Opera Naples Names New Executive Director

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Laura Burns will be the next Executive Director of Opera Naples. The company announced that Burns would take over the new position in October of 2022. “I am thrilled to work with Maestro Ramón Tebar and join Opera Naples in their endeavors to cultivate access to arts and culture for the Naples community and throughout Southwest Florida,” said Burns in {…}

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Opera Awards Foundation Announces 19 Bursary Recipients for 2022

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The Opera Awards Foundation has announced the 2022 bursary recipients. The awards, which aim to help young artists with their career development will be given to 19 recipients this year. Artists will receive help with their living and travel cost, course fees, promotional material, and professional coaching sessions. This year’s winners include soprano Sarah Ampil, writer Laura Attridge, mezzo-soprano Megan {…}

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Q & A: Soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson On Making An Opera Career In Ireland

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(Photo: Patrick Browne) Opera in Ireland has recently been going through a boom time. Whereas only a few years ago, Irish singers were being forced to look abroad to establish a career, owing to the lack of opportunities at home, now, with the emergence of Opera Collective Ireland, the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, and, most significantly, Irish National Opera, along {…}

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Top 10 Most Historic Opera Houses in the World

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OperaWire is proud to partner with Appreciate Opera, a website founded by Alkis Karmpaliotis which highlights his passion for opera. Karmpaliotis, an OperaWire contributing author, focuses on his passion for opera and how to share it with newer and younger audiences. There are many opera houses across the world, and each one has its unique qualities and characteristics. There is {…}

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Giacomo Sagripanti Named Music Director of Tbilisi Opera and Orchestra

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Tbilisi Opera and Orchestra has announced that Giacomo Sagripanti has been appointed as their new music director. Currently the Principal Guest Conductor at the Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Sagripanti received international acclaim in 2016 when he was named “Young Conductor of the Year” at the International Opera Awards. Since then, he has appeared with companies such as Semperoper Dresden, {…}

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New York OperaFest Kicks Off with Awards and Preview Concert

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Photo: Heather Bobeck The New York Opera Alliance (NYOA) kicked off the seventh annual New York OperaFest with an evening of awards and previews by 11 of the 20 companies participating in the 2022 Festival. The opera organizations will present 30 events across the city from April 15 to June 15, 2022. Between sets of music and video presentations, NYOA {…}

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Marie Jacquot Appointed Music Director of Royal Danish Opera

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(Credit: Christian Jungwirth) Marie Jacquot has been appointed Music Director of the Royal Theater in Copenhagen, also known as the Royal Danish Opera. Her five-year tenure is set to kick off 2024. The 31-year-old conductor will succeed Alexander Vedernikov, who served as director until 2020 when he passed away due to complications related to COVID-19. The French music director was {…}

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Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Rebeka, Javier Camarena Among Winners of International Classical Music Awards 2022

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The International Classical Music Awards has announced the winners of its 2022 awards, comprised of a body of artists from across the globe. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on the operatic winners, with a full list of recipients on the company’s website. In the category of opera, this year’s winner is Prima Classic’s recording of Bellini’s {…}

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Best of 2021: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers of 2021

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After a year and a half of limited performances and shut downs, 2021 marked the year during which performers were able to bring their artistry to the stage and to the audiences. And now 2021 is bringing down its curtain. There were so any memorable moments in the year and there were truly some historical performances. Like previous years, OperaWire {…}

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Opera Naples Names New Executive Director

Opera Awards Foundation Announces 19 Bursary Recipients for 2022

Q & A: Soprano Kelli-Ann Masterson On Making An Opera Career In Ireland

Top 10 Most Historic Opera Houses in the World

Giacomo Sagripanti Named Music Director of Tbilisi Opera and Orchestra

New York OperaFest Kicks Off with Awards and Preview Concert

Marie Jacquot Appointed Music Director of Royal Danish Opera

Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Rebeka, Javier Camarena Among Winners of International Classical Music Awards 2022

Best of 2021: OperaWire’s Top 11 Singers of 2021