Finger Lakes Opera Announces Tomita Young Artist Class of 2022

https://operawire.com/finger-lakes-opera-announces-tomita-young-artist-class-of-2022/

Finger Lakes Opera has announced the Tomita Young Artist Class of 2022. The young artists include sopranos Danielle Beckvermit and Kayla Hill Oderah; mezzo-soprano Erika Danielle Vasallo; tenor Robert Hartfield; baritone Geoffrey Schmelzer; bass Jeremy Harr; and pianist Jenny Choo Kirby. These artists will take part in several performance opportunities with the company starting in July 2022. Additioanlly, they will {…}

News

PRISM Quartet Announces Philadelphia Student Composer Project Concert Program

https://operawire.com/prism-quartet-announces-philadelphia-student-composer-project-concert-program/

photo by Ara Howrani PRISM Quartet has announced the inaugural program of the Philadelphia Student Composers Project. The concerts, set for Dec. 6 at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fisher-Bennet Hall, and Dec. 7 at Christ and St. Stephen’s Church in New York, will feature new works by rising-star composition students representing four of Philadelphia’s most prominent music schools. The four {…}

News

Obituary: Former Operalia Winner Yali-Marie Williams Dies at 45

https://operawire.com/obituary-former-operalia-winner-yali-marie-williams-dies-at-45/

Puerto Rican soprano Yali-Marie Williams has passed away at the age of 45. In a statement from her husband Arturo said, “Yali would want me to let you know that after 14 months of giving a hell of a fight against pancreatic cancer, even though her spirit was into it, her body couldn’t take it any longer. She spread her {…}

News

Obituary: Metropolitan Opera Celeste Player Cecilia Brauer Dies

https://operawire.com/obituary-metropolitan-opera-celeste-player-cecilia-brauer-dies/

Metropolitan Opera Celeste player Cecilia Brauer has died. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra announced the passing noting “we are saddened by the passing of one of the sweetest women ever to grace the pit. Cecilia Brauer passed away following the recent death of her brother Ray Gniewek, longtime Concertmaster of the Met Orchestra for 43 years.” Brauer was the orchestra’s Celeste {…}

News

Obituary: Metropolitan Opera & Juilliard Mentor Robert Cowart Passes Away

https://operawire.com/obituary-metropolitan-opera-juilliard-mentor-robert-cowart-passes-away/

Robert Cowart, the head of linguistic studies at the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann program has passed away. Born in Philadelphia, Robert Cowart studied at the University of Pennsylvania and Queens College. In 1981 he became a vocal coach at the Metropolitan Opera and later became the head of linguistic studies in the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. In 1992, he {…}

News

Obituary: Soprano Gianna Rolandi Passes at 68

https://operawire.com/obituary-soprano-gianna-rolandi-passes-at-68/

American soprano Gianna Rolandi died on Sunday, June 20, 2021 at age 68. Rolandi was born in New York City on August 16, 1952, and grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Her mother Jane Frazier was also a lyrical singer and her father was an Italian-born obstetrician. Rolandi began her musical studies as a violinist, but opera, especially such works {…}

News

Handel and Haydn Society Announces Student Winners of Youth Choruses Scholarship

https://operawire.com/handel-and-haydn-society-announces-student-winners-of-youth-choruses-scholarship/

The Handel and Haydn Society has announced the recipients of their Youth Choruses Scholarship Award, in recognition of achievement and commitment to the vocal arts. The Barbara E. Maze Award for Musical Excellence went to Helen Peppler. Currently a student of the Carnegie Mellon School of Music, Peppler will receive a scholarship for $3,000. The Candace MacMillen Achtmeyer Award went {…}

News

Obituary: Ghenady Meirson Passes After Battle With Cancer

https://operawire.com/obituary-ghenady-meirson-passes-after-battle-with-cancer/

Philadelphia Classical Music Community member Ghenady Meirson passed away after a fierce battle with cancer. Meirson was born in Odessa, Ukraine and graduated from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied piano with Seymour Lipkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski and accompanying with Vladimir Sokoloff. In 1982, Meirson wrote “Do Sing in Russian,” which {…}

IndieOpera

Opera Grand Rapids Announces Winners of 2021 Collegiate Vocal Competition

https://operawire.com/opera-grand-rapids-announces-winners-of-2021-collegiate-vocal-competition/

On April 3, 2021, Opera Grand Rapids presented the final round concert of this year’s Collegiate Vocal Competition, held at the Betty Van Andel Opera Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Open to college-level voice students from across the country, the competition gives finalists the chance to receive feedback from acclaimed opera stars, and offers the second-largest purse of prizes in {…}

117 search results for…

Finger Lakes Opera Announces Tomita Young Artist Class of 2022

PRISM Quartet Announces Philadelphia Student Composer Project Concert Program

Obituary: Former Operalia Winner Yali-Marie Williams Dies at 45

Obituary: Metropolitan Opera Celeste Player Cecilia Brauer Dies

Obituary: Metropolitan Opera & Juilliard Mentor Robert Cowart Passes Away

Obituary: Soprano Gianna Rolandi Passes at 68

Handel and Haydn Society Announces Student Winners of Youth Choruses Scholarship

Obituary: Ghenady Meirson Passes After Battle With Cancer

Opera Grand Rapids Announces Winners of 2021 Collegiate Vocal Competition