Stephen Clark Joins Athlone Artists Roster

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Bass Stephen Clark has joined the roster of Athlone Artists. The Tulsa native has enjoyed an international opera career that has seen him perform with such organizations as the Theater am Goetheplaz, Seagle Music Colony, Central City Opera, Chautauqua, Fort Worth Opera Festival, Sarasota Opera, and Theater Bremen in such operas as “Alcina,” “L’Italiana in Algieri,” and “Don Giovanni,” among {…}

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Obituary: Tenor Randolph Locke Passes at 67

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American tenor Randolph Locke passed away on Jan. 18, 2022. He was 67. Born in La Marque, Texas in 1954, his family moved to Brownsville, Texas where he stood out in school in his music classes. He would then head to Texas Southwest State University and receiving his master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, which he {…}

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Schmidt Vocal Artists to Celebrate 25 Years with 1st National Competition

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Schmidt Vocal Artists has announced the first national prize for its Vocal Competition, now in its 25th year. Funded by the William E. Schmidt Foundation, this event sees over 400 U.S. high school students compete for prizes in singing, with this season offering more than $625K in cash awards and scholarships. SVA will hold 16-day regional competitions through their 21-22 {…}

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August Ventura to Bring ‘On Golden Wings: Exploring Verdi’s Enduring Legacy’ to UN

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Author and filmmaker August Ventura is set to bring his presentation “On Golden Wings: Exploring Verdi’s Enduring Legacy” to the Hospitality Committee for United Nations Delegations on Oct. 27, 2021. In a press release, Ventura posits two questions – does traditional opera still hold meaning in our “disruptive” times? And can it thus be an agent of social and political {…}

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Divaria Productions to Present ‘The Human Voice’

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Divaria Productions is set to present “The Human Voice” on Oct. 2 at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York. The opera will be presented in a production by J.A. Diaz with Zalman Kelber as pianist and music director. The famed Poulenc work will star Ashley Bell and James Patrick Nelson as two iterations of Elle. Bell has {…}

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Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy Announces Finalists for International Vocal Competition

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The Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy has announced the 14 finalists for its 2021 International Vocal Competition. Finalists for the Professional Division include mezzo-sopranos Sevana Salmasi, Linsey Coppens, Emily Triegle, Megan Moore, and Cornelia Lotito; soprano Emily Blair; tenors Jonah Hoskins and Jose Simerilla Romero; and baritones Blake Denson and YoungJun Park. In the Student Division, the finalists included soprano Magdalena {…}

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Schmidt Vocal Arts Announces First National Competition in it’s 25-Year History

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Schmidt Vocal Arts announced the first national prize of its 25-year history of the Schmidt Vocal Competition. This year, the organization will provide more than $625K in cash awards and scholarships. The company will hold 16-day regional competitions throughout 2021-22 and the top three winners of each will be invited to compete in the finals on June 3-5, 2022. Sarasota {…}

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Soprano & Arts Administrator Susan Hellman Spatafora Joins Athlone Artsists

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Athlone Artists has announced that soprano Susan Hellman Spatafora will be joining the organization’s roster. Known throughout the stages of Florida, Spatafora has performed with Palm Beach Opera, Opera Tampa, Sarasota Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, Central City Opera, South Florida Lyric Opera, and Green Mountain Opera. In December of last year, she took on the role of Rosalinde in Opera {…}

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Orpheus Music Project to Stream ‘SONGBREAK: Songs for our Wellbeing’

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Minneapolis-based Orpheus Music Project will premiere “SONGBREAK: Songs for our Wellbeing,” a virtual vocal concert, on Vimeo on March 21, 2021. The 90-minute concert will be presented in collaboration with Minnesota Community Care, which provides humanitarian-based healthcare to members of the Minneapolis community. The showcase will feature soprano Riley Cardona and bass Brian Haase alongside pianist Bryon Wilson as they {…}

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Stephen Clark Joins Athlone Artists Roster

Obituary: Tenor Randolph Locke Passes at 67

Schmidt Vocal Artists to Celebrate 25 Years with 1st National Competition

August Ventura to Bring ‘On Golden Wings: Exploring Verdi’s Enduring Legacy’ to UN

Divaria Productions to Present ‘The Human Voice’

Camerata Bardi Vocal Academy Announces Finalists for International Vocal Competition

Schmidt Vocal Arts Announces First National Competition in it’s 25-Year History

Soprano & Arts Administrator Susan Hellman Spatafora Joins Athlone Artsists

Orpheus Music Project to Stream ‘SONGBREAK: Songs for our Wellbeing’