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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Anna Netrebko, Javier Camarena, Roberto Alagna & Nadine Sierra Lead Teatro Colon’s 2022 Season

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The Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires has announced its 2022 season featuring opera, concerts, and great performers. Opera The season opens with Puccini’s “La Bohème” with Verónica Cangemi, Alexandra Grigoras, Saimir Pirgu, Behzod Davronov, Giuliana Gianfaldoni, María Belén Rivarola, Alfonso Mujica, Armando Noguera, Fernando Radó, Lucas Debevec Mayer, Juan Font, Felipe Carelli, Sergio Spina, and Iván Maier. Alain Guingal conducts the {…}

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Frederick Ballentine to Receive 2021 Marian Anderson Vocal Award

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(Credit: Jens Fauth) Washington National Opera has announced that tenor Frederick Ballentine has been named as the recipient of the 2021 Marian Anderson Vocal Award, in recognition of his artistic accomplishments and great promise of an illustrious career. A Virginia native and a 2018 alumnus of WNO’s Cafritz Young Artist Program, Ballentine made his Metropolitan Opera debut in their acclaimed {…}

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Brittney B. Burgess & Brandon Bell Receive J. Willard Hines Music Scholarship

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Brittney B. Burgess and Brandon Bell are this year’s recipients of the J. Willard Hines Music Scholarship for 2021. The accolade was named in honor of the Detroit Choir director-educator of the same name, with the aim of spotlighting classical vocal performers of color. Burgess is a native of New York who is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Vocal {…}

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Asako Tamura & Amber Merritt Headline PBS’ ‘One Voice: The Songs We Share’

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The American Pops Orchestra is set to release two episodes of “One Voice: The Songs We Share” on PBS starting on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. The showcase features a number of unique musicians, including soprano Asako Tamura and Amber Merritt. The two opera singers will be featured in the second episode entitled “American Roots.” They will be conducted by Luke {…}

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Renée Fleming Announces New Album ‘Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene’

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Renée Fleming has announced a new album entitled “Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene” for Decca Classics The new album will showcase the soprano alongside Yannick Nézet-Séguin in by Edvard Grieg, Franz Liszt, Gabriel Fauré, and Reynaldo Hahn. The album also includes premieres of two new commissions from living composers. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts sets “Evening” by the American poet Dorianne {…}

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UrbanArias to World Premiere ‘UNKNOWN’ Song Cycle by Shawn Okpebholo & Marcus Amaker

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UrbanArias is set to release “UNKNOWN,” a unique song cycle celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The work, which will be created by composer Shawn Okpebholo and poet Marcus Amaker, will feature baritone Michael Mayes, soprano Taylor Raven, baritone Schyler Vargas, and conductor Robert Wood as he leads members of the Inscape Chamber Orchestra. The {…}

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Rolando Villazón, Eugenia Forteza, Chelsea Feltman Among Cast Members of Untitled Cabrini Feature Film

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The cast for the upcoming Francesca Cabrini biopic has been announced and opera fans will be excited by some of the cast members. First up, the film, which is set to star Christiana Dell’Anna (renowned for her turn in the hit series “Gomorra”) in the title role alongside Oscar nominee John Lithgow, Federico Castelluccio, and David Morse, will also feature {…}

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Xabier Anduaga, Lise Davidsen, Leo Nucci & Saioa Hernández Lead 2021 Fall Performances at Teatro Colón de A Coruña

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(Credits: Operabase official profile / Operabase official profile / James Hole/Decca Records / GM Art & Music official website) Amigos de la Ópera have announced the program of fall vocal performances at the Teatro Colón de A Coruña, Spain. Here is a look at what to expect this fall. Opera Vincenzo Bellini‘s opera “I Puritani” will star Nadine Sierra, Xabier {…}

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Olga Neuwirth Receives Grawemeyer Award For Music Composition

Anna Netrebko, Javier Camarena, Roberto Alagna & Nadine Sierra Lead Teatro Colon’s 2022 Season

Frederick Ballentine to Receive 2021 Marian Anderson Vocal Award

Brittney B. Burgess & Brandon Bell Receive J. Willard Hines Music Scholarship

Asako Tamura & Amber Merritt Headline PBS’ ‘One Voice: The Songs We Share’

Renée Fleming Announces New Album ‘Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene’

UrbanArias to World Premiere ‘UNKNOWN’ Song Cycle by Shawn Okpebholo & Marcus Amaker

Rolando Villazón, Eugenia Forteza, Chelsea Feltman Among Cast Members of Untitled Cabrini Feature Film

Xabier Anduaga, Lise Davidsen, Leo Nucci & Saioa Hernández Lead 2021 Fall Performances at Teatro Colón de A Coruña