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Interview: Bass-Baritone Mark Steven Doss On His Journey To A Grammy, The Big Stage & Spiritual Fulfillment

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Mark S. Doss is an artist recognized for his wide range, not just in his roles, but in his life experience. The singer has performed with the major orchestras of San Francisco, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, and Toronto. Additionally, he has sung 95 roles with more than 60 major opera companies around the world including Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, the Vienna State Opera, London’s Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Canadian Opera Company.
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Q & A: Wallis Giunta On Giving Carmen A ‘Lighter Touch’ & The Joy Of Mozart

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Earlier this year, mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta took home the award for Young Singer of the Year at the International Opera Awards. To that point, she has been growing her career steadily as an ensemble member at the Oper Leipzig, among others endeavors. But the victory propelled her into the spotlight and since then, Giunta has made her BBC Proms debut {…}
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Artist Profile: Soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, One of Russia’s Great Artists

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Galina Vishnevskaya, born on Oct. 25, 1926, is not one of most recognized singers of the 20th century, though she was certainly well-recognized in the USSR. Vishnevskaya was born in Leningrad and got started singing operetta when she was barely 18 years old. She became a member of Bolshoi Theater in 1953, at the age of 27. While the greater {…}
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Achivio Storico Tullio Serafin Announces New Vocal Competition

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As part of the ongoing celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Maestro Tullio Serafin, the Achivio Storico Tullio Serafin, in association with the maestro’s family, have announced the establishment of a major international singing competition for promising young singers. Andrea Castello, President of the association, said the competition will offer “an award dedicated to the memory {…}
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Artist Profile: Anna Netrebko, The 21st Century’s Diva-Par-Excellence

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) The 20th century opera diva, a larger-than-life singer that everyone wanted to see, regardless of their like or disdain for her qualities, is not really a concept one would associate with the modern opera world. Unless you are Anna Netrebko. The Russian soprano IS the diva-par-excellence of the modern opera world, her every stop a major event. {…}
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Artist Profile: Soprano Angela Gheorghiu, A Dominant Romanian Diva

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Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu has cemented her legacy as one of the finest divas of the late 20th and early 21st century. Born on Sept. 7, 1965, she was an opera star very early on. She made her international debut in 1990 as Mimì in “La Bohème” at the Cluj-Napoca Romanian National Opera. Two years later she made her international debut at {…}
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Artist Profile: René Pape, One of the Finest Basses Of All Time

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René Pape is one of the supreme basses in all of opera history. Born on Sept. 4, 1964 in Dresden, Pape’s had interest in music from a young age, studying with the Dresdener Kreuzchor. In 1988, he made his debut with the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden, where he would go on to have tremendous success thereafter. In the early {…}
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Artist Profile: Jonas Kaufmann, THE Tenor of the 21st Century

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Jonas Kaufmann is THE tenor of the 21st century. Born on July 10, 1969, in Munich, he began his vocal training at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. During the time of his studies, Kaufmann sang smaller roles at the Bayerische Staatsoper. He graduated in 1994 with a promising career on the horizon. Then crisis struck in 1995 {…}

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