IN CONVERSATION WITH JEANETTE VECCIONE-DONATTI PART 2:"YOU NEED TO HAVE A SOLID VOCAL TECHNIQUE TO GET VULNERABLE WITH YOUR EMOTIONS!"
09. Januar 2024
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©Nicole Nixon
As a former basketball player, on her way to build up a professional career in sports, destiny decided to have Jeanette´s musical talent rather brought to light out on a stage instead of a court. But with her sportive background and a stamina to die for, Jeanette managed not only to develop a solid vocal technique, but also unique characteristics, which make her voice stand out of the singing crowd.
IN CONVERSATION WITH LISETTE OROPESA PART 1: "NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY, THEY WILL NEVER REPLACE US WITH AI!"
07. Januar 2024
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©Steve Harris
Lisette Oropesa is one of the most in-demand lyric coloratura sopranos today, who performs leading roles regularly at the most important opera houses around the world. With her latest album which she dedicated to French Belcanto Arias by Rossini and Donizetti, Lisette also proves to be utmost versatile within the French belcanto style repertoire.
IN CONVERSATION WITH JEANETTE VECCIONE-DONATTI PART 1:"I WAS A BASKETBALL PLAYER BEFORE MY PASSION FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC TOOK HOLD OF ME!"
08. Januar 2024
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©Nicole Nixon
Jeanette Veccione-Donatti is an US-American soprano and Co-founder of Winfield Street Coffee. With 11 branches between Florida Connectitut and New York Jeanette proves to be every woman, strong determined and successful, a mother of two boys, wife and artist alike with ambitions to conquer the opera world after some years of absence from the show business.
In conversation with Jesus Leon about the Wiener Festspiele and his forthcoming album of Latin American songs
03. December 2023
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©Leon Catania
Jesus Leon is not only one of the leading belcanto tenors, but moreover founder and creative director of the Wiener Festspiele. In an interview with Divas & Scholars Founder Lucy Woodruff, Jesus Leon talks about his forthcoming CD project which includes wonderful Napolitan and Latin American songs, due to be released in 2024.
IN CONVERSATION WITH ADELA ZAHARIA PART 3: "KEEPING A GOOD BALANCE IN A SINGER´S LIFE IS VERY IMPORTANT."
24. November 2023
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©Klaudia Taday - Adela Zaharia / La Traviata
"Building a good singing technique is a lifetime´s work, a commitment of constant improving and overcoming your limits - which I think defines any great opera singer.", soprano Adela Zaharia states in the third part of the exclusive interview with Operaversum Magazine.
IN CONVERSATION WITH ADELA ZAHARIA PART 2: "EACH PERFORMANCE IS DIFFERENT AND DEPENDS ON HOW YOU FEEL MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY."
23. November 2023
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©Oana Vedinas - Adela Zaharia
Talking about Adela Zaharia´s operatic career, roles and what it takes to be an opera singer, it soon becomes crystal clear clear that the charismatic soprano not only loves her tragic characters, but very much aspires to constantly work on improving her vocal technique, and overcome her limits. That, Adela claims, is what defines any great opera singer!
IN CONVERSATION WITH ADELA ZAHARIA PART 1: "GETTING CLOSE TO A CHARACTER´S MINDSET AND PSYCHOLOGY IS ESSENTIAL TO PERFORM CONVINCINGLY ON STAGE."
22. November 2023
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©Oana Vedinas - Adela Zaharia
Adela Zaharia has become one of the most sought-after representatives of the soprano field, which spans from triumphant successes as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor to other breathtaking interpretations of great character roles such as Donna Anna in Mozart´s opera Don Giovanni.
IM GESPRÄCH MIT VERONIKA KIRCHMAIR Teil 2: "DAS ST. PETER STIFTSKULINARIUM IST MEINE AUFGABE, MEINE LEIDENSCHAFT UND MEIN LEBENSTRAUM!"
15. November 2023
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©Bianca Hochenauer / St. Peter Stiftskulinarium - Veronika Kirchmair
Was Veronika Kirchmair, die Gastgeberin des St. Peter Stiftskulinariums, kreativ umsetzt, hat Seele, strahlt Leidenschaft und ebenso viel Liebe zum Detail aus. Kein Wunder, dass es Genussmenschen von überall auf der ganzen Welt wie magisch in das St. Peter Stiftskulinarium nach Salzburg zieht.
IM GESPRÄCH MIT VERONIKA KIRCHMAIR TEIL 1: "DAS ST. PETER STIFTSKULINARIUM IST MEINE AUFGABE, MEINE LEIDENSCHAFT UND MEIN LEBENSTRAUM!"
14. November 2023
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©Bianca Hochenauer / St. Peter Stiftskulinarium - Veronika Kirchmair
Diese Frau strahlt: Wenn man Veronika Kirchmair begegnet, dann spürt man sofort die Energie, die von ihr ausgehend in das Refugium überschwappt, in dem sie sich gestalterisch verwirklicht: Das St. Peter Stiftskulinarium in Salzburg! Die älteste Gastronomie Europas, aber zugleich auch die aufregendste...
IM GESPRÄCH MIT NIKOLA HILLEBRAND: "WAS MIR IMMER WICHTIG SEIN WIRD, IST MEINE STIMMLICHE FREIHEIT."
29. Oktober 2023
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©Miina Jung
Nach ihrem sensationellen Auftritt bei den Salzburger Festspielen im Sommer 2023 treffe ich die junge Sopranistin Nikola Hillebrand zu einem persönlichen Gespräch, in dem sie mir über das Festspielerlebnis, ihre Leidenschaft für den Liedgesang sowie derzeitige Rollen und zukünftige Projekte erzählt.
IN CONVERSATION WITH JONATHAN TETELMAN: "OPERA IS A GATEWAY TO THE HUMAN SOUL."
20. September 2023
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©Ben Wolf / Jonathan Tetelman
Lauded for his "vocally magnificent, radiant and distinctive tenor” voice (Opera Aktuell), Jonathan Tetelman has rapidly risen to become a major star of his generation. In an exclusive interview with Operaversum Magazine the charismatic tenor talks about his most thrilling stage experience as much as about his second album "The Great Puccini" which is due to be released by end of September.
Im Gespräch mit NICOLE CAR & ETIENNE DUPUIS: Das Traumpaar der Opernwelt über Rollen, magische Momente und Zukunftsmusik
11. August 2023
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©Yan Bleney
Beim Klassik Open Air in Hannover hatte ich die einmalige Gelegenheit, das international gefeierte Traumpaar der Opernszene, Sopranistin Nicole Car und Bariton Etienne Dupuis, in ein ausführliches Gespräch über ihr Leben auf den großen Bühnen der Welt und abseits des Rampenlichts zu verwickeln. Was dabei herausgekommen ist? Ein fantastisches Video-Interview, viel Spaß, ganz tolle Insights und ein Traumpaar, das wirklich zum Verlieben ist.