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Spanish–Catalan composer, writer and impresario (1871-1932)
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2022-11-17 22:35:00
War Memorial Opera House & Veterans Building, SFHand-colored postcardLisa Hirsch CollectionA press release from SF Opera announces the 2023 Adler Fellows. Here they are, with hearty congratulations; I'm most familiar with the work of mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz, whom I've reviewed a couple of times, including their magnificent recital in the spring.FIRST-YEAR ADLER FELLOWS: Jongwan Han (Seoul, South Korea)Bass-baritone Jongwon Han began the 2022–23 season with debuts at Dayton Opera in Handel’s Messiah and Palm Beach Opera as Bonze in Madame Butterfly. Han was an Apprentice Artist with Santa Fe Opera. His operatic credits include the title roles of Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro, Masetto in Don Giovanni, Schaunard in La Bohème, Baron Douphol in La Traviata and Dr. Miracle in Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Having a deep connection to sacred music, Han has been featured in Bach’s Cantata BWV 140, Mozart’sSparrow Mass and Haydn’s Theresienmesse. Han was a 3rd Prize winner of 2022 Operalia The World Opera Competition and Grand Finalist in the 2021 Metropolitan […]
2022-07-23 05:36:00
Classical Music News of the Week, July 23, 2022
Teatro Real Orchestra in US Debut at Carnegie HallThe Orchestra of Teatro Real (the Royal Opera of Madrid), Spain’s national opera house and winner of “Best Opera Company” at the 2021 International Opera Awards, makes its U.S. debut at Carnegie Hall in “A Celebration of Spanish Music” on September 15, 2022 at 8:30 pm.The concert celebrates the music of Spain, with the first half devoted to piano and orchestral music by Falla and Albéniz. After intermission, the program turns to a selection of pieces from zarzuela (a form of Spanish opera) by Manuel de Falla, Amadeo Vives, Pablo Sorozábal, Gerónimo Giménez and Manuel Nieto, as well as orchestral works by Federico Chueca, Falla and Albéniz. Three internationally renowned Spanish artists join the Teatro Real orchestra for this all-Spanish program: guest conductor Juanjo Mena, pianist Javier Perianes, and soprano Sabina Puértolas.The historic U.S. debut of the Orchestra of Teatro Real also […]
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2021-02-07 11:50:55
Where’s Yuja? In an empty bowl
The pianist would like us to join her on the LA Phil’s fundraiser, which premiered online a few hours ago. She writes: I had an amazing time working on this project with my friend Gustavo Dudamel and the entire team – Julie Andrews, Common, Katy Perry, Natalie Portman, Carlos Vives – and we hope you […]
2019-11-12 20:54:29
Anglais - Liceu: Rescuing Doña Francisquita
It is not easy to explain what Doña Francisquita is, what it represents, or bring some clarity to the huge weight of the various connotations hanging on this title to the extreme of almost crashing it and making it impossible. To begin with, Doña Francisquita – premiered in Madrid in 1923 – is not an opera but a zarzuela, meaning a musical piece which, as in the German signspiel, combines spoken and sung parts. Moreover, Doña Francisquita, is Catalan composer Amadeu Vives’s (1879 – 1932) masterpiece. Following the foundation of Orfeó Català, one of the most prestigious musical institutions in Catalonia linked from its origins to the political Catalanism movement, decided at the beginning of the 20th century to develop his professional activity in Madrid. This was a ‘betrayal’ which in Catalonia many didn’t ever forgive. This might be hard to understand in Europe, but in the context of […]
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