Nombulelo Yende, Kiandra Howarth, Jonathan McGovern, Caterina Marchesini & Marcela Rahal Lead Bühnen Bern’s 2025-26 Season

The Bühnen Bern has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Andrea Sanguineti conducts Bellini’s “Norma” with Joseph Dahdah, Nombulelo Yende, William Meinert, and Simone McIntosh. Performance Date: August 30, 2025 Kiandra Howarth sings the title role of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” with Jonathan McGovern, Andeka Gorrotxategi, William Meinert, and Christian Valle. Alevtina Ioffe conducts the production by Anna Bergmann. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}

May 7, 2025

Elza van den Heever, Joseph Calleja, Nicholas Brownlee, Corinne Winters, Allan Clayton & Anna Princeva Lead Oper Frankfurt’s 2025-26 Season

Oper Frankfurt has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” will star Teona Todua, Karolina Bengtsson, Kelsey Lauritano, Taehan Kim, Sakhiwe Mkosana, Magnus Dietrich, Andrew Kim, Bianca Tognocchi, Elizabeth Reiter, Liviu Holender, and Sebastian Geyer. Thomas Guggeis conducts the production by Mariame Clément. Performance Dates: Sept. 21, 2025-Jan. 17, 2026 Alexander Tsymbalyuk leads Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” with Karolina {…}

Nov 5, 2023

Julie Roset & Stephano Park Win Top Prizes at 2023 Operalia Competition

The Operalia Competition which was held at the Cape Town Opera has announced its 2023 winners. The first-prize winners were Stephano Park and Julie Roset while second prize went to Luke Sutliff and Eugénie Joneau. The third prize went to Navasard Hakobyan and Elena Villalon. Eugénie Joneau was the winner of the Birgit Nilsson award, while Nombulelo Yende took home {…}

Nov 1, 2023

Operalia Competition Announces 2023 Finalists

The Operalia Competition has announced its 2023 finalists. Following a day of semifinals, 11 singers will compete in the opera finals while five singers will compete in the Zarzuela finals. Here are the finalists: Finalists Opera Semyon Antakov, baritone, Russia Caitlin Gotimer, soprano, USA Navasard Hakobyan, baritone, Armenia Eugénie Joneau, mezzo-soprano, France Taehan Kim, baritone, South Korea Omer Kobiljak, tenor, {…}

Oct 31, 2023

Operalia Competition Announces Semi-Finalists

The Operalia competition has announced the semi-finalists for its 2023 edition. Following two days of Quarterfinals, the competition selected 22 singers who will compete for a place in the opera finals and 12 singers who will compete in the Zarzuela finals. Here is the list: Semi-finalists Opera Semyon Antakov, baritone, Russia Nicolò Balducci, countertenor, Italy Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo-soprano, USA John {…}

Jul 10, 2023

Operalia Competition Announces 2023 Participants

The Operalia Competition has announced the participants for its 30th-anniversary edition. The 2023 participants hail from such countries as Russia, Italy, USA, Malta, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Armenia, South Korea, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Israel, South Africa, and Bulgaria. The competition will be held at the Capetown Opera and will take place from Oct. 30 through Nov. 5, 2023. Operalia {…}

Jun 15, 2023

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Announces 2023 Finalists

The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition has announced the 2023 finalists. The finalists for the main prize are Scottish mezzo Beth Taylor, South African soprano Nombulelo Yende, Italian bass Adolfo Corrado, Welsh soprano Jessica Robinson, and South African mezzo Siphokazi Molteno. The finalists for the song prize are South African soprano Nombulelo Yende, South Korean tenor Sungho Kim, South African mezzo {…}

Mar 9, 2023

BBC Cardiff Singer of World Announces 2023 Participants

The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World has announced the 2023 participants. The competition will showcase 16 singers from around the world competing for the top prize. The singers are Simone McIntosh (Canada), HuHe Gala (China), Meigui Zhang (China), Julieth Lozano Rolong (Colombia), William Thomas (England), Adolfo Corrado (Italy), Beomjin Kim ( South Korea), Sungho Kim (South Korea), Beth Taylor {…}

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 {…}

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