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Interviews, Stage Spotlight

In Less Than Five Minutes Get To Know Soprano Ava Dodd

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As a follow-up to OperaWire’s recent interview with Irish soprano Ava Dodd, we thought it would be a bit of fun to ask her a few light-hearted questions that might shed a bit of light on other aspects of her career and personality.  OperaWire: What was the first opera you attended? Ava Dodd: “Die Zauberflöte.” OW: What was the last {…}

Interviews, Stage Spotlight

Q & A: Soprano Ava Dodd On Her Fast-Moving Career & Wexford Festival Opera

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(Photo: Olivia Da Costa) One of Ireland’s most exciting young singing talents is Dublin-born soprano Ava Dodd. At only 25, she already has an impressive biography. Not only has she appeared on the stage in a variety of roles, including Oscar from Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera,” the Waldvögelein from Wagner’s “Siegfried” and Perdita from Goldmark’s “Ein Wintermärchen,” in venues {…}

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Ava Dodd Wins Verbier Festival Academy’s Prix Yves Paternot

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Ava Dodd has won the Verbier Festival Academy’s Prix Yves Paternot in recognition of being the most accomplished and promising musician of the annual Academy for young professional musicians. Dodd is a member of the Stadttheater Klagenfurt ensemble where she has sung the roles of Waldvögel in “Siegfried,” Oscar in “Un Ballo in Maschera,” and the soprano solos in “Carmina Burana.” {…}

Behind the Scenes, Interviews

Q & A: Paul McNamara On The Dutch National Opera Academy’s Opera Course: Its Aims, Philosophy, Expectations & Practical Aspects

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Paul McNamara is a man with a varied career, indeed! Born in Limerick in the west of Ireland, he originally followed a path that took him, via the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music in London, into a successful singing career in which he performed quite a broad repertoire of tenor roles with a strong {…}

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The Bach Choir Announces Cast Change for St. Matthew Passion

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Credit: RT Dunphy The Bach Choir has announced a cast change for its April 2, 2023, presentation of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. Due to illness, countertenor Iestyn Davies will not appear as a soloist. Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston will perform in Davies’ stead. Johnston, a former BBC New Generation Artist, has won prestigious awards such as the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Singer Award {…}

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London Symphony Orchestra Appoints Benjamin Marquise Gilmore & Andrej Power as New Concertmasters

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The London Symphony Orchestra has announced that violinists Benjamin Marquise Gilmore and Andrej Power have joined as their new concertmasters, effective August 2023. Since 2019, Gilmore has served as concertmaster of the Philharmonia Orchestra, and has been a member of the Navarra Quartet since 2021. A graduate of the Vienna Conservatoire under Pavel Vernikov and Julian Rachlin, Gilmore has been {…}