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2024-03-07 09:16:00
The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards 2024, at the Royal Northern College of Music
L-R from top: Nicky Spence; Jasdeep Singh Degun; Roman Grigoriv, Olga Diatel and Illia Razumeiko; and Jack Capstaff at the RPS AwardsThe Royal Philharmonic Society held its awards ceremony at the Royal Northern College of Music on Tuesday night (5 March) – the first time they’ve ever done them out of London. And here are my awards for the highlights of the show: l The ceremony began with Conversation in the Forest by Keiko Abe, performed by “The Sound of Manchester” – Delia Stevens and Le Yu (aka Aurora Percussion Duo), with Andrea Vogler, David Hext, Harriet Kwong and Paul Patrick. l Most entertaining acceptance speech of the night was from tenor Nicky Spence (winner, Singer category), pointing out that he’d been up for the award more than once before and “I was beginning to think I was Pippa Middleton” and telling the tale of how his mother […]
2023-07-02 20:35:00
[…] AN EVENING WITH RHIANNON GIDDENS AND FRANCESCO TURRISI Libbey Bowl An intimate concert with Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi with music ranging from the Baroque to Appalachian ballads and traditional Black American songs. Saturday, June 10 10:00am | THE WILLOWS ARE NEW Libbey Bowl Gloria Cheng piano | Kayhan Kalhor kamancheh | Karen Ouzounian cello | Nathan Schram viola | Wu Man pipa Niloufar NOURBAKHSH Veiled Lei LIANG Mother’s SongsGE Gan-Ru Gong (from Gu Yue) CHOU Wen-Chung The Willows are NewKayhan KALHOR Solo Improvisation 8:00pm | OMAR’S JOURNEY Libbey Bowl Limmie Pulliam tenor (Omar) | Rhiannon Giddens soprano (Julie) | Cheryse McLeod Lewis mezzo-soprano (Fatima) | Michael Preacely bass-baritone (Abdul/Abe) | Andy Papas bass-baritone (Owen/Johnson) Emi Ferguson flute | Joshua Rubin clarinet | Mazz Swift, Michi Wiancko violins | Mario Gotoh viola Karen Ouzounian cello | Shawn Conley bass | Leonard Hayes piano | Ross Karre, Francesco Turrisi percussion Justin Robinson fiddle | Seckou Keita kora Music from Senegal and the Carolinas Music by Rhiannon GIDDENS and Michael AbeLS Omar’s Journey World Premiere Libretto by Rhiannon Giddens An Ojai-commissioned work for voices and chamber ensemble drawn from the opera Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, framed by traditional music that traces the journey of the real-life Omar Ibn Said from Senegal to the Carolinas. Sunday, June […]
2023-06-29 14:13:00
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera HouseFatima – Dima Orsho Sama – Carla Nahadi BAbelegotoLalla Soliman (director)Loes Schakenbos (lighting)Eli Verkeyn (costumes)Bissane Al Charif, Julia König (scenography, video design)Aida Elkashef (documentary audio fragments) Ensemble Zar (taegŭm – Hyelim Kim; accordion – Miloš Milivojevič; recorders, crumhorn, fujara, duduk, kaval – Raphaela Danksagmüller; shō – Chatori Schimizu; kamancha – Faraz Eshghi Sahraei; cello – Hanna Kölbel; keyboard – Samir Bendimered)Kanako Abe (conductor) Woman at Point Zero is an hour-long opera by composer Bushra El-Turk and librettist Stacy Hardy, based on the novel by the great Egyptian writer and feminist Nawal El Saadawi. Saadawi’s protagonist Firdaus, whom the author met in Qanatir Prison, becomes Fatma, a sex worker imprisoned for murdering her violent pimp, the latest in a long line of violent, abusive men that began with her father and uncle. Fatma finds freedom in her sentence and, to the bewilderment of her interlocutor, film-maker Sama, […]
2023-01-29 01:04:00
San Francisco Opera 2023-24
[…] role of Otogawa, advising Jobs from beyond the grave while being a "magic Bhuddist" and the poorly-written women's roles. An SFO co-commission. Wagner, Lohengrin. Kim/Simon O'Neill (Lohengrin), Julie Adams (Elsa), Brian Mulligan (Telramund), Judit Kutasi (Ortrud), Kristinn Sigmundsson (King Henry). David Alden production previously seen twice at Covent Garden; not the production used in 2009. My friend Mark Berry reviewed it at CG and liked it better the second time under the revival director, who is also directing this revival.Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, libretto by Rhiannon Giddens, Omar. John Kennedy/Jamez McCorkle (Omar), Taylor Raven (Fatima), Brittany Rene (Julie), Norman Garrett (Abdul and Abe), Daniel Okulitsch (Johnson and Owen), Barry Banks (Auctioneer and Taylor). SFO co-commission. Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore. Ramon Tebar/Pene Pati (Nemorino), Slávka Zámečníková (Adina), David Bižić (Belcore), Renato Girolami (Dulcamara). Production new to SFO, by Daniel Slater. Summer 2024: Mozart, Die Zauberflote. Kim/Amitai Pati (Tamino), Christina Gansch (Pamina), Lauri Vasar (Papageno), Kwangchul Youn (Sarastro), Anna Simińska (Queen of the Night), Zhengyi Bai (Monastatos). No Papagena announced. Production […]
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