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2019-09-18 11:35:16
What they did before Figaro: Bampton Classical Opera revives Stephen Storace's comedy written for Vienna's Burgtheater the year before they premiered Mozart's comedy
[…] in 2000, so it was with great interest that I went along to their performance of Storace's Gli sposi malcontenti (performed under the title of Bride and Gloom) at St John's Smith Square on 17 September 2019. The production, directed and designed by Jeremy Gray, debuted at Bampton this Summer and featured Robert Davies as Rosmondo, Gavan Ring as Casimiro, Jenny Stafford as Eginia, Aoife O'Sullivan as Enrichetta, Arthur Bruce as Artidoro, Adam Tunnicliffe as Valente and Caroline Kennedy as Bettina. Anthony Kraus conducted Chroma. Gaetano Brunetti's libretto has some remarkable pre-echoes of Le nozze di Figaro (which the same company would premiere in 1786), so clearly Brunetti had been reading Beaumarchais' play; there is a scene with someone hiding behind and on a sofa, and the climactic final scene is full of disguises and misunderstandings in a garden at night! And many of the singers who took part […]
2018-10-13 17:04:09
The 12 Finalists have just minutes ago been announced at the 2018 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition – in New York City. The 2018 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition Finalists are: Violinist Joshua Brown Violinist Danbi Um Violinist Tatjana Roos Cellist John-Henry Crawford Accordionist José Valente Guitarist Andrey Lebedev Pianist Han Chen Pianist […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2018-08-10 00:14:00
Bill Doggett: Charlottesville 2018-19, Legacies of The Civil War on Race
[…] author of the critically received The Argonaut Journal feature published in the late Summer of 2015 by The San Francisco History Museum and Society, titled "Emancipation Proclamation: San Francisco and The African American Concert Singer 1880-2000" https://www.amazon.com/dp/1495186008 View the genesis of an expanded Performance Lecture in which Doggett brings Confederate General Robert E. Lee back to life in the era of Black Lives Matter. The video is Part 1 of the November 2017 Valente Lecture given at The University of California at Davis.
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2018-07-27 14:51:00
Sofia Gubaidulina – All the posts
[…] disc, and Gubaidulina has been honored twice with the coveted Koussevitzky International Recording Award. Major releases have appeared on the DG, Chandos, Philips, Sony Classical, BIS, Berlin Classics and Naxos labels.Source: musicsalesclassical.com Photo by Madis Veltman More photosSofia Gubaidulina – All the postsSofia Gubaidulina: Offertorium – Vadim Repin, State Academic Symphony Orchestra "Evgeny Svetlanov", Vladimir JurowskiSofia Gubaidulina: Sonata for double bass and piano – Daniele Roccato, Fabrizio Ottaviucci (HD 1080p)Sofia Gubaidulina: Et Exspecto – José Valente (HD 1080p)Sofia Gubaidulina: De Profundis – José Valente (HD 1080p)Sofia Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun – Gal Faganel, Slovenian Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putninš (HD 1080p)Sofia Gubaidulina: Sieben Worte for cello, bayan and strings – Jean-Guihen Queyras, Geir Draugsvoll, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Per Kristian Skalstad (HD 1080p)Sofia Gubaidulina: Fachwerk for bayan, percussion and string orchestra – Geir Draugsvoll, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra,Terje Tønnesen (HD 1080p)
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