Finger Lakes Opera will close its 2025 Summer Festival with two performances of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” The cast stars Joshua Conyers in the title role, Jazmine Saunders as Gilda, and Christopher Bozeka as the Duke of Mantua. Andrew Boisvert, Marieke de Koker, Eunsung Lee, Jose Olivares, Steven Groth, Jason Garcia-Kakuk, Karen Kelley, Georgia Belmont, and Julia Tooker round out the cast. {…}
(Photo credits: Jenkins & Eccles) Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute presents the seventh year of SongStudio from Jan. 13–19, 2025. The annual intensive workshop brings eight emerging vocalists and collaborative pianists from around the world together with leading artists and coaches for a week of instruction and performance at Carnegie Hall. The 2025 SongStudio participants will receive private lessons and coaching {…}
(Photo credit: Curtis Brown) The Santa Fe Opera has announced the 44 members of its 2024 Apprentice Program for Singers. The class of 2024 was selected from a pool of more than 1,000 applicants by Program Director Gayletha Nichols; Manager, Casting and Apprentice Program for Singers Chandler Johnson; Chief Artistic Officer David Lomelí; and Chorus Master Susanne Sheston through a {…}