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The Non-Stop Debutant – Brian Jagde on Busy 2017, Verdi, Wagner & His Five House Debuts [Exclusive]

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30 performances. Seven cities. Five house debuts and two role debuts. That is what tenor Brian Jagde faces in 2017. The first half of 2017 that is. The tenor, who has been growing in prominence over the last few years, is slated for a monstrous calendar year that will see him make more house debuts than he ever has before. {…}
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The Wagner Society to Present Concert Featuring Sadie Cheslak & Alec Carlson

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The Wagner Society of New York will present a recital featuring the winners of its 2025 Singers Competition on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 7:00 p.m. in Victor Borge Hall at Scandinavia House. The program features mezzo-soprano Sadie Cheslak, winner of the Robert Lauch Memorial Fund Award, and tenor Alec Carlson, winner of the Ursula Springer Memorial Endowment Fund Award, joined {…}
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Best of 2024: OperaWire’s Top Ten Rising Stars 2024

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(Credit: TACT/Askonas Holt/Intermusica/Natalia Jansen) It’s that time of the year. The end of the year. 2024 brought many debuts, many new productions, many competitions, many world premieres and many new young artists who are coming up in the world of opera.  And that it is reason alone to celebrate. As the year comes to an end, here’s a look at {…}
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Matilda Sterby Wins Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition

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On June 13, 2024, the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition held its finals at the De Geer Hall in Norrköping, Sweden. The first prize went to Swedish soprano Matilda Sterby, while the second prize went to South Korean soprano Celine Mun. The third prize was awarded to Swedish mezzo-soprano Mathilda Bryngelsson while the audience prize was given to South Korean {…}
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Five Winners of Metropolitan Opera’s 2024 Laffont Competition Announced

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(Credit: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced the five winners of its Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. The winners are as follows: Daniel Espinal, 24, tenor (New England Region; Sarasota, FL); Faith P. Geier Award Lydia Grindatto, 28, soprano (Midwest Region; Tijeras, NM); Fernand Lamesch Award Navasard Hakobyan, 25, baritone (Eastern Region; Yerevan, Armenia); Dominique Laffont {…}
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Hungarian State Opera to Celebrate Éva Marton with 80th Birthday Gala

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On June 18, 2023, the Hungarian State Opera will celebrate legendary Hungarian soprano Éva Marton’s 80th birthday. The event will include performances by former and current students, along with winners of the Éva Marton International Singing Competition. Directed by company artistic director András Almási-Tóth, the gala will also include special guest artist Jonathan Tetelman, with the HSO Orchestra led by {…}
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Best Of 2019: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers Of The Year

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(Credit: Catherine Ashmore/Royal Opera – Antoni Bofill/Gran Teatre del Liceu – Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera) As we end the year its time to look back at the past 365-ish days and the big moments that defined 2019. It was a great year for numerous singers who broke-out and for established performers who took their careers in new directions or made important {…}
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Adriana Gonzalez & Xabier Anduaga Win Top Operalia Awards

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Xabier Anduaga and Adriana Gonzalez have taken home first prize at the Operalia Competition. The two singers also won the zarzuela prizes. Anduaga won the Plácido Domingo Ferrer Prize while Gonzalez won the Pepita Embil Prize. Second prize went to baritone Gihoon Kim and mezzo-soprano Maria Kataeva while third prize went to soprano Christina Nilsson and countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen. {…}

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