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English operatic soprano (1888–1976)
- soprano
- United Kingdom
- opera singer
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We have come a long way: Pegasus Opera presents Mami Wiata at Royal Opera House
[…] vocal works of diverse female composers. It is an introduction to a rich, varied, yet often unheard body of work. It reflects the huge shift in consciousness when it comes to diversity and inclusion. To have Mami Wiata at the Royal Opera House, world leaders in opera is significant. 30 years ago I was the first Black British woman to give a solo recital in the Royal Opera House crush bar after winning the Maggie Teyte competition. This time I share the stage with a host of beautiful, talented women of colour as we honour and celebrate amazing women composers of color. We have come a long way!” Further information from the Pegasus Opera website, tickets and booking information from the Royal Opera House website.
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2020-06-16 22:39:35
"Debussy, the man, as Maggie Teyte knew him"
2019-04-10 06:52:22
Opera speaks to everyone: I chat to soprano Alison Buchanan about Pegasus Opera & their new double bill 'Shaw goes Wilde'
[…] to develop the sound-scape, there are far to many fine composers that we have never heard of.Alison grew up in Bedford and started out by joining the choir of a high Anglican church, where the men from the choir included masters from Bedford School and they would take her off to Kings College, Cambridge to hear the choir there. She took part in both the Junior and Senior Guildhall and won competitions including the Maggie Teyte Competition. She became the youngest person ever to sing in the main Glyndebourne Chorus when she sang in Porgy and Bess. She studied as the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and went on to become a young Artist at San Francisco Opera, where she made her debut as Mimi in Puccini's La Boheme. Through the British pianist Clive Lithgow she met Sir Colin Davis and developed a friendly relationship with the conductor, who engaged her […]
2013-07-18 02:42:47
Don't shoot the piano player; he's doing the best he can
[…] book shop in Hay-on-Wye. It’s a book that I return to often. Back in those days Gerald Moore was a name to conjure with: he could look back at a musical career of many decades as the most admired and sought after of all piano-accompanists. When Count John McCormack embarked on his farewell tour in 1939, he insisted that “Moore and none other” should accompany him. Subsequently Moore worked with Casals, Menuhin, Fischer-Dieskau and Maggie Teyte, indeed pretty much every significant musical artiste of the middle part of the twentieth century. Am I Too Loud has an old-fashioned charm. Moore writes with affection and great respect of the artistes that he worked with. On the occasions that he touches on less appealing characteristics of his musical collaborators, he good-naturedly grants them anonymity. One exception to this courtliness arises when Moore discusses Josef Szigeti. While acknowledging Szigeti’s superb musicianship, he nonetheless […]
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