Carnegie Hall 2022 Review: SongStudio 2022 Young Artists Recital

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Photo: Stephanie Berger This is the story of 20 young artists who played and sang their way to Carnegie Hall. These talented musicians came from Denmark, New Zealand, Oman, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay to attend SongStudio 2022, a weeklong experience where young vocalists pair up with young collaborative pianists to immerse themselves in song and grow their {…}

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Anush Hovhannisyan, Anne Sophie Duprels & Louise Alder Lead Opera Holland Park’s 2022 Season

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Opera Holland Park in the U.K. has announced its casting and creative team for the 2022 season. The season will open with a new production of “Eugene Onegin” which is set to be conducted by Lada Valešová and directed by Julia Burbach. The cast will include Anush Hovhannisyan, Samuel Dale Johnson, Thomas Atkins, Emma Stannard, Amanda Roocroft, Kathleen Wilkinson, Matthew Stiff, and John Wood. Performance Dates: May 31-June 25, {…}

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Best of 2021: OperaWire’s Staff on the Best Performances of the Year

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Over the past few weeks we have returned to an old end-of-year tradition, spotlighting some of our standout artists of the year. And we will conclude that series with a return to our spotlight of the year’s best performances. As in the past, we have compiled the efforts of different members of our staff to create a list of our {…}

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Melba Opera Trust Announces Winners of New Grant Program

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The Melba Opera Trust has announced its recent installment of new grants for Melba Alums. The inaugural 2021 grant recipients include Daniel Carison, Jessica Harper, Fiona Jopson, Michael Petruccelli, Xenia Puskarz-Thomas, and Shakira Tsindos. The Melba Alumni Grant Program aims to provide funding for Australian opera singers to continue to develop their artistry and open new career opportunities worldwide.The program {…}

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Olga Neuwirth Receives Grawemeyer Award For Music Composition

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(Credit: © Priska Ketterer) Austrian composer and multimedia artist Olga Neuwirth was awarded the 2022 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, which includes a $100,000 cash prize. Neuwirth was honored for the composition of the opera “Orlando” which had its world premiere at the Wiener Staatsoper in December 2019. Neuwirth also wrote the libretto in collaboration with Catherine {…}

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Carmela Remigio, Diana Damrau & Sarah Aristidou Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences will get glimpses of holiday music, rarely performed works, and classic operas. There is also an intriguing solo album that audiences must check out. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Christmas Wishes – Wundervolle Weihnacht Released for Christmas as a digital EP are three tracks from an album that soprano Diana Damrau has recorded {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Sabine Devieilhe, Dawn Upshaw & Asmik Grigorian Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences can experience a new solo album by one of opera’s reigning divas, two new albums by a great coloratura, a world premiere and two new DVDs from recent productions. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Amata dalle Tenebre Deutsche Grammophon releases Anna Netrebko’s new album “Amata Dalle Tenebre,” which marks the soprano’s first studio {…}

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Elīna Garanča, Andreas Schager & Michael Volle Lead Staatsoper Berlin’s ‘Samson et Dalila’

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(Credits: Holger Hage / David Jerusalem / Carsten Sander) The Staatsoper Unter den Linden will present Camille Saint-Saëns’ and Ferdinand Lemaire’s “Samson et Dalila” in December 2021. Mezzo-soprano superstar Elīna Garanča and famed Austrian heldentenor Andreas Schager star in the title roles, while baritone Michael Volle appears as Le Grand-Prêtre de Dagon. The cast is rounded out by Jongmin Park, {…}

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English National Opera 2021 Review: Satyagraha

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(Photo: ©Tristram Kenton) English National Opera haven’t had a live audience in their home at the London Coliseum since March 2020. But they’ve hardly been idle: their costume department made hospital scrubs, they devised a singing program for those suffering with “long COVID,” and performed “Tosca” and “La bohème” in striking outdoor settings. Their 2021-22 season opened last week with {…}

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Carnegie Hall 2022 Review: SongStudio 2022 Young Artists Recital

Anush Hovhannisyan, Anne Sophie Duprels & Louise Alder Lead Opera Holland Park’s 2022 Season

Best of 2021: OperaWire’s Staff on the Best Performances of the Year

Melba Opera Trust Announces Winners of New Grant Program

Olga Neuwirth Receives Grawemeyer Award For Music Composition

Carmela Remigio, Diana Damrau & Sarah Aristidou Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Anna Netrebko, Sabine Devieilhe, Dawn Upshaw & Asmik Grigorian Lead New CD/DVD Releases

Elīna Garanča, Andreas Schager & Michael Volle Lead Staatsoper Berlin’s ‘Samson et Dalila’

English National Opera 2021 Review: Satyagraha