Opera Singers

CEDAR FALLS -- Renee Fleming, one of the world's most acclaimed singers, will give a recital at Gallagher Bluedorn on June 3.Over the years, the Gallagher Bluedorn scene has been graced with the talent of some of the…

Aspen Community School students rehearse for their whole school musical, "The Magic Treehouse: Dancing Through the Decades" at the Wheeler Opera House on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.Kaya!-->…

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There are musical compositions for vocal ranges and instruments, but what about compositions for an identity? Most opera and musical theater compositions assume gendered and binary identities –…

Dmitri Gunatilake has shown her talents to the public as a singer and theater actress over the years. A lawyer with an LLB degree from the University of London, she has made notable strides in proving her prowess as an artist. She…

If you listened to music recorded at the turn of the 20th century, you listened to it on cylinders. Not that anyone alive today listened to recorded music back then, and much of it has since been lost. Invented by Alexander Graham…

Nicole Heaston in Houston Grand Opera's "Turandot" Photo: Lynn LaneDiscussing Liu in "Turandot," Nicole Heaston draws an easy parallel between her role in Giacomo Puccini's latest opera and another classic: that of Michaela in!-->…

By Anoushka JayasuriyaViews) : This Easter Sunday, soprano Dmitri Gunatilake has some good news to share. On Friday, April 29,!-->…

English National Opera (ENO) announces its 2022/23 season on the main stage. The 2022/23 ENO season features nine productions on the main stage of the London Coliseum: seven new productions and two revivals.This varied opera program…

Breadcrumb Links Music Movies local arts The alter-ego singers seem to represent the soul of the storytellers, and what they sing are not the stories these four have told, but the feelings behind them, the…

When a young Claire Barton first took to the stage to sing in a competition, she had limited knowledge of music."I knew Judy Garland, pop music and had gone to see the musical Evita," Barton recalled. "I entered this competition and it!--break-->…

It's not every day that Dalhousie students get the chance to perform at the premiere of a new piece of music.This is precisely the opportunity offered by the new production of DalOpera by Michael Rose A dream of the northern lights.Rose's…

NEW YORK — For soprano Ailyn Perez, being rejected by the man she loves is part of the job these days. But accepting a marriage proposal in front of a live audience? It was once in a lifetime.Perez is currently performing at the…

When "American Idol" revealed its picks to advance in the competition, the top 24 did not include local singers or a former Miss America crown in New Jersey.After Mansquan's Cole Hallman was cut from the duet show that aired on Sunday's…

HHis drumming skills have seen him perform alongside Leona Lewis, opera singer Andrea Bocelli, Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, Olly Murs, Ronan Keating, JLS, Katherine Jenkins, Pixie Lott and The Saturdays. However, he will be swapping…

The St. Charles Singers, led by Founder and Music Director Jeffrey Hunt, will perform the penultimate installment of their landmark, multi-season project Mozart Journey at concerts April 9-10 in St. Charles, featuring four…

One indication of how a nation feels about its exceptional women is whether or not it depicts them on its currency. In fact, a number of nations on every continent have honored their prominent citizens, recent and former, by putting…

Anybody Can Sing, Hyde Park Corner and Sky Arts Anybody Can Sing, Hyde Park Corner and Sky Arts Claudia Prichard 'I'm deaf!', 'I can't sing a note!', 'I only sing in the bath!' ....those who love the sound of singing but haven't…

Russian President Vladimir Putin invited the artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater, People's Artist of the Russian Federation…

The Cayuga Vocal Ensemble is a twenty-voice choral ensemble of professionally trained singers, presenting a wide variety of work from a wide range of time periods and genres. Their mission is to share our passion for choral music with the…

The creative arts have always been a bridge in times of trauma. They can inspire a population struggling with the daily impact of trauma and teach lessons to future generations who were not alive at that time. Music and dance also…

Andrea Hill and John Viscardis star in "Pelléas et Mélisande" by Claude Debussy. (Courtesy of Lance W. Ozier) The great conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, once said of Claude Debussy's "Pelleas…

As a classical musician of color, Hector Armienta has made his living creating his own opportunities. The COVID pandemic was his new obstacle. And he came up with an unexpected solution: an…

On March 19 and 20, the Tennessee State University Music Department and Big Blue Opera Initiatives will host the annual Harry T. Spirituals Festival. Presented in partnership with the National Museum of African American Music and…

New Zealand tenor Pene Pati and Californian soprano Nicole Cabell had never met until rehearsals began last month for San Diego Opera's upcoming 'Romeo and Juliet', but they admired each other from afar . The two singers said they were also…

United strings of Europe: Renewal Works by Marsh, Shaw, Golijov and Mendelssohn BIS-2549 (auditioned in 24/192). 2021. Matthew Bennet, prod.; Dave Rowell, P.Eng. Performance ****½ Sonics ****½ Here's a superbly executed oddity that…

(Credit: Richard Hubert Smith) Last week English Touring Opera launched its spring tour. The tour includes "St. John Passion," Rismky-Korsakov's "The Golden Cockerel" at London's Hackney Empire Opera House, and a revival…

It's rare for both Tampa Bay Opera companies to hold events on the same weekend. It's not that the St. Petersburg Opera and the Tampa Opera aren't on good terms – they are – but that there are a finite number of opera lovers.…

Volunteers in the city of Odessa, March 6.IGOR TKACHENKO/ReutersOpera singers fill sandbags from Odessa's famous beaches, the manager of the local yacht club organizes barbed wire deliveries, and a perfumer cleans stores of leftover Soviet…

by Jasmine J. Mahmoud Left: An imposing three-story bay window frames a humble apartment. With dark grille lines that form a grid within, the window slants inward and lets in iridescent rays of orange, yellow and blue from the…

Phoenix singersThey will perform Bach's much-loved masterpiece, the St Matthew Passion, starting at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 19.And they pull out all the stops for one of the finest pieces in the classical repertoire with a double choir, a…

If there's one mantra by which Leeds-based Opera North is that music is for everyone.Much of its educational component is focused on engaging communities through participation in the arts, and while this work aims to entertain and inspire,…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) - A collaboration between two of Huntsville's art giants is on sale for a low price in March. Opera Huntsville, in association with the Huntsville Museum of Art, will present some of their favorite…

This spring, Ragazzi Boys Chorus will present Cantate!, a jubilant concert celebrating the joy of singing. Featuring singers from the Ragazzi Young Men's Ensemble, the Concert Band and Choral Seekers, this concert will include upbeat hymns…

Dr. Anton Belov, a distinguished concert artist, recitalist and opera singer, will perform in a public recital at the fifth Fresno State Art Song Festival in 6:30 p.m. Saturday February 26, at Fresno State Concert Hall. A renowned…

Much of its significance will be that it comes from an all-female team of songwriters. Anna Appleby, Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, Cecilia Livingston and Ailie Robertson have teamed up with librettist Hazel Gould and designers Natalia Orendain…

By IANSlife New Delhi, February 20 (IANSlife): Since its inception, the National Center for the Performing Arts has organized!--start>…

"My voice is really who I am," says Shai Terry. "It's the complete Shai - my voice, my concerts, my performances," she adds with a winning smile. People who hear and see the young mezzo-soprano from Israel, for example, in the role of…

Like an encore in a sea of ​​lifted lighters, the tribute bands bring a wave of nostalgia to the stages of…

ALBUQUERQUE, NM, February 15, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Live online March 11, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. PT, Celebrate Singing for Women continues to bring together inspiring experts on choral singing, voice health and more again ! Celebrate…

Chicago Paris has announced the program and registrations for the next Cabaret Connexion to be held in Chicago. The dates for the fourth international exchange have been expanded to include activities from May 8-16, 2022.The Chicago Paris…

Still, they were supportive, and Petersen's piano teacher exposed her, she recalls, to "everything from Bach to Hindemith." In a school music class, her voice was noticed, which led her to sing in a church choir and learn the sacred…

For Nikola Printz, reprising the title role of "Carmen" at the San José Opera is like coming home. The mezzo-soprano says their connection to Bizet's masterpiece has always had a special meaning. "I have a long history with 'Carmen'," says…

What's happening this week in Pittsburgh, February 7-13? Find out here. Be sure to pack your mask and visit each organization's website and social media for Covid safety protocols. Do you know of a cool event? Email us.…

Lirica Arts Singapore presents its first fully staged opera with Gioacchino Rossini's highly acclaimed one-act masterpiece L'inganno Felice (The Blissful Deception) on 5-6 March 2022 at NAFA Lee Foundation Theatre. This Singapore premiere…

I'm by no means an authority on Polish pole dancing, but I believe it's unusual for men to do it in any circumstances, let alone in a baroque opera. But back to the music and the production in general. My expectations initially weren't…

Lowell House Opera will world premiere "NIGHTTOWN" at Harvard University's Sanders Theater in Memorial Hall on March 10 and 11 at…

NAPLES - The Mascagni Academy based in the Tuscan city of Livorno is looking into the future of Italian music by scouting for new talent abroad.This is part of the new operations of the Mascagni Department, created within the…

– the Miami-Dade Black Affairs Advisory Council (BAAB), along with various community organizations, recognize several events honoring the African-American Diaspora for Black History Month, while observing this year's theme as…

(Credit: Alain Hanel) The new production of “Il Turco in Italia” by Rossini at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo has been a symbolic bridge between the present and the future of this illustrious opera. The production's director was…

Delta Goodrem looked sensational as she performed on stage at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday for the Australia Day Live concert.The singer, 37, dazzled in a purple sequined dress that showed off her leggy figure as she belted out…

"I was learning from scratch." Ballerini explains. “I was a therapist. I played the piano, but I was not so familiar with opera. Something special happened to me. They were doing "Don Pasquale" and the tenor who sang Ernesto fell ill…

“We want our audience to come in and have a really intimate experience,” de la Guardia said.Over the next few months, the company will try to create this type of online experience. The 2022 season of The Guerilla Underground, a monthly…

Aristotle Socrates Onassis was born on January 20, 1906 in Smyrna and died on March 15, 1975 at the age of 69. Commonly known as Ari or Aristo Onassis, he was a Greek shipping magnate, who amassed the largest private shipping fleet in the…

After five decades of forging a successful international singing career, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has returned home to Aotearoa and wishes to reconnect with her culture by learning te reo Māori. “The saddest thing when I left New Zealand was…

Today is Sunday, January 16, the 16th day of 2022. There are 349 days left in the year.Today's highlight in…

Sedona News – To commemorate the new year, the Met Opera presents an encore of the very first Live in HD track, “The Magic Flute” by Mozart. The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present "The Magic Flute"…

By Bridgette M. Redman Contributing editor of the weekly Pasadena ohpera, by its very nature, is usually done on a large scale. The singers command large stages supported by choirs spread out behind them. Full orchestras perform…

Born in 1901, the pretty Emma Jean Arnt grew up in luxury, in the high society of Michigan City, Indiana. Hers was a family of millionaire bankers, her father CE Arnt, director of Citizens Bank since 1894. Emma Jean attended the best…

(Credit: Drew Gardner) The Opernhaus Zürich has announced that the Italian conductor Riccardo Minasi has been appointed the first…

Former Guns N 'Roses member and founder of Sixx: AM, guitarist DJ Ashba, has said he plays rhythm guitar on Motley Crue's Los Angeles Saints.Admission took place Jan. 5 during an interview with the musician on Sirius XM Nation trunk, the…

A Chicago Opera Theater musical director returned to the podium to complete the closing of "Becoming Santa Claus" just three days after giving birth.Lidiya Yankovskaya is a accomplished conductor, having conducted more than 40 world…

The 2022 event also includes the world premiere of the festival's third commission, by Grammy-winning and Pulitzer-winning songwriter Jennifer Higdon.Higdon joins composers Richard Danielpour (2020) and Jake Heggie (2021) who were…

The numerous performance restrictions imposed by Covid-19 have not appeased the zeal of the seven young recipients of this year's Kiwi music scholarship. Western Bay of Plenty soprano Felicity Tomkins…

Opera Quad Cities was scheduled to present "Madame Butterfly" in June 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Originally they rescheduled it for June 2021, but then decided that it needed to be completely put on the back burner until things…

THE CHOIR OF MAN will perform at Van Wezel on Sunday January 30 at 7 p.m. as part of the highly anticipated return to the United States for their 2022 North American tour! Tickets are on sale now.Known the world over as "The Ultimate…

The Opéra Royal de Liège Wallonie has staged a brand new production of Rossini's “Otello”. The once popular opera was performed around the world during Rossini's time, but disappeared from the repertoire altogether when…

After seeing Kristin Chenoweth kill at the Metropolitan Opera this month, I came home and called her new holiday album HAPPINESS IS ... CHRISTMAS !, only to find out that the album, while also featuring many songs from the Met concert, is a…

(Credit: Miguel Lorenzo) This review is based on the performance of the 16e from December 2021 Despite the illness of several singers, the Palau de Les Arts still managed to find a way to present a cover of its production of…

At just 19 years old, Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford dropout, founded Theranos, a healthcare start-up that promised to revolutionize blood testing, among other things. However, these claims ultimately turned out to be false. According to…

Anne Rice, a gothic novelist who helped resurrect the vampire story with dark and alluring bestsellers such as Interview with the vampire, who was adapted into a blockbuster film and used the popular blood-sucking creature as a means to…

El Dibany is the only Egyptian singer presented in the Lebanese festival dedicated to songs from the classical music repertoire. She performed on December 15 as part of the festival which runs from December 1 to 23 with renowned Arab and…

Photo credit: 360 d'Opéra / Diego Valdez There are two certainties during the holiday season: Santa Claus and the countless depictions of Handel's “Messiah”. The two collided on Saturday, December 11, 2021, when composer and…

Heartbeat Opera will host a four-city tour of its powerful 2018 adaptation of Beethoven's masterpiece FIDELIO, which Heartbeat artistic director Ethan Heard designed for the Black Lives Matter era.Heartbeat Opera FIDELIO is presented by The…

The Phantom of the Opera (music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart) is one of the most successful musicals ever written and has won devoted fans the world over. I count myself among those people, having had the good fortune…

Marjan Kiepura, pianist Marjan Kiepura and Jane Knox Les Soirées musicales de Marjan is a new series of podcasts in which pianist Marjan Kiepura shares a unique insight into the work of…

MILAN (AP) - As many European theaters remain closed due to the pandemic, the famous Teatro alla Scala opened its new season on Tuesday with the gala premiere of Verdi's 'Macbeth' in a fully equipped hall. Despite the sparkling…

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - The premiere of Yerkegali Rakhmadiyev's state opera, Alpamys, dedicated to the…

THE BASICS: Buffalo Opera Unlimited presented Bizet's full opera CARMEN on Friday, December 3 at 7:30 a.m., and will perform an encore on Sunday, December 5 at 2:30 p.m. at the Rockwell Hall Performing Arts Center, 1300…

For decades, Cal State Fullerton has maintained a reputation as a school that produces opera stars. Deborah Voigt, Rodney Gilfrey, Jubilant Sykes, James 'Marty' Schaefer, Charles Castronovo, Omar Crook and…