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2024-01-19 11:00:12
On this day in 1984 bass Samuel Ramey, conductor Mario Bernardi and director Frank Corsaro made their Metropolitan Opera debuts in Handel’s Rinaldo
2021-09-04 04:00:00
Haydn: Haydn - Heiligmesse, Nikolaimesse (Richard Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90)
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Mass No. 9 in B-flat major, Hob.XXII-10, ''Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida'', ''Heiligmesse'' Mass No. 6 in G major, Hob.XXII-6, ''Missa Sancti Nicolai'', ''Nikolaimesse'' Richard Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90 (Period Instruments) Chandos Chaconne CHAN 0645 (1999) [Flac & Scans]
2021-04-16 06:29:29
A name to watch: American counter-tenor Randall Scotting sings the Refugee in Jonathan Dove's Flight in Seattle (and on-line)
[…] (Minskwoman) and Damien Geter (Immigration Officer). Scotting will be back in London this year, but for recording sessions as he is recording a programme of Italian castrato arias with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment which will be issued on Signum Classics next year. Scotting has made something of a speciality of this repertoire as he was recently awarded a PhD from the Royal College of Music for his thesis, titled: Unknown Senesino: Francesco Bernardi’s Vocal Profile and Dramatic Portrayal, 1700-1740 This Summer, Scotting will be returning to the Baroque for performances in the title role of Cavalli's Eliogabolo with San Francisco's West Edge Opera. Further details of Flight from Seattle Opera, and further details of Eliogabolo from West Edge Opera.
2020-10-26 14:53:57
Giuditta Pasta and Senesino, 2020
[…] and encouraged other composers to write for her. Pasta’s voice was what is known as soprano sfogato, naturally a mezzo-soprano which extends into the coloratura soprano range. Maria Callas’s voice was also soprano sfogato, that’s one reason musicologists often compare the two. The painting above was made by the 19th century Russian artist Karl Bryullov, who lived for years in Italy and painted portraits of many famous singers of the time. Senesino was born Francesco Bernardi on October 31st of 1686 in Siena. He was castrated late, at the age of 13. Senesino started his career in Venice in 1707 and soon was singing in all major opera houses of Italy – in Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples. By 1717 he was internationally famous, commanding large fees. In 1720 Handel hired him for his Royal Academy opera company for an enormous sum of 3,000 guineas a year (that’s £3,150; according […]
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