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2022-05-18 08:07:39
The Ring Returns: Arcola Theatre's Grimeborn Festival celebrates opera from Monteverdi through to contemporary with some zarzuela thrown in
[…] this is rather turning into Ethel Smyth year (hurrah!) so it is delightful that Spectra Ensemble's 2018 production of Smyth's The Boatswain's Mate is returning to Grimeborn [see my review]. Other unusual repertoire includes The Cervantes Theatre in the UK première of Black, el payaso, Pablo Sorozobal's zarzuela which debuted in Spain in 1942, whilst Opera at Home are pairing Walton's The Bear with Daniel Felsenfeld's I decided... New opera and work in progress includes John Michael Maloney's Sin the Musical from Dmii Productions, Kristina Arakelyan's Penelope (Work in Progress), What More? Production's mixture of Japanese and British Sign Language of Deaf performers in Sumida River and Red Gray & Sarah Nicholls' The Unravelling Fantasia of Miss H. which explores the Victorian mental health system. Classic operas in the season include Bizet's Carmen in Leo Geyer's bold re-imagining for Baseless Fabric Theatre, Mozart's The Magic Flute in Lindsay Bramley's version for Opera Alegria, Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore in […]
2020-10-29 08:59:14
A timely reminder of what we are missing: The Crimson Bird, orchestral works by Nicola Lefanu on new disc from NMC
Nicola Lefanu The Crimson Bird and other orchestral works; Rachel Nicholls, BBC Symphony Orchestra, RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Norman del Mar, Colman Pearce, Gavin Maloney, Ilan Volkov; NMC Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 28 October 2020 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A survey of works spanning over 40 years in terrific live performances makes a fine portrait disc When I interviewed composer Nicola Lefanu in 2017, the celebrations for her 70th birthday were going to include the premiere of her new piece The Crimson Bird. At the time, this was her first symphonic scale piece for 30 years. It was premiered by soprano Rachel Nichols, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ilan Volkov and a live recording of that first performance is at the centre of a new disc of Lefanu's work. NMC's new disc, The Crimson Bird and other orchestral works is something of a portrait of composer […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2018-04-03 13:03:35
Smithsonian Chief Supports Women's History Programming, But Not A New Women's History Museum
"We are half of America. Don't we deserve a museum?", said Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), who has written legislation to establish a women's history museum at the Smithsonian. (She claims to have 250 co-sponsors.) But Smithsonian Secretary David J. Skorton, who has just announced the launch of an institution-wide Women's History Initiative, says, "We're not […]
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Royal Opera House
2017-01-04 18:07:32
Ballet fitness videos to put a spring in your step in 2017
[…] each exercise, and multiple camera angles to help dancers understand the shapes their bodies should be making, make this a good springboard for those who know the basics, but want to improve. The video also features helpful links to the music being used in each exercise. For those in the know: The Royal Ballet's daily class To celebrate World Ballet Day 2016, we released a video featuring Class Teacher and Ballet Rehabilitation Specialist Brian Maloney and Soloists James Hay and Meaghan Grace Hinkis to help those watching at home learn the steps ahead of our live ballet class. All of the five steps shown are part of The Royal Ballet's morning ballet class, which takes place each day for our dancers (and is itself available to watch in full via YouTube ) For a powerful arm workout: Ballet Beautiful While the jury's out over how many of our […]
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