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James Westman

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James Westman (born September 16, 1972) is a Canadian baritone known for his interpretation of the Verdi, Puccini and bel canto operatic repertoire, and particularly his signature role of Germont in La traviata, which he has sung in over 150 performances, with opera companies such as San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Graz Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Los Angeles Opera, Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, Canadian Opera Company, Boston Lyric Opera, Cologne Opera, Vancouver Opera, English National Opera, San Diego Opera, Dallas Opera, Utah Opera, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis. [1]

85 relations: Aldeburgh Festival, American Boychoir School, Anthony Dean Griffey, Baritone, BBC, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, Bel canto, Benjamin Britten, Benjamin Zander, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boy soprano, Bramwell Tovey, Britten–Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Children's Opera Company, Canadian Opera Company, Canadians, Carnegie Hall, Cathedral Church of St. James (Toronto), CBC Records, Christine Goerke, Cologne Opera, Concert, Dallas Opera, Decca Records, English National Opera, Federico Ricci, Florida Grand Opera, Frank Lopardo, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Glenn Gould, Grammy Award, Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, Graz Opera, Harry Somers, Houston Grand Opera, Imelda de' Lambertazzi, Juno Award, Kurt Herbert Adler, La traviata, Licia Albanese, Lois Marshall, Los Angeles Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Marilyn Horne, Mark Elder, Master's degree, ..., Morgan Library & Museum, Musikverein, National Hockey League, Nicole Cabell, Ontario, Opéra de Montréal, Opera News, Opera Rara, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Patricia Kern, Petits chanteurs de Sainte-Croix de Neuilly, Philharmonia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Richard Bradshaw (conductor), Richard Margison, Roy Thomson Hall, Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, San Diego Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Seiji Ozawa, Stratford, Ontario, Symphony No. 4 (Mahler), Tanglewood Music Center, Théodore Dubois, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto Maple Leafs, University of Toronto, Utah Opera, Vancouver Opera, Vienna Boys' Choir, War Requiem, Wigmore Hall. Expand index (35 more) »

Aldeburgh Festival

The Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music.

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American Boychoir School

The American Boychoir School was a boarding/day middle school located in Hopewell, New Jersey, and the home of the American Boychoir.

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Anthony Dean Griffey

Anthony Dean Griffey (born February 12 in High Point, North Carolina) is an American opera tenor.

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Baritone

A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice types.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition (known as Cardiff Singer of the World from 1983–2001 and BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff in 2003) is a competition for opera and art singers held every two years.

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Bel canto

Bel canto (Italian for "beautiful singing" or "beautiful song"), along with a number of similar constructions ("bellezze del canto"/"bell'arte del canto"), is a term relating to Italian singing.

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Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist.

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Benjamin Zander

Benjamin Zander (born 9 March 1939 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English conductor, who is currently the musical director of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.

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Boston Lyric Opera

Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is an American opera company based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1976.

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Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (not to be confused with the Boston Symphony Orchestra) is a semi-professional orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Boy soprano

A boy soprano is a young male singer with an unchanged voice in the soprano range.

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Bramwell Tovey

Bramwell Tovey, (born 11 July 1953) is a British conductor and composer.

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Britten–Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies

The Britten–Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies was founded in 1977 in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, following the success both of the master classes held for singers by Peter Pears from 1972, and of the subsequent courses for string players.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster for both radio and television.

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Canadian Children's Opera Company

The Canadian Children's Opera Company (formerly the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus, CCOC) is large choral group based in Toronto.

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Canadian Opera Company

The Canadian Opera Company (COC) is an opera company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens / Canadiennes) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall (but more commonly) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park.

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Cathedral Church of St. James (Toronto)

The Cathedral Church of St.

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CBC Records

CBC Records was a Canadian record label owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which distributed CBC programming, including live concert performances, in album and digital format(s).

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Christine Goerke

Christine Goerke (born 1969) is an American dramatic soprano.

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Cologne Opera

The Cologne Opera (German: Oper der Stadt Köln or Oper Köln) refers both to the main opera house in Cologne, Germany and to its resident opera company.

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Concert

A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience.

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Dallas Opera

The Dallas Opera is an American opera company located in Dallas, Texas.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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English National Opera

English National Opera (ENO) is an opera company based in London, resident at the London Coliseum in St. Martin's Lane.

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Federico Ricci

Federico Ricci (22 October 1809 – 10 December 1877), was an Italian composer, particularly of operas.

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Florida Grand Opera

Florida Grand Opera (FGO) is an American opera company based in Miami, Florida.

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Frank Lopardo

Frank Lopardo (born December 23, 1957) is an American operatic tenor who was born in Brentwood, New York.

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Gaetano Donizetti

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer.

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Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian opera composer who has been called "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".

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Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian opera composer.

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Glenn Gould

Glenn Herbert Gould (September 25, 1932October 4, 1982) was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux

Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, is a theatre in Bordeaux, France, first inaugurated on 17 April 1780.

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Graz Opera

Graz Opera (German: Oper Graz) is an Austria opera house and opera company based in Graz.

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Harry Somers

Harry Stewart Somers, CC (September 11, 1925– March 9, 1999) was one of the most influential and innovative contemporary Canadian composers of the past century.

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Houston Grand Opera

Houston Grand Opera (HGO), located in Houston, Texas, was founded in 1955 by German-born impresario Walter Herbert and Houstonians Elva Lobit, Edward Bing, and Charles Cockrell.

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Imelda de' Lambertazzi

Imelda de' Lambertazzi is a melodramma tragico or tragic opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti from a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, based on the tragedy Imelda by Gabriele Sperduti.

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Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music.

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Kurt Herbert Adler

Kurt Herbert Adler (2 April 1905 – 9 February 1988) was an Austrian-born American conductor and opera house director.

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La traviata

La traviata (The Fallen Woman)Meadows, p. 582 is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave.

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Licia Albanese

Licia Albanese (July 22, 1909 – August 15, 2014) was an Italian-born American operatic soprano.

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Lois Marshall

Lois Catherine Marshall, CC (January 29, 1924 – February 19, 1997) was a Canadian soprano.

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Los Angeles Opera

The Los Angeles Opera is an American opera company in Los Angeles, California.

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Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading opera companies in the United States.

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Marilyn Horne

Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer.

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Mark Elder

Sir Mark Philip Elder, CH, CBE (born 2 June 1947) is a British conductor.

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Master's degree

A master's degree (from Latin magister) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

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Morgan Library & Museum

The Morgan Library & Museum – formerly the Pierpont Morgan Library – is a museum and research library located at 225 Madison Avenue at East 36th Street in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

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Musikverein

The (Viennese Music Association), commonly shortened to, is a concert hall in the Innere Stadt borough of Vienna, Austria.

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National Hockey League

The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada.

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Nicole Cabell

Nicole Cabell (born October 17, 1977) is an American opera singer.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Opéra de Montréal

Opéra de Montréal is an opera company in Montreal.

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Opera News

Opera News is an American classical music magazine.

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Opera Rara

Opera Rara is a British non-profit recording company, founded in the early 1970s by American Patric Schmid and Englishman Don White to promote concerts of rare and/or forgotten operas by bel canto era composers such as Italian composers Gaetano Donizetti, Giovanni Pacini, Saverio Mercadante, and Federico Ricci, as well as French composers of the 1830s forward such as Giacomo Meyerbeer.

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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) is an American summer opera festival held in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) is a British period instrument orchestra.

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Patricia Kern

Patricia Kern (14 July 192719 October 2015) was a British mezzo-soprano and voice teacher.

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Petits chanteurs de Sainte-Croix de Neuilly

The Paris Boys Choir (Les Petits Chanteurs de Sainte-Croix de Neuilly) is a boys’ choir created in 1956 at Collège Sainte-Croix de Neuilly in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

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Philharmonia Orchestra

The Philharmonia Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London.

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Pittsburgh Opera

Pittsburgh Opera is an American opera company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Queen Elizabeth Hall

The Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH) is a music venue on the South Bank in London, England, that hosts daily classical, jazz, and avant-garde music and dance performances.

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Richard Bradshaw (conductor)

Richard James Bradshaw, O.Ont (26 April 1944 – 15 August 2007) was a British opera conductor and the General Director of the Canadian Opera Company (COC) in Toronto.

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Richard Margison

Richard Charles Margison, OC D.Mus.

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Roy Thomson Hall

Roy Thomson Hall is a concert hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto

The Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto is the former name of an annual classical music festival held in August and September in Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan.

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San Diego Opera

The San Diego Opera Association (SDO) is a professional opera company located in the city of San Diego, California.

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San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera (SFO) is an American opera company, based in San Francisco, California.

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Santa Fe Opera

Santa Fe Opera (SFO) is an American opera company, located north of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Seiji Ozawa

is a Japanese conductor known for his advocacy of modern composers and for his work with the San Francisco Symphony, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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Stratford, Ontario

Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of 31,465 in 2016 in a land area of 28.28 square kilometres.

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Symphony No. 4 (Mahler)

Symphony No.

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Tanglewood Music Center

The Tanglewood Music Center is an annual summer music academy in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States, in which emerging professional musicians participate in performances, master classes and workshops.

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Théodore Dubois

François-Clément Théodore Dubois (24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French composer, organist and music teacher.

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The Royal Conservatory of Music

The Royal Conservatory of Music, branded as The Royal Conservatory, is a non-profit music education institution and performance venue headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario.

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University of Toronto

The University of Toronto (U of T, UToronto, or Toronto) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.

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Utah Opera

The Utah Opera is an American opera company that has been merged with Utah Symphony since July 2002, with a combined growing audience of more than 150,000 annually.

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Vancouver Opera

Vancouver Opera is the second largest performing arts organization in British Columbia and the largest opera company in western Canada.

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Vienna Boys' Choir

The Vienna Boys' Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben) or Vienna Choir Boys is a choir of boy sopranos and altos based in Vienna, Austria.

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War Requiem

The War Requiem, Op. 66, is a large-scale, non-liturgical setting of the Requiem composed by Benjamin Britten mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962.

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Wigmore Hall

The Wigmore Hall is a concert hall located at 36 Wigmore Street, London.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Westman

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