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2022-08-13 01:22:06
Quebec City, August 12, 2022 – The 11th edition of the Festival d’opéra de Québec concluded on August 4 with Faust’s final performance at the Grand Théâtre de Québec. This show, along with the other presentations on the program, will have established the mark of Jean-François Lapointe as the new general and artistic director of [...]
2021-01-16 19:39:00
PilotOnline.com: In honor of MLK Day, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra will stream their annual celebration beginning Monday [George Walker & Adolphus Hailstork]
[…] Roads), this year’s concert will include welcoming remarks by Mayor Kenneth Cooper Alexander, an invocation delivered by Pastor Robert Lee of Collinswood Agape Baptist Church and excerpts from inspiring speeches made by King will be recited by Pastor Jerome Barber of Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Temple and Pastor Geoffrey Guns of Second Calvary Baptist Church. A string quartet — featuring VSO musicians Simon Lapointe, Seiko Syvertsen, Alexandra Takasugi, and Rebecca Gilmore Phillips – will also perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” with featured vocal soloist Gregory Gardner of Norfolk State University, George Walker’s “Lyric for Strings,” the African American hymn “He Looked Beyond My Faults” and Adolphus Hailstork’s “Adagio for Strings.”
2020-10-12 10:05:08
Glyndebourne's outdoor Offenbach comes indoors with a terrific ensemble cast
[…] Tour Orchestra. Who performed what, and with what forces, was strictly controlled in 19th century Paris and until 1857, Offenbach and his Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens were strictly limited in terms of the number of performers allowed. This changed in 1857, and to take advantage of the larger forces now available to him Offenbach wrote Mesdames de la Halle which has 12 named roles and a chorus. The libretto by the playwright Armand Lapointe seems to have been mining affection for the Marche des Innocents, and the piece is set within the market with a cast including nine different market sellers and Offenbach's opening chorus utilises versions of the old market sellers calls. The piece is probably the closest that Offenbach came to writing farce, and within the lively setting there is of course a love story. One of the twists of the piece is that the three […]
2019-03-19 03:52:00
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AND one more cast change that I missed: March 11, 2019 Jean-François Lapointe will sing the Marquis de la Force in all upcoming performances of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites, replacing Dwayne Croft. Canadian baritone Jean-François Lapointe makes his Met debut as Marquis de la Force, a role he has previously sung at Dutch National Opera. Recent performances include Hérode in Massenet’s Hérodiade and Rodrigo in Verdi’s Don Carlo at Marseilles Opera and Valentin in Gounod’s Faust and the title role of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. This season he sings Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff at Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Golaud in Debussy’s Pélleas et Mélisande at Opéra National du Rhin, and Thésée in Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. The cast for Dialogues des Carmélites includes Isabel Leonard as Blanche de la Force, Adrianne Pieczonka as Mme. Lidoine, Erin Morley as Constance, Karen Cargill as Mère Marie, Karita Mattila as Mme. de Croissy, and David Portillo as the Chevalier de la Force. Met Music Director Yannick […]
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