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TACT International Art Management Showcases ‘Opera in Focus’ Webinars with Vladimir Chernov & Alexey Frandetti

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TACT International Art Management will be presenting a live webinar as part of its “Opera in Focus” series. The series, which is led by internationally renowned baritone Vladimir Chernov and stage director Alexey Frandetti, focuses on the work of a singer in front of a camera. This week’s series, which is set to take place on May 12, 2020 at {…}

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Davinia Rodriguez, Sabine Devieilhe, Simon Keenlyside Headline La Monnaie’s 2020-21 Season

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La Monnaie / De Munt in Brussels, Belgium has unveiled its 2020-21 season which features a number of unique operas, concerts, and recitals. Opera The opera season kicks off with the world premiere of Kris Defoort and Peter van Kraaij’s “The Time of our Singing.” The opera stars Claron McFadden, Mark. S. Doss, Peter Coleman-Wright, Levy Sekgapane, Peter Brathwaite, Abigail {…}

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Artist Of The Week: Anja Kampe

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) This week, the Metropolitan Opera opens a new production of “Der Fliegende Holländer” bringing a superb cast and a stellar team to one of the great German operas. One of the most anticipated parts of this new production, however, is undoubtedly the long overdue debut of soprano Anja Kampe. The German-Italian dramatic soprano is {…}

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Yale School of Music Names New Director of Opera

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The Yale School of Music has announced that Gerald Martin Moore will join the Yale faculty September 2020 as Director of Yale Opera and Coordinator of Vocal Studies for the School of Music. Moore has served as artistic associate of Carnegie Hall’s SongStudio program led by celebrated soprano Renée Fleming and has been engaged as vocal consultant to the conductor {…}

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Australian Baritone Peter Coleman-Wright to Start New Opera Company

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(Credit: Royal Opera House) Famed Australian baritone Peter Coleman-Wright has been in Canberra negotiating to become the artistic director of a new company, The National Opera, to be based in the nation’s capital. The celebrated singer has been giving a lot of thought to the problems that beset young singers in Australia and he wants to create a safe haven {…}

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Greek National Opera Unveils First Annual Report & Upcoming Collaborations

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(Source: Official Website) The Greek National Opera has announced its first annual report following the four-year, 20 million euro grant it received from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation to support the organization’s outreach strategy. Per the report, the grant has enabled the GNO to collaborate with a number of international artists, including the entire creative cast behind “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk;” {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change For ‘The Magic Flute’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its upcoming performances of “The Magic Flute” The company announced that Jeni Houser will sing the Queen of the Night in the Jan. 2 performance of Mozart work and Kathryn Lewek will sing the role Jan. 4. Both sopranos will replace So Young Park, who was originally scheduled. Houser will make {…}