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American opera singer (1940-1991)
- baritone
- United States of America
- opera singer
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Born in 1940, in England, Christopher Evans-Ironside was a songwriter, composer, and music producer based in Hamburg, Germany. At age 21, Evans-Ironside arranged and wrote music for renowned singer Gerd Böttcher, and later met Drafi Deutscher, with whom he worked with closely for many years. Other artists who he worked with include vocalists Vicky […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2019-02-21 07:20:33
The full Egmont: Beethoven's incidental music linked by extracts of Goethe's play
[…] the music consists of entractes, designed to link the acts and keep the audience entertained in the pauses. Here Beethoven writes some striking music which brings out the themes of the opera. It is fascinating music, but it does not have quite the sense of individual characteristic movements which makes Mendelssohn's incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream work as a suite. So sensibly, the disc includes linking narratives extracted from Goethe's play by Tillman Bottcher and Matthias Brandt, and spoken by Brandt.Unfortunately for non-German speakers, the disc gives neither translation nor summary of the spoken text. And I have to confess that I found Matthias Brandt's delivery a little too quietly intimate, more radio drama than theatrical presentation. I would have preferred something which evoked the stage more.The performance from Dirk Kaftan and the Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn gives much to enjoy. Though playing on modern instruments, the orchestra […]
2017-02-14 14:00:30
The right box
[…] Scotto crests the upstage as Cio-Cio San and all is forgiven. This live performance of Madama Butterfly is a far greater dramatic experience than either of her commercial recordings. 1966 is the year after her debut and while there’s no surprise that she’s text oriented her al dente Italian is sensationally vivid. She’s partnered beautifully by a fresh and ringing George Shirley as Pinkerton and Nedda Casei as a warm Suzuki. The Sharpless of Ron Bottcher is far better than his Met career of Melots and Moraleses would lead you to believe. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conducts and the Met Orchestra certainly knows its way around Puccini, so no problems there. A volcanic Otello is next under Zubin Mehta whipping the orchestra and singers into a frenzy. Odd that, stylistically at least, the chorus here sounds at times like it’s singing “doo-wop” on the background of a 1950’s Cinerama extravaganza. I have […]
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