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American operatic mezzo-soprano
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- mezzo-soprano
- United States of America
- opera singer, music teacher
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2024-03-27 08:09:00
Revisiting Staatsoper Berlin’s Ring cycle proved a thrilling experience: Dmitri Tcherniakov's production returns to Unter den Linden with conductor Philippe Jordan
[…] the Rhine? Seemingly remorseful and full of guilt, Hagen quietly leaves the research centre to live another day, Maybe, in the hope of redeeming himself for his wrongdoing. And the idea of 'redemption' lies at the heart of Wagner's philosophy. Brünnhilde follows him from the research centre. The earth goddess, Erda, waves her goodbye by utilising the wings of a toy bird. But for Brünnhilde it's goodbye to all that recalling from my perspective Robert Graves' 1929 autobiography, Good-Bye to All That, pointing to the passing of the Old Order and a new beginning following the cataclysm of the First World War. As such, the end of the Gods and Valhalla similarly heralded in a New Dawn, too. The German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, who had an ambivalent relationship with Richard Wagner, said: 'Life is worth living, says art, the beautiful temptress. Life is worth knowing, says science.' I think that […]
2024-03-17 13:00:27
Laffont Grand Finals Competition
Evan Rogister conducts the stars of tomorrow, hosted by Denyce Graves and featuring Ryan Speedo Green!
2023-11-20 00:56:00
San Francisco Opera 2024 Adler Fellows; Adler Concert
[…] FUTURE IS NOW: ADLERS IN CONCERTSaturday, December 2, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.Herbst Theatre, Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco San Francisco Opera Adler FellowsSan Francisco Opera OrchestraRamón Tebar, conductor Tickets for The Future Is Now range from $34–$69. PROGRAM (subject to change) Overture from Norma (Vincenzo Bellini)San Francisco Opera Orchestra "Va, crudele … Vieni in Roma!" from Norma (Vincenzo Bellini)Gabrielle Beteag, Adalgisa • Moisés Salazar, Pollione "Che più t'arresti … Tacea la notte ... Di tale amor" from Il Trovatore (Giuseppe Verdi)Nikola Printz, Inez • Mikayla Sager, Leonora "Amor ti vieta" from Fedora (Umberto Giordano)Edward Graves, Count Loris "Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta" from La Rondine (Giacomo Puccini)Olivia Smith, Magda "Riez, allez" from Don Quichotte (Jules Massenet)Jongwon Han, Sancho "Sull'aria" from Le Nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)Olivia Smith, Countess Almaviva • Arianna Rodriguez, Susanna "I was a woman" from prisoner of the state (David Lang)Nikola Printz, the Assistant "Sometimes th’ pain of missin' him" from Cold Sassy Tree (Carlisle Floyd)Victor Cardamone, Will Tweedy "Un dì, se ben rammentomi" from Rigoletto (Giuseppe Verdi)Edward Graves, the Duke of Mantua • Nikola Printz, Maddalena • Arianna Rodriguez, Gilda • Jongwon Han, Rigoletto "Scostatevi ... il […]
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