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2024-03-02 09:03:00
Shamus O'Brien: withdrawn by the composer for political reasons, Stanford's most popular opera languished in the 20th century but all that seems set to change
[…] other genres been rediscovered and returned to their place in the repertoire. Stanford wrote nine operas and these still are not well known; currently only The Travelling Companion is available in a complete on disc [from SOMM Records]. Even a work like Shamus O'Brien has no recording.This is all going to change as Retrospect Opera is releasing the first studio recording of Stanford's Shamus O'Brien with David Parry conducting the Orchestra of Scottish Opera plus soloists Brendan Collins, Anna Brady, Gemma Ni Bhriain, Ami Hewitt, Joseph Doody, Andrew Gavin and Rory Dunne with Irish piper Jarlath Henderson.I recently caught up by Zoom with conductor David Parry who was in Scotland amid performances of Jonathan Dove's new opera, Marx in London, a work which David refers to as fantastic. It has been something of a hit, too, with audiences with Scottish Opera selling out the Theatre Royal in Glasgow.Whilst Shamus O'Brien was popular in its […]
2023-10-06 13:00:52
CD Review | Symphony in 18 parts / for solo electric guitar (Starkland, 2023)
Symphony in 18 parts / for solo electric guitar Tim Brady, electric guitar Starkland, 2023 The electric guitar, a cornerstone of the rock and metal worlds, is often overlooked as a classical instrument. On Symphony in 18 parts, Tim Brady challenges this oversight by evoking specific scenes, characters, and narratives through 18 masterful compositions. The [...]
2023-10-03 08:19:00
Nigel Foster's London Song Festival celebrates centenaries and more: Ned Rorem, Walton's Facade, Rachmaninoff, Walter de la Mare & the Mackintosh raincoat
[…] from Butterworth, RVW, Ireland and Bridge.Jonathan Eyers (baritone) and Nigel Foster will be celebrating Ned Rorem in Paris and New York, marking the centenary of the composer's birth. Foster will be joined by Alexandra Dunaeva (soprano) and Iestyn Morris (countertenor) for Escape to the Country, a celebration of Rachmaninoff at his country estate, Ivanovka, combining the composer's songs with extracts from his letters.With Childhood in the Countryside and the City, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano) and Hugo Brady (tenor) celebrate the 150th anniversary of Walter de la Mare's birth with settings of his poems by Howells, Gurney and Britten plus what might be the premiere of The White House Song Cycle by John Carol Case, written by the celebrate baritone in the 1940s.Claire Booth (soprano) and James Atkinson (baritone) will be celebrating the bicentenary of the invention of the Mackintosh raincoat with a programme about rain, including premieres of songs written for […]
2023-07-02 20:25:00
Santa Fe Opera Cast Changes
Santa Fe Opera House from Parking LotPhoto by Lisa HirschI'd already read that Angel Blue would be released from some of her performances so that she could tour with the Met. Surprising number of cast changes in other major roles, though:Tosca Cast and Creative Team UpdatesSoprano Leah Hawkins sings three additional performances in the title role on June 30, July 5 and 8. She steps in for the originally scheduled Angel Blue, who will be on tour with The Metropolitan Opera. Angel Blue appears in four performances from July 14 through August 7. Bass-baritone Dale Travis sings the Sacristan, young singer Kai Edgar makes his company debut as the Shepherd Boy and three Santa Fe Opera Apprentice singers make company debuts: Spencer Hamlin(Spoletta); second-year Apprentice singer Ben Brady (Sciarrone); and Dylan Gregg(Jailer). Katharina Eva Kastening makes her company debut as the Associate Director and Rick Sordelet, Christian Kelly-Sordelet and Shireen Yehya serve as Fight and Intimacy Directors for Tosca and all productions in the 2023 Season. The Flying Dutchman Cast and Creative Team UpdatesReplacing Richard Trey Smagur, tenor Chad Shelton makes his company debut in the role of […]
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