Qerkezi spoke with OperaWire via video-link from Italy, where she was performing “Manon Lescaut.” Marigona Qerkezi:
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American and Canadian soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is widely regarded as one of the foremost sopranos of our time. She is ...

While the film production was underway, the opera itself was having its own theatrical run with soprano Ambur Braid playing ...

This year’s International Händel Festival in Göttingen kicks off on May 16th and will run until May 25th. The festival will ...

In preparation for the “BrAVA Philadelphia! 90th Anniversary Celebration and Gala," Scott Guzielek, President and Artistic ...

OperaWire was fortunate to be present at The International Händel Festspiele in Karlsruhe earlier this month in which we ...

The Met Opera has announced the winners of the 2025 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. This year the five winners were sopranos Alissa Goretsky and Emma Marhefka, ...

Festival Pulsations releases its 2025 programming. Opening the festival is “Les Indes Galantes – De la voix des âmes,” an fusion of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s baroque opera and of hip-hop and krump.

San Diego Opera has announced that Adam Cioffari will be its new Artistic Administrator. In his new role, Cioffari will team up with the artistic and production teams to work on new programming for ...

Oregon’s Eugene Symphony has announced that Alex Prior will be the New Music Director beginning during the 2025-26 season. Prior will bring over 19 years of international and critically acclaimed ...

Sarasota Opera will celebrate its apprentice and studio artists in the “Salute the Stars” event on March 25. This year’s class of apprentice and studio artists will be presented with awards by ...

The HYOID Voices ensemble made up of Esther Rispens, Naomi Beeldens, Ellen Wils, Fabienne Seveillac, Andreas Halling, Eymeric Mosca, Arnout Leems, and Pascal Zurek present “A-Ronne.” Filip Rathé is ...