"Vincerò!" will be the first solo album by Piotr Beczala to be released by Pentatone in May 2020.
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In this interview Gaëlle Arquez talks about her first solo album, called "Ardente Flamme", that is available under the label Deutsche Grammophon.
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In times of Corona, moderator Holger Wemhoff looks inside the classic scene in the concerti classic daily podcast.
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Rolando Villazón's album "Mozartissimo" is out now! With works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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At 7 p.m. on May 10, 2020 the live stream concert of Ildar Abdrazakov and Igor Butman Quintet who perform together for the first time will be available online on Okko multimedia service. The “Dedication Concert” will mark the 75th Anniversary of Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War.
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In this interview, Thomas Hampson relates his thoughts on the current crisis, his wide-ranging interests, and what he thinks comes next for the world.
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Hailed by the New York Times as “one of the world’s special young singers,” Emily D’Angelo has continued her meteoric rise to firmly establish herself as one of the most exciting and critically acclaimed artists of her generation. Described as “wondrous and powerful” by the New York Times for her recent US recital debut, the mezzo-soprano is the first and only vocalist to have been presented with the Leonard Bernstein Award from the Schleswig Holstein Festival.  A 2020 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist, one of Canada's "Top 30 Under 30" Classical Musicians, and WQXR NYC Public Radio’s "40 Under 40" singers to watch, D'Angelo made her professional operatic debut aged 21, as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro at the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi. For this performance, broadcast nationwide on Italy’s RAI network, she was awarded the 2016 Monini Prize.
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Through his uniquely compelling performances, Rolando Villazón has firmly established himself as one of the music world’s most critically acclaimed and beloved stars and as one of the leading artistic voices of our day. He is heralded as “the most charming of today’s divos” (The Times) with “a wonderfully virile voice…grandezza, elegance and power” (Süddeutsche Zeitung). In his third decade as a performer, Rolando Villazón’s versatility remains peerless. In addition to operatic superstardom, he maintains successful careers as a stage director, novelist, artistic director and TV/radio personality.
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Olga Peretyatko, one of the world’s most sought-after sopranos, made her international break-through after winning Plácido Domingo’s prestigious Operalia Competition. Since then, she has been a regular guest at the world’s most important opera houses and concert halls.
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