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Dame Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, Roderick Williams, Dorothea Röschmann, Elizabeth Llewellyn Headline Oxford Lieder Festival 2022

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The Oxford Lieder Festival has announced its 21st season. The season opens with “Culture, Counterculture, and Conviviality,” a two-part event that features a look at the salon culture, followed by a more specific look at that music world through Pauline Viardot’s own involvement. The event features speaker Natasha Loges and such artists as Charlotte Bowden, Alexandria Moon, Zahid Siddiqui, Johnathan {…}

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Andrew Staples Leads Teatro La Fenice’s ‘Peter Grimes’

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The Teatro La Fenice is set to present a new production of Benjamin Britten’s “Peter Grimes.” Andrew Staples will lead the production in the title role while Emma Bell will sing the role of Ellen Orford and Mark S. Doss will sing the role of Captain Balstrode. The cast will be rounded out by Sara Fulgoni, Patricia Westley, Jessica Cale, Cameron Becker, Sion Goronwy, Rosalind {…}

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Bampton Classical Opera Announces Winner of Young Singers’ Competition 2021

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(Credit: Bampton Classical Opera) The Bampton Classical Opera has announced the winners of the 2021 Young Singers’ Competition. Sopranos Jessica Cale, Sophie Sparrow, Shafali Jalota and Cassandra Wright, mezzo-soprano Frances Gregory, and baritone Dan D’Souza reached the final competition round. The first prize winner was Australian soprano Cassandra Wright, who has also received a cash prize of 2,000 pound sterlings. {…}

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Bampton Classical Opera Announces Finalists for 2021 Young Singers’ Competition

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Bampton Classical Opera has announced its Young Singers’ Competition 2021 Finalists. Finalists include soprano Jessica Cale, mezzo-soprano Frances Gregory, soprano Sophie Sparrow, soprano Shafali, baritone Dan D’Souza, and soprano Cassandra Wright. Judges for this year’s competition include tenor Bonaventura Bottone, vocal teacher Jennifer Dakin, and accompanist and conductor Phillip Thomas. The first prize will take home a cash prize of {…}

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Marquee TV & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to Co-Present ‘St. John Passion’

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Marquee TV and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment have announced their upcoming co-production of “St. John Passion” by Johann Sebastian Bach. Premiering on Good Friday, April 2, 2021, the film will be available to watch on Marquee TV and OAE Player. Filmed by British cinematographer Grant Gee at the Battersea Arts Centre in London, the cast is led {…}

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Kathleen Ferrier Awards Competition Announces 2020 Winners

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The Kathleen Ferrier Awards Competition has announced the winners of its 65th edition. The first prize, which includes a cash award of £12,500, went to Jessica Cale, a graduate of the Royal College of Music. She has also appeared at the Ryedale Festival Opera and was a 2020 finalist for the London Handel Festival Singing Competition. Coming in at second {…}

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Kathleen Ferrier Awards Competition Announces Finalists for 2020 Edition

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On December 13, 2020, the Kathleen Ferrier Awards Competition will stream the finals for this year’s contest, hosted by BBC Radio3 Presenter Martin Handley. The young artists who made it into the finals include tenor Ted Black and pianist Ana Manastireanu; tenor Liam Bonthrone and pianist Dylan Perez; soprano Jessica Cale and pianist George Ireland; soprano Milly Forrest and pianist {…}

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The Clarion Choir & The Clarion Orchestra to Present World Premiere of ‘Nunc Dimittis’

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The Clarion Choir and The Clarion Orchestra will give the world premiere of Alistair Coleman’s “Nunc Dimittis” on Nov. 20 at Park Avenue Christian Church in New York. The new sacred work will be paired with J.S. Bach’s “Magnificat,” BWV 243. Steven Fox will conduct. The soloists are sopranos Jessica Beebe and Molly Quinn, alto Caroline Olsen, tenors Lawrence Jones {…}