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- 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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