Natalya Romaniw, Francesca Aspromonte, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Liv Redpath & David Portillo Headline Glyndebourne’s 2026 Season

Glyndebourne Festival has announced its 2026 season. New Productions Puccini’s “Tosca” will be directed by Ted Huffman with two casts. Robin Ticciati conducts the first run with a cast that includes Caitlin Gotimer as Floria Tosca, Matteo Lippi as Mario Cavaradossi, and Vladislav Sulimsky as Baron Scarpia. Jordan de Souza conducts the second cast that includes Natalya Romaniw as Floria {…}

Mar 13, 2025

The Opera Buffs to Present Anthony León in Recital & Masterclass

Tenor Anthony León will present a recital and masterclass with The Opera Buffs on March 13, 2025 at Northridge United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, CA. The recital kicks off at 7 p.m. and is scheduled to have a duration of 40 minutes. From there, the masterclass will proceed until 10 p.m. local time. León is a winner of a {…}

Mar 11, 2025

LA Opera Announces 2025 Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award Winners

LA Opera has announced the 2025 recipients of the Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award. This year’s winners were tenor Anthony León and soprano Erica Petrocelli, two singers who are distinguished alumni of the company’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program and both are performing leading roles in the company’s current production of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte.” The Stern Artist Award was {…}

Mar 11, 2025

Renée Fleming, Sondra Radvanovsky, Daniela Mack, Alfredo Daza, SeokJong Baek, & Ana María Martínez Lead Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025-26 Season

The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced its 2025-26 season. The company will open with the Lyric Opening Concert & Gala. Performance Date: Oct. 10, 2025 The first production of the season will be Cherubini’s “Medea“ starring Sondra Radvanovsky in Sir. David McVicar’s production. She will be joined by Matthew Polenzani, Elena Villalón, Zoie Reams, and Alfred Walker. Enrique Mazzola {…}

Feb 20, 2025

Julie Roset, Lauren Snouffer & Saimir Pirgu Lead Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 Season

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. The season opens with Gustavo Gimeno conducting Orff’s Carmina Burana and Winston Marsalis” Concerto for Orchestra. The soloists include Julie Roset, Andrew Haji, and Sean Michael Plumb. Performance Dates: Sept. 18-21, 2025 Michael Francis conducts Händel’s “Messiah” with soloists Lauren {…}

Oct 10, 2024

Anthony Roth Costanzo, Anthony Léon, Nadine Sierra & Elena Villalón Added Richard Tucker Gala Lineup

The Richard Tucker Foundation has announced the addition of four more artists to its 2024 gala, scheduled for Oct. 27, 2024. The artists include Anthony Roth Costanzo, Anthony Léon, Nadine Sierra, and Elena Villalón. They join a lineup that includes Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges, Stephen Costello, Michael Fabiano, Ryan Speedo Green, Quinn Kelsey, and Rachel Willis-Sørensen. The soloists will be {…}

May 10, 2024

Richard Tucker Foundation Announces 2024 Career & Study Grant Recipients

The Richard Tucker Foundation has announced the Career and Study grant. The foundation noted that Anthony Léon, Luke Sutliff, and Elena Villalón have been selected recipients of the 2024 Richard Tucker Career Grant. Recipients receive unrestricted grants of $10,000 each. Sutliff and were previously awarded the 2022 Sara Tucker Study Grant. They join past Career Grant recipients Leah Hawkins, Aryeh Nussbaum {…}

Apr 24, 2023

Metropolitan Opera 2022-23 Review: Eric and Dominque Laffont Grand Finals Concert

The 2023 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Grand Finals Concert (Previously National Council Auditions) saw mezzo-sopranos dominate. Typically, it’s all about sopranos and tenors, but to see and hear two extraordinary musicians in the lower female register blow the audience away was thrilling. It showed that low notes can be just as exciting as ones that soar to the {…}

Apr 18, 2023

Metropolitan Opera Announces 2023 Laffont Competition National Finalists

(Credit: Natalie Powers) The Metropolitan Opera has announced the 2023 Laffont Competition National Finalists. The 10 finalists are baritone Eleomar Cuello, tenor Yuntong Han, tenor Anthony León, mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis, soprano Teresa Perrotta, tenor Sahel Salam, mezzo-soprano Sarah Saturnino, bass-baritone Christian Simmons, soprano Meredith Wohlgemuth, and baritone David Wolfe. The finals are set to be held on April 23 and {…}

Dec 2, 2022

Best Of 2022: OperaWire’s Top 10 Rising Stars Of 2022

After two years of lockdowns, cancelations, and COVID, 2022 seemed like it would be an easier year. But alas it wasn’t as the world was struck with a war, human rights violations that were met with worldwide protests, and governments that threatened to rewind time and take away rights. There were also major cuts in funding for opera that has {…}

Oct 30, 2022

Operalia Competition Winners Announced

The Operalia Competition has announced its 2022 winners. The competition, which held its finale at the Latvian National Opera, announced that Armenian soprano Juliana Grigoryan and U.S. tenor Anthony León won first prize. Meanwhile, second prize went to Spanish soprano Serena Sáenz, U.S. tenor Duke Kim, and German Countertenor Nils Wanderer. Third Prize went to U.S. mezzo-soprano Maire Therese Carmack, {…}

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