Winners of 9th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition Announced

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Turkish mezzo Ezgi Karakaya is the winner of the ninth annual Leyla Gencer Voice Competition. She also took home the audience award. The second place winner was German-Italian mezzo Anna Doris Capitelli with Polish tenor Piotr Buszewski coming in third place. Karakaya walks away with a 12,500 euro prize while Doris gets 7,500 euros and Buszewski wins 3,500 euros. It {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Salzburg Festival 2018 Review: The Bassarids

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Hans Werner Henze’s opera “The Bassarids” received its first performance at the Salzburg Festival on August 6, 1966. At the premiere, Christoph von Dohnanyi conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. English-American poet W.H. Auden and his partner Chester Kallman wrote the libretto based on Euripides’ “Bacchae,” one of the last tragedies of the great Greek dramatist. Within weeks, the opera was {…}

Opera Wiki

Artist Profile: The Contessa Herself, Dorothea Röschmann

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Born on June 17, 1967, German soprano Dorothea Röschmann has enjoyed a solid career to date. The soprano studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg before heading to Bremen, Los Angeles, Tel Aviva, and London. Her 1995 Salzburg debut as Susanna in “Le Nozze di Figaro” gave her international repute and since, she has performed all over the {…}

News

Deutsche Grammophon Releases New Single Featuring Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov

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Deutsche Grammophon has released a new single for Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov. The new single is Curtis’ “Non ti Scordar di Me,” which was recorded alongside the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Jader Bignamini. This is the second EP that Deutsche Grammophon releases for Anna Netrebko. The company released a single of “O Mio Babbino Caro” earlier this month in {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Embracing Tradition & Moving Beyond It – Tenor Russell Thomas On ‘Don Carlo,’ ‘Otello,’ & How To Learn From Artists & Audiences Of The Present & Past

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This Saturday, March 3, 2018, the Washington National Opera will be staging a four-act version of “Don Carlo” with a superstar cast. While many might turn to the likes of Leah Crocetto, Jamie Barton, or Eric Owens, for the star power, tenor Russell Thomas is poised to have a big night in his Washington National Opera debut. Thomas recently spoke {…}

On This Day, Special Features

The Major Opera Recordings of Florence Quivar

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Florence Quivar, born on March 3, 1944, is one of the great American mezzos of her time. She first came to love opera upon hearing the Met Opera on tour and then eventually launched on a mission to become a great opera singer in her own right. Her journey took her through the Julliard School, Philadelphia Academy of Music, and {…}

News

Sylvia Schwartz Replaces Nuria Rial In St. Matthew’s Passion

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The Spanish National Orchestra and Chorus has announced that soprano Sylvia Schwartz will replace Nuria Rial in the upcoming performances of Bach’s “St. Matthew’s Passion.” The English soprano has had a busy 2017-18 season singing “Don Giovanni” and “Falstaff” with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. She has also performed “Fidelio” with the Tokyo Philharmonic and is scheduled to perform numerous concert in {…}

Special Features

Best of 2017: 11 Singers Who Made 2017 A Year To Remember!

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It’s that time of year. That time where we look just before we look forward. We look back to remember all the good times of the year so that we can take stock of what we hope for in the new one. Every year in the opera world has its share of rising and breakout stars as well as opera {…}