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It’s All About Women Creators At Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble’s 2019 Festival

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The dell’Arte Opera Ensemble has announced its 17th annual festival and it will feature works exclusively created by women. Entitled “Voices from the Tower,” the festival will feature the world premiere of “Princess Maleine,” which will be written by Bea Goodwin with music by Whitney George. This piece was commissioned specifically for the festival this year. The production will feature {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Oper Graz 2017-18 Review: “María de Buenos Aires” makes a sensational debut in Austria

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Undoubtedly the most successful musical ever written about Argentina was Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Evita,” which stormed into the Prince Edward Theatre in London in 1978. Ten years before, Astor Piazzolla’s “María de Buenos Aires” made a much more modest debut at the Sala Planeta in the Argentinean capital. Nominally a “tango operita,” this relatively short work is a much more fascinating {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Theatre of St. Louis 2018 Review – Regina: Scheming Susan Graham Stars in Masterful Production of Blitzstein’s Drama

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It is easy to see why Marc Blitzstein’s “Regina” is rarely performed.  It’s a demanding work that tackles issues of greed, race relations and other seedy elements of humanity head-on while fusing many musical styles that make it hard to characterize. Because there are so many elements to this opera that includes 10 major characters, it is difficult to mount {…}

News

Vocal Winner of 2018 Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels Announced

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Baritone Samuel Hasselhorn is the winner of the Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels.  The 27-year-old will be awarded 25,000 euros and a number of concert engagements throughout Europe.  The baritone is no stranger to winning major awards, having taken home the first prize in the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 2015 as well as the Lindemann Vocal Chair of YCA. {…}

Cardiff Singer of the World, News

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2017 Song Prize Finalists Revealed

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The Song Prize finalists for the Cardiff Singer of the World competition have been announced. The five people competing in the final round of this segment include John Chest, Catriona Morison, Iurii Samoilov, Louise Alder, and Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar. Chest got through primarily on American songs that included “At the River” and “Simple Gifts,” both arranged by Aaron Copland. He also {…}