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Faces of classical music
2019-01-22 20:03:00
George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda – Jeanine De Bique, Tim Mead, Benjamin Hulett, Avery Amereau, Jakub Józef Orliński, Andrea Mastroni – Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (HD 1080p)
Even by usual standards of patently implausible baroque opera plots, "Rodelinda" reaches new heights of Delphic abstruseness. William Hartston in the London Express described Handel's 19th opera as "everyone wanting to marry or kill everyone else".Regardless of Hartston's hyperbole, confusion certainly abounds. A Penelope-esque wife erroneously thinks her husband is dead not once, but twice. The two principal protagonists mope around in a fiortura funk for most of the narrative. The imprisoned deposed-king mistakenly tries to kill his liberator. A betrothed couple separately renege. A cynical usurper is pardoned with "Clemenza di Tito-like" magnanimity. The names of many of the characters are unpronounceable and the happy ending beggars belief. That said, "Rodelinda" contains some of the most marvelous operatic music Handel ever wrote.Regisseur Jean Bellorini's solution to the manifold dramaturgical conundrums was to transform a quasi-Greek tragedy into a variegated Legoland kindergarten.In his program notes, Bellorini explains "We are in […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-12-21 21:32:00
German Christmas Carols – Windsbacher Knabenchor, Martin Lehmann, Modern Slide Quartett (HD 1080p)
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2017-01-24 22:33:08
Good evening dearest readers – welcome to day 8 of my Female Fortnight Challenge 2.0! For today’s blog I am taking you way waaaaaay back in time to find out about one of the most important women in the Baroque era: Francesca Caccini. I will be looking into her wonderful aria for voice and harp, Lasciatemi Qui Solo – enjoy! Francesca Caccini was born in Florence in September 1587. Her parents were both musical, so she grew up in the artistic community of the Medici court (one of the most cultured in all of Europe). At a very young age, Caccini, taught by her father, began learning to play the guitar, lute and she also learnt how to sing. She grew up receiving a humanistic education (Latin, literature, mathematics and modern languages). Due to her language training, Caccini sung as a part of a family ensemble called ‘Concerto Caccini’, and […]
2016-09-25 10:18:33
To tempt, and to be tempted, are things very nearly allied
Happy 47th birthday actress Catherine Zeta Jones. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWY3dfp1RH8 Born on this day in 1683 composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKvd4tMkFHc Born on this day in 1718 composer Nicola Conforto. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCmasYB8tBI Born on this day in 1868 poet and librettist Jaroslav Kvapil. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBfhP5ndKSQ Born on this day in 1886 composer Jesús Guridi. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moroa7W0-rI Born on this day in 1896 composer Roberto Gerhard. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n3JUoL8COg Born on this day in 1899 baritone Dennis Noble. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjYlJtK1zso Born on this day in 1915 soprano Gerda Lammers. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWnUWcgMnDI Born on this day in 1927 conductor Colin Davis. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZQwJjTVpvk Happy 64th birthday soprano Rita Cullis. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6WnSkDK7HI Happy 63rd birthday soprano Adelina Scarabelli //www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRUUXwUzJWo
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