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American baritone
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2019-08-19 06:31:59
Rameau's first opera, Hippolyte et Aricie, a rare appearance in London at the Grimeborn Festival
Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie - Marcio da Silva - Ensemble OrQuesta, Grimeborn Festival 2019 (Photo Andreas Grieger) Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie; Marcio da Silva, Alexandra Bork, Kieran White, Juliet Petrus, dir: Marcio da Silva, cond: Kieran Staub; Ensemble OrQuesta at the Grimeborn Festival at the Arcola Theatre Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 17 August 2019 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) A welcome opportunity to see Rameau's first opera in a dramatically punchy, small-scale production Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie - Juliet Petrus, Kieran WhiteEnsemble OrQuesta, Grimeborn Festival 2019 (Photo Andreas Grieger) Having performed Lully's Armide and Cavalli's Serse at the 2017 and 2018 festivals, respectively, Marcio da Silva's Ensemble OrQuesta returned to the 2019 Grimeborn Festival at the Arcola Theatre with Rameau's first tragedie en musique Hippolyte et Aricie. Directed by Marcio da Silva and designed by Christian Hey, the production featured Kieran White as Hippolyte, Juliet […]
2018-08-17 08:01:57
Out of the mouths of babes: Metta Theatre at The Place
Oliver Brignall: I Do Need Me - William Morgan, Nathan Gregory -Metta Theatre at Tête à Tête (Photo Claire Shovelton) Oliver Brignall I Do Need Me, Laura Bowler I'm Not A Bit Like A Clown; William Morgan, Alexandra Bork, Nathan Gregory, dir: Poppy Burton-Morgan, Metta Theatre; Tête à Tête at The Place Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 16 August 2018 Star rating: 3.0 (★★★) The verbatim words of children form the basis for this pair of challenging contemporary works for singer and percussionWhen children are depicted in opera it is usually via words and dramatic situations created by adults (Benjamin Britten & Mfanwy Piper creating Miles & Flora in Turn of the Screw, Engelbert Humperdinck & Adelheid Wette creating Hansel & Gretel). In Metta Theatre's double bill presented at The Place on 16 August 2018 as part of Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival the intriguing conceit was […]
2015-09-27 04:00:00
Man Explained - Wagner's Ring
[…] Die Walküre Stuart Skelton, Mikhail Petrenko, Falk Struckmann, Yvonne Naef, Deborah Polaski, Jeanne Piland, Hellen Kwon, Gabriele Rossmanith, Cristina Damian, Deborah Humble, Miriam Gordon-Stewart, Katja Pieweck, Ann-Beth Solvang, Renate Spingler Philharmoniker Hamburg Simone Young Oehms Classics 260034 869295 (2010) Richard Wagner Siegfried Christian Franz, Peter Galliard, Falk Struckmann, Wolfgang Koch, Diogenes Randes, Deborah Humble, Catherine Foster, Hayoung Lee Philharmoniker Hamburg Simone Young Oehms Classics 260034 869295 (2010) Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung Christian Franz, Robert Bork, John Tomlinson, Wolfgang Koch, Deborah Polaski, Anna Gabler, Petra Lang, Deborah Humble, Cristina Damian, Katja Pieweck, Hayoung Lee, Maria Markina, Ann-Beth Solvang Chor der Staatsoper & Philharmoniker Hamburg Simone Young Oehms Classics 260034 869295 (2010) Richard Wagner Die Walküre Ludwig Suthaus, Gottlob Frick, Ferdinand Frantz, Leonie Rysanek, Martha Mödl, Margarete Klose, Gerda Schreyer, Judith Hellwig, Dagmar Schmedes, Ruth Siewert, Erika Köth, Hertha Töpper, Johanna Blatter, Dagmar Hermann Wiener Philharmoniker Wilhelm Furtwängler EMI […]
2014-03-15 02:30:00
The Mahler I ♥♥♥ ... The 8th
[…] Chailly Decca 467 314-2 (2001) Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major 'Of A Thousand' Alessandra Marc, Gwynne Geyer, Regina Nathan, Doris Soffel, Nancy Maultsby, Vinson Cole, David Wilson-Johnson, Andrea Silvestrelli. City Boys Choir Elburg, Opernchor der Oper Leipzig.Netherland Radio Philharmonic and Choir Edo de Waart RCA 74321 276092 (1994) Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major 'Of A Thousand' Symphony No. 10 (Adagio) Ileana Cotrubas, Heather Harper, Hanneke van Bork, Birgit Finnilä, Marianne Dieleman, William Cochran,Hermann Prey, Hans Sotin. Children Choir of Saint Willibrord & Pius X, Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir, De Stem des Volks, Collegium Musicum, Amsterdam & Concertgebouw OrchestraBernard Haitink Philips 420 543-2 (1971) Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major 'Of A Thousand' Sharon Sweet, Pamela Coburn, Florence Quivar, Brigitte Fassbaender, Richard Leech, Sigmund Nimsgern, Simon Estes. Wiener Sängerknaben, Orf-Chor, Arnold Schoenberg-Chor, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener PhilharmonikerLorin Maazel Sony […]
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