(Credit: ©Sian Trenberth) The Royal Northern College of Music has appointed legendary singer Ann Murray DBE as International Chair of Singing. The Dublin born mezzo said of her appointment, “I feel most privileged to take on the role of International Chair, following in the footsteps of the late Sir Graham Vick, with whom I was a contemporary at the Royal {…}
(Credit: Glyndebourne Productions Ltd / I. Cooper) Glyndebourne’s YouTube channel will start streaming free operas every Sunday starting on May 24, 2020. For the first set of operas, the company is turning to Mozart and Da Ponte’s famed trilogy. The series kicked off with Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” with a cast featuring Vito Priante, Isabel Leonard, Andrew Shore, Lydia {…}
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! While it might not be a nation that is “dominant” in the opera world like such traditional powers as Italy, France, and Germany, Ireland does have a rich history of operatic divas and divos. There are a few singers in the modern opera world that are making big waves at the biggest countries in the world. {…}