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The 2023 OPERA NEWS Awards
This year’s OPERA NEWS Awards will honor three incomparable singers with a black-tie gala on Sunday, April 16, at the Plaza Hotel in New York. Join us as we celebrate the artistic achievements of Erin Morley, Lise Davidsen and George Shirley.
April 2023
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The 2023 OPERA NEWS Awards: Erin Morley
The 2023 OPERA NEWS Awards: Erin Morley
The lyric coloratura virtuoso has the gift of making the most complex and challenging music sound like her own natural form of expression.
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The 2023 OPERA NEWS Awards: Lise Davidsen
The 2023 OPERA NEWS Awards: Lise Davidsen
The soprano phenom thrills in dramatic German rep, sung in big rooms, soaring over a full orchestra.
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The 2023 OPERA NEWS Awards: George Shirley
The 2023 OPERA NEWS Awards: George Shirley
The iconic American tenor believes that teaching voice is also teaching souls.
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Silent Partners
Silent Partners
The Metropolitan Opera’s Staff Performers are some of the company's busiest artists.
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Intimate Expression
Intimate Expression
A double bill of operas by Irish composer Emma O’Halloran reaches LA Opera this month.

Star Status
Ryan Speedo Green sings Emile Griffith in the Met premiere of Champion this month.
March 2023
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Close Encounters of 3 Kinds
Close Encounters of 3 Kinds
Director Yuval Sharon brings Proximity, a singular triple bill, to Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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Interrupted Melody
Interrupted Melody
Star tenors have shone in the Italian Singer's Aria in Der Rosenkavalier.
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Sight Lines | Missy Mazzoli
Sight Lines | Missy Mazzoli
The composer speaks about how she learned to write for the voice, her efforts to foster greater inclusion among future composers and her chamber opera, Proving Up, which receives performances at Juilliard in February.

Graceful Strength
Soprano Janai Brugger stars as Susanna in this month’s new Nozze at LA Opera.
February 2023

Truth & Power
In the 1950s, baritone William Warfield created a career against impossible odds.

Special Blend
The Factotum, a new work inspired by Il Barbiere di Siviglia, bows this month at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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An Informed Narrative
An Informed Narrative
Seattle Opera presents the world premiere of A Thousand Splendid Suns.