Leah Crocetto To Star in ‘Norma’ At North Carolina Opera

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North Carolina Opera is set to showcase a special concert performance of Bellini’s “Norma.” For one afternoon only, that of Oct. 21, 2018, the company will perform the famed opera at the Meymandi Concert Hall at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. The opera will star Leah Crocetto in the iconic title role with Elizabeth DeShong as her {…}

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Leah Crocetto, Aleks Romano & Hei-Kyung Hong To Headline North Carolina Opera’s 2018-19 Season

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The North Carolina Opera’s 2018-19 season has been announced, featuring three operas and one recital. The season will showcase many rising stars and some of today’s biggest international artists. The season with a concert performance of Bellini’s “Norma” in a concert performance. Leah Crocetto sings the title role alongside Elizabeth DeShong and Chad Shelton. Anthony Walker conducts the performance at {…}

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North Carolina Opera to Stage World Premiere of ‘Family Secrets: Kith and Kin’

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The North Carolina Opera is set to present the world premiere staged production of “Family Secrets: Kith and Kin” by Daniel Thomas Davis. Performances are slated for Feb. 15-16, 2018 at the Burning Coal Theatre at the Murphey School. The work was originally commissioned for soprano Andrea Edith Moore, who will star in the production. The opera features texts from {…}

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North Carolina Opera To Perform World Premiere Staging Of ‘Family Secrets: Kith And Kin’

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On Feb. 15 and 16, 2018, North Carolina Opera presents the world premiere staged production of “Family Secrets: Kith and Kin” by composer Daniel Thomas Davis. The work, which was commissioned for soprano Andrea Edith Moore, who is also the featured performer, brings together original music by Davis, and newly commissioned texts from seven internationally acclaimed Southern authors (Allan Gurganus, Randall {…}

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Best of 2025: OperaWire’s Top Ten Rising Stars 2025

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It’s that time of the year. The end of the year. As with every year, 2025 was full of a lot of opera revelations in productions, concerts and competitions. So in recognitions of those breakouts, here’s a look at some of the young singers who are likely to make operatic waves in the very near future. Here are OperaWire’s 10 {…}

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Florida Grand Opera 2025 Review: Silent Night

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Florida Grand Opera (FGO) opened its 85th season with a heartfelt reminder that opera can be community-driven, emotional, musically accessible, and relevant to the present moment. The atrium was pleasantly crowded before the opening performance of “Silent Night” by Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell; a wide spectrum of glamorous attendees sipped drinks from the bar and watched singers from {…}

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Teatro Trieste Verdi to Open with Two ‘Figaro’ Operas

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(Credit: F.Parenzan) The Teatro Trieste Verdi is set to open its 2025-26 season with “Il barbiere di Siviglia” and Le Nozze di Figaro,” two productions deliberately interwoven within the calendar to enable audiences to experience both works over the course of a single weekend. The project pays tribute to the figure of Figaro, the revolutionary character conceived by Beaumarchais in {…}

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Opera in Appalachia – How Brevard Music Center Brought Opera to the Mountains

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(Photo credit: Chuck Gilmore) Southern Appalachia is typically acknowledged as the heart of traditional American folk music, from old-time string bands to bluegrass, and haunting ballads, but there are more connections to opera and classical singing than one might realize. Pioneers like Cecil Sharp, Maud Karpeles, and John Jacob Niles collected folk songs throughout southern Appalachia, such as “The Lover’s {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Freddie De Tommaso, Anastasia Bartoli, Elīna Garanča & Huw Montague Rendall Lead International Opera Awards Nominees

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The International Opera Awards have announced its 2025 nominees. The nominees for Opera Company of the Year are Deutsche Oper Berlin, GöteborgsOperan, Houston Grand Opera, MusikTheater an der Wien, Opernhaus Zürich, and Teatro alla Scala. Meanwhile, in the Female Singer category, Anastasia Bartoli, Elsa Dreisig, Véronique Gens, Asmik Grigorian, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Adela Zaharia are the nominees. In the Male Singer {…}

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Leah Crocetto To Star in ‘Norma’ At North Carolina Opera

Leah Crocetto, Aleks Romano & Hei-Kyung Hong To Headline North Carolina Opera’s 2018-19 Season

North Carolina Opera to Stage World Premiere of ‘Family Secrets: Kith and Kin’

North Carolina Opera To Perform World Premiere Staging Of ‘Family Secrets: Kith And Kin’

Best of 2025: OperaWire’s Top Ten Rising Stars 2025

Florida Grand Opera 2025 Review: Silent Night

Teatro Trieste Verdi to Open with Two ‘Figaro’ Operas

Opera in Appalachia – How Brevard Music Center Brought Opera to the Mountains

Sondra Radvanovsky, Freddie De Tommaso, Anastasia Bartoli, Elīna Garanča & Huw Montague Rendall Lead International Opera Awards Nominees