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The russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov stars as "Prince Igor" by Borodin in a new production of Dmitri Tcherniakov.
Ildar Abdrazakov in Anna Bolena. New York, 2011. (Photo: Ken Howard)

Ildar Abdramazov

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Celso Albelo

Celso Albelo

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Martina Arroyo - Operatic Recital
From rising star to grande dame, Martina Arroyo never forgot who she was - The Washington Post Throughout her opera career, the same down-to-earth, riotously funny, and not at all diva-esque person.

Martina Arroyo

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Vladimir Atlantov

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Agnes Baltsa

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Singer Jamie Barton: ‘I’m not interested in roles created by the patriarchy any more’ | Classical music | The Guardian
Feature in Atlanta Magazine: "Barton may have earned this status precisely because she sounds so richly experienced, so old-school, with a coloratura that is pure Technicolor, in arias that evoke some sort of empyrean birdsong in a three-octave range. The New Yorker has lauded her "once-in-a-generation talent," and other reviews have joined the chorus." (Atlanta, GA)

Jamie Barton

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Soprano Kathleen Battle (born August 13, 1948) established herself as a sought-after recitalist after making her concert debut in Spoleto, Italy in 1972. Battle performed in recital, concert & opera throughout the 1980's & 1990's, appearing in 150+ performances at the Met, including the premiere of Handel's GIULIO CESARE. Battle has won 3 Grammys for her solo albums as well as a Laurence Olivier Award & an Emmy, & was named the "best lyric coloratura in the world" by TIME Magazine in 1985.

Kathleen Battle

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Photos — Stephanie Blythe
Bryn Terfel as Wotan and Stephanie Blythe as Fricka in Wagner’s “Die Walküre” at the Met.
The Rake's Progress, de Igor Stravinsky, en el Metropolitan Opera. Stephanie Blythe (Fotos Marty Sohl/Met Opera)

Stephanie Blythe

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Olga Borodina - Una voce poco fa - Il Barbiere di Siviglia - YouTube
Olga Borodina

Olga Borodina

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This is the performance we’ve been waiting for!Opera singer J’nai Bridges is on a mission to make the prestigious art form more accessible to Black youth. Bridges got her start in music as a young girl singing in her church choir. She continued to pursue music growing up, eventually singing her first opera as a junior in college. Because of the versatility of the genre and all it encompasses from orchestra to acting and costumes, Bridges believes opera to be the most beautiful art form. She’s
J’Nai Bridges - Monarch Magazine

J'Nai Bridges

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Lawrence Brownlee, American tenor - playing Prince Ramiro from Rossini's La Cenerentola

Lawrence Brownlee

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Joseph Calleja

Joseph Calleja

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José Carerras

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Internationally acclaimed American tenor Charles Castronovo was born to a Sicilian father and an Ecuadorian mother in Queens, New York. Castronovo has sung at most of the world’s leading opera houses such as the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, Berlin State Opera, Paris Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Munich. His repertoire spans the great operatic tenor repertoire including, Mozart, Verdi, Puccinii, Donezetti... www.charlescastronovo.com

Charles Castronovo

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Laura Claycomb

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Fiorenza Cossotto

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ILEANA COTRUBAS ("Traviata")
Ileana Cotrubaș - Romanian Lyric Soprano (1939)…

Ileana Cotrubas

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Natalie Dessay

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Montserrat Caballé Simon Estes

Simon Estes

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Angela Gheorghiu in Royal Opera House Covent Garden's "La Traviata" - she was exemplary!
Angela Gheorghiu " La traviata" G. verdi, Royal Opera House

Angela Gheorghiu

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Norman in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Metropolitan Opera in 1993
Soprano Denyce Graves as Carmen!
Denyce Graves as Carmen

Denyce Graves

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Reri Grist

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Soprano Barbara Hendricks made both her US & European debuts in 1974, 1st at Glyndebourne & then with San Francisco Opera. Hendricks sang Liu in TURANDOT at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China (1998) & created Angel in Eotvos' operatic treatment of Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA (2004). Hendricks was named a UN High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador in 1987 & founded the Barbara Hendricks Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation (1998).
Ave Maria(Schubert)　Barbara Hendricks

Barbara Hendricks

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Foto di attualità : Ermonela Jaho as Violetta Valery and Saimir Pirgu...

Ermonela Jaho

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Jaroussky

Philippe Jaroussky

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