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Navasard Hakobyan Wins The Dallas Opera’s National Vocal Competition 2024

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The Dallas Opera has announced the winners of its National Vocal Competition. Taking home first place was baritone Navasard Hakobyan. The Armenian singer is a second-year artists of Houston Grand Opera’s Butler Studio and won first prize at the 2022 Eleanor McCollum Competition Concert of Arias. He has performed at the Houston Grand Opera in “Madama Butterfly,” “La Traviata,” and {…}

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Karen Slack, Lunga Eric Hallam & Jasmine Habersham Lead Minnesota Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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The Minnesota Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Monét X Change, Jasmine Habersham, Ellie Dehn, Symone Harcum, Adriana Zabala, and Catherine Martin star “Glam Jam: A Star-Studded Benefit Concert.” Christopher Franklin conducts. Performance Date: Sept. 28, 2024 Christopher Franklin conducts Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet” with Evan Leroy Johnson, Jasmine Habersham, Adam Lau, Charles H. Eaton, John Mburu, Ángel Vargas, Kara Morgan, Victoria Vargas, and David Wolfe. Performance Dates: Nov. 2-10, 2024 {…}

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Best of 2023: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers of 2023

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It’s time of the year. The moment we wrap up the year and look back at our favorite moments. After releasing our favorite performances of 2023 and showcasing our rising stars of the year, it’s time for OperaWire’s annual tradition of naming our top 11 singers of the year, performers that we thought stood out and had major breaks or performances. So {…}

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Nevill Holt Festival Announces 2024 Season

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The Nevill Holt Festival has announced its 2024 schedule. The season will open with a new production of Mozart’s iconic opera “The Magic Flute” featuring The Britten Sinfonia. The new production will see a cast of the UK young opera singers. The opera stars Nazan Fikret, Jonathan Eyers, Allen Michael Jones, Jasmine Flicker, Olivia Warburton, and Simon Sumal. Melly Still {…}

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Opera San José to Showcase Preview of ‘Romeo and Juliete’

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Photo credit: David Allen Opera San José will join the Downtown San Jose SoFA District’s “South First Friday” event on Sept. 1 to offer a preview of its upcoming production of Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Members of the “Romeo and Juliet” cast, including mezzo-sorpano Jessica Gonzalez-Rodriguez, tenor Keanu Aiono-Netzler, bass Eric Delagrange, and soprano Jasmine Habersham, will perform arias from the {…}

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Joshua Blue, Justin Austin, Sarah Mesko & Paul Groves Lead Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ 2024 Season

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The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has announced its 2024 season. The season opens with Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville“ conducted by Jonathan Brandani and directed by Eric Sean Fogel. The work will star Justin Austin, Hongni Wu, and Nathan Stark. Performance Dates: May 25-June 29, 2024 Joshua Blue, Katerina Burton, Thomas Glass, and Brittany Renee lead Puccini’s “La Bohème.” {…}

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Washington Bach Consort Unveils 2023-24 Season

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The Washington Bach Consort has announced its 2023-24 season, its 45th year. First up is “St. John’s Passion,” which will feature such soloists as Guy Cutting, Jonathan Adams, Enrico Lagasca, Elijah McCormark, Reginald Mobley, and Jacob Perry Jr. Performance Date: Oct. 1, 2023 Singers Sara MacKimmie, P. Lucy McVeigh, Oliver Mercer, and Ross Tamaccio will be part of the Cantata {…}

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Tamara Mumford, Nicholas Phan, Michelle DeYoung, Gerald Finley, Mary Elizabeth Williams Headline San Francisco Symphony’s 2023-24 Season

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The San Francisco Symphony has announced its 2023-24 season. For this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. It all kicks off with a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. Soloists include Dashon Burton, Ben Bliss, and Tamara Mumford. The program also features Olly Wilson’s “Shango Memory.” Performance Dates: Oct. 19 – 22, {…}

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Opera Colorado Announces Cast Change for ‘Die Tote Stadt’

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Opera Colorado has announced a cast change for its production of Korngold’s “Die tote Stadt.” The company said that soprano Sara Gartland, cast in the roles of Marie and Marietta, is unable to sing due to a neurological condition likely caused by a past COVID-19 infection. Providing vocals for the four performances will be soprano Kara Shay Thomson, while Ms. Gartland {…}