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OperAffinity Festival 2026 Announces Young Artists & Inaugural Composer-in-Residence

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OperAffinity Festival 2026 has announced the young artists selected to participate in this year’s edition, alongside the launch of its inaugural Composer-in-Residence Programme. The festival’s newest additions arrive through partnerships with the Aspen Music Festival and School and the National Opera Studio in London. Through the Aspen partnership, supported by Alan Fletcher, Renée Fleming, Patrick Summers, and Myra Huang, American {…}
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Renée Fleming to to Perform at Telluride Bluegrass Festival

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Renée Fleming is set to take the stage of the 2026 Telluride Bluegrass Festival. The soprano will perform a concert on June 19, 2026 alongside Béla Fleck. Fleming will collaborate with Fleck for “The Fiddle and the Drum,” featuring My Bluegrass Heart, an all-new collaboration between the legendary soprano and banjo luminary. In a statement says Planet Bluegrass’s Craig Ferguson {…}
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Obituary: Spoleto’s Founding Artistic Director of Chamber Music Charles Wadsworth Passes Away at 96

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Pianist and Spoleto’s founding Artistic Director of Chamber Music Charles Wadsworth died May 29, in New York City. He was 96. Wadsworth studied at The Julliard School where he earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees. In 1959, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti invited Wadsworth, then just 30 years old, to develop a chamber music concert series for his {…}
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Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto 2024 Review: Procedura Penale & La Smorfia

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(Photo: Niccol Perini) Each year the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale of Spoleto runs prestigious advanced training courses for young opera singers. Over the years, many great Italian artists have walked through its doors, including Franco Corelli, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Renato Bruson, Anna Moffo, Leo Nucci and Daniela Barcellona. The courses extend over a two-year period, running from April to October, where {…}
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Obituary: Aspen Music Festival Opera Program Director Edward Berkeley Dies at 76

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On July 18, Aspen Music Festival and School opera program director Edward Berkeley died unexpectedly. The 76-year-old was found unresponsive by a colleague at home in Aspen according to the Aspen Police Department and the Pitkin County Coroner’s office. No cause of death was determined at this time. The news came hours before the opening night performance of “The Magic {…}
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Updates on Summer Festivals Canceled Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

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***We will update this article as more cancellations are announced. The coronavirus has affected a number of summer festivals. After the cancellation of the Grange Park Opera and the delay of the Glyndebourne Festival, many festivals are weighing in on the summer. The Buxton International Festival has canceled its summer festival which was scheduled for July 2 – 18, 2021. {…}
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Obituary: Ravinia Festival’s General Manager Marcus L. Overton Passes Away At 75

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Marcus L. Overton passed away on June 9, 2019 at the age of 75. The former production stage manager at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the general manager for the Ravinia Festival, succumbed to a long battle with kidney failure. A 54-year veteran in the world of performing arts management, he took on a wide range of art forms {…}
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Pittsburgh Festival Opera Announces New Executive Director

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The Pittsburgh Festival Opera has announced that Christopher M. Powell will be its new Executive Director. He will take up the position on March 12, 2019, and lead the festival into its 42nd edition. Powell has worked as Director of Artistic Initiatives at the Glimmerglass Festival and was also Co-Executive Producer of the podcast “Breaking Glass.” He also served as {…}

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