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Norfolk & Norwich Festival Finalizes 2025 Season

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The 2025 Norfolk & Norwich Festival program has been announced. For the purposes of this article, only vocal works are included. The Idrîsî Ensemble presents “Lost Harmonies: Endangered and Medieval Traditions.” Performance Date: May 11, 2025 “Compline by Candlelight” features the Girl Choristers, Lay Clerks, and Choral Scholars of Norwich Cathedral Choir. Performance Date: May 13, 2025 Mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean {…}

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Allan Clayton, Benjamin Appl, Sophie Bevan, Claire Booth, Lotte Betts-Dean Headline Aldeburgh Festival 2025

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Aldeburgh Festival has announced its 2025 edition. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is “A Visit to Friends,” a new opera by Collin Matthews and William Boyd. It stars Lotte Betts-Dean, Susanna Hurrell, Marcus Farnsworth, Edward Hawkins, and Gary Mattewman. Jessica Cottis conducts and Rachael Hewer directs. Performance Date: June 13 & 14, 2025 James {…}

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Guildhall School of Music & Drama Announces Spring 2025 Season

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(Photo credit: David Monteith-Hodge) The Guildhall School of Music & Drama releases its spring 2025 season. For the purposes of this article only classical voice events are included. Tenor Alessandro Fisher serves as soloist in a new version of Ian Venables’ “Venetian Songs, Love’s Voice.” Matthew Lynch conducts. Performance Dates: January 14, 2025 Eclectic Voices and Guildhall soloist soprano Biqing {…}

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The Sixteen Announces 14th Cohort of Genesis Sixteen

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The Sixteen and the Genesis Foundation have announced the 22 young artists who will join Genesis Sixteen’s 14th cohort this autumn. The program hosts 18-23-year-old singers to nurture the next generation of ensemble singers. The cohort will culminate their training with a showcase performance at Sounds Sublime Festival, taking place on July 13. Other highlights of Sounds Sublime include a {…}

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Q & A: Mezzo-Soprano Sharon Carty on Her Role at the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and Her Recent CD Releases

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(Photo: Frances Marshall) With Ireland’s Blackwater Valley Opera Festival about to get underway, OperaWire thought it would be a good opportunity to catch up with mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty, who will be playing the role of Sesto in the festival’s headline presentation, Handel’s “Giulio Cesare.” 2024 is proving to be a busy year for Carty. She has had a full calendar, {…}

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Daniel Hyde Appointed Musical Director of City of London Choir

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Daniel Hyde has been appointed Musical Director and Principal Conductor of the City of London Choir.  He will take the position effective from September 2024.  Hyde is the Director of Music at King’s College, Cambridge, and has directed ensembles including the BBC Singers, Britten Sinfonia, the Academy of Ancient Music, the Philharmonia, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of {…}

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Nicky Spence & Lotte Betts-Dean Named Royal Philharmonic Society Awards Recipients

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The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards winners were announced at the Royal Northern College of Music on March 5. For the purposes of this article only opera related winners are included. Taking home the Conductor Prize is François-Xavier Roth. Meanwhile the Ensemble Award went to the BBC Singers. Kaija Saariaho‘s “Innocence” took home the Large-Scale Composition award while Contemporary Music Festival’s {…}

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Royal Philharmonic Society Awards Announces Shortlist

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A shortlist of this year’s Royal Philharmonic Society Award recipients has been released. For the purposes of this article only opera related nominees are included. The full list can be found here.  Chamber-Scale Composition Nilufar Habibian – “Az nahāyate tāriki” (“From the deep end of darkness”) Conductor Alice Farnham; Alpesh Chauhan; François-Xavier Roth Ensemble BBC Singers; Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Impact {…}