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2022-06-01 11:51:18
Anglais - Samson et Dalila is a Production of Two Halves at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
[…] In the opera the revelation that Samson’s strength resides in his hair actually occurs offstage, while it also includes some material not found in the Bible such as the death of the Philistine governor Abimélech in Act I. Comprising three acts and four scenes, the opera is highly similar to an oratorio in terms of its dramaturgical and musical plan. In fact, Saint-Saëns originally conceived the piece as one, but when he approached Ferdinand Lemaire, the husband of one of his wife’s cousins, about writing a libretto for it, Lemaire convinced the composer that the story was better suited to an opera. The fact that, in practice, it feels as if it falls somewhere between the two does not make it particularly easy to stage because different techniques can be required to convey various parts of it, thus hindering the presentation of a consistent world. It is also easy […]
2021-04-22 15:52:07
APRIL 7, 2021 – CAMMAC has released a series of 6 short films entitles “Musical Postcards from the CAMMAC Music Centre”, featuring several luminaries of the Canadian musical landscape. In the summer of 2020, CAMMAC’s Artistic Director, Guylaine Lemaire, commissioned Montreal composer, CAMMAC teacher and McGill Doctorate of Music candidate Kevin O’Neil to write a [...]
2020-06-17 16:15:00
Streaming Next at San Francisco Opera
[…] portrayal of Manon’s lover “a powerhouse vocal performance.” The opera’s libretto, by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille based on the novel by Abbé Prévost, tells the story of a young woman whose plans to enter a convent are interrupted by her falling in love with des Grieux and attempting to evade the schemes of Guillot (Robert Brubaker). With stage direction and costume designs by Vincent Boussard, the production’s creative team also includes set designer Vincent Lemaire and lighting designer Gary Marder. French conductor Patrick Fournillier “[leads] the orchestra in a rigorous rendition” of Massenet’s popular 1884 work (San Francisco Classical Voice). Baritone David Pershall is Manon’s cousin Lescaut, bass James Creswell is Chevalier des Grieux’s father, Comte des Grieux, and baritone Timothy Mix is De Brétigny. The San Francisco Opera Chorus is prepared by Chorus Director Ian Robertson. Manon is performed in French with English subtitles and has an approximate […]
2019-06-23 23:00:00
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