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Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2017-02-22 17:32:50
An international soprano is told her husband is dying
The New Zealand soprano Anna Leese, who has sung at Covent Garden and across Europe, recently married an Italian winemaker, Stefano Guidi, They have a small child. Stefano has received terrible news. He has an aggressive form of Motor Neurone Disease that is advancing fast. He has two years to live, they have been told. Funds are needed to help Anna cope. Friends have organised an benefit concert in London. Please try to go. Details below. And read Stefano’s blog about their situation. A Gala Benefit Concert – Singing for Stefano Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH (Location ) 7.00pm on Saturday 8th April 2017 This star studded gala concert is being organised by the musical friends of New Zealand opera star Anna Leese to support husband Stefano Guidi, Anna and their baby Matteo in a time of great need. The evening […]
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Royal Opera House
2014-09-17 23:40:30
Your reaction: Rigoletto on BP Big Screens 2014
[…] a fantastic #Rigoletto @TheRoyalOpera #BPbigscreens @belfastcc pic.twitter.com/0KOceNCktk — Noel j Griffin (@njgriffin) September 17, 2014 It's quite nice to be seated in Trafalgar Sq watching "Rigoletto" on a big screen and hearing Ben in the distance announce that it's 9pm. — Celly (@CellylleC) September 17, 2014 Thank you @RoyalOperaHouse for your #BPbigscreens season! Its been amazing to see the exceptional, shattering talent direct from the ROH!!! — Joshua Leese (@Josh_LeeseUK) September 17, 2014 Rigoletto runs until 6 October 2014. tickets are still available.
Brian Dickie, Life as General Director of Chicago
2014-03-09 09:29:04
[…] and I am astonished that the director of the Washington National Opera and Glimmerglass Opera, Francesca Zambello, should allow her name to be associated with such a travesty. And it is all the more disappointing given that they managed to assemble an interesting if not A list team including, in addition to the perfectly cast Jessica Rose Cambio and Sean Panekkar, another COT alum Joshua Bloom as Colline, and an excellent and spirited Musetta Anna Leese. The only weak link was the bellowing Marcello of Michael Chioldi who seemed to be from another world with other values. Too much "singing" in vast US theatres? To give Francesca her due, the splendid opportunity for a Zambello-Fest Café Momus scene was taken with brio together with roller skating waiters, not a new idea exactly but just right for the vast spaces involved in the Albert Hall. There was some choreography and a […]
2014-03-06 18:14:51
La bohème - Royal Albert Hall, 27 February 2014 A Zambello-directed, Gubbay-produced, amplifed version of the world's most over-exposed opera? Only the kind offer of a free ticket swayed me to try my first 'opera in the round' at the Royal Albert Hall . It turned out miles better than I ever expected. For a start, the central quartet - Jessica Rose Cambio as Mimi, Sean Pannikar as Rodolfo, Michael Chioldi as Marcello and Anna Leese as Musetta - were all excellent singers who wouldn't disgrace any opera stage in London. The odd intermittent problem with Sean Pannikar's mic aside, the amplification was barely noticeable. Francesca Zambello's post-Liberation staging really comes into its own in the Cafe Momus scene. Her Broadway skills came into play as roller skating waiters, sailors, tarts and acrobats filled the catwalk platform with minutely directed detail. During the […]
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