07. März 2024
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©Fadil Berisha
Talking to Ermonela Jaho about her passion of being an opera singer is a real experience, a one-of-a-kind encounter one never forgets. Her ability to enthuse and fascinate her listener for why opera makes her soul take flight, is both breathtaking and enlivening. Moreover is Ermonela Jaho the pure embodiment of Puccini´s "Suor Angelica", which she always fills with unconditioned emotional depth and true authenticity.
04. März 2024
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©Daniel Welch
With “much elegance and youthful tone” (Financial Times), mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey is increasingly lauded for her powerful stage presence, paired with a voice admired for its “dusky focus and hypnotic allure.” But more than that the young opera singer shines in a pant role and makes her an outstanding Octavian in "Der Rosenkavalier".
12. Januar 2024
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©Elena Zaucke
Das Metier des Chansons liegt dem gebürtigen Georgier so sehr am Herzen, dass er seine Chanson-Programme - bis aufs Detail durchdacht - liebevoll ausgestaltet. Und das kann schon mal 9 Monate intensive Konzeption inklusive Ausarbeitung beanspruchen. Untrennbar sind das Chanson und der Künstler Vladimir Kornéev miteinander verbunden. Es ist eine Verbindung von nachtblauer Schönheit, die aus der Stille heraus eine fesselnde, kaum begreifbare Magie versprüht.
11. Januar 2024
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©Laura Westermann
Nicht nur als Schauspieler berührt Vladimir Kornéev zutiefst, er brennt sich einem auch als ausgezeichneter Chansonnier musikalisch in die Seele ein. Unvergesslich ist der Abend in Berlins "Bar jeder Vernunft", in der Vladimir Kornéev mit leidenschaftlicher Verve, großen Gefühlen und packender Erzählkunst einen Edith-Piaf-Abend gestaltet, der nicht facettenreicher, greifbarer und lebendiger sein könnte.
08. Januar 2024
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©Steve Harris
Apart from being versatile Lisette also knows how to conquer demanding roles such as Lucia di Lammermoor by pacing herself and knowing how to be efficient with her voice and energy. Most professional the Cuban-American soprano even managed to get through a very bad allergy attack during one performance of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Vienna State Opera a couple of years ago.
09. Januar 2024
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©Nicole Nixon
As a former basketball player, on her way to build up a professional career in sports, destiny decided to have Jeanette´s musical talent rather brought to light out on a stage instead of a court. But with her sportive background and a stamina to die for, Jeanette managed not only to develop a solid vocal technique, but also unique characteristics, which make her voice stand out of the singing crowd.
07. Januar 2024
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©Steve Harris
Lisette Oropesa is one of the most in-demand lyric coloratura sopranos today, who performs leading roles regularly at the most important opera houses around the world. With her latest album which she dedicated to French Belcanto Arias by Rossini and Donizetti, Lisette also proves to be utmost versatile within the French belcanto style repertoire.
08. Januar 2024
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©Nicole Nixon
Jeanette Veccione-Donatti is an US-American soprano and Co-founder of Winfield Street Coffee. With 11 branches between Florida Connectitut and New York Jeanette proves to be every woman, strong determined and successful, a mother of two boys, wife and artist alike with ambitions to conquer the opera world after some years of absence from the show business.
03. December 2023
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©Leon Catania
Jesus Leon is not only one of the leading belcanto tenors, but moreover founder and creative director of the Wiener Festspiele. In an interview with Divas & Scholars Founder Lucy Woodruff, Jesus Leon talks about his forthcoming CD project which includes wonderful Napolitan and Latin American songs, due to be released in 2024.
24. November 2023
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©Klaudia Taday - Adela Zaharia / La Traviata
"Building a good singing technique is a lifetime´s work, a commitment of constant improving and overcoming your limits - which I think defines any great opera singer.", soprano Adela Zaharia states in the third part of the exclusive interview with Operaversum Magazine.
23. November 2023
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©Oana Vedinas - Adela Zaharia
Talking about Adela Zaharia´s operatic career, roles and what it takes to be an opera singer, it soon becomes crystal clear clear that the charismatic soprano not only loves her tragic characters, but very much aspires to constantly work on improving her vocal technique, and overcome her limits. That, Adela claims, is what defines any great opera singer!