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2023-12-11 06:22:00
The English Concert. Handel's Rodelinda regina de'Longobardi. December 10, 2023.
Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall. Balcony (Seat J3, $28).End of concert. The people in the front are (from L to R): Garibaldo, Rodelinda, Bertarido, Harry Bicket, Eduige, Grimoaldo, and Unulfo.Program - in concertRodelinda, HWV 19 (1725) by Handel (1685-1759).Conductor - Harry Bicket; Rodelinda - Lucy Crowe (soprano), Bertarido - Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Unulfo - Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (countertenor), Eduige - Christine Rice (messo-soprano), Garibaldo - Brendon Cedel (bass-bariton).Background. At his death, the King of Lombardy left his domain in equal parts to his three children: Bertarido, Eduige, and Gundeberto. Gundeberto has died, Bertarido is believed to have died - leaving the widow Rodelinda behind as Queen of Milan - and by wooing Eduige, Duke Grimoaldo has aspirations to the whole kingdom.Story. Grimoaldo has seized power, so Rodelinda and her son Flavio are his prisoners. Grimoaldo offers the throne to Rodelinda if she would marry him. Rodelinda refuses, and Eduige […]
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2023-08-16 08:41:21
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2022-10-26 02:40:42
Jeune talent lyrique canadien 2022 Martina Myskohlid, mezzo-soprano Une aide financière jusqu’à un maximum de 4 000$ pour les voyages A financial support with maxium of 4 000 for the travels Offerte par/Offered by : Fondation Azrieli et Alfid) Jeune talent lyrique québécois 2022 Rose Naggar Tremblay, contralto Une bourse de soutien au voyage jusqu’à un [...]
2022-03-07 14:26:48
Ukraine War, 2022
This Week in Classical Music: March 7, 2022. War in Ukraine. We find it very difficult to write about music amidst the barbaric aggression of Russia against Ukraine. Putin’s unprovoked war against a country of 40 million is a watershed moment in European history: there hasn’t been a war of this scale since the fall of the Nazis. Putin clearly is a war criminal: his forces bombard civilian areas, schools, kindergartens, and we hope that, like Slobodan Milošević of Serbia, he will end up at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. The war is a humanitarian catastrophe, and Western response was swift and unified, with sanctions against Russia and aide to Ukraine. Music administrators around the world also got into the game, firing Valery Gergiev, Anna Netrebko and Denis Matsuyev from main stages and theaters of Europe and America after they refused to sign letters condemning Putin’s invasion. While […]
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