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2018-04-30 04:30:17
Alessandro Scarlatti and Marcel Dupré, 2018
April 30, 2018. Alessandro Scarlatti and Marcel Dupré. We love Alessandro Scarlatti: he was аcomposer of great talent and these days is clearly underappreciated. Yes, things are changing, and baroque opera is being staged more often. And of course, the great Cecilia Bartoli did much to popularize some of his music, as well as the new generation of counter-tenors, Philippe Jaroussky among them. Still, we’d like to hear much more of Alessandro’s music, instead of the standard ration dispersed by the classical music radio stations. Alessandro Scarlatti was born in Palermo, on May 2nd of 1660. Here’s what we wrote about him a year ago, so let’s just listen to a couple of his pieces. In addition to operas, Scarlatti wrote a number of oratorios. Musicologists view these oratorios as a substitute for opera; most of Scarlatti’s oratorios were composed in Rome where the Pope was strongly opposed to opera […]
2017-07-11 01:36:00
Ellie DehnPhoto: Victoria JanashviliCourtesy of San Francisco Opera From San Francisco Opera comes news of a cast change, for the fall's Manon: SAN FRANCISCO, CA (July 10, 2017) — San Francisco Opera today announced a cast change for Jules Massenet’s Manon, opening November 4 and running for six performances through November 22, 2017. American soprano Ellie Dehn will essay her role debut as Manon, one of the most enticing heroines of the French repertory, replacing Nadine Sierra who has withdrawn. Sierra said her decision to leave the production was “an extremely difficult one to make, but after considerable deliberation I realized the role was simply too heavy at this point in my vocal development.”Ellie Dehn thrilled San Francisco Opera audiences earlier this summer as Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème in what the San Francisco Chronicle called a “sumptuous, sparkling turn as the sexually irresistible Musetta—her Act 2 rendition of […]
2016-02-12 09:00:34
Going Gothic
The Romantic period in classical music wasn’t only about expressions of love and depictions of nature. There was also a fascination with the occult. From the world of opera, think Weber’s Der Freischütz and Marschner’s Der Vampyr for starters. These dark pathways accompanied a renewed fascination with awesome Gothic architecture and the proliferation of horror literature in the 19th century. The term ’Gothic’ can be interpreted through several lenses, but music has always proved a versatile and natural partner to heighten its emotional core. We explore here some of the works that are associated with the Gothic milieu, and where better to start than with Count Dracula and his spine-tingling formula of erotic terror? Praise be for garlic and truculent stakes to keep us safe. Philip Feeney wrote his evocative score for the UK Northern Ballet company’s new production Dracula (8.553964 ) in 1997, marking the centenary of the […]
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