Kristine Jepson News
singer (1962-2017)
- mezzo-soprano
- United States of America
- opera singer, performing artist
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Birthday anniversaries of sopranos Helen Jepson (1904)…
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Hector Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini
Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) Marcello Giordani - Isabel Bayrakdarian, Kristine Jepson Peter Coleman-Wright, John Del Carlo, Robert LLoyd The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus dir: James Levine The Metropolitan Opera (2010) - 3 CDs Live recording December 27, 2003 Metropolitan Opera (Excellent sound) Flacs & cues; cover, inlays, booklet and discs scans Review "It is always thrilling to attend the premiere of a neglected work in a house like the Met. I should say that the Met is not the only important company to neglect this opera by Berlioz, in fact it has been neglected anywhere. I have to say this is somehow unfair. In my not always humble opinion, Berlioz created very fine music for this juvenile work, music that is partially known to any aficionado to music. When 'Teresa' and 'Cellini' sing their love duet of […]
2017-06-15 18:53:10
Composer’s intentions
[…] she recorded it twice and appeared on telecasts from Aix-en-Provence and the Met. However I found her lush mezzo with its wonderfully free top too dark and heavy for the Composer. Although its first season of Ariadne there featured Elisabeth Söderström in two performances as the Composer, the Met has followed the trend and generally cast mezzos. In addition to Troyanos, there has been among others Maria Ewing, Susanne Mentzer, Sarah Connolly, the late Kristine Jepson (marvelous at Christine Brewer’s debut), Susan Graham and Joyce DiDonato, the last sadly an unfortunate choice —strained, strident and wildly sharp. Other than Evelyn Lear’s 1970 Composers (which I understand were not a success), the most fascinating Met soprano Composer must be Teresa Stratas who took the role there just eight times stretching over 31 years from 1963 to 1994. I missed those final ones but I understand they were dramatically compelling if vocally […]
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