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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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Fantasia Orchestra launch residency at Smith Square Hall with Birdsong-themed concert

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Heavenly Harmony: for 2026, the London Handel Festival ranges from oratorio & opera seria to the more intimate, including the composer’s living room

Favourite songs & last words: Schubert weekend in Oxford with Nikola Hillebrand, Julius Drake, Thomas Oliemans & Paolo Giacometti

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Deneve and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - on Delos

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