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(Credit: Musacchio & Ianniello) The Royal Opera House will continue its “Live from Covent Garden” series on June 27, 2020. The concert will be hosted by Katie Derham and will feature conductor Antonio Pappano leading the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in a performance of music by Handel, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Gershwin, Catalani, Leoncavallo, Sorazabal, and others. The performance {…}

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ROH’s Jette Parker Young Artist Programme Adds Four New Singers

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The Jette Parker Young Artists Programme has announced four new singers set to join in Sept. 2020. The singers include British soprano Alexandra Lowe, Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Kseniia Nikolaieva, Russian tenor Egor Zhuravskii, and Congolese bass Blaise Malaba. These four artists were picked from a pool of 424 applicants from more than 25 countries. Lowe is currently a National Opera Studio {…}

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Jette Parker Young Artist Programme Announces 2019 Summer Performance

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The Royal Opera is set to showcase the Jette Parker Young Artist Summer Performance on July 21, 2019. The performance will be directed by Noa Naamat with conductors James Hendry, Patrick Milne, Thomas Payne, and Edmund Whitehead leading the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. The performance will include sopranos Haegee Lee, Jacquelyn Stucker, and Yaritza Véliz. Mezzo-sopranos Aigul Akhmetshina {…}

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Mezzo-soprano Kseniia Nikolaieva Joins TACT Artists Management

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Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Kseniia Nikolaieva has joined the roster of TACT Artists Management. She will be represented by Sofia Rukin and Katarzyna Cato. Nikolaieva is a former member of the prestigious Jette Parker Artists Programme at The Royal Opera House, where she performed as Suzuki in “Madama Butterfly,” Giovanna in “Rigoletto,” Annina in “La traviata,” and Emilia in “Otello.” Her recent {…}

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The Conductor-Singer Relationship, Centered on Speranza Scappucci and Her Masterclass at the Royal Opera House

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The relationship between a conductor and a singer is one of the least examined and most consequential elements of operatic performance. Audiences follow the voice. Critics assess the voice. The conductor, who shapes the tempo the voice breathes within, the space it is given, the dynamic world it moves through, tends to appear in reviews as a presence behind the {…}

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Freddie De Tommaso, Bryn Terfel, Aigul Akhmetshina, Pretty Yende Among Headliners of Royal Ballet and Opera’s Gala Performance

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The Royal Ballet and Opera will unveil new stage curtains at a landmark Gala performance on May 14, 2026. The event will bring together both companies alongside the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the Royal Opera Chorus, and the Jette Parker Artists. The outgoing curtains, installed in 1997, served through nearly three decades and tens of thousands of performances. {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Elīna Garanča, Lisette Oropesa, Emily D’Angelo, Aigul Akhmetshina, Malin Byström, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Angel Blue & Charles Castronovo Lead Royal Opera’s 2026-27 Season

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The Royal Opera has announced its 2026-27 season. New Productions Evgeny Titov directs a new production of Wagner’s “Parsifal,” conducted by Jakub Hrůša. Stanislas de Barbeyrac sings the title role, with Ekaterina Gubanova as Kundry, Christian Gerhaher as Amfortas, Brindley Sherratt as Gurnemanz, and Mark Stone as Klingsor. Performance Dates: Oct. 1–17, 2026 Philipp Stölzl directs a new production of {…}