Pablo Luna News
Spanish composer (1879-1942)
- opera, zarzuela
- Spain
- composer, screenwriter
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2024-04-22
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2024-04-06 11:15:00
Bizet's Carmen at Covent Garden: gritty realism & a reluctance to add any local colour & movement, redeemed by musical performances
[…] title role agency, she is far more than the conventional operetta bad girl. Yet there are plenty of colourful moments where the music cries out for dance, colour and movement. Michieletto and his designers set their faces resolutely against this, setting the production in a rather bleak Spain of the 1970s or 1980s. In look, it reminded me of early Pedro Almodovar films or other Spanish films from the era such as those of Bigas Luna, but without the emotional skittishness. This was a rather bleak world.The basic set was a bald, sun-drenched landscape and in each act there was a single building. All four used the revolve, with us seeing outside and inside of the building. And, much credit to designers and production team, the gaps between acts were minimal. For Act One, we were at a shabby police station with lots of locals hanging around (there was a […]
2024-02-07 15:49:13
After a solid month of Luna being grumpy at me because she had to stay in the house to heal, she gra
2024-01-15 21:53:00
West Edge Opera Festival Schedule Change
Oakland Scottish Rite CenterJuly, 2022West Edge Opera has announced that they're delaying their production of Charpentier's David and Jonathan to 2025, swapping in Luna Pearl Woolf and Royce Vavrek's Jacqueline in 2024. The latter will star soprano Marnie Breckenridge and cellist Matt Haimovitz. From the press release:Jacqueline dives into the real-life struggle between celebrity virtuosic cellist Jacqueline du Pré and the multiple sclerosis that ravaged her body, mind, and talent, robbing her of her identity, her breathtaking musical gift, and her life. This intimate piece for soprano and cello brings two contemporary virtuosi to the stage: celebrated soprano Marnie Breckenridge as Jacqueline, and renowned cellist (and former du Pré protégé) Matt Haimovitz as du Pré’s only constant companion, her cello. Inspired by the structure and emotional landscape of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, composer Luna Pearl Woolf and Pulitzer Prize winning librettist Royce Vavrek chart the development of great prodigy and ultimately, great tragedy. Jacqueline references Haimovitz’s personal […]
2023-12-15 16:57:43
Anna Lapwood – Luna (CD Review)
Luna Anna Lapwood Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge Sony Classical At 27, organist Anna Lapwood is a rising star, performing at the BBC Proms and recently being given the RPS Gamechanger Award at The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards. For her latest Sony recording, Luna, Lapwood focuses on transcriptions, a venerable tradition in […]
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