Young artists

For Rossini Opera Festival’s Accademia in Pesaro, Il viaggio a Reims has become an annual summer showcase for the next generation of bel canto singers. In this extract, the young singers perform ‘Fra dolci e cari palpiti’.

Armenian soprano Juliana Grigoryan won the Grand Prix at the 11th International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition, at Polish National Opera in Warsaw. In this extract, she sings ‘Un bel dì, vedremo’ from Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly.

South African soprano Nombulelo Yende won First Prize Female Voices at the 11th International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition, at Polish National Opera in Warsaw. In this extract, she sings ‘Ha! Dzieciątko nam umiera... O mój maleńki’ from Moniuszko's opera Halka.

Ukrainian bass Volodymyr Tyshkov won Second Prize Male Voices at the 11th International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition, at Polish National Opera in Warsaw. In this extract, he sings ‘Ten zegar stary’ from Moniuszko's opera The Haunted Manor (Straszny dwór).

‘Ô mon cher amant’ from Offenbach's La Périchole. Mezzo-soprano Laura Orueta and pianist Ignacio Aparisi during an evening of operetta and zarzuela. 

‘Sí, yo soy Cecilia Valdés’ from the zarzuela Cecilia Valdés composed by Gonzalo Roig. Soprano Pilar Garrido and pianist José Alberto Sancho during an evening of operetta and zarzuela. 

The celebrated American tenor Lawrence Brownlee is known for his superlative high notes, but he considers them as just the icing on the cake. Here is a taste of his tips to young singers.