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Daria Brusova, a native of Salsk in the Rostov region of Russia, obtained her degree from the Academic Musical College at the Moscow State Conservatory, specializing in vocal performance. Currently in her fifth year of study at the Moscow State Conservatory, Daria is also a member of the prestigious Bolshoi Theater Young Opera Program since […]

Sofia Anisimova is a Ukrainian mezzo-soprano, member the Opéra National de Paris academy since September 2023 and resident at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium. She made her debut during the 2024-2025 season of the Opéra National de Paris in the role of Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly directed by Robert Wilson. She […]

Winner of the 2022 SWR Junge Opernstars competition, mezzo-soprano Valerie Eickhoff is quickly establishing herself as an artist of intense musicality and brilliant vocalism. The 2023/24 season sees several important house and role debuts for her including as Ramiro in La finta giardiniera with Theater an der Wien and as Driade in Ariadne auf Naxos […]

German soprano Felicitas Wrede started her studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater ‘Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy with Brigitte Wohlfarth. Since 2022 she has studied with Amanda Roocroft at the Royal College of Music in London as an ABRSM scholar. She won the Second Prize as well as the Audience Prize at the Sollima International […]

English baritone Redmond Sanders studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he was part of the Opera School and studied with Susan Waters, supported by the Countess of Munster Trust and the Drake Calleja Trust. A finalist in the Guildhall Gold Medal Competition 2025 and semi-finalist in the Veronica Dunne […]

Luna Seongeun Park graduated as the top master’s student at the Mannes School of Music and is now continuing her studies at The Juilliard School. She has won numerous awards in international competitions, including Grand Prize at the Career Bridges Grant Awards, First place at the Korea & China International Vocal Competition, Second place at […]

In the 2023/24 season, Chelsea Laggan brings her “memorably timbred dark mezzo” (Opera News) to multiple debuts, most notably in her role debut as Carmen in Bizet’s Carmen with Sarasota Opera. In Spring 2022, she originated the role of Nelly/Heather in the world premiere concert version of Kevin Puts’ The Hours with the Philadelphia Orchestra. […]

Mark Kurmanbayev gained his experience in his home of Serbia. He has already worked with conductors Dmitry Korchak, Liubof Orfenova and Kirill Petrenko and studied with Grace Bumbry, Barbara Frittoli, Freddie de Tommaso and Sergei Leiferkus. In December 2021, Mark debuted in Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortileges at the World Opera Workshop. This year he […]

South Korea-born baritone Minki Hong is a Master’s Diploma student at The Juilliard School, where he studies with Kevin Short. He previously graduated from Seoul National University with a bachelor’s degree in 2022. While pursuing his studies in South Korea, Minki was honoured with a  Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation scholarship. He has also been […]

American tenor Adam Catangui is a student at The Juilliard School. Last season, he appeared at Alice Tully Hall, David Geffen Hall and in recital as part of Juilliard’s Liederabend Series, and made his debut as Fenton in Falstaff with Juilliard Opera. He is the recipient of the Cesare Santeramo Award from Opera Index, an […]