William Shakespeare News
British opera singer 1849-1931
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- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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2024-04-24
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Holst 150, complete Shostakovich quartets, Gilbert & Sullivan's The Sorcerer: Lichfield Festival 2024
[…] Brodsky Quartet spread over a single weekend, Oz Clarke and Armonico Consort’s light-hearted look at music and wine A Second Sip, and a late night concert by 2024 RPS Instrumental award-winning sitar player Jasdeep Singh Degun. Recorder quartet Palisander’s historical concert experience follows the wives of Henry VIII in Divorced, Beheaded, Died, and still in an historical bent, Lesley Smith presents the story of Mary Queen of Scots in full Elizabethan costume, and and The Lord Chamberlain’s Men perform Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the open air, in period costume, with an all-male cast, just as it would have been in Elizabeth I’s day. The popular Midlands Choir of the Year returns with the final taking place in the Cathedral. For younger audiences, Waterperry Opera returns with Peter and The Wolf, and music, art and drama projects on the theme of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons take place with local schools for this year’s Aspire! community and participation […]
2024-04-20 08:34:00
A day at Leeds Lieder Festival: Fauré, Boulanger, Mahler and more
[…] gentle thoughtfulness to it along with giving weight to the words. From the final cycle of 1921, L’Horizon chimérique we heard Störtz in an urgent account of La mer est infinie.But that wasn't quite the end as Johnson and Fox took us back to 1906 for a wonderful account of the rather miraculous Paradis from La Chanson d'Eve.Back at The Venue in the evening. James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook began their recital with three of Roger Quilter's settings of Shakespeare. Gilchrist remains a fine champion of Quilter's songs, clearly enjoying the heart on sleeve nature of the composer's talent. Blow, blow thou winter wind was a big romantic piece, given with remarkable control and subtlety of colour. Fear no more the heat o' the sun was very interior and the group ended with a carefree yet pointed account of Under the Greenwood Tree.Anna Tilbrook, James Gilchrist - Leeds Lieder Festival 2024 at The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire […]
2024-04-05 08:55:00
West Green House Opera: new artistic director Tom Elwin introduces the 2024 season
[…] company in the early days and Kirsty Hopkins, from The Sixteen, was the previous artistic director]. Tom thinks that this new role is interesting both for him and for the company, as he brings a singers point of view to the artistic directorship having sung as a principal both in the UK and abroad. He is aware of the singers' point of view.He is currently involved in planning the 2025 season which will have a Shakespeare theme with productions of Verdi's Macbeth, Cole Porter's Kiss me Kate and Bellini's Capuletti e Montecchi. Tom points out that whilst there are plenty of opportunities still for UK-based singers with lyric voices, those with fuller voices can miss out so he feels that offering opportunities for Verdi's Macbeth is important.Our discussion returns to the importance of supporting singers, and his new role at West Green has given Tom a chance to step back and look […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-03-31 23:12:52
Though last night’s intimate Vaughan Williams vocal recital began with a duet of “a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino” (Shakespeare), the lovers and the lasses of sweet spring love soon made way for ponderers on religious and the metaphysical stuffs during Boston Art Song Society’s visit to Somerville Music Spaces. [] The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
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