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Italian journalist, poet, and novelist (1824-1893)
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- librettist, journalist, poet, writer, science fiction writer, opera singer
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All the conducting master class
2018-04-07 08:13:16
The EUROPEAN CONDUCTING ACADEMY announces “The German Sound: Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms” a Conducting Master Class with Maestro Lior Shambadal (Chief Conductor of the Berliner Symphoniker), Maestro Romolo Gessi (Principal Guest Conductor of the Philharmonia Veneta Orchestra), and the Philharmonia Veneta Orchestra. 2018 May 3 – 6
Optional introductory lessons: 2018 April 21 -22. The course will be held in Vicenza, at Villa Ghislanzoni, one of the most charming Venetian Villas. It will be organized into two sections so that each piece will be studied first theoretically and then practically on the piano and with a string ensemble (Section A), then with […]
2016-11-12 14:16:56
‘V’ is for Verdi: The Met Opera’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ and ‘Otello’ — How the Mighty Have Fallen (Part One)
[…] of Simon Boccanegra, as well as the winding, convoluted plot (similar, in many respects, to that of Trovatore), did not enjoy popular success. The work was mothballed for a time as Verdi undertook the writing of other projects, among them Un Ballo in Maschera (1859) for the Teatro Apollo in Rome; and an early version of La Forza del Destino for St. Petersburg (1862), later revised for La Scala in 1869, with additions by Antonio Ghislanzoni, the future librettist for Aida (1871). In 1867, Piave was sidelined by a stroke and, for the remainder of his life, was unable to take up his trade. When did Boito enter the picture? In my essay concerning his opera Mefistofele, I discussed Boito’s career, in addition to his involvement with the Scapigliati movement (see the following link: https://josmarlopes.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/mefistofele-ecco-il-mondo-the-devils-in-the-details-of-boitos-opera-part-four/ ), and his adaptation for composer-conductor Franco Faccio of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. To make a long […]
2016-10-25 15:45:29
The boy friend
On this day in 1995 Victor/Victoria opened at the Marquis Theatre, to play 734 performances. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds5Y1liaVeI Born on this day in 1824 librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2OK2sl7BuA Born on this day in 1825 composer Johann Strauss Jr. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWlqi2gChRY Born on this day in 1838 composer Georges Bizet. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFOpFj602Bk Born on this day in 1891 conductor Karl Elmendorff. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wikvYYrsyU Born on this day in 1926 soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE0FfhPfMpo Born on this day in 1926 soprano Anita Välkki (singing Amneris). //www.youtube.com/watch?v=faB8VXtmaa4 Born on this day in 1940 soprano Hana Janku. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjoMIbuscLE Happy 74th birthday contralto Ortrun Wenkel. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5qv0VliMPo Born on this day in 1943 tenor Giuliano Ciannella. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDizxMO0oI0
2016-05-18 02:52:21
[…] to a massive project devoted to Goethe’s epic poem, to encompass the entirety of Parts I and II. It was considered an enormous undertaking even in the best of times. Undeterred by the challenge, Boito took up this ambitious scheme with a group of Milanese writers, artists, critics, and musicians known by the collective title Scapigliati, loosely translated as the “Unkempt” or “Disheveled Ones.” This band of radicals, consisting primarily of poets Emilio Praga, Antonio Ghislanzoni, and Ferdinando Fontana (Puccini’s librettist for his first two operas, Le Villi and Edgar), music critic Filippo Filippi, conductor and composer Franco Faccio (whose opera Amleto was based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, with text by Boito himself), and numerous others, focused on restoring Italian art, music, poetry, and literature to a more, in their estimation, “exalted plane.” Their cause championed, among other concerns, the incorporation of Germanic precepts, some of which involved the abolishment of […]
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