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2019-03-04 14:12:37
[…] of the World runs from 15-22 June 2019, and will be streamed live online, and broadcast on BBC TV and radio. List of singers: Guadalupe Barrientos (mezzo-soprano), Argentina Lauren Fagan (soprano), Australia Camila Titinger (soprano), Brazil Mingjie Lei (tenor), China Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano), England Adriana Gonzalez (soprano), Guatemala Jorge Espino (baritone), Mexico Badral Chuluunbaatar (baritone), Mongolia Luis Gomes (tenor), Portugal Roman Arndt (tenor), Russia Karina Kherunts (mezzo-soprano), Russia Yulia Mennibaeva (mezzo-soprano), Russia Owen Metsileng (tenor), South Africa Leonardo Lee (baritone), South Korea Sooyeon Lee (soprano), South Korea Lena Belkina (mezzo-soprano), Ukraine Andrei Kymach (baritone), Ukraine Patrick Guetti (bass), US Richard Ollarsaba (bass-baritone), US Angharad Lyddon (mezzo-soprano), Wales
2016-12-22 19:26:00
[…] was a slimy, slithering Sporting Life, as he should be, but was far too free in his famous debunking Bible song, "It ain´t necessarily so". Nonhlanhla Yende acted well as Bess but vocally she was uneven, with highs that often were strident. Mandisinde Mbuyazwe as Crown looked the part but his timbre was arid. Miranda Tini was a rotund Maria though with a broken voice. And both Jake (Owen Metsileng) and Robbins (Mthunzi Mbombela) were good. There was charm in the street vendors. Both the choir from Capetown (Marvin Kernelle) and the Colón Orchestra (Tim Murray) were satisfactory. Christine Crouse handled the action with rhythm and dramatic sense, though with too much noise and some licences, such as the death of Crown. Michael Mitchell´s stage designs were functional rather than attractive, though Kittiwah Island […]
2016-09-29 20:10:30
Geopolitics Italian style
[…] stage left. A small high platform was the center, with areas in front and to each side also used. A little stairway from which “Lady” sang the Sleepwalking Scene descended from stage left of this platform. There were simple but clear costume pieces. The singers were thrilling. No one should say there are no great voices in the world. The entire singing company was musically and vocally gifted, and hugely personable. The two leads, Owen Metsileng as Macbeth and Nobulemko Mngxekeza as Lady Macbeth were stunning. Everyone sang in good, clear, idiomatically inflected Italian. But the two leads had impressive verbal skills, handling the words vividly and with abundant flavor. Ms. Mngxekeza had tremendous charisma. This Lady Macbeth is a laundress who drives her husband to kill “the commander.” Once in power, she changes her image to a pop star. Imelda Marcos was apparently the model for this character arc. […]
2015-10-24 06:38:00
[…] Spirituals. Eighth: The singers were admirable and I suppose they could sing the original Verdi in Capetown, which has an important opera company ( the one that will visit us next year with "Porgy and Bess"). Their looks will make them absurd if they sang the original in London, but they sure can sing. Owen Metsileng (Macbeth) is a robust baritone of fine timbre capable of sensitive phrasing and "piano" singing. Nobulunko Mngxekeza (pronounce that if you can!) was a splendid Lady, with an ample register that even managed the risky top C sharp at the end of the Somnanbulism scene (although as staged it doesn´t look like one) but also with strong lows. A true bass as Banquo (Otto Maidi) and an excellent […]
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