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2016-05-04 15:26:18
New Recording of “Carmen”
I was a young boy when I first watched and listened to a live performance of this opera. I remember the feeling of excitement and passion that was sung and acted in this story. Now we have a new recording that tells this story in a somewhat different way. Bizet: Carmen Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, 2011 The singers are Béatrice Uria-Monzon (Carmen), Roberto Alagna (Don José), Erwin Schrott (Escamillo), Marina Poplavskaya (Micaëla) With the Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Marc Piollet conducting. In this production at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, controversial stage director Calixto Bieito sees in Carmen the embodiment of the mythical gypsy and touches upon sensitive issues such as racism, xenophobia and right-wing politics. Bieito conjures up a sensual and realistic atmosphere full of powerful symbolism. An outstanding quartet of vocal stars, led by a “splendid and sensual” (El Periódico) […]
2014-04-28 07:30:00
PHOTOS, Angela Gheorghiu and Saimir Pirgu, concert in Barcelona, April 25
[…] elisir» from L’elisir d’amore (Gheorghiu-Pirgu) Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Overture Roméo et Juliette «Ah! lève-toi, soleil!» from Roméo et Juliette (Pirgu) «Va, je t'ai pardonné» from Roméo et Juliette (Gheorghiu-Pirgu) Francesco Cilèa (1866-1950) «È la solita storia» from L’arlesiana (Pirgu) Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) «Song to the moon» from Rusalka (Gheorghiu) Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Intermezzo from Suor Angelica Prelude, III act from Edgar «O soave fanciulla» from La Bohème (Gheorghiu-Pirgu) Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Conductor - Ramón Tebar My highlights of the program (including the seven encores) were Pleurez mes jeux and E la solita storia. Simply beautiful! All the photos below: Teresa Garcia. Thanks a lot!
2013-02-16 07:00:21
Classical music: Here are the Classical Music WINNERS of this year’s Grammy Awards, complete with the nominees they beat.
By Jacob Stockinger It’s time to catch up. It has been a busy week for local music and other events. So some things inevitably got put off, especially reviews. Sorry, but The Ear can hear more and faster than he can write and post. My apologies. One the highlights last week was the announcement on last Sunday night of the 55th annual Grammy Awards for 2013. Of course, on the CBS-TV broadcast just about all the attention went to the more popular genres – rock, pop, rap, gospel, R&B, country and so forth. But I thought you might like to see how the industry is leaning more towards recognizing contemporary music. Not a lot of the really GREAT composers seem to have scored big. Here are some stories (with photos — dual winner chamber music group eighth blackbird is below in a photo by Allen J. Scherben for […]
2013-02-13 18:11:11
GRAMMY AWARDS 2013: ECCO LA LISTA DEI NOMINATI E VINCITORI DELLA 55esima EDIZIONE DEGLI OSCAR DELLA MUSICA
Il 10 febbraio 2013 si son tenuti allo Staple Center di Los Angeles i 55esimi Grammy Awards presentati da LL Cool J. Quest’anno, fortunatamente, i Grammy non hanno subito, come l’anno scorso, la morte improvvisa di un’icona della musica (Whitney Houston) e, senza nemmeno l’hype creato dall’artista rivelazione degli ultimi anni, Adele, che l’anno scorso si portò a casa ben 6 Grammy in una notte sola (i più importanti), gli oscar della musica subiscono un contraccolpo in quanto a telespettatori, pari al 30% degli ascolti rispetto all’edizione record del 2012. Siamo sempre su alti livelli, però chi si è fermato a guardare lo show, mandato in onda dalla rete CBS, quest’anno son stati “solo” 28,1 milioni di telespettatori, confronto i circa 41 milioni dell’anno scorso. Il dato è comunque molto più alto rispetto alle edizioni 2006/2007/2008, che erano lontane anche dai 20 milioni di telespettatori. Evento più acclamato, […]