Herbert Sharpe News
English music professor (1861-1925)
Commemorations 2025 (Death: Herbert Sharpe)
- piano
- opera
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- composer, music teacher, pianist
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2024-04-21
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2023-10-21 11:15:00
What's not to love? Glamour and heart as Puccini's little swallow returns to Opera North
[…] being at one remove from society.Philip Smith made a fine Rambaldo, and it was a testament to his performance that we felt genuinely sorry for him. It is not a large role, but Smith admirably created a character without putting focus.Around these principals, Opera North had a constellation of singers from the chorus, each having their moments in the spotlight and giving a real feel of repertory company with no weak links. Pasquale Orchard, Kathryn Sharpe and Laura Kelly-McInroy played a significant role in Act ONe as the three young women, Yvette, Bianca and Suzy, in Magda's salon, creating a lively and vividly engaging atmosphere, well supported by Ross McInroy, Satriya Krisna, Paul Gibson and Andrew Randall as their male counterparts.The full chorus only really came into its own in Act Two, here a vibrantly active depiction of Bullier;s with solos from Charlie Drummond, Molly Barker and Amy Freston. The […]
2021-07-05 09:55:44
Ensemble collaboration: Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music from Opera North and the Leeds Playhouse
[…] Opera North using Jonathan Tunick's original orchestrations, and members of the chorus of Opera North cast in around a dozen roles. The cast included Dame Josephine Barstow as Madame Armfeldt, Stephanie Corley as Desiree Armfeldt, Lucy Sherman as Fredrika Armfeldt, Quirijn de Lang as Fredrik Egerman, Corinne Cowling as Anne Egerman, Laurence Kilsby as Henrik Egerman, Amy J Payne as Petra, Christopher Nairne as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, Helen Evora as Countess Charlotte Malcolm and Ivan Sharpe as Frid. The quintet was double cast and we saw Miranda Bevin, Amy Freston, Hazel Croft, James Davies and Stuart Laing. Designs were by Madeleine Boyd, lighting by Chris Davey, and choreography by Lucy Hind. Sebastian Frost was the sound designer and it is a tribute to his work that I hardly noticed it. Sondheim: A Little Night Music - Josephine Barstow - Opera North, Leeds Playhouse (Photo Sharron Wallace) […]
2021-05-13 00:32:00
CutTime Productions, LLC: Enjoy our ONLINE concert Thursday May 13 7p-8 ET; in the highest quality video yet for CutTime Simfonica!
[…] quartet plays BACKYARD CONCERTS now; just never in direct sunlight, or rain obviously. Email me for a quote. Meanwhile, enjoy our ONLINE concert Thursday May 13 7p-8 EST; in the highest quality video yet for CutTime Simfonica! ProMusica of Detroit is graciously featuring local composers of color and we performed at their annual dinner a few years back. This short program will be hosted by WRCJ 90.9 FM radio host Cecelia Sharpe, a former student. We actually played cello-bass duets together 10 years ago. It should be a fun interview with a few probing questions. Expect critical backstory, fumbling and surprises Thursday! This same A-team of CutTime Simfonica features Michigan Opera Theater Concertmaster Eliot Heaton, who has taken over Detroit in his 5 years. And then he trades melodies most with Musique Noire violist Leslie DeShazor. Mike List is a versatile hand-drummer […]
2020-08-18 13:53:31
What makes the disc work is the sheer verve & engagement of the performances: Adrian Chandler & La Serenissima's Extra Time
[…] Yang on exploring the music of her homeland on her new disc Sketches of China, on DECCA - interview Engaging dexterity: Bach's English Suites from the young Italian harpsichordist Paolo Zanzu - CD review A short yet magical experience: Interstices from Brother Tree Sound - CD review In the tavern of sweet songs: settings of classical Persian poetry in Edward Fitzgerald's English versions by contemporary composer David Lewiston Sharpe - Cd review 'Home
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