The 2023 George London Award Winners Are Announced; Five Young Opera Singers Win $12,000 Prize
by Blair Ingenthron
- Feb 18, 2023
The winners of the 51st George and Nora London Foundation Competition for young American and Canadian opera singers, one of the opera world's oldest and most prestigious competitions, were announced at the conclusion of the competition's final round this evening, which took place at Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. The event took place before an in-person audience for the first time since 2020, and was also livestreamed.
San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program Announce 2023 Schwabacher Recital Series
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 3, 2023
Now in its 39th year, the Schwabacher Recital Series, presented by San Francisco Opera Center and the Merola Opera Program, returns this spring with a series of four recitals (March 1, March 22, April 12 and May 18) at San Francisco's Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater and San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Barbro Osher Recital Hall.
THE HOURS With Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming & More to Air on PBS
by Michael Major
- Feb 1, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera's recent production of The Hours, starring Renée Fleming, Kelli O'Hara, and Joyce DiDonato, will air on PBS. Phelim McDermott directs with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting. Christine Baranski will host the special.
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance Presents MARIA CALLAS: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 26, 2023
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance presents an Opera Star Recital honoring prima donna Maria Callas Sunday, February 5 at 2:30 pm in the Schuster Center. Dayton native and University of Dayton alum, pianist Howard Watkins joins four young rising stars as they honor the centennial celebration of Maria Callas' birth.
The Santa Fe Opera Names 44 Apprentice Singers For The 2023 Season
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 12, 2023
The Santa Fe Opera has announced the 44 members of its 2023 Apprentice Program for Singers. The roster includes promising young vocalists from across the USA including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, as well as from East Africa, Australia, Canada, China, South America and South Korea.
Feature: What Does an Opera Star Do on Her Day Off? If You're Joyce DiDonato, It Means 'Paying It Forward'
by Richard Sasanow
- Dec 21, 2022
Last week, when her hours were her own--and not at the Met as Virginia Woolf in THE HOURS by Kevin Puts and Greg Pierce--mezzo Joyce DiDonato (JDD) did what any hard-working opera star would choose to do: She spent three days with five young opera singers at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Room, showing them what’s she’s learned about becoming the best professional they can be and helping them move toward the careers they dream about.
ISing Silicon Valley Names Rhett Del Campo As Its First Executive Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Dec 6, 2022
Known for its transformational choral education and performance programs for 1st-12th grade girls, iSing Silicon Valley is kicking off its 10th anniversary season and advancing its strategic trajectory by welcoming its first Executive Director, Rhett M. Del Campo.
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