(Photo credit: Birgit Pichler) Tenor Salvador Simão has won the 16th annual Cesti Competition at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music. A total of 206 participants from 39 nations registered for this year’s Cesti Competition. Nearly 100 of them traveled to Innsbruck for the in-person competition. On Aug. 31, 10 finalists performed at the grand finale concert held at the {…}
(© credits Tam Lan Truong) Zenith Opera Competition has announced the winners of its 2024 edition. Taking home the first prize is Lila Duffy of France. Dufy has performed with such organizations as the Bach Festival in Montreal, Théâtre de Champs-Elyseees, Opéra Comique, and the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Second place went to Maya Yahav Gour of Israel and {…}
The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced its 2021-22 season. It all kicks off with a new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” starring Luca Salsi, Sondra Radvanovsky, Joshua Guerrero and Christian Van Horn. Enrique Mazzola conducts the production by Sir David McVicar. Performance Dates: Sept. 17- Oct. 9, 2021 Enrique Mazzola will conduct “L’Elisir d’Amore” in a production by Daniel Slater. {…}