‘West Side Story,’ ‘Silent Night’ & ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’ Highlight Glimmerglass Festival 2018

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The Glimmerglass Festival has announced its 2018 festival which will explore themes of home and country. The company will celebrate Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday opening the season with “West Side Story” featuring the original Jerome Robbins choreography. Francesca Zambello will direct the musical, with associate direction by Eric Sean Fogel and performances will take place July 7 through August 24, {…}

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You Know Rossini and Bellini. What About Carolina Uccelli?

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Ask an opera audience to name composers working in the 1820s and 1830s, and the answers will come readily: Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Meyerbeer. Ask the audience to name a woman writing opera in those same decades, and the conversation may become quieter. Carolina Uccelli belongs in that conversation. In 1835, her “Anna di Resburgo” reached the stage in Naples {…}

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Luis Ledesma Joins Encompass Arts for Worldwide Representation

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Mexican baritone Luis Ledesma has joined Encompass Arts for worldwide representation. Ledesma is known for his portrayals of the heroes and villains of Puccini, Verdi and the bel canto masters, as well as roles in recent Spanish-language works including “Florencia en el Amazonas” and “El pasado nunca se termina.” His career has taken him to Teatro alla Scala, the Liceu {…}

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Irish National Opera 2025-26 Review: The Cunning Little Vixen

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(Photo: Ruth Medjber) Irish National Opera’s production of Janacek’s “The Cunning Little Vixen” proved to be a valid, yet commonplace, sentimental, child-centered reading, which unfortunately failed to delve below the surface narrative, although this was not the intention of its director, Sophie Motley. The Director’s Ideas Fail to Translate into Practice In her program notes, Motley explained that her aim {…}

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Andrew Morstein Joins Roster of L2 Artists

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Tenor Andrew Morstein has joined the roster of L2 Artists for worldwide management. Morstein is the winner of “Best Male Newcomer” at the Österreichischer MusikTheater Preis Awards in Vienna and has performed at the Salzburg Festival, the Wexford Festival, Theater an der Wien, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Central City Opera, among many others. This season he performs Don {…}

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In Less Than Five Minutes, Get To Know Soprano Jane Burnell

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The up-and-coming British soprano Jane Burnell recently made her role debut as Countess Cortese in “Il Viaggio di Reims” at the Wexford Festival Opera. OperaWire was lucky to meet up with her for a quick interview to get to know more about her. OperaWire: What was the first opera you went to see? Jane Burrell: I was about 11 years {…}

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In Less Than Five Minutes, Get To Know Irish Soprano Ami Hewitt

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Q & A: Nicolò Balducci Talks About His Voice & The Roles That Are Making Him A Countertenor In Demand

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(Photo: Guiseppe Tricarico) Countertenor Nicolò Balducci first came to attention at the 2022 Early Music Festival in Innsbruck, where he won 3rd prize as well as the Young Artist Award in its Cesti singing competition. Three years later, he is now an established singer with an impressive CV, boasting a wide repertoire of roles from operas of the baroque era, {…}

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Thomas Chenhall Joins TACT Artists Management

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Baritone Thomas Chenhall jas joined TACT Artists Management for General Management. Samuel Levine will represent the baritone. Chenhall recently appeared at the Glyndebourne Festival, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Opera National du Rhin Strasbourg, Wexford Festival Opera, and on a world tour of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” with The English Concert and Harry Bicket. He has also appeared at the Royal Ballet & Opera {…}

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‘West Side Story,’ ‘Silent Night’ & ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’ Highlight Glimmerglass Festival 2018

You Know Rossini and Bellini. What About Carolina Uccelli?

Luis Ledesma Joins Encompass Arts for Worldwide Representation

Irish National Opera 2025-26 Review: The Cunning Little Vixen

Andrew Morstein Joins Roster of L2 Artists

In Less Than Five Minutes, Get To Know Soprano Jane Burnell

In Less Than Five Minutes, Get To Know Irish Soprano Ami Hewitt

Q & A: Nicolò Balducci Talks About His Voice & The Roles That Are Making Him A Countertenor In Demand

Thomas Chenhall Joins TACT Artists Management