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Czech conductor, composer, contrabassist, opera singer and choirmaster
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2024-03-28 15:57:00
Die Frau ohne Schatten, Semperoper Dresden, 27 March 2024
Evelyn Herlitzius (Die Amme), Miina-Liisa Värelä (Baraks Frau), Komparserie; all images © Semperoper Dresden/Ludwig OlahEmperor – Eric Cutler Empress – Camilla Nylund Nurse – Evelyn Herlitzius Spirit-Messenger – Andreas Bauer Kanabas Barak – Oleksandr Pushniak Dyer’s Wife – Mina-Liisa Värelä Apparition of Youth – Martin Mitterrutzner Voice of the Falcon – Lea-ann Dunbar Voice from Above – Christa Mayer Guardian of the Threshold of the Temple – Nikola Hillebrand The One-Eyed – Rafael Fingerlos The One-Armed – Tilmann Rönnebeck The Hunchback – Tansel Akzeyebek Children’s Voices – Nikola Hillebrand, Sofia Savenko, Lea-ann Dunbar, Stephanie Atanasov, Dominika Škrabalová, Michal Doron Servants – Bryndis Gudjonsdottir, Sofia Savenko, Dominika ŠkrabalováDirector – David BöschSet designs – Patrick BannwartCostumes – Moana StembergerLighting – Fabio AntociVideo – Falko Herold, Patrick BannwartDramaturgy – Johann Casimir EuleChildren’s Chorus (director: Claudia Sebastian-Bertsch) of the Semperoper Dresden Chorus (director: André Kellinghaus) of the Semperoper DresdenSächsische Staatskapelle DresdenChristian Thielemann (conductor) Dresden […]
2024-03-28 04:00:00
EASTER PASSION MUSIC 2024 [24 CDs]
[…] pixel workuploadGiovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)Stabat MaterSalve Regina for sopranoSalve Regina for contraltoDorothea Röschmann - sopranoDavid Daniels - countertenorEuropa Galante, Fabio BiondiVirgin Classics 0946 3 63340 2 8 (2006)Download mega 1fichier pixelGeorg Anton Benda (1722-1795)Carl Friedrich Gessel (1724-1793)Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714)CantatasDorothee Mields, Klaus Mertens and other soloistsTelemann-Kammerorchester MichaelsteinLudger Rémy - directionRecorded April 1998Label: CPO 999 650-2Download 1fichier pixel workuploadFranz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross1840 version for flute & string quartet (F.A. Barbieri)Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres - traversoEnsemble La Spagna (period instruments)Recorded November 2019Label: brilliant Classics BC 96659Download 1fichier pixel workuploadJohann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813)Stabat mater in f minorSymphony in D majorNatalia Melnik - sopran, marta Benackova - altPrager Kammerorchester and -chorVáclav Neumann - directionRecorded April 1993Label: Orfeo C 324941 ADownload 1fichier pixel workuploadFerdinando Paër (1771-1839)La Passione di Gesù CristoValentina Coladonato - soprano, Valentina Kutzarova - mezzo-soprano, Enea Scala - tenor, Alvaro Lozano, baritoneCoro La Stagione Armonica, Orchestra […]
Royal Opera House (The Guardian)
2024-03-26 12:56:43
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonRafael Bonachela’s beautiful choreography and Paula Levis’ striking costumes stand out in pieces ranging from a gentle voyage to stark electro intensityTwenty years ago, Rafael Bonachela was a major new talent in UK dance. A Spaniard who’d spent years dancing in London with Rambert and was making waves with his choreography. But in 2009 he left to become artistic director at Sydney Dance Company, so this show is a bit of a homecoming. The triple bill, titled Ascent, opens with a short piece of Bonachela’s own, I Am-ness, and it’s a reminder of the quality of his choreography: 10 minutes of beautiful movement, set to the keening and soaring violin of Lonely Angel by Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks. It’s less frenetic than some of Bonachela’s early works, and takes time and pleasure in the facility of the four dancers in long, continuous, ever-evolving phrases. They’re on […]
2024-03-04 12:00:00
Ron Bierman listens to Gill Shaham and the San Diego Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Payare
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