Eden Shifroni Wins Alastair Jackson International Opera Award

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(Credit: Jolanta Morgan) Eden Shifroni is the winner of the Melba Opera Trust’s Alastair Jackson International Opera Award. The Australian prize will fund two years of tuition and living expenses to support study at the Royal College of Music in London. The soprano is a recent recipient of the Marianne Mathy Scholarship at the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition and {…}

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Obituary: Tenor Paul Charles Clarke at 59

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Paul Charles Clarke has died at the age of 59 after suffering a heart attack. Opera Magazine first reported the news. Born in Liverpool, Clarke studied at the Royal College of Music, winning the 1989 Kathleen Ferrier Competition. He went on to have a successful international career following his professional début with the Welsh National Opera. He performed at the {…}

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Q & A: Soprano Charlotte Bowden On Her Performances In Works By Monteverdi & Purcell

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OperaWire met up with English soprano Charlotte Bowden between performances of Monteverdi’s “Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria” and a double Purcell bill of “Hail! Bright St. Cecilia” and “Dido and Aeneas” at the Ravenna festival, in which she was essaying the roles of Melanto, a solo soprano and Belinda, respectively. Although she only recently graduated from the Royal College {…}

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Thomas Blunt Named Principal Conductor of the Coro da Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

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Thomas Blunt has been named Principal Conductor of the Coro da Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo. The conductor took to social media and said, “Very excited to be taking up the position of Principal Conductor of the Coro da Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo next year! I have worked with the choir over nearly 15 years {…}

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Erin Rossington, Eiry Price, & William Stevens Named Welsh National Opera’s 2024-25 Associate Artists

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The Welsh National Opera has announce its trio of new Associate Artists for the 2024-25 season. Joining the company in Sept. are Welsh sopranos Erin Rossington and Eiry Price, and British bass William Stevens. The group will receive training, support, and gain experience with roles in operas, concerts and WNO’s community and engagement work. Rossington performed the role of Madam {…}

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Sir Thomas Allen Announces His Retirement From the Stage

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Sir Thomas Allen has announced that he is retiring from the stage. According to reports, AD Stephen Langridge walked out on stage at the final performance of “The Merry Widow” on July 28, 2024, and said that Sir Thomas Allen was “hanging up his dancing shoes.” Slippeddisc reported that Alastair Macaulay said, “Tonight, the British baritone Thomas Allen, aged seventy-nine, {…}

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Obituary: Mezzo-soprano Margaret Cable Dies at 82

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Mezzo-soprano Margaret Cable has died at the of 82. Born in Cambridge, England, Cable won a Scholarship and Exhibition at the Royal College of Music at the age of 17. There she studied with Cuthbert Smith. After her academic years, she went on to win the Agnes Nicholls Harty Trophy and a Clara Butt Award. Cable went on to perform {…}

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Classical Pride 2024 Presents ‘Classical Drag’ With Nicky Spence

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Classical Pride has announced its five-day festival for Pride 2024. Tenor Nicky Spence and “RuPaul’s Drag Race’s” Monet X Change and Thorgy Thor, among other queens, kick off the celebration with “Classical Drag.” This crossover event features drag performances of arias from “Carmen,” “Turandot,” “Tosca,” and more. Following this, the Fourth Choir, conducted by Nicholas Chalmers presents works by Benjamin {…}

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Kathleen Ferrier Awards Announce 2024 Winners

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The Kathleen ⁦Ferrier Awards have announced the 2024 winners. The first-prize winner went to tenor Matthew McKinney while the second prize went to the soprano Madeline Boreham. The Ferrier Loveday Song Prize went to soprano Charlotte Jane Kennedy and the Help Musicians Accompanist’s Prize was awarded to Firoze Madon. McKinney is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and will {…}

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Eden Shifroni Wins Alastair Jackson International Opera Award

Obituary: Tenor Paul Charles Clarke at 59

Q & A: Soprano Charlotte Bowden On Her Performances In Works By Monteverdi & Purcell

Thomas Blunt Named Principal Conductor of the Coro da Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

Erin Rossington, Eiry Price, & William Stevens Named Welsh National Opera’s 2024-25 Associate Artists

Sir Thomas Allen Announces His Retirement From the Stage

Obituary: Mezzo-soprano Margaret Cable Dies at 82

Classical Pride 2024 Presents ‘Classical Drag’ With Nicky Spence

Kathleen Ferrier Awards Announce 2024 Winners