Geraldine Decker News
American singer and opera singer (1931-2013)
- mezzo-soprano
- United States of America
- opera singer
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2024-03-28
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2022-10-25 13:06:37
What connects a tea towel, a double-Decker bus and a facial? The countertenor picks his 10 favourite tracks that distil the beauty of tears, pull at the heart strings and suspend timeMusic is “a sovereign remedy against despair and melancholy, and will drive away the devil himself”, wrote Robert Burton in
2022-04-11 13:12:15
Alcina and Arminio to Kurt Cobain and Kaija Saariaho to Werther and Wozzeck, the Royal Opera House's new season
[…] by Mark Elder. Il Trovatore is being directed by Adele Thomas whose previous successes here have been in Baroque opera (Handel's Berenice in 2019 and the recent production of Vivaldi's Bajazet), so it will be interesting to see what her take on this warhorse is. With Wozzeck we are back on safer ground. The Royal Opera has a strong track-record in this opera, dating back to 1952 (and I was lucky enough to see the 1984 production by Willy Decker using Caspar Neher's original 1952 costumes and sets, and the new production is being entrusted to Deborah Warner, with Christian Gerhaher in the title role. Main stage revivals don't really feature any novelties and many are bread-and-butter revivals, but there is plenty of interesting casting. Lise Davidsen and Stefan Winke headlining the revival of Stephen Wadsworth's production Wagner's Tannhauser, Bryn Terfel in Rossini's Barber of Seville, Ermonela Jaho as Liu in Puccini's Turandot, Malin Byström […]
2022-03-18 14:21:00
Royal Opera House Images: ROH 2022 (c) Yasuko KageyamaThe Boy (Cruz Fitz), Peter Grimes (Allan Clayton) Hobson – Stephen Richardson Swallow – John Tomlinson Peter Grimes – Allan Clayton Ned Keene – Jacque Imbrailo Rev. Horace Adams – James Gilchrist Bob Boles – John Graham-Hall Auntie – Catherine Wyn-Rogers First Niece – Jennifer France Second Niece – Alexandra Lowe Mrs Sedley – Rosie Aldridge Ellen Orford – Maria Bengtsson Bryn Terfel – Captain Balstrode The Boy – Cruz Fitz Aerialist – Jamie Higgins Deborah Warner (director)Michael Levine (set designs)Luis F. Carvalho (costumes)Peter Mumford (lighting)Kim Brandstrup (choreography)Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding) Orchestra of the Royal Opera HouseMark Elder (conductor) London has proved fortunate with recent productions of Peter Grimes(and doubtless with older ones too). David Alden’s 2014 production for ENO and Willy Decker’s for the Royal Opera (in its 2011 revival) both had considerable virtues and received performances. […]
2022-03-14 11:56:27
The Three Queens, closing scenes from Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, Roberto Devereux; Sondra Radvanovsky, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Riccardo Frizza; Pentatone Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 11 March 2022 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Pentatone's discs records a stupendous live event, Sondra Radvanovsky captured in terrific form in three major Donizetti roles This set preserves a particular occasion, and allows one of the great voices of modern bel canto singing to shine. Recorded live at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and issued on Pentatone, under the title of Three Queens, the disc features the final scenes of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux sung by Sondra Radvanovsky, conducted by Riccardo Frizza with Lauren Decker, Kathleen Felty, Eric Ferring, Christopher Kenney, Anthony Reed, Ricardo Jose Rivera, Mario Rojas, David Weigel. Now it has to be said that Three Queens is a misnomer as there are four Queens in the […]
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