Baritones Dominate Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2019 Final

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Three Baritones scooped up the major awards at the 2019 Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo. Twenty-seven year old Sergey Kaydalov from Russia won first prize with the cache of € 50.000, with precocious 21-year old Stefan Astakhov winning both the second prize (€10.000) and special award for Lieder. Polish baritone stole the final third prize (€5.000). Her Majesty {…}

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Gothenburg Opera Announces New Artistic Director

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The Gothenburg Opera has announced that Henning Ruhe will be its new Artistic Director for Opera and Drama. He is slated to take up the position on Jan. 1, 2020 and will start full time with the company during that ensuing summer. Ruhe studied at the University of Music Franz Liszt, where he won a number of awards as a {…}

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Q & A: Pinchgut Opera’s Erin Helyard On Winning An International Opera Award & Moving Forward

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Sydney-based Pinchgut Opera became the first Australian company to win an International Opera Award when it was recently awarded best “Rediscovered Work” for Hasse’s 1740 “Artaserse” at this year’s Awards in London. OperaWire talked to the organization’s Artistic Director, Erin Helyard about the company’s beginnings, upcoming projects, and future endeavors. . OperaWire: What is Pinchgut? What is its brief and {…}

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The Problematic Case of Sound Amplification at the Royal Swedish Opera

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The production of sound in opera has always been acoustic in nature, with the exception of a handful of contemporary operas which have specific instructions from the composer, Natural sounds produced by voices and instruments are untouched and vocal technique accounts for the ability to project in a concert hall. In modern times, new technology has introduced the possibility of {…}

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Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera International Song Competition Announces Competitors

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Wigmore has announced the selected singers and pianists for the 2019 Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera International Song Competition. The competitors are set to represent a number of nations including the U.K., New Zealand, the U.S, France, Spain, Romania, Austria, Korea, and Germany among others. Of the announced competitors only four singers were not announced with a pianist. The Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera {…}

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‘Oceane’ & Michael Fabiano’s ‘Faust’ Among Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – International Edition

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This weekend sees two world premieres continue their first runs. It will also include a major role debut for a rising star tenor, one acclaimed production, and one rarely-performed work. Les Bienveillantes – Opera Vlaanderen, Belgium Peter Rundel conducts Hector Parra’s new opera in a production by Calixto Bieto. The work stars Peter Tantsits, Rachel Harnisch, Natascha Petrinsky, and Günter {…}

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Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s ‘A Gathering of Sons’ Production Earns Major Award

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The Pittsburgh Festival Opera has received a Bronze World Medal for Excellence in a Production Dealing with Society and Societal Issues award at the NY Festivals International TV and Film Awards. The production in question is “A Gathering of Sons,” which the company commissioned as part of its 2017 season. The 90-minute gospel-infused opera tells the story of a black {…}

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Productions from McVicar, Langridge & Mariani Headline Gothenburg Opera’s 2019-20 season

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The Gothenburg Opera, the International Opera Awards Company of the Year nominee for 2019, revealed its plans for next season. The season will open with a Steven Langridge production of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro,” conducted by Rory McDonald. Ida Falk Winland and Mattias Ermedahl will sing the Countess and the Count, while Mia Karlsson and Henning von Schulman will {…}

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Comicbook Opera ‘Alpha’ Wins Highest Theater Honor In Lithuania

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Independent “comic-strip” opera “Alpha” received The Golden Stage Cross Award after being nominated “Opera/Operetta/Musical” in 2019. The Golden Stage Cross Award is the highest theater award in Lithuania. The world premiere of “Alpha” took place on 20th of April 2018 at NOA festival. The work, which was written by Gabrielė Labanauskaitė-Diena and composed by Composer Albertas Navickas, was directed by Gintare Minelgaite (Dr GoraParasit), {…}

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Baritones Dominate Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2019 Final

Gothenburg Opera Announces New Artistic Director

Q & A: Pinchgut Opera’s Erin Helyard On Winning An International Opera Award & Moving Forward

The Problematic Case of Sound Amplification at the Royal Swedish Opera

Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera International Song Competition Announces Competitors

‘Oceane’ & Michael Fabiano’s ‘Faust’ Among Top 5 Operas To See This Weekend – International Edition

Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s ‘A Gathering of Sons’ Production Earns Major Award

Productions from McVicar, Langridge & Mariani Headline Gothenburg Opera’s 2019-20 season

Comicbook Opera ‘Alpha’ Wins Highest Theater Honor In Lithuania