Grammy Award Nominations 2017: Anna Netrebko, Isabel Leonard, Cecilia Bartoli and Sonya Yoncheva Lead Nominees

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The Grammy Nominations have been announced with many of today’s biggest stars shortlisted. In the Best Opera Recording category Pentatone Music led the field with two nominations as the record label was shortlisted for James Conlon’s recording of John Corigliano’s “The Ghosts Of Versailles.” The recording stars Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer and Guanqun Yu. The Los {…}

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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen to Perform in DACAMERA’s 2024-25 Season

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(Photo credit: Dario Acosta) DACAMERA has announced its 2024-25 season. This article only features classical voice works. Details on the rest of DACAMERA’s season can be found here. In his Huston recital debut, American countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen sings “Songs of Farewell” by Korngold, Schumann’s “Liederkreis,” Op. 39, selected Jewish songs and songs by H. Leslie Adams and Florence Price, {…}

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The Dallas Opera to Broadcast All Four Mainstage Operas of 2023-24 Season on WRR 101.1

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The Dallas Opera and WRR 101.1FM have announced that they will partner again this year to broadcast the four mainstage productions from TDO’s 2023/2024 Season on the Concert Hall program. The series will begin on July 22 with “Tosca” starring Ewa Płonka as Tosca, Jonathan Burton as Cavaradossi, and Gihoon Kim as Scarpia. Then on On August 12, “The Diving {…}

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The Julia Perry Centenary Celebration & Festival Schedule Announced

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The Experiential Orchestra and Videmus present the Julia Perry Centenary Celebration and Festival in New York City. Julia Perry (1924-79) was an African-American composer, born in Lexington, Kentucky and raised in Akron, Ohio. She spent two summers at the Berkshire Music Center, studied with Luigi Dallapiccola and briefly with Nadia Boulanger. She won the Prix Fontainebleau and two Guggenheim Fellowships, {…}

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Marjorie Owens Leads The Dallas Opera’s ‘Elektra’

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The 2023-24 season continues at The Dallas Opera with Strauss’ “Elektra.” The production, which is set to be performed between Feb. 9 and Feb. 17, 2024, will feature soprano Marjorie Owens in the iconic title role, soprano Angela Meade as Chrysothemis, baritone Alfred Walker as Orest, and mezzo-soprano Jill Grove as Klytämnestra. The Dallas Opera’s production from the Lyric Opera {…}

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The Dallas Opera to Stream Season for Free During the Summer

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This summer, The Dallas Opera will offer all 2022-2023 Season opera productions free on its digital streaming platform, thedallasopera.TV. The free streams will begin on May 1, 2023, with Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” and digital audiences will be able to watch performances on demand at no cost on any digital device including Smart TVs. The series will also include productions of “Così {…}

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The Dallas Opera Announces 18 Semi-Finalists of Biennial Lone Star Vocal Competition

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The Dallas Opera has announced the 18 semi-finalists for the second annual Biennial Lone Star Vocal Competition. Presented by The Dallas Opera Guild and co-chaired by Jana and Mac Irwin, the competition will be held on March 31, 2023 and supports emerging Texan singers with cash prizes and a performance in the Winspear Stage, with audience members able to choose {…}

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Bulgaria Names New Minister of Culture

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President Rumen Radev of Bulgaria has appointed a new Minister of Culture. In a signed decree on the dissolution of the 48th National Assembly on February 3, 203, the president made one change to his cabinet appointing Nayden Todorov as the new Minister of Culture replacing Velislav Minekov. Todorov is considered one of the most talented contemporary Bulgarian musicians who has performed in {…}

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Artist of the Week: Sonya Yoncheva

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(Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera) On Sept. 9 Staatsoper Hamburg is set to open concert performances of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut,” the work that the put composer on the map. The company has lined up an all-star cast that includes Sonya Yoncheva, who will make her overdue role debut. The Bulgarian soprano was originally set to make her role debut in the {…}

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Grammy Award Nominations 2017: Anna Netrebko, Isabel Leonard, Cecilia Bartoli and Sonya Yoncheva Lead Nominees

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen to Perform in DACAMERA’s 2024-25 Season

The Dallas Opera to Broadcast All Four Mainstage Operas of 2023-24 Season on WRR 101.1

The Julia Perry Centenary Celebration & Festival Schedule Announced

Marjorie Owens Leads The Dallas Opera’s ‘Elektra’

The Dallas Opera to Stream Season for Free During the Summer

The Dallas Opera Announces 18 Semi-Finalists of Biennial Lone Star Vocal Competition

Bulgaria Names New Minister of Culture

Artist of the Week: Sonya Yoncheva