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American musician, singer and opera singer
- coloratura soprano
- United States of America
- musician, opera singer, conductor
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2018-05-03 11:27:41
In Lichter Waffen Scheine ein Ritter nahte da
On this day in 2006, Klaus Florian Vogt made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Lohengrin.
2016-06-03 01:58:32
[…] we thank you), BWV 29, which Bach composed for the inauguration of a new town council in Leipzig in 1731. This choice is particularly interesting, because Gratia agimus and the text of the cantata have the same meaning (to give thanks to God). Also the following two movements of the Gloria are based on existing cantatas. Dominus Deus is based on a part of the secular cantata BWV 193a Ihr Häuser des Himmels, ihr scheinenden Lichter (Ye houses of heaven, ye radiant lights) and Qui tollis peccata mundi for chorus is based on the sacred cantata BWV 46 Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei (Behold and see, if there be any sorrow) which was first performed in 1723. Bach made considerable changes to adapt this music of lament to depict the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Two flutes duet in this […]
2016-04-15 17:41:12
Bleak house
By the time Nina Stemme and Esa-Pekka Salonen reached the thrilling climax of Elektra’s grimly determined opening monologue Thursday evening, no one in the Met audience was thinking about that afternoon’s startling retirement news. The haunted Mycenae of Patrice Chéreau’s enthralling production of Richard Strauss’s Elektra had seized its viewers in an unrelenting vise that never relaxed even at its quietly shattering conclusion. Sadly Chéreau, who finally debuted at the Met in 2009 with a revelatory From the House of the Dead by Janacek, did not live to remount this Elektra dying shortly after its premiere at the 2013 Aix-en-Provence Festival. However, his assistant Vincent Huguet did an admirable job in realizing Chéreau’s fascinatingly intimate world of haunted women paralyzed by a brutal past. Rarely has the Trojan War seemed so distant—and not just because Richard Peduzzi’s stark sandstone façade and Caroline de Vivaise’s simple costumes evoked the present […]
2012-08-13 22:01:00
Schoenberg Gurrelieder BBC Prom 41
Arnold Schoenberg's Gurrelieder is conceived as cosmic panorama. King Waldemar curses God and is himself cursed, doomed to ride the skies forever, inspiring awe and horror. This is an audacious work of theatre for orchestra and voices. No costumes needed, nor staging, though seeing it a performance space as inherently dramatic as the Royal Albert Hall intensifies its impact. No live Gurrelieder will ever be dull. Gurrelieder has featured in seven BBC Proms. Pierre Boulez conducted it in 1973, in an astounding performance that is still one of the best recordings available. Andrew Davis opened the 1987 Proms with a Gurrelieder where Hans Hotter gave an outstanding performance as speaker, so remarkable that it's ived in my memory ever since. Jukka-Pekka Saraste and his musicians have a lot to live up to, but their 2012 Proms Gurrelieder did not disappont. Every performance has its merits, and from each we […]
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