Věra Soukupová News
Czech opera singer
- mezzo-soprano
- Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia
- opera singer
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2015-09-27 04:00:00
Man Explained - Wagner's Ring
No doubt the highest achievement in the musical drama repertoire of all times. and an essential philosophical and sociological essay of the modern age, Der Ring des Nibelungen is and will always be a contemporary testament of Man’s ethics and revolutionary spirit. Because, first and foremost, Wagner’s titanic saga is not about Gods or mythological figures, but solely about Man. Humanity is there depicted in all of its ethics, passions, deeds, intrigues, evil, compassion, ambitions, subjugation, power struggles and class wars, racism, faithfulness, deception and love. The extremely intricate plot is rendered into the most amazing text, which is in turn masterfully woven with the musical language through a most clever, complex and evocative leit-motiv architecture. All this, in such a scale and quality of thematic interrelations no other musical drama will ever come close to. The musical creation is of unparalleled beauty, and it brought about […]
2012-09-13 02:19:00
ENO Martinu Julietta preview
[…] tell by photos but this looks like he and his designer Antony McDonald are picking up on an important theme that runs through the opera. Listen to the opera yourself and hear if you can pick up on this. The benchmark recording was made in Prague in 1964, only five years after the composer's death. Jaroslav Krombholc conducts singers prominent in Pragiue Opera at the time - Maria Tauberova, Ivo Zidek, and Véra Soukupová. Martinů's Julietta received a major full performance in 2009, conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek with Roderick Williams in multiparts, William Burden and a gorgeous Magdalena Kožená. (read my review here). That's not available on CD though airchecks from the broadcast exist. It's superb, and really ought to be released. Above all, listen. Julietta is sung by Julia Sporsén in one of the biggest roles in her career, and the rest of the cast are ENO […]
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