Eden Shifroni Wins Alastair Jackson International Opera Award

(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 {…}

Sep 12, 2024

Eliza Boom Wins 2024 Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award

(Photo credit: Zohar Izenberg) Soprano Eliza Boom has won the $40,000 2024 Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award in Sydney. Boom competed with arias from “Capriccio,” “Thais,” “Madama Butterfly,” and “Cosi fan Tutte.” The five judges on the panel gave a unanimous first-place vote for Bloom. The competition featured 32 singers. Coming in second place, with the Richard {…}