Classical Pride has announced its five-day festival for Pride 2024. Tenor Nicky Spence and “RuPaul’s Drag Race’s” Monet X Change and Thorgy Thor, among other queens, kick off the celebration with “Classical Drag.” This crossover event features drag performances of arias from “Carmen,” “Turandot,” “Tosca,” and more. Following this, the Fourth Choir, conducted by Nicholas Chalmers presents works by Benjamin {…}
The Royal Academy of Music has announced a new head of opera. The school announced that Christopher White, one of the most respected musicians in European operatic life, will take over the department. Over the past 15 years, he has worked as repertoire, coach, assistant conductor, and language coach with some of the world’s leading companies including the Royal Opera, {…}
The Royal Academy of Music has announced distinguished musicians and educators to whom honors will be conferred at its 2023 Graduation Ceremony. The school said that it will celebrate a range of artists who move music forward, including Academy alumni and associates who continue to shape the musical landscape. Among artists in the operatic world include Royal Opera Music Director {…}
The Royal Academy of Music will present “Le Nozze di Figaro” this March. Starting on March 21, 2023, at the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, the production will be conducted by Alice Farnham and directed by Stephen Medcalf. Jamie Vartan will be the production designer while Simon Corder will act as the lighting designer. The famed Mozart opera will run through March {…}
(Credit: © Craig Fuller) When it comes to sex and death, timing is everything. The Royal Academy of Music is one of Europe’s leading conservatoires, with a renowned opera program for young singers whose stars are in the ascendant. This autumn they offered – across two casts – a double bill of Maurice Ravel’s mischievous farce “L’heure Espagnole” and Giacomo {…}
The Royal Academy of Music has named Brenda Hurley its new Head of Opera, effective July 2020. Hurley has been the Director of the prestigious International Opera Studio in Zürich since 2012. During her time in Zürich she elevated the IOS to become one of the leading young artist programs and singers. She has worked as coach for singers at the {…}
Canadian-born soprano and teacher Ludmilla “Milla” Andrew has passed away. Andrew, writes Alexander Campbell for ClassicalSource, “is probably best remembered for her mettlesome dramatic voice that was heard to advantage in the dramatic corners of the repertoire.” She made her Canadian Opera Company debut in 1955 as the Foreign Woman in Menotti’s “The Consul” after completing her studies at Toronto Conservatory. She {…}