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Mozart: Gran Partita (Joan Enric Lluna, Moonwinds)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)Serenade in B-flat major, K.361 (Gran Partita)Die Entführung aus dem Serail (arr. Johann Nepomuk Wendt)Vincent Martin y Soler (1754-1806) Divertimento on "Una cosa rara"Joan Enric Lluna, Moonwinds(Modern Instruments.....Yuck!)Harmonia Mundi France HMI 987071(2006) [Flac & Scans]
2022-04-16 00:01:13
2019-12-16 18:53:00
Emmerich Kalman - Ein Herbstmanöver (Gay Hussar)
[…] translate, and too extensive, and includes the "Pumper-Duett" from Kalman's Der Güte Kamerad (1911). The male bonding swagger in the text fits well, as does the idea of "Pumpern", Austrian slang that means "stark, angklopfen" (bang, bang, keep knocking) - figure that out. Kalman's characters employ distince voice types - a mature soprano (Christian Boesinger) fro the Baronin Riza von Marbach, and an authoritative baritone (Grga Peroš) as Oberleutnant von Lörenthy, a lighter baritone (Tomi Wendt)for Wallerstein, the reeserve cadet who doesn't like being a soldier, and a heroic tenor (Clemens Kerschbaumer as Morosi, the virile Volunteer who steals the heart of Treska (Marie Seidler) whose father wants hervto marry Lörenthy. The plot revolves on upheaval. The castle belongs by rights to Lörenthy, but his father was bankrupted by Riza's deceased husband : Lörenthy lost his patrimony and the girl he loved, at the same time. He can't bear to […]
2017-06-23 07:00:35
Classical music: Two FREE “garage” performances of Fresco Opera Theatre’s “The Ugly Duckling” remain in Fitchburg and Madison on Saturday and Sunday afternoons
By Jacob Stockinger The Ear has received the following information from Fresco Opera Theatre: Take “The Ugly Duckling” — the fairy tale by Danish writer than Christian Andersen — mashed up with opera and all set in the context of a typical John Hughes movie. Fresco revisits the joys that were the ’80s. The hair. The fashion. The mean girls. The cute boys. Teenage angst at its best, and what better way to convey it than through opera? Best of all – WE BRING THE SHOW TO YOU! This is fun for the whole family, whether you are an opera fan, unfamiliar with opera, or frankly even think you hate opera. This is a totally awesome production! The final two FREE “garage” performances (below top, by Max Wendt, and bottom) are this Saturday at 2 p.m. at 4412 Sentinel Pass in Fitchburg and Sunday at 2 p.m. at 21 […]