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American opera singer
- baritone
- United States of America
- opera singer
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Visions of Childhood (CD review)
[…] Woods explains, “given the sonic possibilities of expanding the accompaniment from piano to miniature orchestra, I decided to be more interventionist in arranging and expanding Schubert’s song. I have combined the three verses of the song with several, but not all, of the variations of the Trout Quintet, choosing to alternate strophes of the song with variations from the quintet that I thought suited the mood of the lyrics.” The end result of Woods’s tinkering, Fredricks’s singing, and the musicians’ playing of these familiar melodies in this unexpected setting is bound to bring a joyful smile to the faces of many music lovers. Sheer delight! The third of the brief selections is Die irdische Leben (“The Earthly Life”) from Mahler’s Das Knaben Wunderhorn, which as Woods explains, speaks of a world of terror and hunger, thus presenting quite a contrast to Mahler’s Das Himmlishche Leben (“The Heavenly Life’), the song […]
2016-01-23 03:30:00
Opera Favourites #3 - Il Cigno di Busseto
[…] Orchestra Richard Bonynge Decca 414 269-2 (1971) - Courtesy of Cecco Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto Leo Nucci, Luciano Pavarotti, June Anderson, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Shirley Verrett, Vitalba Mosca, Natale de Carolis, Carlo de Bortoli, Anna Caterina Antonacci Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna Riccardo Chailly Decca 425 864-2 (1989) - Courtesy of Cecco Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto Piero Cappuccilli, Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elena Obraztsova, Hanna Schwarz, Kurt Moll, Dirk Sagemüller, Olive Fredricks Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker Carlo Maria GiuliniDGG 415 288-2 (1980) - Courtesy of Cecco Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Scotto, Ivo Vinco, Fiorenza Cossotto, Mirella Fiorentini, Lorenzo Testi, Alfredo Giacomotti, Catarina Alda Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Rafael KubelikDGG 437 704-2 (1964) Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto Cornell MacNeil, Renato Cioni, Joan Sutherland, Cesare Siepi, Stefania Malagù, Anna di Stasio, Fernando Corena, Giulio Corti, Luisa Valle Coro e […]
2014-04-14 14:00:26
La voce sua soave
At Camille‘s request, here’s some all-American Bellini from our dear Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin: a live performance of I puritani from New York City Opera featuring Beverly Sills. Vincenzo Bellini: I puritani New York City Opera Julius Rudel, conductor 27 February 1974 Elvira – Beverly Sills Arturo – Enrico di Giuseppe Riccardo – Richard Fredricks Gualtiero – Samuel Ramey Giorgio – Richard T. Gill Enrichetta – Diane Curry Bruno – Jerold Siena
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