Featured Artist
Carlo Montanaro
Founder of OperaWebinar and Music Director at Teatr Wielki in Warsaw from 2011 to 2014, Italian conductor Carlo Montanaro was discovered by Zubin Mehta, who recommanded him to the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, where he improved his skills under Leopold Hager, Erwin Acél and Yugi Yuasa for three years. Since 2001, Montanaro has conducted opera and concerts in major venues including Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Fondazione Arena in Verona, Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Fondazione Arturo Toscanini in Parma and Teatro Verdi in Trieste (a collaboration which led to a Japanese tour
Featured Artist
Larissa Diadkova
Celebrated Russian mezzo soprano Larissa Diadkova is a principal artist of the Mariinsky Theatre and is a favourite singer of Valery Gergiev. In addition to the Russian musical literature, she also concentrates on the works of Bach, Händel, Mahler, Verdi and Wagner. Her international career has taken her to the leading opera houses around the world. She has sung leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, the Salzburg Festival, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Teatro alla Scala, Milan and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Ms Diadkova has also appeared in many of the world’s foremost concert halls, such as the
March 25, 2021
GM Art&Music Signs Latonia Moore For General Management
GM Art&Music is thrilled to announce the signing of Latonia Moore. The American soprano joins Gianluca Macheda's roster for General Management. Praised as "richly talented" by the New York Times, Ms. Moore has received global acclaim for her interpretation of the title role in Aida, of which the New York Times said "her voice was radiant, plush and sizeable at
December 30, 2020
GM Art&Music Signs Ailyn Pérez For General Management
GM Art&Music is very much honored and deeply thrilled to welcome Mrs. Pérez in its roster. Mrs Pérez is one of the most important voices in the opera world, hailed by the New York Times as “a beautiful woman who commands the stage” and “a major soprano”. She has won the 2012 Richard Tucker Award, thereby becoming the first Hispanic
November 5, 2020
GM Art&Music Signs Pretty Yende For General Management
GM Art&Music is thrilled to announce the signing of Pretty Yende. The young South African soprano joins Gianluca Macheda's roster for General Management. Born in in the small town of Piet Retief in South Africa, Pretty Yende has quickly become one of the brightest stars of the classical music world, having appeared at nearly all of the major theaters of
September 21, 2020
Conductor Luis Miguel Méndez joins GM Art&Music for General Management
Proudly we announce to sign conductor Luis Méndez-Chaves for General Management. Luis Méndez-Chaves was born in Pontevedra in 1983, where he studied clarinet. He was part of the Young Orchestra of the Galician Symphony, Young National Orchestra of Spain, European Youth Orchestra, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. He worked together with the Arnold Schoenberg Quartet, Music Master Course in Kazusa (Japan),
July 24, 2020
Maestro Wilson nominated for an Opus Klassik 2020 Award as "Conductor of Year"
Maestro Wilson has just been nominated for an Opus Klassik 2020 Award as "Conductor of Year," in recognition of her work on the recording of Rossini's Sigismondo. The album was recorded live in Munich with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks and soloists Marianna Pizzolato, Hera Hyesang Park, Kenneth Tarver, Rachel Kelly, and Gavan Ring. The recording received three
June 17, 2020
GM Art&Music Signs Tenor Celso Albelo for General Management
With his truly genuine bel-canto voice, Celso Albelo is currently one of the most courted tenors on the international opera circuit. Born in Santa Cruz in Tenerife, he trained in the conservatoire in his home town and at the Escuela Superior de Canto Reina Sofía in Madrid before being accepted at the Busseto Academy. His international career has taken him
April 6, 2020
Jessica Pratt on the cover of OperaLife
Our beautiful and wonderful Jessica Pratt is interviewed by Alessandro Bugno, talking about opera, her childhood, her family, her hobbies for this month's release of OperaLife magazine. You can read the full interview here: https://operalife.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=987&Itemid=607
March 6, 2020
Maria Agresta on the cover of OperaLife magazine
Maria Agresta is interviewed by Alessandro Bugno, talking about opera, her hobbies, her socia media, family, for OperaLife magazine. A beautiful image of our charming and gentle Maria. You can read in full here: https://operalife.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=961&Itemid=594
February 17, 2020
Aleksandra Kurzak's new album "Desire" to be released on 8th May on Sony Classical
Sony Classical has announced the forthcoming release of Aleksandra Kurzak's new album Desire on 8th May 2020. For her first solo album by Sony, Aleksandra celebrates the great romantic heroines of the operatic repertoire she loves, from Tosca to Leonora, Adriana or Tatiana... ❝ These heroines speak directly to my soul and to my heart, since I was a child.
February 6, 2020
Four GM's artists nominated finalists for Opera Award prizes
Four GM's artists nominated finalists for Opera Award prizes, in three different categories. Maria Agresta as Best Female Singer, Riccardo Frizza as Best Conductor, Zuzana Marková and Xabier Anduaga as Best Young Singer. The shortlist was compiled by an impressive international jury drawn from a range of backgrounds including critics, opera directors, conductors and designers, chaired by John Allison, editor