Best Of 2021: OperaWire’s Top 10 Rising Stars Of 2021

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(Credit: Fay Fox/Jaclyn Simpson/Lynn Lane) It’s been a tough 2021. After some hope settled into the opera world with the reopening of most companies around the globe, the end of the year seemed to revert to what we saw for much of 2020 – more lockdowns, more COVID, more cancelations. But despite what seems like a dark ending to the {…}

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Emmy Destinn Foundation Announces Young Singers Awards

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(Credit: Caroline Taylor official website) The Emmy Destinn Foundation has announced the winners of its biennial Young Singers international competition. First Prize went to the soprano Caroline Taylor. The Dvořák Society for Czech and Slovak Music Prize was awarded to tenor Sam Utley, while the Czech Song Prize was given to soprano Nikola Uramová. Finally, the Accompanist’s Prize was awarded {…}

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Countertenor Hugh Cutting Wins 2021 Kathleen Ferrier Awards’ Top Prize

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(Photo courtesy of Wildcat PR) The Kathleen Ferrier Awards has announced its 2021 winners. Coming in first place was British countertenor Hugh Cutting. A member of the Royal College of Music International Opera Studio, Cutting takes home a prize of £12,500. In second place, and taking home £6,000 was Latvian soprano Laura Peresivana, who is studying at Guildhall Opera School. {…}

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Denyce Graves, Quinn Kelsey & Elza van den Heever to Be Honored at OPERA NEWS Awards

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OPERA NEWS has announced the recipients of its 2022 Awards. The 2022 recipients include international opera stars Denyce Graves, Quinn Kelsey, and Elza van den Heever. All three have collectively graced the greatest opera stages around the world and have built renowned careers at the Met Opera. The Awards Gala is scheduled for April 3, 2022 at the Plaza Hotel {…}

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Director-Librettist Max Hoehn Launches Opera21

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Director-librettist Max Hoehn has launched Opera21. The new company, which is dedicated to developing new opera and music theatre, will kick off with its first commission, “The Last Castrato.” The opera is composed by Torsten Rasch and written by Max Hoehn and will feature eight soloists and an ensemble of 18 players. The work is inspired by the last-ever castrato {…}

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Santa Fe Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘The Lord of Cries’

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(Credit: © Zachera Wollenberg Photography) The Santa Fe Opera has announced a cast change for “The Lord of Cries.” The company announced that Apprentice Singer Kathryn Henry will assume the role of Lucy Harker in John Corigliano and Mark Adamo’s world premiere opera “The Lord of Cries” replacing Susanna Phillips. Henry is a finalist of the 2015 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the 2018 Eleanor McCollum {…}

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Pittsburgh Festival Opera Announces New Four-Part Series ‘Legends in the Limelight’

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The Pittsburgh Festival Opera has announced a new four-part series, “Legends in the Limelight,” as part of its expanded season. The concerts will feature both established and younger artists, two with ties to the Pittsburgh area. In the press release, Marianne Cornetti, internationally recognized as one of the leading Verdi mezzo-sopranos of her generation and Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s artistic director said, {…}

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60 & 50 – Scottish Opera’s Jane Davidson, Karen MacIver & Allan Dunn on the Company’s Anniversary, Education & Outreach

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Scottish Opera turns 60 next year, and this year marks the 50th anniversary of its Outreach and Education program, arguably the longest-standing formal company outreach of its kind in the opera world. The department’s activities range from Paisley’s 2018 “Pagliacci”—performed in a tent with a community choir, and for which designer Tim Meacock won the Best Designer Award at the {…}

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Teatro Real, Lise Davidsen, & Javier Camarena Win Top Awards at 2021 Opera Awards

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The International Opera Awards have announced its 2021 winners with Teatro Real, Robert Carsen, Lise Davidsen and Javier Camarena taking top awards. The Teatro Real took home the top award for Opera Company of the year. The company was one of the few companies in the world to continue performing throughout the pandemic and produced the historical production of “La {…}

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Best Of 2021: OperaWire’s Top 10 Rising Stars Of 2021

Emmy Destinn Foundation Announces Young Singers Awards

Countertenor Hugh Cutting Wins 2021 Kathleen Ferrier Awards’ Top Prize

Denyce Graves, Quinn Kelsey & Elza van den Heever to Be Honored at OPERA NEWS Awards

Director-Librettist Max Hoehn Launches Opera21

Santa Fe Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘The Lord of Cries’

Pittsburgh Festival Opera Announces New Four-Part Series ‘Legends in the Limelight’

60 & 50 – Scottish Opera’s Jane Davidson, Karen MacIver & Allan Dunn on the Company’s Anniversary, Education & Outreach

Teatro Real, Lise Davidsen, & Javier Camarena Win Top Awards at 2021 Opera Awards