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Italian composer (1866-1950)
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2023-11-09 08:17:00
Remembering Keel Watson
[…] of the Caterpillar in Will Todd: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at Opera Holland Park in 2013 and continued in the role with their subsequent revivals, and was a complete delight as the Blues-singing, weed-smoking Caterpillar in IF Opera's production this Summer [see my review], and joined Opera Holland Park on the 2015 recording [see my review]Lesser known operas included a wonderfully inebriated turn in Rimsky-Korsakov's Christmas Eve with Chelsea Opera Group in 2017 [see my review] and Cilea's 'other' opera, L'Arlesiana at Opera Holland Park in 2019 [see my review]. Back in 2009 he was a remarkable Iago in Verdi's Otello with Birmingham Opera Company, which we caught online in 2020 [see my article]. In 2015 at Holland Park he played the King in Verdi's Aida [see my review], Another Verdi role deserves mention, I don't know whether he ever sang the full role, but his incarnation of the title role in Macbeth with English Pocket […]
2022-07-18 14:02:07
Fleisher, Pires, 2022
This Week in Classical Music: July 18, 2022. Instrumentalists and Singers. We’ll skip several anniversaries, such as Francesco Cilea’s, his opera Adriana Lecouvreur notwithstanding, even though the title soprano role has been sung by such luminaries as Magda Olivero, Renata Tebaldi, Leyla Gencer, Montserrat Caballé, Renata Scotto, Mirella Freni, Joan Sutherland and Angela Gheorghiu. We’ll also skip Ernest Bloch, a Swiss-Jewish-American composer mostly famous for his Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque, a large-scale work for cello and orchestra. And we’ll also leave out Adolphe Adam who wrote music for such popular ballets as Giselle and Le corsaire. All three of them were born this week, on July 23rd of 1866, July 24th of 1880 and July 24th of 1803 respectively. Instead, we’ll acknowledge several interpreters: the pianists, violinist, and singers. First, the pianists. Leon Fleisher was born on July 23rd of 1928. Fleisher lived a long life (he died two years ago) but his […]
2021-12-02 03:00:00
DECCA Grandi Voci Recitals (Lorengar, Simionato, Souliotis, Cerquetti, Bergonzi & Di Stefano)
Pilar LorengarOpera Arias by Mozart, Puccini, Bizet, Dvorak Conducted by Giuseppe Patane & Walter Weller DECCA ADDFlac Files, Scans of Covers and Track Listing Giulietta SimionatoOpera Arias by Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti & VerdiConducted by Franco Ghione, Fernando Previtali, Alberto Erede and Georg SoltiDECCA ADDFlac Files, Scans of Covers and Track Listing Elena SouliotisOpera Arias by Verdi, Donizetti & PonchielliConducted by Lamberto Gardelli, Olivero di Fabritis & Silvio VarvisoDECCA ADDFlac Files, Scans of Covers and Track Listing Anita CerquettiOpera Arias by Verdi, Bellini, Puccini & PonchielliConducted by Giandrea GavazzeniDECCA ADDFlac Files, Scans of Covers I can't find the CD but have the files so no track list - sorry. Carlo BergonziOpera Arias by Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Giordano, Cilea & PonchielliConducted by Giandrea Gavazzeni, Georg Solti, John Pritchard & Lamberto GardelliDECCA ADDFlac Files, Scans of […]
2021-11-20 03:00:00
Opera Recitals Post 3 of 3 (Domingo. P, Vickers. J, Milnes. S, London. G, Wunderlich. F)
Placido Domingo Romantic Arias Handel: Svegliatevi nel core (from Giulio Cesare) Mozart: Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni) Donizetti: Inosservato, penetrava … Angelo casto e bel (from Il Duca d'Alba) Halévy: Rachel, quand du Seigneur (from La Juive) Verdi: Oh! fede negar potessi (from Luisa Miller) Wagner: In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Verdi: O inferno!...Sento avvampar nell'anima (from Simon Boccanegra) Tchaikovsky: Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) Puccini: Ecco la Casa...Torna ai felici di (from Le Villi) Mascagni: Apri la tua finestra (from Iris) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Downes (conductor) Jon Vickers Italian Opera Arias Ponchielli: Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda) Verdi: Io l'ho perduta (from Don Carlos) Cilea: È la solita storia 'Lamento di Federico' (from L'Arlesiana) Leoncavallo: Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) Leoncavallo: No! Pagliaccio non son! (from I Pagliacci) Giordano, U: Un dì, all' azzurro spazio […]
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