2008 George London Award-winning soprano Meagan Miller joins star tenor Marcello Giordani to make the latest pair of singers presented by the George London Foundation Recital Series, which often features a recent winner of the foundation's competition and an established opera star.
21C Media Group today announced that it now represents American lyric soprano Ailyn Perez, whose burgeoning international career has already seen her in leading roles at many of the world's foremost opera houses and concert halls. As the Associated Press observes, her "lyric soprano is pure and honeyed in tone, and she deploys it with elegance and tenderness"; the Philadelphia Inquirer cites her "inner radiance combined with vocal luster.
The winners of the 41st annual George London Foundation Awards Competition for young American and Canadian opera singers were announced at the conclusion of the competition's final round this evening, which took place in a front of a capacity audience at Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City.
Over three days of preliminary auditions on February 13-15, 2012, ninety of the best young American and Canadian opera singers will compete to reach the final round of the 41st annual George London Foundation Awards Competition.
2008 George London Award-winning soprano Meagan Miller joins star tenor Marcello Giordani to make the latest pair of singers presented by the George London Foundation Recital Series, which often features a recent winner of the foundation's competition and an established opera star.
Over three days of preliminary auditions on February 13-15, 2012, ninety of the best young American and Canadian opera singers will compete to reach the final round of the 41st annual George London Foundation Awards Competition.
Over three days of preliminary auditions on February 13-15, 2012, ninety of the best young American and Canadian opera singers will compete to reach the final round of the 41st annual George London Foundation Awards Competition.
Following a highly successful run of performances in the Metropolitan Opera's season-opening production of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Stephen Costello returns to the Vienna State Opera for a second consecutive season, singing the role of Nemorino in another (and far more light-hearted) Donizetti opera, L'elisir d'amore.
As a special event in its 2011-2012 season, The George London Foundation for Singers will present the U.S. premiere screening of George London: Between Gods and Demons, a 2011 documentary film about the career of the legendary singer - the pre-eminent American bass-baritone of the postwar era who was a leader in the cultivation of young talent - on the exact 60th anniversary of his Metropolitan Opera debut: Sunday, November 13, 2011, at 3:00 PM.
Following a highly successful run of performances in the Metropolitan Opera's season-opening production of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Stephen Costello returns to the Vienna State Opera for a second consecutive season, singing the role of Nemorino in another (and far more light-hearted) Donizetti opera, L'elisir d'amore.
Two 2006 George London Award winners, soprano Ailyn Pérez and tenor Stephen Costello, launch the 2011-2012 George London Foundation season of events with a duo-recital, with Ken Noda at the piano, on Sunday, October 16, 2011, at 5:00 PM at The Morgan Library & Museum.
Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni opens the CSO's 2011-12 Pops Series with his own selection of works from 'Opera to Broadway.'
Music Director, Jean-Marie Zeitouni opens the CSO's 2011-12 Pops Series with his own selection of works from "Opera to Broadway." Guest vocalists, Aline Kutan, Frederic Antoun, and Keith Phares join the Columbus Symphony and Chorus for an evening of audience favorites from the worlds of opera and Broadway.
Stephen Costello continues his winning run as Lord Percy opposite Anna Netrebko in the title role of the Metropolitan Opera's production of Donizetti's Anna Bolena this Saturday, October 15, in a matinee performance that will be transmitted to movie theaters worldwide in the company's popular 'Live in HD' series.
On Monday, September 26, just a few days before his 30th birthday, Stephen Costello will sing the role of Lord Percy at New York's Metropolitan Opera in the company's first production of Donizetti's Anna Bolena (twelve performances through Feb 4).
Two 2006 George London Award winners, soprano Ailyn Pérez and tenor Stephen Costello, launch the 2011-2012 George London Foundation season of events with a duo-recital, with Ken Noda at the piano, on Sunday, October 16, 2011, at 5:00 PM at The Morgan Library & Museum.
Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni opens the CSO's 2011-12 Pops Series with his own selection of works from 'Opera to Broadway.'
Guest vocalists Aline Kutan, Frédéric Antoun, and Keith Phares join the Columbus Symphony Chorus, Columbus Children's Choir, Columbus Symphony, and Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni for a one-night-only season opening performance of Carmina Burana, Carl Orff's brazen, evocative, and explosive musical showcase.
On Monday, September 26, just a few days before his 30th birthday, Stephen Costello will sing the role of Lord Percy at New York's Metropolitan Opera in the company's first production of Donizetti's Anna Bolena (twelve performances through Feb 4).
The George London Foundation for Singers has been honoring, supporting, and presenting the finest young opera singers in the U.S. and Canada for decades.
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