Raehann Bryce-Davis is set to open the George London Foundation for Singers 2022-23 season. The mezzo will perform a recital on Oct. 2 at the Morgan Library & Museum. The showcase will feature Amy Beach’s “Three Browning Songs;” Wagner’s “Wesendonck Lieder;” three songs from Peter Ashbourne’s “Fi Mi Love Have Lion Heart,” based on Jamaican folk songs; songs by Melissa {…}
The George London Foundation is set to present “Nora London – A Celebration” on Sept. 18, 2022. The showcase, which will take place at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City, will honor the foundation’s founder, who passed away on June 23, 2022. Among the performers will be former George London Award winners. There will also be remarks {…}
The George London Foundation has announced a recital set for April 24, 2022. The showcase will be headlined by tenor Aaron Blake and pianist Ken Noda as the duo performs at The Morgan Library & Museum’s Gilder Lehrman Hall. The program will open with music by Bellini and Donizetti before transitioning into a series of songs by Strauss and Tosti. {…}
The George London Foundation Competition has announced the finalists for the 2022 edition. Bass-baritone Joseph Parrish will sing “Aprite un po’quegli occhi” from “Le Nozze di Figaro” while tenor Eric Ferring will take on “Una furtiva lagrima” from “L’Elisir d’Amore.” Soprano Erika Baikoff will perform “No word from Tom” from “The Rake’s Progress” and baritone Erik Grendhal will present “Pierrot’s {…}
The George London Foundation for Singers has announced two upcoming events which will mark their resumption of performances at New York’s Morgan Library and Museum. First will be the finals of the 50th annual George London Foundation Competition. Originally scheduled for early 2021, the finals will now be held on February 25, 2022. The competition usually awards five finalists with {…}
The 50th annual George London Foundation Competition for young American and Canadian opera singers has been postponed until next year. The competition was set to take place in April 2021 and Nora London, the foundation’s president, and John Hauser, its executive director said, “while the overall health situation is improving both across the country and in New York City, we {…}
On Feb. 21, 2020, the George London Foundation for Singers held this year’s Competition Finals, bestowing awards to a number of exceptional, rising performers. After the artists’ performance and the judges’ deliberation, foundation president Nora London delivered a few words, saying: “I have known for three generations how difficult the career of an opera singer remains, and George London, my {…}
The George London Foundation has announced the 2020 finalists for its 2020 George London Award Competition. This year, the finalists are Justin Austin, Katherine Beck, Danielle Beckvermit, Nicole Brooks, Lindsay Kate Brown, Teresa Castillo, Terrence Chin-Loy, Cheyanne Coss, Monica Dewey, Jessica Faselt, Ryan Johnson, Alisa Jordheim, Tesia Kwarteng, Anne Maguire, and Jana McIntyre. The finals will take place on Feb. {…}
On Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, the 49th annual George London Foundation Competition will be held at Lehrmann Hall in The Morgan Library and Museum. One of the most prestigious awards in North America, the George London Award, currently a $10,000 prize, has been granted to hundreds of the most promising young singers since 1971. Serving on this year’s panel of {…}
(Credit: Courtesy of the George London Foundation) The George London Foundation will open its 2019-20 season with Latonia Moore and Ryan Speedo Green The recital is set to feature Ken Noda at the piano in music by Boito, Duparc, Hahn, Liszt, Quilter, Wolf, Wagner, Verdi, Beethoven, and Mahler. Both singers are slated to appear in the cast of the Metropolitan {…}
On Sunday, Mar. 24, 2019, attendees of the second George London Foundation recital of the season were treated to a wonderful display of vocal talent and theatricality. Tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, a regular on the stages of the world’s leading opera houses, and soprano Amy Owens, winner of the $5,000 prize during the 2018 George London Competition, were featured in {…}