The George London Foundation awards top prizes to five exceptional aspiring opera singers

United StatesUnited States George London Foundation Awards Competition Finals: Soloists, Susanna Phillips (host), Michael Fennelly (piano). The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 25.2.2022. (RP)

Susanna Phillips (host), third from right, with 2022 George London Award winners (l to r) Erik Grendahl (baritone), Timothy Murray (baritone), Blake Denson (baritone), Megan Moore (mezzo-soprano) and Eric Ferring (tenor) © Jennifer Taylor

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Beethoven’s ‘Creatures’ from Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony is strange but tuneful

United StatesUnited States Beethoven: Keith David (narrator), Hillary Leben (animator), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 24.2.2022. (HS)

Animation of Terpsichore and the Graces dance by Hillary Leben (c) Stefan Cohen

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Strategy is all: taking risks in Joyce DiDonato’s RAM masterclass

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Masterclass with Joyce DiDonato: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) with students Sophie Sparrow (soprano), Jack Lee (baritone), Bernadette Johns (mezzo-soprano), Liam Bonthrone (tenor), Harry Rylance and Chad Vindin (piano). Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London. 15.2.2022. (CSa)

Liam Bonthrone and Joyce DiDonato

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