Sondra Radvanovsky at The Wallis

From: Berwyn, Illinois. LA Opera: Leonora in Il Trovatore (2004, debut); title role in Suor Angelica (2008); title role in Tosca (2013 and 2017); solo recital (2014); Domingo-Colburn-Stein Tenth Anniversary Celebration (2017). Sondra Radvanovsky is a globally renowned soprano, celebrated as “one of the most profoundly moving opera artists on the planet” (Operawire). She is widely regarded as one of the finest living Verdi and Puccini sopranos, and is among the world’s preeminent interpreters of the bel canto repertoire. In the 2025/26 season, Ms. Radvanovsky brings her “extraordinary” (New York Times) portrayal of Puccini’s Tosca to stages around the world, including Teatro di San Carlo, the Opéra National de Paris, and Slovenia’s Ljubljana Festival. She will also return to another iconic role, Cherubini’s riveting Medea, bowing again in David McVicar’s lush production at Lyric Opera of Chicago, and she brings her signature performance of Puccini’s Turandot to the Bayerische Staatsoper.

From: Uniontown, Pennsylvania. LA Opera: recitals with Sondra Radvanovsky (2014 and 2027). Pianist and coach Anthony V. Manoli has worked with some of the leading opera companies throughout the world including the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Opera Lausanne and L’Opera Du Rhin as assistant conductor and coach. In addition, the Spoleto Festival in both Italy and the United States, LA Opera, Washington National Opera, Opera New England, Lake George Opera Festival and L’Opera Francais de New York have engaged him as both conductor and pianist/coach. Other duties for Mr. Manoli include prompting for Washington National Opera and the Palau De Les Arts in Valencia, Spain. He has been summer faculty for the Santa Fe Opera, Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Young Dramatic Voice, the Miami Summer Music Festival, and this season at the Highlands Opera Festival in Canada. Mr. Manoli was a Fellowship coach at the Tanglewood Festival and has collaborated with conductors such as Leonard Slatkin, Seiji Ozawa, Claudio Abbado, Robert Shaw, Sir Andrew Davis, Richard Bonygne and Sir Colin Davis. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Mirella Freni, Jose Carreras, Rockwell Blake, Edita Gruberova and Barbara Frittoli are just some of the singers with whom he has worked.