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Nicole Cabell is an award-winning American soprano known for her rich voice and versatile artistry. Born in California with African American, Korean, and Caucasian heritage, she rose to international fame after winning the 2005 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. She has performed leading roles at top opera houses like the Royal Opera House and the Metropolitan Opera. Her acclaimed recordings include the solo album Soprano and performances in La Bohème and Imelda de' Lambertazzi. Cabell also serves as an Associate Professor of Voice at the Eastman School of Music, where she mentors young singers.
Live from the Grand Teton Music Festival is a series of one-hour podcasts hosted by Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles and GTMF General Manager Jeff Counts. Season Six celebrates the Festival's 2022 season at Walk Festival Hall in Jackson Hole. Nicole Cabell, MimiJose Simerilla Romero, RudolfoMeechot Marrero, MusettaRyan Speedo Green, CollineThomas Lehman, MarcelloCarlton Ford, SchaunardGrand Teton Music Festival OrchestraSir Donald Runnicles, conductorOttorino RespighiFountains of RomeGiacomo PucciniLa Bohème, Acts 1 & 2
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg talks with soprano Nicole Cabell and conductor Craig Trompeter about their experience creating the Haymarket Opera Company's world-premiere recording of "L'Amant Anonyme (The Anonymous Lover)", 1780 opera by Afro-French composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799).
Conductor André J. Thomas has spent more than three decades as a director of choral activities and professor of singing. To this day he refuses to slow down. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.
American soprano Alyson Cambridge is one of the most diverse and compelling vocal artists on the scene today. She is praised for her “powerful, clear voice” by The New York Times, hailed by critics for her “radiant, vocally assured, dramatically subtle and artistically imaginative” performances (Washington Post), and celebrated for her “sultry and seductive readings” (Opera News). Combined with a striking stage presence and affecting musical and dramatic interpretation, she has two decades of success on the world’s leading opera and concert stages, including The Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Los Angeles Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, London’s Royal Albert Hall, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Vienna Konzerthaus, and New York's Broadway Theatre, to name a few. Her operatic repertoire includes the beloved heroines of Puccini, Verdi, and Mozart (Madama Butterfly, Mimi in La Bohème and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni frequently among them), as well as her signature title roles of Carmen and Bess in Porgy and Bess. She has also made successful forays into the Broadway and jazz worlds, most notably with award-winning and critically-acclaimed performances as Julie in Show Boat, Vi in Gershwin’s rarely performed jazz-opera Blue Monday, and her 2018 Broadway debut in Rocktopia. She also has released three acclaimed classical and jazz albums, From the Diary of Sally Hemings and Until Now, respectively. Her most recent album, “Sisters In Song”, is a unique compilation of opera, art songs, and African-American spiritual duets with fellow soprano Nicole Cabell, and was an Opera News 'Critic's Choice' for 2019. alysoncambridge.comAs guitarist, producer, composer and/or music director, Tony Bruno has worked with Rihanna, Joan Jett, Kanye West, Enrique Iglesias, Mandy Moore, Donna Summer, INXS, Colin Hay among many other major artists. Bruno's TV credits include The Grammys, America's Got Talent, La Voz Kids, X-Factor, the AMAs, Jay Leno, Top Of The Pops, MTV Music Awards and TRL, and Wetten Das, and countless others. His song "Daylight in Your Eyes" that he co-wrote with Tommy Byrnes for German girl group, No Angels, was the second best-selling German single of all time. He currently lives in Brooklyn where he has his recording studio and writes for TV, Broadway and Film. tonybrunomusic.com
With an operatic career rising to stratospheric heights, star mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges takes a moment out of her run as Delilah in Washington National Opera's current production of Camille Saint-Saëns grand opera "Samson and Delilah." Marking her debut with the company, Bridges drops in on THE OPERA DIVA SERIES to chat about her career, future appearances, her love for basketball and much more. Past guests of the series include Christine Brewer, Leona Mitchell, Nicole Cabell, Denyce Graves, Othalie Graham, Lisette Oropesa, Elizabeth Futral, Angela M. Brown and Carmen Balthrop among others.
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Operatic soprano Alyson Cambridge has had a lot of laudatory adjectives thrown her way — radiant, powerful, revelatory are just a few. Add to the list: fit. A dedicated runner and strength trainer, she adheres to a consistent workout and wellness plan geared to make her a strong, healthy and resilient performer. She started singing when she was 12 and debuted at the Metropolitan Opera at 24. She has appeared with numerous opera companies and stepped out on Broadway last year in Rocktopia, a mash-up of classic rock and classical, where her endurance — which allowed her to hit an expansive range show after show after show — didn’t go unnoticed. We chatted with the award-winning singer, who lives in New York, about her love affair with running, how she strategizes her sleep and nutrition for peak performance energy, why she refuses to be too precious about taking care of her voice and what goals she has her sights on in the opera world and beyond. On Alyson’s workout playlists: Upbeat pop, EDM, techno “Too Close,” Alex Clare “I Dare You,” The xx “Thank U, Next,” Ariana Grande Follow Alyson on Instagram @alysoncambridge and Twitter @AlysonCambridge. Visit her website alysoncambridge.com for upcoming performance dates and check out her newest album, Sisters in Song — a collection of operatic duets done with fellow award-winning soprano Nicole Cabell — here. Show notes can be found at fitmixtape.com. While you’re there, sign up for our newsletter. Follow the show on Instagram @fitmixtape and on Twitter @fitmixtape. Have a comment, question, suggestion or killer playlist? Send an email to fitmixtape@gmail.com. BIO: American soprano Alyson Cambridge, hailed by critics as “radiant, vocally assured, dramatically subtle and compelling, and artistically imaginative” (Washington Post), noted for her “powerful, clear voice” (New York Times) and “revelatory, sensual, smoky readings” (Opera News), is one of the most diverse and compelling vocal artists on the scene today. Her rich, warm soprano, combined with her strikingly beautiful stage presence and affecting musical and dramatic interpretation, have brought her more than a decade of successes on the world’s leading opera and concert stages, including The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Carnegie Hall, London’s Royal Albert Hall, Deutsche Opera Berlin and Vienna Konzerthaus. Her debut album, From the Diary of Sally Hemings, a song-cycle by acclaimed American composer William Bolcom, premiered at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall to rave reviews. As part of her personal mission, and with a strong desire to give back and make an impact beyond the traditional confines of the theater, Cambridge lends her time and talent to charities and causes close to her heart, including The Fresh Air Fund, Sing for Hope, The Humane Society, K9s for Warriors, Hope For Hearts Foundation and the American Red Cross.
Operatic Soprano & Broadway Singer, Alyson Cambridge graces us with a live performance of "Habanera" from Carmen, discusses her latest cd, "Sisters in Song" with Nicole Cabell, work on Broadway in Rocktopia and what we can expect from her next.
Soprano Alyson Cambridge discusses the making of her new album with Nicole Cabell, “Sisters in Song.” Available September 21! https://cedille-records.lnk.to/xo8rkso
Soprano Sarah Coburn opens the 2011 Washington National Opera season in the title role of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. Ms. Coburn drops in on Patrick D. McCoy-The African-American Voice in Classical Music on THE OPERA DIVA SERIES. Past guests have included: Christine Brewer, Carmen Balthrop, Nicole Cabell and Angela Brown. Sarah Coburn’s engagements in the 2010-11 season include Gilda in Rigoletto with Los Angeles Opera and L’Opéra de Montréal, Amina in La Sonnambula with the Wiener Staatsoper, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Seattle Opera, Handel’s L’Allegro with the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, a recital at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., and a return to Cincinnati Opera in the summer of 2011 as Gilda in Rigoletto. Engagements in the 2009-10 season included Asteria in Tamerlano and Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, both with Los Angeles Opera; also Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia for Florida Grand Opera; the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor with Tulsa Opera; Gilda in Rigoletto with Welsh National Opera; performing in recital for Oklahoma State University's Allied Arts series, and singing as featured artist in an evening of bel canto arias with both the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and the Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra.
2005 Winner of the BBC Singer of the World Competition, Nicole Cabell drops in on the African American Voice in Classical Music, Patrick D. McCoy to discuss her flourishing career as one of the world's leading sopranos