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Austrian opera singer
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- Austria, Cisleithania
- opera singer, university teacher
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Almost an expressionist nightmare: Janáček's Jenůfa at ENO with Jennifer Davis in the title role
[…] Braham, seemed to be a stake in the sand, showing what ENO does best. Conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson, the cast included Jennifer Davis as Jenůfa, Susan Bullock as the Kostelnička, Richard Trey Smagur as Laca, John Findon as Števa and Fiona Kimm as Grandmother Burya. Set designs are by Charles Edwards with costumes by Jon Morrell, lighting by Adam Silverman revived by Gary James. The work was sung in the classic Edward Downes and Otakar Kraus translation.Jennifer Davis, who sang Jenůfa, is a singer who impressed in the title role of Dvořák's Armida at Wexford in 2022 [see my review]. Armida premiered in 1904 in Prague, just three months after the first performance of Jenůfa in Brno. Janáček was only 13 years younger than Dvořák yet the dramatic approaches of the two operas are worlds apart, the one looking backward and the other looking presciently forward.Janáček:Jenůfa, Act 1 - Fiona Kimm, […]
2023-12-25 05:00:00
Kraus: Arias & Overtures (Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra)
2023-12-09 05:00:00
Kraus: Complete German Songs (Birgid Steinberger, Martin Hummel, Glen Wilson)
2023-11-24 17:38:22
One of the most stylistic, professional and refined tenors of the century, Spanish tenor Alfredo Kra
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