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American opera singer
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- baritone
- United States of America
- opera singer, musician
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2024-03-28
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2024-03-26 11:38:40
The former Oasis singer and Stone Roses guitarist formed a formidable partnership at the Forum, London
2024-03-25 08:15:00
Lush romanticism was a long way away: an immersive contemporary interpretation of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater from Figure
Our Mother - Rowan Pierce, Emma Kirkby, Alexandra Achillea Pouta - Figure at Stone Nest (Photo: Kristina Allen)Our Mother: Pergolesi: Stabat Mater with interludes by Alex Mills; Emma Kirkby, Catherine Carby, Rowan Pierce, Alexandra Achillea Pouta, Nadya Pickup, Figure, Frederick Waxman, Sophie Daneman; Stone NestReviewed 23 March 2024An abstract, immersive staging, concentrating on dramatising the emotional arc of Pergolesi's work interleaved with impressive new interludes from young composer Alex MillsHistorical performance group, Figure, music director Frederick Waxman, has become known for its fascinatingly staged interpretation of classics and recent work has included Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Opera Holland Park and This is my Body, an immersive staging of Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri [see my review]. For their latest project, Our Mother at Stone Nest (seen 23 March 2024), Figure performed Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with new interludes by composer Alex Mills. The soloists were Dame Emma Kirkby, Catherine Carby, Rowan Pierce, Alexandra Achillea Pouta and Nadya Pickup, […]
Royal Opera House (The Guardian)
2024-03-23 13:00:21
Stone Nest; Wigmore Hall; Royal Opera House, LondonPergolesi’s Stabat Mater is reimagined for the stage; the South African soprano scales the heights from Strauss to The Sound of Music; and Asmik Grigorian is a shattering ButterflyThe virgin of sorrows weeping at the cross, described in a few plain words in the Bible, remains one of the most potent images in Christianity, invested with emotion by artists across centuries. Composers have found inspiration in the medieval text Stabat Mater; some 250 settings exist, more than two dozen from the past decade alone (all listed by
2024-03-22 08:04:44
Our Mother review – reimagination of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater has a timeless directness and simplicity
Stone Nest, LondonHistorical ensemble Figure and an excellent cast explore grief, compassion and hope through five women representing multiple generationsPerformed by
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