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Curtis Institute of Music Announces First-Ever Young Alumni Fund Grant Winners

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The Curtis Institute of Music has announced its first-ever Young Alumni Fund grantees. The fund will provide recent graduates of Curtis with financial awards to remove barriers to their success as emerging performers and advance their personal artistic visions. Among other notable proposals, these awards will support community and non-profit organizations founded by alumni, production of new commercial film and {…}

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Juan Diego Flórez, Joyce DiDonato, Francesco Meli & Corinne Winters Lead Arte.TV’s 2021-22 Season

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Arte.TV has announced its 2021-22 season featuring a variety of productions from around the world. Here is a look. The season from the Opéra Comique de Paris with a production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” Raphaël Pichon conducts the new production by Cyril Teste which stars Siobhan Stagg, Michael Spyres, Mari Eriksmoen, and Albert Dohmen. Broadcast Date: Oct. 1, 2021 Catalani’s “Edmea” {…}

Artist of the Week, Special Features

Artist of the Week: Karen Gardeazabal

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On Sept. 23, the Ópera de Bella Artes will open a new production of Graun’s rarely performed masterpiece “Montezuma.” It will be a chance for audiences to hear an early masterwork alongside some of Mexico’s prominent and rising stars. Among them will be Karen Gardeazabal, who will be making a role debut and her house debut. The Mexican soprano, who {…}

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Riccardo Frizza Headlines Teatro Real’s ‘La Cenerentola’

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(Credit: ©E. Moreno Esquibel) On Sept. 20, the Teatro Real de Madrid will inaugurate the 2021-22 season with Rossini’s “La Cenerentola.” The opera will be directed by Stefan Herheim and will be conducted by Riccardo Frizza. In statement, Frizza said, “Spain is the country where I live and which has given great meaning to my life as a musician. And {…}

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Obituary: Legendary Soprano Teresa Zylis-Gara Dies at 91

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(Credit: Metropolitan Opera Archives) On August 28, 2021, Soprano Teresa Żylis-Gara died at the age of 91. Żylis-Gara was born on January 23, 1930, in Landwarów, Second Polish Republic. She studied at the Łódź Music Academy for nine years. In 1954, the soprano won first prize at the Polish Young Vocalists Contest in Warsaw which brought her engagements to sing {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Martina Licari on Her Forthcoming Role Debut as Ismene at Vicenza In Lirica & How COVID Disrupted her Early Success

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(Photo: Antonio Curti) The winner of the 2021 Tulio Serafin Opera Singing Competition, Martina Licari, is due to make her role debut as Ismene in two performances of Mozart’s “Mitridate, re di Ponto” at this season’s Vicenza in Lirica, starting 28th August, running until 12th September. Having graduated from the conservatory in Palermo in 2018, the young soprano appeared to {…}

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Teatro Regio di Parma will Release the Children’s Book ‘Giacomo Puccini Il poeta del lago’

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On July 28, Cristina Bersanelli will present the fourth edition of “I Miti dell’Opera” at La Versiliana Festival 2021. Bersanelli will show the latest book from the series “Giacomo Puccini Il poeta del lago,” with illustrations by Patrizia Barbieri. The book will include colorful illustrations and “Turandot” puzzles. “I Miti dell’Opera” are children’s books with some of the greatest protagonists {…}

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Fabio Sartori & Paola Giardina Lead CortinAteatro’s 2021 Edition

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The CortinATeatro in the Comune di Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy has announced its 2021 season which will open on July 17 and run through Sept. 10. The festival will see the participation of the Teatro Stabile del Veneto, Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta, Teatro Sociale di Rovigo, and OPV – Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto. For the purposes of this article, {…}

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Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘L’incoronazione di Poppea’

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(Credit: © Raffay Zsófia) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its June 8, 2021 performance of “L’incoronazione di Poppea.” The company announced that Szilvia Vörös will sing the role of Ottavia replacing Christina Bock. Vörös is a member of the Wiener Staatsoper ensemble and has performed with the Budapest State Opera and Salzburg Festival. Her repertoire includes {…}