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Offenbach's La princesse de Trébizonde from Opera Rara performed with wit & style, you can't help but be drawn in & have as much fun as the performers
Offenbach: La princesse de Trébizonde; Anne-Catherine Gillet, Virginie Verrez, Antoinette Dennefeld, Josh Lovell, Christophe Mortagne, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Daniel; Opera RaraA new edition, a performance that combines wit and charm, character and style, a cast clearly having great fun and making us do so to. This is prime Offenbach, from the centre of his career and full of all your favourite numbers that you didn't knowOffenbach's operetta La princesse de Trébizonde dates from 1869, a period shortly before the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 (when the composer and his family retired to Spain) that includes such works as La Périchole, Vert-Vert, and Les brigands. These are comic operettas where the satire is far less barbed than in his earlier works. Whilst Étienne Tréfeu and Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter's text does make occasional points, such as the circus performers puzzlement at the idea of living on one place, or the elements of social comedy involved in a […]
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2021-02-07 11:27:45
This week’s free operas from Vienna
The opening show was filmed this weekend: Sonntag, 7. Februar 2021, 19.00 Uhr Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Vorstellung vom 4. Februar 2021) Opera buffa in vier Akten Musikalische Leitung: Philippe Jordan Inszenierung: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Mit u.a.: Andrè Schuen, Federica Lombardi, Philippe Sly, Louise Alder, Virginie Verrez Montag, 8. Februar 2021, 19.00 Uhr […]
2020-05-13 14:46:51
Glyndebourne's BBC Music Magazine Award-winning production of Vanessa available to stream online
Rating: 0 Keith Warner's Glyndebourne staging of Samuel Barber's opera Vanessa won this year's BBC Music Magazine DVD Award and, from Saturday 16 May, will be available to stream on Marquee TV's Glyndebourne Collection. The performance - filmed during Glyndebourne's 2018 festival season - stars Emma Bell as the eponymous role, Virginie Verrez as Erika, Edgaras Montvidas as Anatol and Rosalind Plowright as the Old Baroness. The London Philharmonic Orchestra accompany, under the baton of Jakub Hrůša. Barber's Vanessa - first performed in 1958 - won the composer his first Pulitzer Prize. It is a […]
2020-05-11 11:24:26
The winners of the 2020 BBC Music Magazine Awards
[…] al; Victoria Samek (clarinet)Hyperion CDA 68282 Instrumental Award Andrey GugninShostakovich 24 Preludes, Op. 34; Piano Sonatas Nos 1 & 2Andrey Gugnin (piano)Hyperion CDA68267 Premiere Award Edmund FinnisThe Air, TurningEloisa-Fleur Thorn (violin), Mark Simpson (clarinet), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Benjamin Bellman (violin)BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, London Contemporary Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Ilan Volkov, Richard Baker, Andrew GourlayNMC NMCD249 DVD Award BarberVanessaEmma Bell, Virginie Verrez, Edgaras Montvidas, Rosalind Plowright, Donnie Ray Albert (voices); The Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra/Jakub Hrůša; Dir. Keith Warner (Glyndebourne, 2018)Opus Arte DVD: OA1289D; Blu-ray: OABD7258D Newcomer Award Elicia SilversteinThe Dreams and Fables I FashionWorks by Bach, Berio, Biber, Pandolfi and SciarrinoElicia Silverstein (violin), Michele Pasotti (lute), Mauro Valli (cello)Rubicon RCD1031 BBC Music Magazine Personality of the Year Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton Listen […]
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