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Filipina is lone outsider in Metropolitan Opera winners

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Filipina is lone outsider in Metropolitan Opera winners
Yesterday’s winners at the Met Opera’s Laffont Competition are:
Sadie Cheslak, 30, mezzo-soprano (Duluth, Minnesota)
Michelle Mariposa, 30, mezzo-soprano (Quezon City, Philippines)
Luke Sutliff, 28, baritone (Denver, Colorado)
Alissa Goretsky, 25, soprano (Los Angeles)
Emma Marhefka, 25, soprano (Allentown, Pennsylvania)

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Where There’s A Will: OperaUpClose to create new version of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi inspired by The White Lotus & Knives Out

Where There’s A Will: OperaUpClose to create new version of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi inspired by The White Lotus & Knives Out

20 for 20: Northampton's Malcolm Arnold Festival celebrates the 20th festival with all of Arnold's concertos

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In the moment: John Butt & the OAE explore the glorious richness of Handel’s most lavish oratorio, Solomon as the opener to their anniversary season

Letter from Florida: Stéphane Denève conducts Beethoven’s Eroica

Speaking the language of the past: Patrick Ayrton goes beyond Sir Philip Sidney with Astrophil & Stella inspired by the world of English 17th-century composers

Speaking the language of the past: Patrick Ayrton goes beyond Sir Philip Sidney with Astrophil & Stella inspired by the world of English 17th-century composers

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