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Q & A: Vincenzo Costanzo on His Opera Career & Living a Creative Life

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(Photo: Michele Monasta) Vincenzo Costanzo is one of the most promising and highly regarded young tenors on the world opera scene. Born in 1991, he joined the children’s voice choir of the San Carlo Theater in Naples at the age of six, where he made his debut as a soloist at only 11-years-old in a contemporary opera. From a very {…}
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Ildar Abdrazakov Named Member of Russia’s Presidential Council

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Ildar Abdrazakov has been named a member of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art in Russia. The bass was appointed to the council by the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, who updated the council recently. Other appointees include director Nikita Mikhalkov and actor Konstantin Khabensky while film director Karen Shakhnazarov retained the position of deputy chairman of the council, while Assistant {…}
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Elīna Garanča, Piotr Beczała, Christopher Purves Headline Second Half of Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2024-25 Season

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The Philharmonia Orchestra has unveiled the second half of its 2024-25 season. (To check out the first half, click here.) Here is a rundown of the vocal and operatic performances on offer. Riccardo Muti will conduct Verdi’s Requiem with a star-studded quartet of singers. Soloists include Juliana Grigoryan, Elīna Garanča, Piotr Beczała, and Ildebrando d’Arcangelo. Performance Date: March 27, 2025 {…}
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‘Guido Cantelli’ International Conducting Award Winners Announced

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On Oct. 6, Min Gyu Song was named the winner of the prestigious “Guido Cantelli” International Conducting Award. The competition was organized by the Fondazione Teatro Carlo Coccia of Novara, in collaboration with the City of Novara, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, and the Università del Piemonte Orientale, with the support of the MIC (Ministry of Culture), and under the {…}
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Philharmonie de Paris Announces Cast Change for Verdi Requiem

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The Philharmonie de Paris has announced a cast change for its Verdi Requiem on Oct. 4, 2024. The company said that Iwona Sobotka will sing the soprano role replacing the originally announced Juliana Grigoryan. Sobotka has performed with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Berlin, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and Vienna Symphony. This season {…}
Opera Meets Film, Special Features

Opera Meets Film: The History of Maria Callas On Film

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(Photo Credit: Getty Images) Maria Callas, better known as La Divina and the immortal muse of art, died on September 16, 1977, having lived a life that no-one else could have lived—or, better phrased, survived. Having sung in practically every major house in the world; recorded a enormous quantity of material from Verdi, Puccini, and Bellini, to Wagner, Spontini, Bizet, Rossini, {…}
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The Dallas Opera Announces 2024-25 Participants for Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors

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The Dallas Opera has announced the selection of the 2024-25 participants in the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors. This season the conductors selected are Jiannan Cheng (China), Virginie Déjos (France), Anna Castro Grinstein (Spain/Argentina), and CJ Wu (Taiwan). The musicians were chosen from a worldwide applicant pool of 94 conductors, the second largest group since the program’s {…}
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Rai 5 to Present ‘Le Willis’ with Lidia Fridman

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Rai5 is set to present “Le Willis” on July 26. The production, shown at the Torre del Lago at the 70° Festival Puccini 2024, was performed in Pier Luigi Pizzi’s production with Gheorghe Iancu choreographing. Massimo Zanetti conducted the opera which starred Giuseppe De Luca, Lidia Fridman, and Vincenzo Costanzo. Barbara Napolitano is the TV director. “Le Willis” is an {…}

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