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Something astonishing: Olivia Fuchs' new production of Britten's Death in Venice for Welsh National Opera involved a collaboration with circus arts, NoFit State
[…] (seen 9 March 2024), and then on tour, WNO collaborated with circus arts company NoFit State, so that Tadzio and his family were all played by circus artists. Mark Le Brocq was Aschenbach, with Roderick Williams in the baritone roles, Alexander Chance as Apollo, Gareth Brynmor John as the English Clerk, and Peter Van Hulle as the Hotel Porter. The circus artists were Antony César as Tadzio, Diana Salles as the Polish Mother, Vilhelmiina Sinervo and Selma Hellmann as the daughters, and Riccardo Saggese as the Governess and Jaschiu. The remaining roles were taken by two WNO Associate Artists and 19 members of WNO Chorus. The designer was Nicola Turner, the lighting designer was Robbie Butler, and the video designer was Sam Sharples. The circus consultant was Tom Rack, and the circus designer and director was Firenza Guidi, both from NoFit State. The conductor was Leo Hussain. Nicola Turner's set was simple, a basic […]
2020-03-01 00:00:00
Mahler - van Dieren - Ravel - Delage - Stravinsky - Zemlinsky - Oriental Inspirations
Gustav MahlerDas Lied von der Erde (Cantonese version)Ning LiangWarren MokSingapore Symphony OrchestraLan Shui, conductorBIS-1547Release date Oct 2007Total time 71'14digital download, booklet, coversThe poems that in 1908 inspired Mahler to Das Lied von der Erde had been printed a year earlier in Hans Bethge's Die chinesische Flöte ('The Chinese Flute'). But they had already before that travelled huge distances in both time and space. Hans Bethge's poems were in fact paraphrases of Hans Hellmann's 1905 collection Chinesische Lyrik, which itself was based on French translations of 8th century Tang dynasty poems. The Hong Kong-based enthusiast Daniel Ng has now, through untiring research, established the most likely sources of Bethge's poems, and prepared a Chinese Song of the Earth, replacing the German texts with the original Chinese poems. The result, soon to be published, has been recorded with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lan Shui, and the Chinese-born international stars Ning Liang […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-12-23 18:00:00
Christmas with the Faces of Classical Music
[…] church of Waldhausen provides a setting evocative of Bach's times. An added highlight of the program is the retelling of the Nativity story with the magnificent carved figures of two master wood-carvers of the Baroque period from Upper Austria. Also heard on the recording are thedistinguished tenor Peter Schreier, bass Robert Holl and the Tölzer Boys Choir... View full post Camille Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël (Christmas Oratorio) – Bachchor und Bachorchester Mainz, Diethard Hellmann (Audio video) Calig's 1976 recording of Saint-Saëns' Oratorio de Noël is a solid presentation of an extremely appealing work. Scored for five soloists, chorus, strings, harp, and organ, the oratorio lies within the capabilities of good church and community choirs, and could easily find a place in the repertoires of groups looking for an alternative to Messiah to celebrate the Christmas season. It's warmly, but not gushily Romantic, with gratifying vocal and […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-12-21 21:32:00
German Christmas Carols – Windsbacher Knabenchor, Martin Lehmann, Modern Slide Quartett (HD 1080p)
[…] Cornelia Horak, Bejun Mehta, Richard Croft, Florian Boesch – Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi – Claus Guth, Hannes Rossacher (HD 1080p)Christmas in Vienna 2008 – Elīna Garanča, Juan Diego Flórez, Genia Kühmeier, Paul Armin Edelmann, Wiener Symphoniker, Karel Mark ChichonJohann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 – Tölzer Knabenchor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Peter Schreier, Robert Holl, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (HD 1080p) Camille Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël (Christmas Oratorio) – Bachchor und Bachorchester Mainz, Diethard Hellmann (Audio video)
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