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Lithuanian operatic mezzo-soprano
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2022-07-21 06:42:00
2022/23 classical music season at Perth Concert Hall
Perth Concert HallPerth Concert Hall was a Millennium project, raising £20 million to build a concert hall with an auditorium and studio. The hall opened in September 2005 and is known for its fine acoustics. The hall has recently announced its 2022/23 classical music season programmed by James Waters, Creative Director for Classical Music for Horsecross Arts, the creative organisation and charity behind Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre, The hall's 2022/23 classical music season opens with Scottish Opera in Massenet's Thérèse with Justina Gringyte in the title role, and the Dunedin Consort in Mozart's Mass in C minor with soloists Anna Dennis, Lucy Crowe, Benjamin Hulett, and Robert Davies conducted by John Butt.The orchestral series opens with violinist Nicola Benedetti and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Maxim Emelyanychev in the world premiere of James MacMillan's Violin Concerto No. 2 plus music by John Adams and Tchaikovsky, then Joana Carneiro conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony […]
2022-07-06 08:13:02
Beautiful Music in Beautiful Places: The Lammermuir Festival returns with 35 live performances across 16 historic venues in East Lothian
Haddington - St Mary's Parish Church (Photo Robin Mitchell)The Lammermuir Festival's tagline is Beautiful Music in Beautiful Places and this year's festival, which runs from 8 to 19 September 2022, certainly proves that. The festival is offering 35 live performances across 16 historic venues in East Lothian and alongside festival favourites such as Holy Trinity Church and St Mary's Parish Church in Haddington, there are new venues such as The Big Shed near Musselburgh, North Esk Parish Church, Sancta Maria Abbey at Nunraw, and Dunglass Collegiate Church.Scottish Opera will be giving what is thought to be the Scottish premiere of Massenet's 1907 opera Thérèse in a semi-staged performance at St. Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington, conducted by Anu Tali with mezzo-soprano Justina Gringytė in the title role. Set during the French Revolution, the opera is a rare excursion into more Verismo territory than usual for Massenet. The title role was written for the mezzo-soprano Lucy Arbell who created a […]
2020-02-02 19:58:12
Anglais - Second Revival of Calixto Bieito’s Carmenat the London Coliseum
[…] queen’ who need make no effort for the men to flock to her. Similarly, Ashley Riches’s Escamillo sings ‘Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre’ in a slightly drunken and disheveled state, his shirt hanging out, when there needs to be something more upstanding about the proud torero. The problems arise from the way in which this production demands the parts to be played, and not from the performances of these individuals. Indeed, both Gringytė’s portrayal of Carmen and her mezzo-soprano feel richer and more developed than they did when she played the same part in the 2015 revival, and she leaves quite an impression. Riches enables his strong and secure baritone to come to fore in the Toreador Song, although possibly the nature of his voice means it feels less powerful at those moments when the direction means he cannot sing completely outwards, while in Act III he […]
2020-02-02 19:58:12
Anglais - Second Revival of Calixto Bieito’s Carmen at the London Coliseum
[…] queen’ who need make no effort for the men to flock to her. Similarly, Ashley Riches’s Escamillo sings ‘Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre’ in a slightly drunken and disheveled state, his shirt hanging out, when there needs to be something more upstanding about the proud torero. The problems arise from the way in which this production demands the parts to be played, and not from the performances of these individuals. Indeed, both Gringytė’s portrayal of Carmen and her mezzo-soprano feel richer and more developed than they did when she played the same part in the 2015 revival, and she leaves quite an impression. Riches enables his strong and secure baritone to come to fore in the Toreador Song, although possibly the nature of his voice means it feels less powerful at those moments when the direction means he cannot sing completely outwards, while in Act III he […]
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