Lauded for her “rich, humane soprano” (Opera Canada) and “convincing and poignant” portrayals (Boston Musical Intelligencer), Canadian soprano Olivia Smith is a current member of San Francisco Opera’s prestigious Adler Fellowship Program, where in Fall 2024 she debuts the role of Micaëla at SFO’s immersive experience Carmen Encounter. She also covers Micaëla for the mainstage Carmen performances, and will be heard in various SFO concert performances throughout the season. Additionally in the 2024-25 season, Smith makes her role and company debut as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Opera Philadelphia, under the baton of Corrado Rovaris.
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The young mezzo-soprano Patricia Nolz is hailed as one of Austria’s foremost upcoming artists. Since beginning her studies in Lied and Oratorio with Florian Boesch and Claudia Visca in 2019, she was awarded the Casinos Austria Rising Star Award 2019 and named as a prizewinner at the ÖJAB Music Competition Vienna and the Osaka Music Competition in Japan. In the same year she received an Anny Felbermayer scholarship. In autumn 2020, she enjoyed great success with her debut as Cherubino in a new production of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro at the Theater an der Wien, conducted by Stefan Gottfried and directed by Alfred Dorfer. After two years in the opera studio of the Vienna State Opera, where she celebrated her first successes as Cherubino and as Zerlina in a new production of Mozart's Don Giovanni under Philippe Jordan, she joined the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera in the 2022-2023 season. Patricia Nolz received the Austrian Music Theatre Award for her interpretation of Zerlina in Barrie Kosky's production of Don Giovanni at the Vienna State Opera.
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Soprano Serena Sáenz makes her highly anticipated house debut at Deutsche Oper Berlin singing the role of Lucia in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor on October 31 and November 5, 2024. The production, directed by Filippo Sanjust, features Ivan Repušić conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin. This debut marks Sáenz's first appearance on the Deutsche Oper Berlin stage in one of the most demanding roles of the bel canto repertoire.
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Jonathan Tetelman has won 2024 Gramophone Classical Music Awards in the Voice and Ensemble category for his album The Great Puccini with the PKF Prague Philharmonia. In its original review of the album, Gramophone magazine wrote: “What a sound! The sunniest sounding tenor since Luciano Pavarotti’. This is the second album recorded by Jonathan Tetelmand […]
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Viaggio dell’anima or soul journey brings Rolando Villazón to Weingarten on October 30, 2024. The concert program Rolando Villazón and lautten compagney BERLIN features Italian music of the 17th century by Monteverdi, Grandi, Caccini and others. For more information please click here
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Tenor Piotr Beczała and conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson embark on a gala concert tour through Spain marking the 100th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini’s death, performing alongside soprano Sondra Radvanovsky. The program includes famous arias and duets from Puccini’s masterpieces Manon Lescaut, Tosca, La bohème, Turandot, and Madama Butterfly. The tour spans through Spain’s most prestigious venues, […]
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Tenor Jonah Hoskins revisits the role of Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at the Manitoba Opera, Canada. Hoskins is joined on stage by Andriana Chuchman as Adina and Peter McGillivray as Dr. Dulcamara. Ann Hodges production is lead under the musical direction of Tyrone Paterson. The opera can be experienced on October 26, 30 and […]
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Counter tenor Cameron Shahbazi sings his house debut at the Opéra Comique Paris in George Benjamin’s Picture a day like this in the roles Lover 2 / composer’s assistant. The original production by Daniel Jeanneteau and Marie-Christine Soma is performed under the musical direction of George Benjamin himself. The opera can be experienced on October […]
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Mezzo-soprano Siphokazi Molteno makes her Carnegie Hall debut with the the Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble in a concert titled Voices from South Africa. Molteno performs Brahms’ Two Songs for alto, viola, and piano, op. 91 and Ravel’s Chansons Madécasses. The concert takes place at the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall on October 28. For more […]
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