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2022-07-01 09:39:29
Unsung Heroines: Lauren Fagan & Opera Holland Park Young Artists in a celebration of women composers and more
[…] the role of Avis in Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers at Glyndebourne [see my review], so it was a delight to re-encounter Avis' Act One aria 'Je connais certaine fille', a sexy, fun-filled number in which Fagan channelled Smyth's Bizet-inspired influences. Then in a change of mood we heard Rusalka's Song to the Moon from Dvorak's opera, in a lovely poised account.Philip Costovski sang two of Rebecca Clarke's settings of W.B. Yeats, which were originally dedicated to tenor Gervase Elwes. As Costovski commented in his spoken introduction, in neither of the songs is Yeats particularly modern in his attitude to women, but both songs show Clarke as a fine songwriter. 'Shy One' seemed to rather channel Clarke's teachers, but 'The cloths of Heaven' moved from the more conventional to something more adventurous, and both received strong performances from Costovski and Matthewman.The final item in the programme returned us to opera, Anne's 'No word from […]
2021-09-27 07:00:43
Orchestras are starting back into live, in-person events and it’s clear everyone is happy to be back. In San Francisco, they even managed to get a good laugh out of wearing masks. The 9/23/21 edition of SFGate.com published an article by Amy Graff that reported on a live movie music concert that featured the film The Princess Bride that had a line which left the audience in tears (in a good ...
2016-10-20 15:09:54
Say, you cover a lot of ground yourself
Born on this day in 1889 actress Margaret Dumont. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3FZ_jtDMVg Happy 85th birthday contralto Lauris Elms. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKcZrIFV83I Happy 73rd birthday dramatic soprano/mezzo-soprano Dunja Vejzovic. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NoMVxz0AMc Happy 71st birthday composer Thomas Pasatieri. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pj2YQ7OtCk Happy 70th birthday tenor John Joseph Elwes. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQe4XUia440 Happy 69th birthday baritone Wolfgang Brendel. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMWlnoc1To8
2015-10-20 17:40:09
Love, Sydney
On this day in 1973 the Sydney Opera House opened. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLJsDrA9y-s Happy 84th birthday contralto Lauris Elms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnW1TytYDmg Happy 72nd birthday dramatic soprano/mezzo-soprano Dunja Vejzovic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NoMVxz0AMc Happy 70th birthday composer Thomas Pasatieri http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pj2YQ7OtCk Happy 69th birthday tenor John Joseph Elwes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQe4XUia440 Happy 68th birthday baritone Wolfgang Brendel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMWlnoc1To8
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