Featured Artist
Riccardo Frizza
Riccardo Frizza studied at Conservatory of Music in Milan and at Chigiana Academy in Siena. In 1998 he won the International Competition of South Bohemia State-Philharmonic Conductors (Czech Republic). From 1994 to 2000, he was the resident conductor of the Symphonic Orchestra of Brescia, performing Beethoven’s Symphonies and other symphonic repertory. A regular guest of the most important Italian opera houses and festivals, he has appeared at Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Due Mondi Festival in Spoleto, Festival of Martina Franca, Festival Verdi in Parma, Opera di Roma, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro Carlo Felice in
Featured Artist
Pier Giorgio Morandi
Pier Giorgio Morandi played for ten years as principal oboist in Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He studied composition at Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan, and orchestra conducting at Salzburg Mozarteum with M° Ferdinand Leitner. During the years spent at La Scala, Morandi was assistant conductor of M° Riccardo Muti and later of M° Giuseppe Patanè, from whom he gained a lot of experience in refining the stylistic Italian repertoire and in learning all the secrets of the Italian operatic tradition. In 1987 he studied in Tanglewood, USA, with M° Leonard Bernstein and M° Seiji Ozawa. In the
September 22, 2017
GM Art&Music Signs Tenor Bryan Hymel for General Management
GM Art&Music is thrilled to announce the signing of tenor Bryan Hymel for General Management. Praised by The New York Times for his "unflagging stamina and impetuous abandon" during his 2012 Metropolitan Opera debut as Énée in Les Troyens, Bryan Hymel went on to be awarded the Metropolitan Opera's Beverly Sills Artist Award for his achievements in the production. Hailed
September 13, 2017
GM Art&Music is now on Facebook
GM Art&Music has recently launched its brand new Facebook Page. It will feature updated news and information on our artists and activities. Follow us at: www.facebook.com/GMArtandMusicOfficial/
September 11, 2017
M° Henrik Nánási makes an outstanding debut at San Francisco Opera with "Elektra"
"An unforgettable company debut." (SFGATE). M° Henrik Nánási's first time on the podium of San Francisco Opera was hailed as a real triumph by both the press and the audience. The young Hungarian conductor led the Orchestra in the première of Richard Strauss's famed Elektra, which ended up with standing ovations and bravos. Elektra, in a new staging by Keith
August 22, 2017
Airam Hernández debut the role of Edgardo in Lucia de Lammermoor
Next September, tenor Airam Hernández will debut the role of Edgardo in Gaetano Donizetti's all time masterpiece Lucia de Lammermoor, in a new production of Opéra de Lausanne directed by the renowned stage director Stefano Poda. The first opera of Opéra de Lausanne's 2017/2018 season will be conducted by Maestro Jesús López Cobos in front of the Orcheste de Chambre de
August 1, 2017
Valeria Sepe joins GM Art&Music for Worldwide Representation
GM Art&Music is delighted to announce that the Italian soprano Valeria Sepe has joined its roster for worldwide general management. Valeria Sepe appeared already in some among the most important Italian theaters and abroad, including Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Opera di Firenze, Arena di Verona, working with such conductors as Fabio Luisi, Nicola Luisotti, Renato
July 3, 2017
Andrzej Filończyk on stage as Figaro
Andrzej Filończyk on stage as Figaro, at the Opernhaus Zürich. Première on 7th July, conductor Enrique Mazzola. http://www.opernhaus.ch/vorstellung/detail/il-barbiere-di-siviglia-07-07-2017-18782/ http://www.opernhaus.ch/kiosk/notizen/#news691
April 20, 2017
Nicola Luisotti Appointed As Director Asociado at Teatro Real de Madrid
M° Nicola Luisotti has been appointed as Director Asociado at Teatro Real de Madrid. The announcement was made on the occasion of the presentation of the 17/18 season and in connection with the celebration for the bicentennial of the Madrid opera house. M° Luisotti will conduct at least one title per year during the next four seasons of Teatro Real.
April 19, 2017
Richard Tucker Music Foundation Names Soprano Nadine Sierra as Winner of 2017 Richard Tucker Award
Soprano Nadine Sierra – who at 28 years old is already establishing herself as a fixture at many of the world’s leading opera houses, including those of Paris, Milan, Berlin, and New York – was named today by the Richard Tucker Music Foundation as the winner of the 2017 Richard Tucker Award. The announcement comes on the heels of Sierra’s
April 10, 2017
Feliks Nowowiejski's "Quo vadis" - feat. Aleksandra Kurzak, Artur Ruciński and Rafał Siwek - Nominated for a FRYDERYK Music Award 2017.
The CD recording of Feliks Nowowiejski's work, featuring Aleksandra Kurzak, Artur Ruciński and Rafał Siwek has been nominated for a Fryderyk Award as Best Album in the category "Classical Music/Choral Music, Oratorio and Opera". "The Fryderyk awards are presented by the Phonographic Academy which associates nearly a thousand Polish musicians, authors, composers, record producers, music journalists and the recording industry." ->
April 5, 2017
Aleksandra Kurzak & Roberto Alagna on the front page of April issue of "OPER! Das Magazin"
Aleksandra Kurzak & Roberto Alagna are on the front page of the latest issue dated April of 'Oper Magazin'. Check out the JOINT INTERVIEW they granted to the editorial team of the German magazine, who has met the two artists a few weeks ago ► http://www.oper-magazin.de/home/ (also available in e-Paper) "Actually, Aleksandra Kurzak could barely speak to respond to the