Will Liverman Awarded Metropolitan Opera’s Beverly Sills Artist Award

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(Credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has named baritone Will Liverman the winner of the 2022 Beverly Sills Artist Award. The annual $50,000 award recognizes a gifted singer with a rising Met career. The award was established in 2006 by an endowment gift from the late Agnes Varis, a former Met board member. In a statement, Liverman {…}

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Adam Smith, Danielle de Niese, John Relyea & Sean Panikkar Lead English National Opera’s 2022-23 Season

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The English National Opera has announced its 2022-23 season featuring eight productions and seven operas. Leo Hussain conducts Puccini’s “Tosca” in a new production by Christof Loy. The cast will include Sinéad Campbell-Wallace, Adam Smith, and Noel Bouley. Performance Dates: Sept. 30–Nov. 4 2022 Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Yeomen of the Guard” will include Anthony Gregory, Neal Davies, Alexandra Oomens, Heather {…}

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Metropolitan Opera, Gustavo Dudamel & Sangeeta Kaur Win Grammy Awards

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The Grammy Awards have announced the classical music winners. The Best Opera Recording went to “Akhnaten” from the Metropolitan Opera. The award was accepted by Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James, and Dísella Lárusdóttir. Among the other winners who were part of the recording were producer David Frost, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, conductor Karen Kamensek, and J’Nai {…}

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Philip Glass Awarded BBVA’s Fronteras del Conocimiento

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The award of the Fundación BBVA Fronteras del Conocimiento in Music and Opera has been given to Philip Glass. The award which is celebrating its 14th edition recognized the composer for his contributions to music and opera in the 20th and 21st centuries. The jury noted that Glass has a distinctive and innovative style and has worked alongside different cultural {…}

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Aaron Blake Headlines Recital With The George London Foundation

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The George London Foundation has announced a recital set for April 24, 2022. The showcase will be headlined by tenor Aaron Blake and pianist Ken Noda as the duo performs at The Morgan Library & Museum’s Gilder Lehrman Hall. The program will open with music by Bellini and Donizetti before transitioning into a series of songs by Strauss and Tosti. {…}

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Ben Bliss, J’Nai Bridges, Liv Redpath Win LA Opera’s 2022 Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award

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The Los Angeles Opera has announced the 2022 recipients for the Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award. This year’s recipients include Ben Bliss, J’Nai Bridges, and Liv Redpath. The trio will split the $60,000 award, which aims to recognize artists with deep connections to LA Opera. Bliss is a former member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program from 2011-2013 and {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its final performance of Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos.” The company noted that the role of the Composer will be sung by Olivia Vote replacing Isabel Leonard. Vote joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in the 2018-19 season for the first time for productions of “Die Walküre,” “Suor Angelica,” and her debut as {…}

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San Francisco Opera’s Department of Diversity, Equity and Community Announces March/April Conversations

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The San Francisco Opera’s Department of Diversity, Equity and Community has announced Opera Aficionado’s live online discussions in March and April. Each live, 75-minute Opera Aficionado discussion offers music lovers online access to scholarly talks and an opportunity to dialogue with fellow opera enthusiasts and special guests. Speakers in March and April are librettist Gene Scheer, soprano and former director {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Nadine Sierra & Lise Davidsen Headline Metropolitan Opera’s Spring Season

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The Metropolitan Opera returns after a successful first half of the 2021–22 season and a planned February break. During the spring portion of the season, the company is slated to present three new productions and 12 classic revivals that run from Feb. 28–June 11, 2022. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the company’s first-ever performances of the original five-act French version {…}

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Will Liverman Awarded Metropolitan Opera’s Beverly Sills Artist Award

Adam Smith, Danielle de Niese, John Relyea & Sean Panikkar Lead English National Opera’s 2022-23 Season

Metropolitan Opera, Gustavo Dudamel & Sangeeta Kaur Win Grammy Awards

Philip Glass Awarded BBVA’s Fronteras del Conocimiento

Aaron Blake Headlines Recital With The George London Foundation

Ben Bliss, J’Nai Bridges, Liv Redpath Win LA Opera’s 2022 Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award

Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’

San Francisco Opera’s Department of Diversity, Equity and Community Announces March/April Conversations

Anna Netrebko, Sonya Yoncheva, Nadine Sierra & Lise Davidsen Headline Metropolitan Opera’s Spring Season