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2020-09-27 16:20:28
A Life On-Line: A disappearing hero in Glasgow, a dramatic soprano in recital, late Schumann in Croydon
[…] 23 September 2020 with Beethoven's Septet, Op. 20 [The Hanover Band] Opera Bohemia has been touring live opera around Scotland for 10 years, and as their current tour of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro has been postponed they are planning to release a series of clips from the opera, starting with the conclusion of the finale to Act 2, with Andrew McTaggart, Catriona Clark, Charlie Drummond, Christopher Nairne, Piran Legg, Shuna Scott Sendall and Seumas Begg, with conductor Alistair Digge. [YouTube] Valerie Solti and Norman Rosenthal hosted a recital by soprano Lotte Betts-Dean and pianist Joseph Havlat, the first of a series of on-line recitals from the George Solti Studio. The recital includes Purcell, Fauré, Satie and Poulenc, along with the UK premiere of Love Songs for Manuela written by Raymond Liu in 2018 [YouTube] Accordionist Bartosz Glowacki has been busy. He recorded a sparkling account of Autumn from Vivaldi's […]
2020-01-22 09:02:56
Listening with all five senses: Puccini's Gianni Schicchi from Five Senses Music
Puccini's Gianni Schicchi at the work's 1918 premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, New York As you might expect from the name, Five Senses Music invites the audience to get close enough to the action to explore it with all five senses, to allow for a different kind of contact, a truly physical engagement and meaningful interaction.Under conductor Tom Seligman ]who conducted Chelsea Opera Group's recent performance of Verdi's Un giorno di regno, see my review], Five Senses Music are presenting a concert performance of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi in the St Andrew's Building of the Grey Coat Hospital School, Greycoat Place, London SW1P 2DYon Saturday 25 January 2020 at 6pm. And conductor Tom Seligman will introduce the piece.The fine young cast includes Andrew Mayor [whom we saw as Rodrigo in Fulham Opera's production of Verdi's Don Carlo, see my review] in the title role, with Lauren Campbell-Lodge and Seumas Begg as […]
2016-12-01 13:40:11
Impressed seaman
On this day in 1951 Benjamin Britten‘s Billy Budd premiered in London. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJGz09z1biI Born on this day in 1823 composer Ernest Reyer who wrote the “other” Ring opera. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYFfsSjmsi0 Born on this day in 1877 composer Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (who wrote something other than a familiar Ukrainian Christmas carol.) //www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XQyRRcBDX0 Born on this day in 1932 mezzo-soprano Heather Begg. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8gRVRWsixM On this day in 1956 Leonard Bernstein’s Candide opened on Broadway. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgXMxhMhYm4 On this day in 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song opened on Broadway. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p5MRGQP5e4 Happy 56th birthday soprano Leontina Vaduva. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_jwv8c4nfA On this day in 1968 Burt Bacharach-Hal David’s Promises Promises opened on Broadway. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=15S4M5EAG8Y
2015-12-01 15:38:35
Working girl’s frug
On this day in 1968, the musical Promises Promises opened at the Shubert Theater, to run 1,281 performances. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkBZ0-r_M-8 Born on this day in 1823 composer Ernest Reyer who wrote the “other” Ring opera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYFfsSjmsi0 Born on this day in 1877 composer Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (who wrote something other than a familiar Ukrainian Christmas carol) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XQyRRcBDX0 Born on this day in 1932 mezzo-soprano Heather Begg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8gRVRWsixM Happy 55th birthday soprano Leontina Vaduva http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgZClPKoiis
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