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2022-07-24 07:16:25
Stefan Soltesz was in the middle of Richard Strauss’s “The Silent Woman” when he fell from his podium shortly before the end of the first act.
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Royal Opera House
2016-09-08 13:02:28
Remembering Johan Botha (1965–2016)
Johan Botha as the Emperor in Die Frau ohne Schatten © ROH / Clive Barda 2014 Johan Botha (1965–2016) was one of the great dramatic tenors of his generation. After making his professional debut in Roodepoort in his native South Africa, Botha moved to Europe in 1990. Debuts followed with the Paris Opéra (1993), The Royal Opera (1995), Vienna State Opera (1996) and the Metropolitan Opera, New York (1997), establishing Botha as a leading figure on the international stage. Botha’s first role with The Royal Opera was Rodolfo in La bohème , singing across three casts with the role of Mimì shared between Angela Gheorghiu , Deborah Riedel and Amanda Thane , and conducted by Simone Young . He returned later in 1995 to sing Cavaradossi in Tosca , again conducted by Young and with Galina Gorchakova and Maria Ewing sharing the title role. He next returned in 2001 […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2014-07-22 13:51:26
The longest serving conductors on earth
The death of Lorin Maazel deprives us of a maestro who held the podium for more than 70 years. Earlier this year, we lost Claudio Abbado and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. The conductor Paul Mauffray wondered quite naturally whether this left room at the top. So he drew up a little list. What it shows is that there are plenty of well-known conductors still active in their 80s ad 70s. It’s when you get to the 60s that the field thins out. Here’s Paul’s list for www.slippedisc.com. Who has he forgotten? Longest serving conductors Anton Coppola 1917 Stanisław Skrowaczewski 1923 Sir Neville Marriner 1924 Georges Prêtre 1924 Pierre Boulez 1925 Herbert Blomstedt 1927 Michael Gielen 1927 Raymond Leppard 1927 Kurt Masur 1927 Christoph von Dohnányi 1929 Bernard Haitink 1929 Nikolaus Harnoncourt 1929 André Previn 1929 Richard Bonynge 1930 Günther Herbig 1931 Gennady Rozhdestvensky 1931 Nello […]
2014-04-17 14:00:48
Mad, mad, mad, mad scenes
In anticipation of the Met’s revival this evening of I puritani, I thought it might be nice to take a look back at a few archival videos. In terms of commercial videos , there isn’t much out there, so once again I look to those great old pirated videos for inspiration. ici This collection would not be complete without a fuller representation from the great Joan Sutherland. Here we witness the diva in a performance from late in her career, and while we could only wish that more video would surface of her earlier performances, there is still much to enjoy here. Sydney 1985 Conductor – Richard Bonynge Elvira – Joan Sutherland Arturo Talbot – Anson Austin Sir Riccardo Forth – Michael Lewis Sir Giorgio – Donald Shanks Enrichetta di Francia – Rosemary Gunn […]
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