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British Canadian vocalist based in Toronto, Ontario.
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2024-02-01 07:43:00
Being themselves: the young artists of the National Opera Studio in Simple Gifts, a programme of song from across the globe at Wigmore Hall
2023/2024 young artists of the National Opera Studio at GlyndebourneSimple Gifts: Schubert, Copland, Dora Pejačević, Chopin, Tosti, Gareth Glyn, Rui Zhang, Claude Debussy, Richard Strauss, Brahms, Ravel, Sibusiso Njeza, Otilio Galindez, Tom Cipullo, Douglas Lilburn, William Walton; young artists of the National Opera Studio, Wigmore HallReviewed 31 January 2024Wonderfully engaging and committed performances in song that moved from celebrating Schubert's birthday to songs by Polish, Croatian, South African, Chinese, Welsh, American, Venezuelan, New Zealand composersDuring their year studying, the young artists of the National Opera Studio are presented with a variety of performing challenges, not all of them operatic. On 31 January 2024 (Schubert's birthday), the young artists of the National Opera Studio had the challenge of being themselves, on the song recital stage, when they presented Simple Gifts - Songs from across the globe at Wigmore Hall. This featured sopranos Rosalind Dobson, Nikolina Hrkać, Kira Kaplan, Sofia Kirwan-Baez and Heming Li, mezzo-sopranos […]
2023-10-16 07:44:00
National Opera Studio welcomes its young artists for 2023/24
[…] children to local musical communities all the way to training artists who are already singing professionally on stage.The young artists present regular free lunchtime recitals at the National Opera Studio in Wandsworth, with the next dates being 18 October & 8 November, and all the young artists will be performing in a programme of operatic scenes, directed by Keith Warner, on 6 & 7 December.National Opera Studio Global Talent Programme artists 2023/24 Sopranos Rosalind Dobson (British), Nikolina Hrkać (Croatian), Kira Kaplan (American), Sofia Kirwan-Baez (Anglo-Venezuelan), Heming Li (Chinese) Mezzo-sopranos Georgia Mae Ellis (British), Camilla Seale (British) Tenors Robert Forrest (British), Rhydian Jenkins (Welsh) Baritones Jonathan Eyers (Kiwi), Aleksander Kaczuk-Jagielnik (Polish) Bass-baritone Smelo Mahlangu (South African) Repetiteurs Hana Kim (Korean), Johanna Kvam (American), Blanca Graciá Rodríguez (Spanish), Jacob Swindells (British) National Opera […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2023-05-30 08:54:11
John Dobson, who has died aged 92, was... The post The first tenor to sing German at English National Opera appeared first on Slippedisc.
Royal Opera House (The Guardian)
2023-05-29 17:19:14
Stalwart opera singer who clocked up more than 2,000 performances in around 90 roles at Covent GardenA comprimario tenor is one who specialises in secondary roles, fulfilling a vital function while others take the glory. John Dobson, who has died aged 92, clocked up more than 2,000 performances in around 90 roles at Covent Garden alone by the time he retired in 1995.A dependable, stalwart member of the company at the Royal Opera, he sang the treacherous courtier Shuisky to Boris Christoff’s Tsar in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, and the police agent Spoletta to eight different Scarpias including Tito Gobbi,
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