Rinaldo di Capua News
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2014-10-11 23:05:01
“[Composer Rinaldo Di Capua] thinks composers have nothing to do now but to write themselves and others over again, and the only chance they have for obtaining the reputation of novelty or invention must arise either from the ignorance or want of memory in the public – as everything both in melody and modulation that […]
2014-04-20 11:38:38
How I fell In Love with Classical Music.
[…] I got the title for the song right. I researched on the composer and different renowned performers who have attempted an interpretation of the piece…to my surprise, they were many including pop star Bryan Adams, I went straight to You Tube to have a listen to his version together with the greatest tenor of all time Luciano Pavarotti, I was impressed. The song was O SOLE MIO. A piece that was composed by Eduardo Di Capua and is originally composed in Neapolitan language, though there are different versions. And to cut a very long story short, that is how I fell in love with classical music. Two years later when i was leaving station classical music lounge show was at another level, recruited a few fans and was pleased with what it had become. Sadly, there was no suitable replacement for a host and after a few months it died […]
2013-12-21 01:46:00
[…] age of 19 and lost track of the manuscript after having sent it to Felix Mendelssohn. Only in 1877 were certain instrumental parts found in an attic in Dresda within a trunk; Anton Seidl, the young assistant of Wagner at the time, re-composed the score in 1878 under the instructions of Wagner. This episode, which is not very well known, is the main topic of the documentary of Gianni Di Capua, produced by Kublai Film" "....A cross-media work (it is, in fact, a documentary app for Android, iPhone and iPad and will soon become a theatrical work) which rediscovers new moments of the last Venetian stay of Richard Wagner and the relationship between the great German composer and the city which he most loved: Venice." Read more HERE. And watch the documentary in full HERE. It's in Italian, biut easy […]
2013-12-08 18:04:00
This Week in Toronto (Dec. 9 - 15)
[…] on December 11 7:30 pm. Tenor Ben Heppner at his CBC controls Speaking of tenors - I don't ever remember two of Canada's best known tenors, Ben Heppner and Richard Margison, appearing in Toronto in the same week. Well, it is happening! Margison is joining Marco Parisotto of the Ontario Philharmonic in Nessun Dorma, an evening of opera and song, featuring the works of Puccini, Verdi, Rossini, Ponchielli, Cilea, Leoncavallo and di Capua. Since for years 'Nessun dorma' is Margison's calling card, he is ending the concert with this aria. December 10 8 pm at Koerner Hall. http://www.ontariophil.ca/index.php?ID=1#subscript Tenor Richard Margison The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is presenting its annual Christmas Pops concert, led by Seven Reineke with soprano Ashley Brown as soloist. On the program are all the popular pieces from Jingle Bell Rock to O Holy Night - it'll put you in the Christmas […]
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