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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"One cannot overpraise Lindsey’s ability to characterize strongly while retaining beauty of tone when the music calls for such.” (San Francisco Classical Voice) One of the most compelling artists of her generation, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey possesses a rare combination of world class vocal artistry coupled with equally expansive acting gifts. This “force of nature” (SFCV) is a regular guest on the world’s most celebrated stages, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Festival Aix-en-Provence, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and the Bavarian State Opera.  In 2024-2025, Kate Lindsey continues to dazzle audiences in wide variety of world premieres and new productions. With Teatro alla Scala she launches the season as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier under the baton of Kirill Petrenko. She later returns to the storied opera house to create the leading role of Adso da Melk the world premiere of Il nome della rosa, composed by Francesco Filidei and staged by Damiano Michieletto.
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Mexican tenor Javier Camarena is the preeminent bel canto specialist of his generation. Praised for his burnished tone, gleaming high notes, flawless coloratura and veracious portrayals, he regularly appears in leading roles alongside today’s foremost stars at the world’s top opera houses.
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“Only one lyric tenor on the scene today has the honeyed tone and ingratiating style to make comparisons to Pavarotti and Gigli seem serious, and it is Calleja, the man from Malta.” (New Yorker) Blessed with a golden-age voice that routinely inspires comparisons to “legendary singers from earlier eras: Jussi Björling, Beniamino Gigli, even Enrico Caruso” (AP), Joseph Calleja is well-established as one of the most acclaimed and sought-after tenors today. His expansive discography and frequent appearances on the world’s leading opera and concert stages prompted NPR to hail him as “arguably today’s finest lyric tenor”.
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