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Opera is magic!: September 2011
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011. Marius Brenciu kicks off Rosenblatt recital series. And what a season this is! Check out upcoming recitals. This season with names such as Lucio Gallo, Fabio Armiliato, Giuseppe Filianoti and more, not least the cherry on the cake, ie JDF at RAH. For tomorrow, 28th September 2011, at St John's. And here is an little video from said Rondine at the Met where Marius Brenciu sang Prunier:. Thanks GrandTierBox for the videos! And here is a little interview with Marius. Arias raras:...
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Opera is magic!: September 2010
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Saturday, 18 September 2010. Ludovic Tézier, Chevalier des Art et Lettres. I found out today that Ludovic Tezier has been awarded the title of Chevalier des Art et Lettres, which is, as far as i am aware of, the highest distinction the French state can bestow upon one of its artists. Congratulations! Find out more and see some pictures of the ceremony, which took place yesterday before the Oneghin premiere at Opera Bastille from this fan blog. Ah, no lasciarti in pace! Pourquoi me réveiller" Werther.
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Opera is magic!: September 2012
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Thursday, 27 September 2012. 1st Ring @ROH - Walkure. Sarah Connolly as Fricka© Clive Barda/ROH 2012. Siegfried - just to let you all know i'll only see this in Ring 2, so sorry you'll have to wait a bit for the other two, but not too long ;-) Have a nice weekend! I’m officially immersed in this Ring! But really if the Walkure doesn’t grab and grip you, nothing will. I realised by the time I was crawling into bed last night that I had forgotten to mention the orchestra! Alwyn Mellor), Ortlinde (Katherine...
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Opera is magic!: November 2010
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Wednesday, 10 November 2010. Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch Wigmore Mullerin on BBC Radio3. You can listen to the gorgeous, wonderful, heart wrenching, romantic, etc , etc rendition of Schubert’s Mullerin Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch gave on the 31st of October at the Wigmore Hall tonight on Radio 3 – Performance on 3. You can just click at 7pm Uk time on the BBC iplayer icon for Radio3 on the right hand side. Here are some more reasons why:. Edward Seckerson in the Independent. Links to this post.
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Opera is magic!: October 2011
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Friday, 28 October 2011. Placido Domingo leaves the stage with his wife after the curtain call of Placido Domingo Celebration at the Royal Opera House after a special performance to celebrate his 40th anniversary with the Royal Opera in London October 27, 2011. REUTERS/Olivia Harris. Just as he has been giving us for so many years. I'll end this with the thoughts of the man of the day, because he has a way of putting the essence of things into words like few do. Placido from the heart, speaking to al...
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Opera is magic!: ROH future seasons rumours
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Saturday, 12 February 2011. ROH future seasons rumours. From the press, the Internet, friends and family, the crystal ball made in Swarovski and other unreliable sources. Check back from time to time for changes and updates! September, October THE RING (Wagner) with Antonio Pappano. November-December L'ELISIR D'AMORE (Donizetti) with Roberto Alagna. December ROBERT LE DIABLE (Meyerbeer) with Daniel Oren cond, Laurent Pelly dir., Diana Damrau, Bryan Hymel. MANON (Massenet) with Natalie Dessay. I DUE FOSCA...
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Opera is magic!: 1st Ring @ROH - Rheingold
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012. 1st Ring @ROH - Rheingold. Bryn Terfel as Wotan© Clive Barda/ROH 2012. This a newbie's tale of the Ring, so you have been warned! If you plan to snigger at probably obvious Ring-beginner mistakes and throw piles of reference-recordings at me, shoo! This is MY RING :-). Spoiler alert, don’t read if you don’t want to know how it looks like :-). How cool is that! And poor man, did they make him look ugly! It’s always fun to see and hear Eric Halfvarson (Fafner), nobody does...
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Opera is magic!: 1st Ring @ROH - Walkure
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Thursday, 27 September 2012. 1st Ring @ROH - Walkure. Sarah Connolly as Fricka© Clive Barda/ROH 2012. Siegfried - just to let you all know i'll only see this in Ring 2, so sorry you'll have to wait a bit for the other two, but not too long ;-) Have a nice weekend! I’m officially immersed in this Ring! But really if the Walkure doesn’t grab and grip you, nothing will. I realised by the time I was crawling into bed last night that I had forgotten to mention the orchestra! Alwyn Mellor), Ortlinde (Katherine...
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Opera is magic!: August 2010
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010. O, namenlose Freude! Photo from Giornale della Musica, Georg Anderhub. Before reading this you might want to give the Verismo video a break, just press on pause ;-) As there is more music to be had in this post). This Fidelio has certainly been one of those moments. I will forever remember it as the first time I saw and heard Abbado conduct live! It was happening and I was only a few hours away :-). It in this case it made all the difference to be familiar with the general flow o...
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