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Alternative Classical to Offer Opera Roulette Beginning September 2021

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Hannah Fiddy/ Photo by Nick Rutter Fresh off the success of its web-based application, Concert Roulette, Alternative Classical (AC) will release Opera Roulette in Sept. 2021. Created by AC’s Co-founder Hannah Fiddy, Opera Roulette presents users with high-definition scenes at random from over 200 operas recorded at venues large and small. The fun will be available for free and provide {…}

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Vladimir Jurowski Receives Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal

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(Credit: Chris Christodoulou) Vladimir Jurowski has received the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, one of the highest international honors in music. The conductor received the medal on August 12 following a performance at the BBC Proms. RPS Chairman John Gilhooly gave the medal to Jurowsk at the end of a performance with the London Philharmonic Orchestra which was broadcast live on BBC {…}

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Festival della Valle d’Itria Appoints New Artistic Director

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The Festival della Valle d’Itria has named Sebastian Schwarz as its new Artistic Director. The board of directors of the Fondazione Paolo Grassi, headed by Franco Punzi, voted unanimously for Schwarz to take over and succeed Alberto Triola, who will leave after 12 years as Artistic Director. In a statement, Punzi said, “By appointing Sebastian Schwarz, we inaugurate a new {…}

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Tenor Sungho Kim Announced as Winner of Verbier Festival Academy’s Prix Yves Paternot

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After closing out the 28th edition of the Verbier Festival on Aug. 1, 2021, with a stirring performance as Rodolfo in Puccini’s “La bohème,” 31-year-old Korean tenor, Sungho Kim, was awarded the Verbier Festival Academy’s highest honor, the Prix Yves Paternot. The recognition comes with a monetary prize of CHF 10,000, an invitation to return to the Festival, and eligibility {…}

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Operalia Announces 2021 Participants

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The Operalia Competition has announced its 2021 participants. This year the competition will showcase artists from Peru, Russia, the USA, Mongolia, France, Spain, Moldova, Denmark, South Korea, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Italy, Canada, and Uzbekistan. Here is a full run-down of the singers who will compete: Ivan Ayon-Rivas, tenor, Peru Gayane Babajanyan, mezzo-soprano, Russia Kirill Belov, tenor, Russia Vladislav Buialskyi, bass-baritone, Ukraine {…}

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Opera National de Paris Announces Three HD Productions for 2021-22 Season

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The Opera National de Paris is set to present three productions live in cinemas throughout the 2021-22 season. The first production of the 2021-22 season will be “Le Nozze di Figaro” with Peter Mattei, Maria Bengtsson, Ying Fang, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, and Lea Desandre. Gustavo Dudamel conducts. Cinema Date: Feb. 3, 2022 That will be followed by Massenet’s “Cendrillon” starring Tara Erraught, Daniela {…}