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"From Russia with Love"
by Olivia  Giovetti
Classical Singer Magazine

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Summer Program Feature

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Rachmaninoff "Vocalise"


(Rec June 5, 2012) Soprano Peggy Pei-Ju Yu is coaching with Ghenady Meirson, the Russian Opera Workshop founder and principal coach


Rossen Milanov Master Class


Mixed clips from Tchaikovsky's "Iolanta" - King Rene, Ibn-Hakia, Vaudemaunt and Robert


Remembering Julian Rodescu


Julian Rodescu works with Cynthia Cook on Rubinstein "The Night"


Alumni News | Cynthia Cook, Mezzo-Soprano

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Hometown: Portland, Maine
Current City: Philadelphia

Mezzo-soprano Cynthia Cook steps in to sing Olga in Opera Vashon production  of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin on May 18 & 20, 2012. 
 
Congratulations, Cindy!

Alumni News | John Viscardi, Tenor

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Hometown: Manhasset, NY
Current City: Philadelphia, PA
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Tenor John Viscardi will reprise Lensky in Opera Naples performance of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin on May 17, 2012.  This productions is part of First Annual ArtsNaples World Festival. 

Congratulations, John! 



(2-20-2012) Congratulations to John Viscardi on a George London Foundation award. The New York Times writes:

"The charismatic melancholy of the poet Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” was there complete in the impassioned “Kuda, kuda” of the bright-voiced tenor John Viscardi, 28."


Alumni News | Shelley Jackson, Soprano

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Hometown: Manassas, VA
Current City: Philadelphia, PA

Soprano Shelley Jackson was accepted to the  Academy of Vocal Arts and will join the  AVA Artist Roster in the fall of  2012.

Russian Opera Workshop 2011 alumna, Shelley performed the title role of Iolanta in Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta.
 
Congratulations, Shelley!

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Alumni News | Youna Jang, Soprano

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Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Current City: Blue Bell, PA

Soprano Youna Jang was accepted to the Academy of Vocal  Arts  and will join the AVA Artist Roster in the fall of   2012.

Russian Opera Workshop 2011 alumna, Youna  performed the role of Tatyana in Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin.
  
Congratulations, Youna!

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Alumni News | Ryan Brock, Tenor

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Hometown: Greensboro, NC
Current City: Philadelphia
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Tenor Ryan Brock will reprise the role of Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin with the  Bel Cantanti Opera Company. Performances will take place in Washington DC in April and May, 2012.

Alumni News | Efrain Solis, Baritone

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Hometown: Santa Ana, CA
Current City: San Francisco, CA
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Congratulations to baritone Efrain Solis who reprised the title role of Eugene Onegin in August 2011 in Pasadena, CA

WRTI-FM 90.1 | The Art of Singing Opera...In Russian! - "Crossover" with Jill Pasternak

Broad Street Review


Rachmaninoff’s ‘Aleko’ by Russian Opera Workshop
BY:
Steve Cohen 07.03.2012

No major American company in this country has ever produced Rachmaninoff’s unfortunately neglected Aleko. Ghenady Meirson’s Russian Opera Workshop
offered a taste of what we’ve missed.

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WRTI-FM 90.1 | Opera Review: Russian Opera Workshop Vocalists in The Queen of Spades



David Hayes Master Class "The Queen of Spades" Yekaterina Chorus
Russian Opera Workshop 2012



Mikael Eliasen Interview
Auditions & Listening to Music


Hold on to your seat. Mikael Eliasen is a fearless and colorful personally. Mikael talks of celebrating his 25th anniversary at the Curtis Institute of Music and more. Mikael will give a piano vocal master class at the Russian Opera Workshop 2012.


Danielle Orlando Master Class


Speaking of auditions.


Danail Rachev Master Class


Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin Quartet. Brad Cawyer, conductor.

Alumni News | Youngjoo An, Soprano

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Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Current City: South Jersey
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Soprano  Youngjoo An will sing Tatyana in Bel Cantanti Opera Company's production of  Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. Performances will take place in Washington DC in April and May, 2012.

In 2012, she returns to Opera Delaware to perform Eugene Onegin Final Duet at the Spring Studio Series.

In September 2011, soprano Youngjoo An was a guest artists at the Opera Delaware Fall Studio Series. Accompanied by the music director Jeffrey Miller, she performed Tatyana's Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin.


Prokofieff - Waltz from "War and Peace"


I was enchanted with the Metropolitan Opera production of "War and Peace" and wanted to learn this Waltz. This is my piano arrangement. Enjoy! - Ghena

Flight of the Bumblebee


From Rimsky-Korsakoff's opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"

Corinne Winters, Soprano
Ghenady Meirson (Ghena), Piano