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2024-04-11 03:30:00
by Karl NehringFour Impromptus, D 899 - Impromptu No. 1 in C minor; Impromptu No. 2 in E flat major; Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major; Impromptu No. 4 in A flat major; Four Impromptus, D 935 - Impromptu No. 1 in F minor; Impromptu No. 2 in A flat major; Impromptu No. 3 in B flat major; Impromptu No. 4 in F minor. Gerardo Teissonniére, piano. Steinway & Sons 30220. The last time we encountered the American pianist Gerardo Teissonniére (b.1962), it was in his recording debut for Steinway & Sons (you can read our review here). Teissonniére, who was born in Puerto Rico and now resides in Cleveland, where he has long served on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music, certainly made a bold move in leading out with such monumental repertoire. However, he delivered a memorable performance that the label captured in audiophile-worthy sound. When I saw what Teissonniére had chosen to […]
2024-02-21 18:49:00
Le nozze di Figaro, Deutsche Oper, 20 February 2024
Count Almaviva – Thomas LehmanCountess Almaviva – Maria Motolygina Susanna – Lilit Daviyan Figaro – Artur Garbas Cherubino – Meechot Marrero Marcellina – Michaela Kaune Don Basilio – Burkhard Ulrich Don Curzio – Chance Jonas-O’Toole Bartolo – Padraic Rowan Antonio – Patrick Guetti Barbarina – Ketevan Chuntishvili Two Bridesmaids – Yuuki Tamai, Asaha Wada Director – Götz FriedrichSet designs – Herbert WernickeCostumes – Herbert Wernicke, Ogün WernickeRevival director – Gerlinde PelkowskiChorus (chorus director: Thomas Richter) of the Deutsche Oper Orchestra of the Deutsche OperGiulio Cilona (conductor)DIE HOCHZEIT DES FIGARO von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Deutsche Oper Berlin,copyright: Bettina StößCount Almaviva (Thomas Lehman), Susanna (Lilit Dayivan), Don Basilio (Burkhard Ulrich)Next stop on my tour of Berlin’s ‘vintage’ opera productions: Götz Friedrich’s Deutsche Oper Marriage of Figaro, a joy to encounter in itself and a nice sequel to Ruth Berghaus’s Barber of Seville across town at the Staatsoper. Friedrich’s productions are gradually making […]
2024-02-12 07:28:00
Something a little bit special: David Butt Philip & friends gala for St Paul's Opera in Clapham
Rainelle Krause, David Butt Philip, Alison Langer, St Paul's Opera chorus - St Paul's Church (Photo: Craig Fuller Photography)David Butt Philip & Friends Gala; Rainelle Krause, Alison Langer, David Butt Philip, David Stout, Jo Ramadan, George Ireland; St Paul's Opera at St Paul's Church, ClaphamDavid Butt Philip as Florestan, David Stout as Posa, Rainelle Krause as the Queen of the Night, Alison Langer as Mozart's Countess in vivid gala evening for St Paul's Opera in ClaphamTenor David Butt Philip has been singing Apollo in Richard Strauss' Daphne at the Staatsoper in Berlin and in March he will be singing Florestan in a production of Beethoven's Fidelio at the Bavarian State Opera. Opera goers in the UK will have to wait until the Summer, however, when he will be singing Canio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at Opera Holland Park. But on Friday 9 February 2023, opera lovers in Clapham got a real treat as […]
2024-02-05 08:18:00
Keeping it local: David Butt Philip, Rainelle Krause, Alison Langer & David Stout in fundraising gala for Clapham-based St Paul's Opera
As St Paul's Opera gears up for its staging of Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus at St Paul's Church, Clapham in July, the company's patron, tenor David Butt Philip will be joined by friends for a fundraising gala at St Paul's Church on Friday 9 February 2024.David Butt Philip will be joined by soprano Rainelle Krause (who performs her signature role, the Queen of the Night, in English National Opera's forthcoming production of Mozart's The Magic Flute), soprano Alison Langer (who will be joining David Butt Philip in Opera Holland Park's production of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci in July) and baritone David Stout (who performs Papageno in ENO's production of The Magic Flute). The four singers will be accompanied by pianists George Ireland and Jo Ramadan.The gala's programme of operatic arias and duets plus songs from musicals features Rainelle Krause in the Queen of the Night's Act Two aria from The Magic Flute, and Violetta's 'Sempre libera' […]
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