Opera for Peace Academy 2024 To Take Place in Rome & Paris

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Opera for Peace Academy will hold its annual gathering for a third time, this year in Rome and Paris. For the 2024 edition, a record number of 360 applications from 76 countries were received. The fourteen selected artists, from ages 21 to 37, hail from five continents. This year’s participants are sopranos Celine Mun (South Korea), Johanna Will (Germany / {…}

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Denyce Graves, Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Étienne Dupuis Headline Washington National Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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Washington National Opera announced its 2024-25 season. It all starts with Beethoven’s “Fidelio” starring Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Jamez McCorkle, Derek Welton, David Leigh, and Denyce Graves. Robert Spano conducts a production by Francesca Zambello. Performance Dates: Oct. 25 – Nov. 4, 2024 Robert Spano conducts “Gods and Mortals: A Celebration of Wagner.” The concert features Christine Goerke and Brandon Jovanovich. Performance {…}

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Eleonora Buratto, Anna Prohaska & Katharina Konradi Lead Baden-Baden Festival’s 2024-25 Season

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The Baden-Baden Festival has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Mark Elder conducts Richard Wagner’s “Parsifal,” Prelude and Good Friday Music, and “Tristan und Isolde,” Act two. The concert will include soloists Jonas Kaufmann, Camilla Nylund, Sasha Cooke, Christof Fischesser, and Todd Boyce. Performance Date: August 25, 2024 Le Grand Gare Festival The Singfest with members of the {…}

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Joyce DiDonato Awarded Concertgebouw Prize

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Joyce DiDonato has received the Concertgebouw Prize 2024. The mezzo joins a group including mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, baritone Thomas Hampson, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Janine Jansen, and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. The American mezzo-soprano will receive this honor in September 2024 for her exceptional contribution to the artistic profile of the Concertgebouw. Before receiving the Concertgebouw Prize in the fall, DiDonato {…}

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The Cherry Orchard Festival to Present ‘Address Unknown’

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The Cherry Orchard Festival will present The New York premiere of “Address Unknown” on April 17, 2024 at The Town Hall. Based on the 1938 best-selling antifascist book by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor that describes the rise of the Nazi Party, the showcase will feature Evgeny Kissin, Thomas Hampson, and Karina Arzumanova. Marianna Arzumanova directs. The performance kicks off at 8 {…}

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Francesca Zambello Withdraws as Jury Member at Karol Szymanowski Competition Following Russian Music Ban

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Francesca Zambello has withdrawn from the Karol Szymanowski Competition as a jury member due to the competition’s decision to ban Russian music. In a letter to the competition, Zambello wrote, “I have just heard from Thomas Hampson about your rules for the exclusion of Russian repertory from the competition. I am against the actions of President Putin, but I am {…}

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Q & A: American Baritone Lucas Meachem on Evolving Opera Through His Compassion Towards Humanity in His Roles & Love of Karaoke

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Lucas Meachem is an American, Grammy Award winning baritone whose compelling lyric baritone voice and dramatic interpretations have led him to the world’s most important operatic stages. He was discovered by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, with the encouragement of tenor Paul Groves, after he sang a karaoke stint in Paris. Graham persuaded William Mason, the then director general of the Lyric {…}

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Exploring Three Operas Based on LGBTQ+ Relationships from History

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Over the years, opera has come to embody an artform that represents all shades of the human experience. From the traditional to the abstract, every form of love that can be expressed on earth has come to the operatic stage to live. One of those shades is the love shared between those belonging to the LGBT+ community. Some of the {…}

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Metropolitan Opera Announces 2023 Laffont Competition National Finalists

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(Credit: Natalie Powers) The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 2023 Laffont Competition National Finalists. The 10 finalists are baritone Eleomar Cuello, tenor Yuntong Han, tenor Anthony León, mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis, soprano Teresa Perrotta, tenor Sahel Salam, mezzo-soprano Sarah Saturnino, bass-baritone Christian Simmons, soprano Meredith Wohlgemuth, and baritone David Wolfe. The finals are set to be held on April 23 and {…}

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Opera for Peace Academy 2024 To Take Place in Rome & Paris

Denyce Graves, Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Étienne Dupuis Headline Washington National Opera’s 2024-25 Season

Eleonora Buratto, Anna Prohaska & Katharina Konradi Lead Baden-Baden Festival’s 2024-25 Season

Joyce DiDonato Awarded Concertgebouw Prize

The Cherry Orchard Festival to Present ‘Address Unknown’

Francesca Zambello Withdraws as Jury Member at Karol Szymanowski Competition Following Russian Music Ban

Q & A: American Baritone Lucas Meachem on Evolving Opera Through His Compassion Towards Humanity in His Roles & Love of Karaoke

Exploring Three Operas Based on LGBTQ+ Relationships from History

Metropolitan Opera Announces 2023 Laffont Competition National Finalists