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2022-04-28 00:37:45
Acclaimed Cellist and Pianist Sibling Duo Perform Recital of Sonatas by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Britten, and Frank Bridge In-Person Season Offers Livestream Option to all Ticket Holders “Call it sibling harmony...Sheku’s lyricism was both foil and peer to Isata’s muscularity and fire.” –The Guardian www.shriverconcerts.org Baltimore, MD (March 21, 2022) — Shriver Hall Concert Series presents sibling duo Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason on Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 5:30pm. Sheku and Isata are featured in a recital of timeless sonatas including Beethoven’s Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1; Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40; Britten’s Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65; and Frank Bridge’s Cello Sonata in D minor. 22-year old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason was named the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2016, and gained further recognition performing at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Windsor Castle in […]
2021-11-23 14:02:59
The 33-year old Verdi was taking a risk when he wrote Macbeth for the Teatro Della Pergola in Florence in 1847. His operas until then had largely been grounded in fact or history, and indulging in the genere fantastico (‘fantastical genre’) had its dangers when at the time it was far from universally loved. In the event, however, the premieres were so warmly received that the Florentines soon awarded Verdi his own gold crown. Macbeth became the composer’s favourite of all of his operas, and in 1865 he revised it to produce a French version. That was less popular at the time, but from the middle of the twentieth century onwards has tended to be the version of choice, though it is usually performed in Italian. Malcolm EGOR ZHURAVSKII, Macduff DAVID JUNGHOON KIM, ROH Macbeth ; © ROH 2021 Ph. Clive Barda Lady Macbeth ANNA PIROZZI, ROH Chorus, ROH Macbeth ; […]
2018-06-22 06:00:31
Rewind to the evening of June 22, 1718… Today marks the 300th anniversary of the re-opening of Florence’s Teatro Della Pergola (pictured above). Still in use today, Italy’s oldest opera house saw the Italian premieres of most of Mozart’s operas, Donizetti’s Parisina and Rosmonda d’Inghilterra, Verdi’s Macbeth (1847) and Mascagni’s I Rantzau. Before opening to the public in 1718, the building was used as a court theater of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany. ...
2018-03-14 12:37:10
On this day of victory
On this day in 1847 Verdi's Macbeth premiered at the Teatro Della Pergola in Firenze.
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