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2024-02-26 07:40:00
Marking the centenary of Puccini's death, Opera Holland Park in his early Messa di Gloria
[…] Summer, his UK debut, and this performance certainly whetted the appetite. Originally a baritone, he has a lovely dark quality to the voice, but an enviable freedom at the top and a fine sense of when to sing quietly.Puccini's Messa a quattro voci (now more commonly known as the Messa di Gloria) is an early work, something of a curiosity in the composer's output. He composed it as a graduation exercise for the Istituto Musicale Pacini in Lucca where he studied, and it had its first performance in Lucca in 1880 (when the composer was 22). Puccini came from a long line of church musicians, his great-great-grandfather Giacomo (1712–1781) was maestro di cappella of the Cattedrale di San Martino in Lucca. He was succeeded in this position by his son, Antonio, and then by Antonio's son Domenico, and Domenico's son Michele (father of the opera composer). However Giacomo was only six […]
2023-07-22 13:00:15
Gli arabi nelle Gallie ossia Il trionfo della fede
Giovanni Pacini’s 1827 opera, revived for the first time since the 19th century.
2022-04-12 07:08:30
Historical stagecraft & modern sensibilities: a powerful Tamerlano from Cambridge Handel Opera Company
[…] her affections. Yet throughout, Laing gave us a sense of the constant and unpredictable danger lurking underneath. In the opera, Tamerlano's music is surprisingly non-psychotic, and Laing made sense of this, giving dramatic shape to the character and dazzling us with some vivid coloratura and vivid, yet stylish, ornaments. Technically, Andronico is the star of the opera. The role was written for star castrato Senesino (the title role was sung by the more junior Andrea Pacini and he got four arias to Senesino's six), and at the end he gets the girl. But, Oh, he is such a drip. None of the drama would happen if only he said something to Tamerlano in the first act. But Thalie Knights definitely wasn't a drip; she had a way of being solid and centred on stage which, in the opening scenes, brought out the more positive aspects of Andronico's character. And Knights […]
2021-01-09 06:25:00
Classical Music News of the Week, January 9, 2021
[…] local listings), pbs.org/gperf, and the PBS Video app. It explores the story of world-renowned pianist Vladimir Horowitz at his historic 1986 Moscow concert. The documentary weaves together concert footage, including intimate close-ups of the pianist's agile hands interspersed with the emotional audience reactions, historical context and original interviews with Horowitz’ former manager Peter Gelb (Metropolitan Opera) as well as composer Tatjana Komarova, violoncellist Alina Kudelevic and contemporary piano virtuosos Martha Argerich, Daniil Trifonov and Sophie Pacini.--Elizabeth Boone, WNETRafael Payare Named New Music Director of Orchestre Symphonique de MontréalThe Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) announced today that Rafael Payare will become its next Music Director, effective from the 2022-2023 season for a minimum of five years. Mr. Payare assumes the position of Music Director Designate from September 1, 2021, taking over from Maestro Kent Nagano, who held the position of Music Director from 2006 to 2020.Mr. Payare’s debut with the Orchestra […]
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