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Mary Cardwell Dawson to be Inducted Into The North Carolina Music Hall Of Fame

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(Photo credit: Library of Congress) The North Carolina Music Hall Of Fame has announced its 2024 inductees. Among the recipients is North Carolina native Mary Cardwell Dawson. Dawson founded the National Negro Opera Company in 1941, which while it was short lived due to Dawson’s death in 1962, the company produced over 110 opera and broke barriers for singers of {…}
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Carolina López Moreno, Iván Ayón Rivas, Teresa Iervolino & Jessica Pratt Lead Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s 2024 Season

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The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its Fall 2024 season from September to December. Opera Teresa Iervolino leads Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” with Matteo D’Apolito, Patrick Kabongo, William Hernandez, and Marco Filippo Romano. Ginaluca Capuano conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 20-27, 2024 Daniele Gatti conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Carolina López Moreno, Piero Pretti, Vincenzo Costanzo, Marvic Monreal, and Nicola Alaimo headlining the cast. {…}
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Operafest Lisboa Announces 2024 Season

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Details of Operafest Lisboa’s fifth season have been released. The article only contains opera-centered events. Throughout the festival “Maratona Ópera XXI: New Dynamics for Today’s Opera” workshops take place. The New Libretto Awards are also presented during this time. Mainstage  Opening the festival is a double bill performance of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” The casts include Rodrigo Porras Garulo, {…}
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Toledo Opera Announces 2024-25 Resident Artists

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Toledo Opera has announced its resident artists for the 2024-25 season. The company announced that  Sarah Rachel Bacani (soprano), Emily Cotten (mezzo-soprano), Brady DelVecchio (tenor) Robbie Raso (baritone), and Alessandro (Alex) Rotundo (pianist) will be in the company program. The five artists will serve as touring artists for the Opera on Wheels program which travels extensively, visiting local educational institutions and {…}
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Irina Lungu, Nicola Alaimo, Vittorio Grigolo, Arturo Chacón-Cruz & Lianna Haroutounian Lead Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège’s 2024-25 Season

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The Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Giampaolo Bisanti conducting a production by Thaddeus Strassberger. Irina Lungu, Dmitry Korchak, and Simone Piazzola star. Performance Dates: Sept. 13-24, 2024 Leoš Janáček’s “Kát’a Kabanová” will star Anush Hovhannisyan, Anton Rositskiy, Nino Surguladze, Sergei Skorokhodov, Jana Kurucová, Dmitry Cheblykov, {…}
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Katarina Karnéus, Malin Byström, Luthando Qave & Matilda Sterby Lead Göteborg Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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Sweden’s Göteborg Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Katarina Giotas headlines Bizet’s “Carmen” with Joachim Bäckström, Adam Frandsen, Luthando Qave, and Matilda Sterby. Aivis Greters and Martyna Szymcza alternate at the pit. Performance Dates: August 24-Oct. 12, 2024 Michael Weinius and Tomas Lind lead Verdi’s “Otello” with Jens Søndergaard, Adam Frandsen, Julia Sporsén, Carolina Sandgren, and Ann-Kristin Jones. Vincenzo Milletarì conducts the production by Rafael {…}
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Kenneth Kellogg Named to Major Position at Seattle Opera

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Seattle Opera has announced that Kenneth Kellogg will be its inaugural Artistic Ambassador, taking over for Naomi André, who concluded a five-year term as Scholar-in-Residence. Kellogg will serve as a representative of the company in the Seattle community. He will advise the company on season planning, racial equity initiatives, and other community partnerships. Kellogg is set to engage in conversation {…}
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Navasard Hakobyan Wins The Dallas Opera’s National Vocal Competition 2024

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The Dallas Opera has announced the winners of its National Vocal Competition. Taking home first place was baritone Navasard Hakobyan. The Armenian singer is a second-year artists of Houston Grand Opera’s Butler Studio and won first prize at the 2022 Eleanor McCollum Competition Concert of Arias. He has performed at the Houston Grand Opera in “Madama Butterfly,” “La Traviata,” and {…}
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Merola Opera Program Unveils 2024 Roster

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The Merola Opera Program has announced the 29 artists that will be part of its 2024 roster. Here is the rundown of the artists: Moriah Berry, Atlanta, Georgia Hannah Cho, Seoul, South Korea Alexa Frankian, Oakville, Ontario, Canada Viviana Aurelia Goodwin, Tulsa, Oklahoma Lydia Grindatto, Tijeras, New Mexico Elizabeth “Hanje” Hanje, Vestavia Hills, Alabama Mary Hoskins, Saratoga Springs, New York {…}

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