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- Anna Thompson Named Laffont Competition Finalist – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Watch Resident Artists Anna Thompson and Julianna Smith in The Met Opera’s Laffont Competition National Finals, March 15 at 11 AM ET – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Kaija Saariaho’s Masterpiece ‘Innocence’ Heads to Met Opera – The New York TimesJoyce DiDonato (’95) – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Ailyn Pérez (’06) Video Clip from La Bohême at the Royal Ballet and Opera – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Herriot Redefines Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” | Culture | independentnews.com – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Julianna Smith and Anna Thompson Named Finalists for Laffont Competition – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Anna Thompson Places 3rd at Dallas Opera Competition – Academy of Vocal Arts
- AVA Resident Artist Anna Thompson Wins at London Foundation Competition, Maiya Williams and Mattew Sink Win Encouragement Award. – Academy of Vocal Arts
- AVA Resident Artists Dominate Laffont Mid-Atlantic Region
- AVA To Perform Operatic “Romeo and Juliet” by Bellini – Chestnut Hill Local
- Matthew Sink Wins 2nd Place at 46th Annual Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition
- Utah opera star returns home to share stage with family in Beethoven’s Fidelio – Wendy Bryn Harmer – Academy of Vocal Arts
- First-Year Anna Thompson Named 2025 Sullivan Award Winner
- Soprano Ailyn Pérez Has Brought Her Cio-Cio-San to Spain and Italy; Now She’s Taking It to New York | Playbill
- A rare chance to hear Verdi’s French version of Il trovatore at Wexford – Seen and Heard International | Lydia Grindatto – Academy of Vocal Arts
- theartsdesk at Wexford Festival Opera 2025 – two strong productions, mostly fine casting, and a star is born | The Arts Desk | Lydia Grindatto – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Wexford Festival: Le Trouvère — Edinburgh Music Review | Lydia Grindatto – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Boston Lyric Opera: Macbeth – The Boston Musical Intelligencer | Norman Garrett – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: Carmen – OperaWire OperaWire | Michael Fabiano, Scott Connor, and Michael Adams – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Ain’t no mountain high enough | Metropolitan Opera Review – La sonnambula | Parterre Box | Sydney Mancasola – Academy of Vocal Arts
- LA BOHEME to Return to The Metropolitan Opera in October | Stephen Costello – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Theatro Municipal de São Paulo 2025 Review: Porgy and Bess – OperaWire OperaWire Latonia Moore and Ailyn Perez – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Metropolitan Opera 2025-26 Review: Turandot – OperaWire OperaWire Angela Meade and Michael Fabiano – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Spanish Civil War Trouvère opens Wexford Festival Opera | Bachtrack | Lydia Grindatto – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Recent Highlights for AVA Alumni Making International Headlines
- Lydia Grindatto enchants in Wexford Festival production of Le Trouvère – Academy of Vocal Arts
- WIT, WHIMSY, AND WES ANDERSON: AVA PRESENTS MOZART’S LE NOZZE DI FIGARO – Academy of Vocal Arts
- AVA Resident Artists Win 2 Districts at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition – Academy of Vocal Arts
- Maestro Christofer Macatsoris Named Music Director Emeritus
- Cumhur Görgün Displays Luscious Bass Sound In Verdi’s “Macbeth.”
- Academy of Vocal Arts Announces 2025-26 Opera Season
- Zachary Society hosts Vocal Competition Grand Finals at The Ebell – Lydia Grindatto
- Reconcilable Differences – Latonia Moore – Parterre Box
- Promising Young Women – Corinne Winters – Parterre Box
- Zachary Nelson Leads Pittsburgh Opera’s 2025-26 Season – OperaWire OperaWire – Zachary Nelson
- Parterre Box: All creatures great and small – Corinne Winters
- The Dallas Morning News: Review: A stirring ‘La bohème’ from the Dallas Opera – Julien Robbins
- OperaWire: Marina Viotti, Joyce El-Khoury, Nicole Car, Etienne Dupuis & Patricia Racette Lead Dallas Opera’s 2025-26 Season – Joyce El-Khoury
- More people should listen to Benita Valente – Parterre Box – Benita Valente
- Royal Ballet and Opera 2025 Review: Il Trovatore – OperaWire – Michael Fabiano
- Best Bets: Ailyn Pérez returns to the Lyric for ‘La Bohème’ – Ailyn Pérez
- Bayerische Staatsoper – Kát’a Kabanová Broadcast & Live Chat – Parterre Box – Corinne Winters
- Houston Grand Opera: On Stage Il trittico – Corinne Winters
- OperaWire: Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya Yoncheva, Pretty Yende, Marina Rebeka Headline Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’s 2025-26 Season – Alisdair Kent, Joyce DiDonato
- Gorgeous singing in the indestructible opera ‘La Bohème’ at Lyric | Arts & Entertainment | hpherald.com – Levi Hernandez
- Michael Fabiano, Lea Desandre, Jessica Pratt, Rachel Willis-Sørensen & Matthias Goerne Lead Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse’s 2025-26 Season – OperaWire – Michael Fabiano
- Asmik Grigorian, Anna Netrebko, Brian Jagde, Saioa Hernández, Ermonela Jaho, Lisette Oropesa, Jakub Józef Orliński & Nadine Sierra Lead Teatro Real de Madrid’s 2025-26 Season – OperaWire – Michael Fabiano
- Joyce El-Khoury, Magdalena Kožená, Jakub Józef Orliński, Sabine Devieilhe, Thomas Blondelle, Max Emanuel Cencic, Marina Monzó, & Alasdair Kent Lead Theater an der Wien’s 2025-26 Season – OperaWire – Joyce El-Khoury
- OperaWire: Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Elīna Garanča, Golda Schultz, Sonya Yoncheva, Cecilia Bartoli & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Opernhaus Zürich’s 2025-26 Season – Brent Michael Smith and Stephen Costello
- Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Change for ‘Andrea Chenier’ – Michael Fabiano
- Atlanta Opera presents “Siegfried,’ the third opera of Wagner’s Ring Cycle – Zachary Nelson
- A favorite Donizetti performance from Angela Meade – Parterre Box – Angela Meade
- WPSG-TV (IND) – Latonia Moore interview and AVA feature by Siafa Lewis – Latonia Moore
- Gloucestercitynews.net – March 20, 2025 – BrAVA Philadelphia! 90th Anniversary Celebration!
- WPVI-TV (ABC) – BrAVA Philadelphia! 90thAnniversary Gala Coverage by Maggie Kent
- Watch AVA’s Resident Artists Sing The Eagles Fight Song On Philadelphia’s NBC10
- Sing along to the Eagles fight song with Philly’s Academy of Vocal Arts – Philadelphia Inquirer
- AVA 2024-25 Season Write Up by Lynn Miller
- Latonia Moore and Richard Troxell Interviewed by 93.3 WMMR – Eagles Fight Song
- Luke Norvell Wins First Prize at SAS Performing Arts Company and Studios’ 2024 Vocal Competition – Luke Norvell and Cumhur Görgün
- Verdi and Ghislanzoni’s stunning ‘Aida’ – Michelle Johnson and Alice Chung
- Ailyn Pérez dominates the Met’s Bohème
- Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review – Ailyn Pérez
- AVA’s 90th Anniversary in Chestnut Hill Local
- Abrey Ballarò – American Soprano Debuts In Spain
- Faust – A weekend of tough choices for classical music fans
- Lydia Grindatto – How an S.F. opera program reimagined Mozart to empower women
- Tenor Luke Norvell reflects on the complex journey of Faust and bringing this iconic role to life!
- Raúl Velazco brings Mephistophélès to life, drawing parallels to the snake in the Garden of Eden.
- Lydia Grindatto delves into the role of Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust.
- Resident Artist Angel Raii Gomez explores the duality of Faust.
- Ailyn Perez and Nancy Fabiola Herrera – GRAMMY Awards Announce 2025 Classical Music Nominees
- Angela Meade – Requiem for a heavyweight: Riccardo Muti in Philadelphia
- Ailyn Perez – Basque in the glory
- Joyce el Khoury – ROHM unveils 2024/25 season with spectacular performance of Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera
- Michael Fabiano Sings King Gustav III in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera”
- Latonia Moore – Veni, vidi, vici: Mahler’s 8th Symphony is an enormous and enigmatic work.
- Corinne Winters – Gramophone Announces 2024 Award Winners
- AVA Welcomes New Class of Resident Artists
- AVA Announces 90th Anniversary Season
- Resident Artist Cumhur Görgün Wins Stenhammar Prize – Academy of Vocal Arts (avaopera.org)
- Review of AVA’s Il barbiere di Siviglia – Chestnut Hill Local
- AVAround the World: Spring | Summer ’24 by Academy of Vocal Arts – Issuu
- Alumnus Shawn Roth ’24 Wins Wagner Society’s Top Grant – Academy of Vocal Arts (avaopera.org)
- Alumna Alice Chung ’22 Wins Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition – Academy of Vocal Arts (avaopera.org)
- Metropolitan Opera | Five Singers Named Winners of the 2024 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition (metopera.org)
- “An Inventive Rape of Lucretia,” Bachtrack
- “Sack of Rome,” Reclining Standards
- “UNM Alumna Earns Award At Met Opera Competition,” UNM Newsroom
- “As Heartbeat Opera Reaches a Milestone, So Does Its Musical Leader,” New York Times
- “The Metropolitan Opera wins 2024 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for Terence Blanchard’s Champion,” MetOpera.org
- “Queer longing: Heartbeat Opera’s bold Onegin,” Bachtrack
- “A Musical Winter Journey with the Academy of Vocal Arts,” Philadelphia Inquirer
- “Joyce El-Khoury, Lea Desandre, Anne-Catherine Gillet & Jarrett Ott Lead Opéra Comique’s 2024-25 Season,” OperaWire
- “Ailyn Perez, Russell Thomas, Joshua Guerrero & Isabel Lenoard Lead Houston Grand Opera’s 2024-25 Season,” OperaWire
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