Asmik Girgorian to Receive Austrian Music Theater Prize

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(Credit: Asmik Grigorian Website) Asmik Grigorian has been named the 2024 Austrian Music Theater Prize winner. The soprano will receive the “Grand Jury Prize” on Sept. 1, 2024 for “emotional depth, technical brilliance and fascinating stage presence.” In a statement, Karl-Michael Ebner, initiator and president of the Austrian Music Theater Prize said, “Asmik Grigorian’s unparalleled career and her enormous contribution {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Angel Blue on Verona Incident, BBC Proms & Living in the Present

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) American soprano Angel Blue is widely considered to be one of the most influential sopranos before the public today. The two-time Grammy Award winner, 2020 Beverly Sills Award recipient, and the 2022 Richard Tucker Award winner is celebrated worldwide for her honeyed soprano and affecting deliveries of many of the most beloved roles in the operatic repertory, {…}

Artist of the Week, Special Features

Artist of the Week: Aya Wakizono

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This week the Rossini Opera Festival is set to open with a new production of one of the composer’s lesser-known works, “Bianca e Falliero.” The work has been presented at the festival before famously in 1986 and is considered very difficult to sing due to the intensity of its coloratura writing. The new production will include some very important Rossini {…}

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Ring Award 2025 Announces Open Call

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The applications are open for the 10th anniversary Ring Award competition. The international music theatre competition is designed for young artists in the field of direction as well as stage and costume design. Teams are tasked with creating a new production of Claudio Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo.” They will be assessed by a jury of experts consisting of Jossi Wieler (chair), Jan {…}

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Salzburg Festival Workshops Reveals New Concert Shell For the Haus für Mozart

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(Photo credit: SF/Neumayr/Leo) Salzburg Festival Workshops has revealed its newly constructed concert shell for the Haus für Mozart. The new shell has significantly improved the acoustic performance conditions at the venue. Designed and constructed in the Festival’s own workshops, the concert room is a tailored construction consisting of two side walls, a back wall and a ceiling. This also enables musicians to {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Konstantin Krimmel & Nicolai Ghiaurov Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get a chance to listen to world premiere recordings, a rarely performed work and a legendary recording of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Ochre Multiple-GRAMMY-winning ensemble The Crossing offers a new album born of cultural resonance, with new works by three {…}

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White Snake Projects Gives World Premiere of ‘Is This America?’

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The world premiere of Mary D. Watkins and Cerise Lim Jacobs’ opera, “Is This America?” is presented by White Snake Projects on Sept. 20. This new 90-minute fully-staged opera celebrates the life and legacy of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. “Is This America?” features mezzo-soprano Deborah Nansteel in the lead role, alongside bass-baritone Eliam Ramos-Silva, and Voice Boston Children’s {…}

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CHORALSPACE’s 1,000-Person Choir to Present Verdi’s Requiem

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CHORALSPACE is set to present “Verdi’s Requiem XXL,” featuring a 1,000-person choir. Soprano Iwona Sobotka, mezzo-soprano Alexandra Urquiola, tenor Andrés Moreno García, and bass Gerard Farreras serve as soloists in Verdi’s Requiem. They are joined by the CHORALSPACE Festival Choir and international showcase choirs. Sergi Gili Solé directs the Rheinische Philharmonie. Members of the international choir project come from Taiwan, Estonia, {…}

Interviews, News

Q & A: Tiara Abraham on the Joy & Hardships of Earning Her Master of Music Degree at 18

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(Photo credit: Tiara Abraham) The 18-year-old soprano Tiara Abraham made history on May 3, 2024 as the youngest person to earn a master’s degree from Indiana University, across all campuses. Abraham’s brilliance does not start there, nor will it stop. At 4-years-old, she became a Mensa, started community college when most people her age were in elementary school, and received {…}

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Asmik Girgorian to Receive Austrian Music Theater Prize

Q & A: Angel Blue on Verona Incident, BBC Proms & Living in the Present

Artist of the Week: Aya Wakizono

Ring Award 2025 Announces Open Call

Salzburg Festival Workshops Reveals New Concert Shell For the Haus für Mozart

Konstantin Krimmel & Nicolai Ghiaurov Lead New CD/DVD Releases

White Snake Projects Gives World Premiere of ‘Is This America?’

CHORALSPACE’s 1,000-Person Choir to Present Verdi’s Requiem

Q & A: Tiara Abraham on the Joy & Hardships of Earning Her Master of Music Degree at 18