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- opera singer, stage actor
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Reviving early English opera, staging Baroque opera: I chat to conductor Julian Perkins about his recording of John Eccles' Semele and staging Handel's Tamerlano
[…] the audience history lesson. He feels that it is important to trust Handel and his librettist. Julian quotes a friend who, taking part in a production of a Baroque opera commented that he did not understand why he had to make his entry on a motorbike. But Julian hastens to add that some modern productions do work, he saw a powerful production of Handel's Semele which used the story of President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky! What Julian wants is a synergy between all the elements in the operas. So they will be incorporating the language of Baroque gesture into the production, but with theatricality, creativity and respect for the music. Julian points out that we rarely, if ever, see Handel operas performed with the number of performers on stage that Handel used. Quite frequently, though using a limited singing cast, there would be a significant number of people on […]
2015-03-22 00:20:46
[…] instead. One of the pieces of advice I read in one of Thich Naht Hanh’s books is to envision those you’re having issues with as children; specifically, as young children who had the same fears you did as a child–abandonment, disappointment for the first time, loneliness, broken hope, etc. It’s a practice that is meant to drive compassion for someone you don’t like; hopefully that will help. Coincidentally, I found a TED talk that Monica Lewinsky just did this past week on compassion, cyber-bullying, and bullying by the media. It was a really good talk that was pretty overdue; I wish someone would do an entire TED talk on slut shaming alone. More happy news? Two of my heroes, Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer are 3 months pregnant with a baby. I’m not super fond of little germ-sacs, but their kid is one lucky person. Overall, it’s been a really […]
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