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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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Music in unexpected places: Wimbledon International Music Festival returns for the second festival under artistic director Anthony Friend

Music in unexpected places: Wimbledon International Music Festival returns for the second festival under artistic director Anthony Friend

A sustained & compelling sense of atmosphere: Alex Mills & Anna Blom's Reverence at Brompton Cemetery Chapel

A sustained & compelling sense of atmosphere: Alex Mills & Anna Blom’s Reverence at Brompton Cemetery Chapel

When Does Georgian Music Stop Being “Georgian Music”?

When Does Georgian Music Stop Being “Georgian Music”?

To convey the true impact required depths only artistic responses could provide: David Önaç on how his Atlantic Requiem aims to memorialise the lost lives of enslaved Africans

To convey the true impact required depths only artistic responses could provide: David Önaç on how his Atlantic Requiem aims to memorialise the lost lives of enslaved Africans

Bach & Blood: a choral version of Bach's Chaconne, Pärt's Magnificat Antiphons for strings, & David Fenessy meditating on Hildegard & blood

Bach & Blood: a choral version of Bach’s Chaconne, Pärt’s Magnificat Antiphons for strings, & David Fenessy meditating on Hildegard & blood

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