Brenden Gunnell News
Last update
2024-04-26
Refresh
2024-02-01 22:36:00
Boston Symphony Orchestra. Andris Nelsons, music director. January 30, 2024.
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall. Balcony (Seat B14, $28).The concert ended at 10:35 pm.ProgramLady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Opera in Four Acts and Nine Scenes, Op. 29 (1930-1932) by Shostakovich (1906-1975).CastKaterina Ezmailova - Kristine Opolais, Boris Izmailov/Ghost of Boris - Gunther Groissbock, Zinovy Izmailkov - Peter Hoare, Sergei - Brenden Gunnell.Story. Katerina is in a loveless marriage to Zinovy. When Zinovy goes on a business trip, she is reminded by her father-in-law Boris that she must remain faithful. The new worker Sergei - a well-known womanizer - comes to town, challenges Katerian to a wrestling match, and the two eventually have an affair. Boris catches Sergei, beats him, and locks him up in the storeroom. Katerina puts poison in the mushroom dish she prepares for Boris, and he dies. When Zinovy returns, he suspects Katerina's having an affair, and beats her. In their struggle, Katerina and Sergei kill Zinovy and puts the […]
2023-09-26 08:55:00
BBC Young Composer 2023 winners announced
One of the BBC Young Composer DaysBBC Young Composer was founded in 1998 and has since then offered a platform for young composers across the UK with alumni including Shiva Feshareki, Kate Whitley, Alissa Firsova, Mark Simpson, Tom Harrold, and Duncan Ward. The results for the 2023 BBC Young Composer have been announced with winners selected from over 350 applications from across the UK, with genres spanning song writing, film/ soundtrack music, choral, solo instrument, jazz, rock, pop, electronic and contemporary. Each composition was assessed on its compositional idea, creativity and originality, and was judged anonymously. The judging panel of composers and musicians included Lloyd Coleman, Shiva Feshareki, Abimaro Gunnell, Gavin Higgins, Cassie Kinoshi, Eímear Noone, as well as industry experts Katie Tearle and David Pickard, Director of the BBC PromsThe six winners are:Lower Junior Category (age 12-14)Atharv Gupta – Demain, Dès L'AubeAvram Harris – Across the Void Upper Junior Category (age 15-16)Advaith […]
2020-10-12 10:05:08
Glyndebourne's outdoor Offenbach comes indoors with a terrific ensemble cast
Offenbach: In the market for Love - Rupert Charlesworth, Nardus Williams, Matthew Rose, Brenden Gunnell, Michael WallaceGlyndebourne (Photo Richard Hubert Smith) Offenbach In the market for love; Kate Lindsey, Nardus Williams, Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts, Matthew Rose, Brenden Gunnell, Rupert Charlesworth, Michael Wallace, Stephen Langridge, Ben Glassberg; Glyndebourne Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 11 October 2020 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) The sheer joy of performing; Offenbach's frothy market-set operetta is a first for GlyndebourneStephen Langridge's production of Offenbach's In the market for love (Mesdames de la Halle) at Glyndebourne this Summer was a quick thinking response to the lockdown. With a new English version by Stephen Plaice, the initial run of performances took place out of doors and were a direct response to the pandemic. Slightly re-cast, the production has now made its way indoors, still as topical as ever and still socially distanced. On Sunday 11 […]
2020-10-09 07:05:22
Birmingham Opera Company to stage Das Rheingold in a disused metalworks
[…] local performers. Now I have to confess that usually, if Das Rheingold is performed alone without the rest of the Ring, the prospect does not appeal particularly, but the idea of one of Birmingham Opera Company's thrilling productions in an old industrial monument is rather appealing. The cast includes Eric Greene as Wotan (Greene seems to be expanding his Wagner range, having previously sung Donner and Gunther for English National Opera and Opera North), Brenden Gunnell as Loge (Gunnell sang the Lover in Birmingham Opera Company's 2019 production of Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk), Ross Ramgobin as Alberich (Ramgobin sang Yuri in Birmingham Opera Company's 2015 production of Tippett's The Icebreak), Chrystal E Williams as Fricka (Willams sang the Wife in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk) with Francesca Chiejina (Freia), Amar Muchhala (Froh), Byron Jackson (Donner), Gweneth-Ann Rand (Erda), Keel Watson (Fasolt) and Andrew Slater (Fafner). To help fund the production, […]