(Credit: TACT/Askonas Holt/Intermusica/Natalia Jansen) It’s that time of the year. The end of the year. 2024 brought many debuts, many new productions, many competitions, many world premieres and many new young artists who are coming up in the world of opera. And that it is reason alone to celebrate. As the year comes to an end, here’s a look at {…}
The Operalia Competition has announced the 2024 finalists. The finalists are: Eliza Boom, soprano, New Zealand Le Bu, bass-baritone, China Vladislav Chizhov, baritone, Russia Elmina Hasan, mezzo-soprano, Azerbaijan Liam James Karai, bass-baritone, UK/India Jack Lee, baritone, UK Kathleen O’Mara, soprano, USA Sun-Ly Pierce, mezzo-soprano, USA Meridian Prall, mezzo-soprano, USA Angel Romero, tenor, USA Polina Shabunina, soprano, Russia The Zarzuela Finalists: {…}
The Operalia Competition has announced the semi-finalists for the 2024 competition. The Semi-finalists in Opera are: Nurgalym Amanbay, tenor, Kazakhstan Eliza Boom, soprano, New Zealand Le Bu, bass-baritone, China Vladislav Chizhov, baritone, Russia Lilit Davtyan, soprano, Armenia Elmina Hasan, mezzo-soprano, Azerbaijan Liam James Karai, bass-baritone, UK/India Elmira Karakhanova, soprano, Russia Geonho Lee, baritone, South Korea Jack Lee, baritone, UK Gabriela {…}
On March 26, 2021, Pittsburgh Opera will broadcast a free, virtual concert in celebration of women composers, titled “Women’s March.” The program will draw from over 900 years of music, from composers such as Hildegard von Bingen, Barbara Strozzi, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Alma Mahler, and Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot, Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, Rebecca Clarke, Nadia and Lili Boulanger, Margaret bonds, Libby {…}
The Pittsburgh Opera is set to present a live, in-person production of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” The company will open its doors on Oct. 17 for a six-performance run of Mozart and Da Ponte’s gem with a small, live, socially-distant audience at its headquarters at 2425 Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. The company announced that in response to the on-going {…}
The Houston Grand Opera has announced the winners of the 32nd annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers Concert of Arias, which took place in the Cullen Theater of the Wortham Theater Center. The company announced that the first place prize of $10,000 was awarded to the mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce. Meanwhile, second place prize of $5,000 went to the bass {…}
(Credit: – Dan Norman/Dominic M. Mercie/David Bachman) The Pittsburgh Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring three main stage production and three modern operas. Here is a look at the ambitious season. Main Stage – Benedum Center Productions The season opens with Dvořák’s “Rusalka,” the first time the opera will be preformed with the company. The opera is set to {…}