Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition Announces 20 Contestants

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(Credit: © Mark Allan) The Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition has announced the 20 young conductors selected for the 18th edition. The event will take place Dec. 2–4, 2o25 at LSO St Luke’s in London. Now in its 35th year, the biennial competition awards a £15,000 prize from Donatella Flick and offers the winner the opportunity to serve as Assistant {…}

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Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto Announces Dates & Jury for International Singing Competition

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Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto has announced that its International Singing Competition, formerly the European Community Competition for Young Opera Singers, will take place February 25–28, 2026, at the Teatro Caio Melisso in Spoleto. The jury will be chaired by conductor Donato Renzetti and includes soprano Maria Agresta, artist manager Saverio Clemente, Teatro Lirico Sperimentale Artistic Director Enrico Girardi, and {…}

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Artist of the Week: Juliana Grigoryan

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(credit Yunchis Artyom5) This week the Metropolitan Opera’s “La Boheme” returns to the stage with a young cast of rising stars. Among them will be Juliana Grigoryan, who will sing her first lead role at the Metropolitan after debuting in 2024. The Armenian soprano will sing the role of Mimi, which she has already performed at the Ravenna Festival and {…}

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Cast Change: Metropolitan Opera Announces New Donna Anna

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for “Don Giovanni.” The company said that Kathleen O’Mara will sing the role of Donna Anna on Oct. 20 and 25, replacing Federica Lombardi. O’Mara took to social media to announce the news and said, “Surprise!!! I’m am so excited to share that I will be stepping in to sing Donna Anna {…}

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The Person Behind The Opera, Pt. 5: Baroness de Pontalba

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For the past few months, you may have noticed the series, ‘The Person Behind The Opera.’ In May, we began the series by looking at the person, Malcolm Little (or Malcolm X), the focus of Anthony Davis’ 1985 opera, ‘X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.’ The next month, we looked at Harvey Milk, the San Francisco gay rights {…}

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Q & A: Baritone Marcin Kopec on TACT Artists Management & His New UK Based MKImpresari Agency

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(Photo: MKImpresari) Former Baritone Marcin Kopec has had a very successful career as an artist manager. In reality, he’s a mover, shaker, fixer, arranger, organizer, (he likes ‘Impresario’), and frequent savior behind the scenes of some of the most famous names in the business on some of the biggest stages in the world. OperaWire met up with Marcin in Covent {…}

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Bolshoi Theatre to Host Aida Garifullina Gala

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The Bolshoi Theatre is set to hold a gala for Aida Garifullina on Sept. 5, 2025. The soprano will be featured in a special evening alongside the Bolshoi Theatre Symphony Orchestra and conductor Anton Grishanin. She will be joined by Svetlana Zakharova, Vadim Repin, Evgeny Mironov, Ivan Gyngazov, Semyon Antakov, and Irina Shishkova. Putin Supporter Valery Gergiev recently took over {…}

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Plácido Domingo Speaks About Current Wars & Music as a Unifier

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Plácido Domingo is giving his opinion on the current wars in Ukraine and the Palestine and Gaza war. The singer, who has been quiet regarding the current wars, told La Razon that his opinion didn’t matter. He said, “My opinion is useless and won’t change anything. What counts are the human beings, and above all the children who suffer and {…}

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International Vocal Competition Launches ‘Theatre in Song’ Segment This September

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International Vocal Competition ‘s-Hertogenbosch (IVC) will feature “Theatre in Song,” a new competition that focuses on Lied and art song. The idea for this new segment of the competition was created by IVC General and Artistic Director Andrew Watts, and it will take place on Sept. 26-28, 2025. Over those two days, 11 finalist duos will curate 45-minute programs. The {…}

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Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition Announces 20 Contestants

Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto Announces Dates & Jury for International Singing Competition

Artist of the Week: Juliana Grigoryan

Cast Change: Metropolitan Opera Announces New Donna Anna

The Person Behind The Opera, Pt. 5: Baroness de Pontalba

Q & A: Baritone Marcin Kopec on TACT Artists Management & His New UK Based MKImpresari Agency

Bolshoi Theatre to Host Aida Garifullina Gala

Plácido Domingo Speaks About Current Wars & Music as a Unifier

International Vocal Competition Launches ‘Theatre in Song’ Segment This September