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2022-08-26 07:00:08
The US experimentalist evokes the horrors of war with lyrics taken from poems by German Expressionist poet George Heym
2022-04-01 07:11:11
Bringing the House Down: bass Brindley Sherratt on the gala at Glyndebourne for The Meath
Brindley Sherratt with his daughter Amy (Photo Colin Hart) In March 2020, I interviewed bass Brindley Sherratt in advance of a gala concert at Glyndebourne, Bringing the House Down, in aid of The Meath, a residential care home for people with complex epilepsy where Brindley's daughter, Amy lives. The pandemic caused the cancellation of the concert, but it is finally taking place. On 10 April 2022 Brindley Sherratt will be joined by Fleur Barron, Jennifer France, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Sally Mathews, Huw Montague Rendall, Rachel Nicholls, Alexandra Oomens, Mark Padmore CBE, Brindley Sherratt, Nicky Spence and Freddie De Tommaso. The singers will be accompanied by pianists Matthew Fletcher and Caroline Jaya Ratnam, Chris Addison will compère and the pledge-master will be Adrian Biddell. The singers will perform popular arias and ensembles from opera and musicals and there will be a short screening of a film of The […]
2022-02-06 01:19:06
The Metropolitan Opera Guild: Special Guests Announced! 2022 OPERA NEWS Awards [7 PM Sunday, April 3, 2022, The Plaza Hotel, New York City]
This spring, the Metropolitan Opera Guild will mark its return to in-person galas with the 17th Annual OPERA NEWS Awards. We would love you to join us for this exciting occasion. This year’s honorees — mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, baritone Quinn Kelsey and soprano Elza van den Heever — will be fêted at a black-tie gala on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at the Plaza Hotel. We are excited to announce that musical tributes by J’Nai Bridges and Piotr Beczała will be performed in honor of the recipients. The gala will also feature appearances by Nina Stemme and Christian Van Horn. *** Tickets are on sale now! *** For more information, visit www.metguild.org/awards or call 212.769.7009. Photo Credits: ©Dario Acosta (Awards); ©Beth Bergman (Graves)
2020-12-28 15:00:06
Virtual cocktail parties have replaced black-tie galas as cultural institutions struggle to pay their operating costs.
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