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Artist Of The Week: Joshua Guerrero Brings Passion To His First Edgardo At The Florida Grand Opera

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This week, the Florida Grand Opera opens its new season with “Lucia di Lammermoor” starring rising star Joshua Guerrero in his debut with the company. Florida audiences are in for a treat with Guerrero as he is an international star that has garnered a ton of attention over the years. Additionally, he is no stranger to “Lucia,” having sung the {…}

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Artist of the Week: Dmitry Korchak Makes Lyric Opera of Chicago Debut in ‘Orphée et Eurydice’

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This Saturday, the Lyric Opera of Chicago opens its 2017-18 season with Gluck’s famed “Orphée et Eurydice.” At the center of this drama of lost love will be tenor Dmitry Korchak, who will be taking on the title role of Orphée in his LYOC debut. Joining him will be Ryan Opera Center alumna Andrana Chuchmann as his lover Eurydice. Korchak {…}

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Scottish Opera Announces 2017-18 Emerging Artists

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The Scottish Opera has announced its emerging artists for the 2017-18 season. The artists that will participate this season include mezzo Catherine Backhouse, composer Samuel Bordoli, baritone Alexey Gusev, conductor Patrick Milne, costume trainee Ellen Murgatroyd, baritone Alex Otterburn, and mezzo-soprano Laura Zigmantaite. The Emerging Artists singers will give recitals at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in December and at the {…}

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Opera Awards 2017 Winners: Lawrence Brownlee and Anna Netrebko Win Top Awards

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The International Opera Awards were presented on May 7, 2017, at the London Coliseum, celebrating the best in Opera. The year’s big winner went to Opéra de Lyon as it won Company of the Year beating out Houston Grand Opera, Oper Stuttgart, Opera Vlaanderen, Royal Opera House, and the Teatro alla Scala. Anna Netrebko, who was headlining the Metropolitan Opera’s 50th Anniversary gala, {…}

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Opera Holland Park Announces 2018 Season With Verdi, Mascagni And Mozart

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Opera Holland Park has announced its 2018 season. The season will consist of three operatic classics and one new rarity. The season kicks off with Strauss’ “Ariadne Auf Naxos.” The new staging will be a co-production with the Danish National Opera. Performances will be held in Scotland in February and March 2018 before the production moves to OHP in July 2018. {…}

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Lawrence Brownlee Joins Opera Philadelphia As Artistic Advisor

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Opera Philadelphia has announced that Lawrence Brownlee, whose lead performance in the 2015 world premiere of Charlie Parker’s “Yardbird” kick-started the company’s “big commitment to new repertoire”  has joined the company as an Artistic Advisor. The company announced in a press release that Brownlee will work with General Director & President David B. Devan and Corrado Rovaris, the Jack Mulroney {…}

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How President Donald Trump’s Federal Budget Cuts to NEA Would Hurt Opera Companies

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On March 16, 2017, President Donald Trump formally released his outline for the 2018 Federal Budget, officially making clear his intent to defund numerous agencies and projects while investing billions into the already well-funded military complex. Among the agencies getting the boot was the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), which provides tremendous support for numerous arts organizations. As noted {…}

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Met Opera National Council Audition Winner Gets Major Contract

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Fresh off of being one of the winners of the famed Met Opera National Council Auditions, Vanessa Vasquez has scored a deal with Columbia Artists. The company made an announcement via Twitter to congratulate the soprano. “Columbia Artists is pleased to announce the worldwide representation of soprano Vanessa Vasquez, winner of the 2017 @MONCAuditions!” the company published via the social media {…}