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A Life On-Line: an operatic ghost story from OperaGlass Works, an urban fairytale from OperaUpClose, Francis Poulenc and rare Kurt Weill from the archives
Robin Norton-Hale & Rosabella Gregory: Sammy and the Beanstalk - Abigail Kelly, Tom Stoddart - OperaUp Close This week we have a new film version of Britten's operatic ghost story from OperaGlass Works, a new opera for families based on a modern fairytale from OperaUpClose, Bryce Dessner's Concerto for Two Pianos live from Prague, and archive recordings of Kurt Weill's The Firebrand of Florence and Poulenc's The Carmelites/ Way back in February 2020, I interviewed Selina Cadell and Eliza Thompson from OperaGlass Works during a gap in rehearsals at Wilton's Music Hall in advance of their production of Britten's The Turn of the Screw. Days before the first night, the performances were postponed/cancelled, and ultimately the production was re-invented as a film which has debuted on Marquee TV. You can read my (slightly revised) interview article on the blog, Never say Never. The film, directed by Cadell, Thompson and […]
2020-06-30 19:39:00
Upcoming Streams at San Francisco Opera
Janáček’s "The Makropulos Case" with Karita Mattila as Emilia Marty Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera Well. San Francisco Opera will have two superb productions streaming in July: July 18, 2020: La Cenerentola (Cinderella), Rossini Cast: French soprano Karine Deshayes as Angelica (Cenerentola) opposite American tenor René Barbera as her Prince Charming, Don Ramiro. The cast includes baritone Efraín Solís as Dandini, baritone Carlos Chausson as Don Magnifico, bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Alidoro and soprano Maria Valdes and mezzo-soprano Zanda Švēde as Angelica’s stepsisters, Clorinda and Tisbe, respectively. Jesús López-Cobos conducts. (Regular readers and friends of mine know I'm not a big fan of the Rossini comedies, but for this cast....Deshayes was a wonderful Urbain in the Paris Huguenots, René Barbera is one of the great bel canto tenors of our time, and Efraín Solís stole the show as Golaud in the WEO Pelleas two seasons ago. So I'll be watching!) July 25, 2020: Vec Makropulos (The Makropulos Case), Janáček Cast: Finnish […]
2020-01-19 00:00:00
Late Romantics in Central Europe #3
This post contains a few additions to my two year-old post #2. More Czech choral music is here.Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)Stabat MaterGabriela Beňačková, Ortrun Wenkel, Peter Dvorský, Jan-Hendrik RooteringCzech Philharmonic Chorus and OrchestraWolfgang SawallischSupraphon 10 3561-2 (1992). Recorded 1982[flac, cue, log, covers] DOWNLOAD Antonín DvořákRequiemBiblical Songs, selection (sung in German)*Maria Stader, Sieglinde Wagner, Ernst Haefliger, Kim BorgCzech Chorus, PragueCzech Philharmonic OrchestraKarel Ančerl*Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone, Jörg Demus pianoDeutsche Grammophon 453 073-2 (1997). Recorded 1959, 1960[flac, cue, log, scans] DOWNLOADAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)Symphony No. 0Helgoland, for men's chorus and orchestraPsalm 150, for soprano, chorus and orchestraRuth Weltig sopranoChicago Symphony ChorusChicago Symphony OrchestraDaniel BarenboimDeutsche Grammophon 437 205-2 (1992). Recorded 1979[flac, cue, log, scans] DOWNLOADAnton BrucknerMass No. 2 for 8-part choir and wind players (1882)4 MotetsKammerchor StuttgartDeutsche BläserphilharmonieFrieder BerniusSony 88843056202 (2014). Recorded 1991[flac, cue, log, scans] DOWNLOAD Josef Suk (1874-1935)Pohádka (A Fairy Tale), orchestral suitePraga, symphonic poemCzech Philharmonic OrchestraLibor PešekSupraphon 10 3389-2 (1989). Recorded 1981-1982[flac, cue, log, scans] DOWNLOAD Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)Ballades […]
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2019-07-28 23:02:00
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.4 in G major – Janai Brugger, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra (HD 1080p)
The Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra and the American soprano Janai Brugger perform Gustav Mahler's Symphony No.4 in G major. The concert was recorded at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica, on May 3, 2015.✻This Symphony represents a culmination and distillation of the previous three. It is the shortest of Mahler's Symphonies, with a reduced orchestra, and a style consciously archaic in its evocation of classical models. Yet it is redolent of the Wunderhorn aesthetic that imbues this entire period of Mahler's career. The entire symphony, in fact, grew out of the final movement, which Mahler originally composed for his orchestral song collection on poems from Das Knaben Wunderhorn (The Young Boys' Magic Horn). Mahler originally planned to use this song, "Das himmlische Leben" (Heavenly Life), as the Finale for his Third Symphony, but withdrew it, probably because its theme was so similar to that of the fifth movement. At any rate, […]
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