Piotr Buszewski Joins Askonas Holt for Worldwide Management

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Piotr Buszewski has joined Askonas Holt for worldwide management. Buszewski will be managed at Askonas Holt by Nicholas Moloney. The tenor has sung at the Metropolitan Opera, the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Oper Leipzig, and Teatr Wielki. He has also sung at the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, San Diego Opera, and Oper Graz. His repertoire includes teh works of {…}

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Victor Cardamone Joins Athlone Artists

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Victor Cardamone has joined Athlone Artists for General Management. Cardamone recently completed his second season as an Adler Fellow with San Francisco Opera, where he performed the roles of Stone/Eunuch in Bright Sheng’s “Dream of the Red Chamber,” Rodolfo in their touring production of “Bohème Out of the Box,” and the Apparition of a Youth in “Die Frau ohne Schatten,” {…}

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Q & A: Rolando Villazón on Being Fulfilled, the Major Turning Points of His Career & Never Quitting

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(Photo: Stéphane Gallois) Through his uniquely compelling performances, Rolando Villazón has firmly established himself as one of the music world’s most critically acclaimed and beloved stars and as one of the leading artistic voices of our day. It was as the winner of several prizes at the “Operalia” Competition in 1999 (including the audience award and the Zarzuela prize) that {…}

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Kathryn Lewek Joins 21C Media Group

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21C Media Group has announced that it will now represent soprano Kathryn Lewek. The soprano is set to make her title role debut in “Roméo et Juliette” this weekend at Toledo Opera alongside her husband tenor Zach Borichevsky. The production opens on Feb. 16 with another performance slated for the 18th. Other upcoming performances for Lewek includes “Music for New {…}

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Artist of the Week: John Relyea

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(Credit: Fabrizio Sansoni) This week the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma is opening its 2023-24 season with an audacious production of “Mefistofele” directed by Simon Stone. Headlining the production is John Relyea in the title role. Relyea is no stranger to the role of Mefistofele as he has performed both the Berlioz and Gounod works on several occasions in leading theaters. {…}

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Obituary: Tenor Douglas Ahlstedt Dies at 78

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On Nov. 24, 2023, American tenor Douglas Ahlstedt died at the age of 78. Born in Jamestown, New York, Ahlstedt attended and performed with the American Boychoir School. He sang in his first opera while still a child, portraying the role of Miles in the United States premiere of Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” with the New York {…}

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Tenor Nathan Bryon Wins 2023 Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award

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Tenor Nathan Bryon was awarded the 2023 Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award. The award comes with a $25,000 in funding to support the development of Bryon’s career. The tenor has performed with such organizations as the Aspen Music Festival and is set to appear with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in “Gianni Schicchi” and Livermore Opera in “The Magic {…}

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Artist of the Week: Janai Brugger

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(Credit: Marty Sohl) This week, Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s latest work “Intelligence” will make its world premiere at the Houston Grand Opera (HGO). Moreover, this production represents an extension of the long-standing relationship between Heggie and HGO, as the company has also showcased the first performances of “End of the Affair (2004),” “Three Decembers (2008),” “Pieces of 9/11 (2011),” {…}

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Nathalie Stutzmann Apologizes to Met Orchestra

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Nathalie Stutzmann has released an open letter apologizing to the Metropolitan Orchestra following a comment in the New York Times. In a letter obtained by slippedisc, she said “Dear Musicians of the Orchestra of The Metropolitan Opera, It saddens me deeply that my comments, as reported in the New York Times on 18 May have caused such disappointment amongst the {…}

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Piotr Buszewski Joins Askonas Holt for Worldwide Management

Victor Cardamone Joins Athlone Artists

Q & A: Rolando Villazón on Being Fulfilled, the Major Turning Points of His Career & Never Quitting

Kathryn Lewek Joins 21C Media Group

Artist of the Week: John Relyea

Obituary: Tenor Douglas Ahlstedt Dies at 78

Tenor Nathan Bryon Wins 2023 Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award

Artist of the Week: Janai Brugger

Nathalie Stutzmann Apologizes to Met Orchestra