"El tenor mexicano Francisco Araiza y las sopranos Joo-Hee Jung (Corea) y Marija Vidovic (Croacia) participarán el próximo 1 de junio en la Gala Strauss, un programa conmemorativo por los 150 años del natalicio del alemán Richard Strauss (1864-1949) y los 80 años del Palacio de Bellas Artes. La función única, a celebrarse en la Sala Principal del recinto de mármol, es una producción de la Ópera de Bellas Artes y contará con la Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes (OCBA), bajo la batuta del serbio Srba Dinic. Las autoridades del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA) recordaron que en todo el mundo se ha desplegado un amplio abanico de celebraciones en honor al compositor alemán, cuyo aniversario es el próximo 11 de junio. Strauss, añadió, se hizo famoso por una serie de poemas sinfónicos de tono experimental que ahora son pilares del reperto rio orquestal." [Source] For more information about the Palacio de Bellas Artes, click here. Listen to samples of both soprano guest artists, after the jump.
"Australian soprano Nicole Car has won joint first prize in Germany’s Neue Stimmen vocal competition. She takes home 15,000 euros. The American soprano, Nadine Sierra was the co-winner amongst the women with Russian soprano Kristina Mkhitaryan placed third. Nicole, who can be seen next year with Opera Australia as Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Mimi in La Bohème and Desdemona in Otello, was in excellent voice....Nicole, who received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Melbourne in 2007 was awarded the title Symphony Australia Young Vocalist the same year. Her debut as Donna Anna at Victorian Opera followed in 2009. Since 2011 Nicole has appeared as Donna Anna, Mimi and Micaëla with Opera Australia in Sydney....The televised competition held in Gütersloh is billed as the world’s biggest and has previously thrown up names such as Nathalie Stutzmann, Kristīne Opolais, Vesselina Kasarova and René Pape. This year’s jury included such vocal luminaries as Anja Silja, Siegfried Jerusalem and Francisco Araiza." [Source] Watch an interview video about the soprano after the jump, as well as a stupendous rendition of "Caro nome" by Nadine Sierra.
