Detroit Opera Names 2024-25 Resident Artists

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Detroit Opera has announced the five singers who will train in Detroit Opera’s Resident Artist Program during the 2024–25 season. The company’s new Resident Artists are Soprano Brianna J. Robinson, mezzo-soprano Kendra Faith Beasley, tenor River Guard for a second year, and baritones Cole Bellamy and Cameron J. Rolling. The five were chosen from more than 830 artists who applied {…}

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Dame Sarah Connolly Joins Royal College of Music

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Mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly has joined the RCM’s Vocal and Opera Faculty and will commence one-to-one teaching in September 2024. As an alumna of the school, Connolly’s relationship with the Royal College of Music spans many years and was made a Fellow of the College in 2008. She has also given masterclasses to vocal and opera students as well as {…}

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Véronique Gens, Helen Charlston, Cyrille Dubois Among Major Gramophone Classical Music Award 2023 Winners

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Photo credit: Colin Miller Winners of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023 have been announced. This article only features winners of vocal-related works. Soprano Dame Felicity Lott took home the Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring her performance career and discography of more than 100 recordings. French soprano Véronique Gens was awarded Artist of the Year and the won the Voice and Ensemble {…}

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The Cleveland Orchestra Announces Conductor Change for Israel Performances

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The Cleveland Orchestra has announced that Daniel Harding will be replacing music director Franz Welser-Möst for a series of concert performances in Israel between Oct. 26-28, 2023. Per an official statement issued by the company, Welser-Möst was forced to withdraw from the Israel performances due to a treatment that he must undergo. He is set to return in January 2024 {…}

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Leeds Lieder Loses Funding from Arts Council

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Leeds Lieder has announced that it has been unsuccessful in its application to the Arts Council for funding for the 2023 festival. The festival announced that it was rejected for a grant of £60,000 and as a result, it will no longer be able to live-stream for this year’s events as the organization has been left “severely depleted.” In a {…}

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Artist Of The Week: Liudmyla Monastyrska Makes Her First American Appearances As Norma

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“Norma” is known as the Mount Everest of the soprano repertoire. It’s a role that few sopranos dare take on, but it is one that most want to sing at some point in their career. This week Liudmyla Monastyrska puts her mark on the repertory staple for the first time in the U.S Known as one of the great dramatic sopranos {…}

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Detroit Opera Names 2024-25 Resident Artists

Dame Sarah Connolly Joins Royal College of Music

Véronique Gens, Helen Charlston, Cyrille Dubois Among Major Gramophone Classical Music Award 2023 Winners

The Cleveland Orchestra Announces Conductor Change for Israel Performances

Leeds Lieder Loses Funding from Arts Council

Artist Of The Week: Liudmyla Monastyrska Makes Her First American Appearances As Norma