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2024-04-03 15:45:04
PREVIEW | Vivaldi & Piazzolla: Violinist Isabella d’Éloize Perron Talks About Her Tour & Recording With Francis Choinière and the FILMharmonic Orchestra
Vivaldi and Piazzola's Four Seasons, performed by violinist Isabella d'Éloize Perron with Francis Choinière and the FILMharmonic Orchestra, hits Toronto April 12.
2024-03-27 10:14:00
Perth Festival of the Arts: from Wallace and Gromit for brass band and The Magic Flute in Scots to the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Tenebrae
In its 52nd year, Perth Festival of the Arts returns on 22 May to 1 June and on 8 June 2024 with a diverse programme of arts and culture. As ever, there is a strong classical music strand. Steven Mercurio conducts the Czech National Symphony Orchestra at Perth Concert Hall in a programme of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 and Bruch's Violin Concerto with soloist Chloe Hanslip. European ensemble II Giardino d'Amore present their programme, The New 4 Seasons, a musical theatre experience with music by Vivaldi, Piazzola and Richter.The Scots Opera Project return to the festival with an innovative reinterpretation of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. This ground-breaking production reimagines the classic within the confines of an asylum, performed in a Scots language translation. Whilst Scottish Opera will be presenting opera on a miniature scale with their Pop-Up performances. Principal Percussionist of English National Opera, Mick Doran, brings an irreverent, humorous, and moving show – An A-Z of Orchestral Triangle […]
2022-11-16 05:20:00
La Traviata, San Francisco Opera
[…] on-stage movement, than the John Copley production that has been retired after 35 years. You can see the Act I set model, for Violetta's apartment, above.The set for Act II, scene 1 is usually an indoor room, but this looks like an outdoor patio or screened porch, somehow wedged between two indoor rooms. I'm scratching my head at the architecture, but as a set it works well, it looks nice, and it's very handsomely lit.Simone Piazzola as Giorgio Germont and Pretty Yende as Violetta in Verdi's "La Traviata."Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco OperaAct II, Scene 1I'm not so sure about the lurid red set for Flora's party in Act II, scene 2. It looks like a stereotypical bordello, but the party is at Flora's residence. The libretto says "a richly furnished and lit room." Well, I guess it is, and maybe this is how the demi-monde lived? You tell me.Pretty Yende […]
2022-10-28 19:11:00
War Memorial Opera House PostcardLisa Hirsch CollectionSan Francisco Opera's FREE annual livecast to the ballpark returns this year, with their new production (and debuting lead singers Pretty Yende, Jonathan Tetelman, and Simone Piazzola) of Verdi's evergreen La Traviata. SFO Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts.Oracle BallparkFriday, November 11, 20227:30 pmDetails and signups here: You'll have to scroll just a bit because of the big video banner at the top.Related: Pretty Yende will be featured in the next edition of In Song.
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