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Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator
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- Soviet Union
- opera singer, music teacher
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2023-04-13 15:25:04
On this day in 1957 the musical Shinbone Alley opened at the Broadway Theatre.
2020-01-26 20:42:09
Anglais - The Little Match Girl ‘Retold’ in Aisha and Abhaya at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
On the Royal Opera House’s website Aisha and Abhaya is listed under both ‘opera and music’ and ‘ballet and dance’ as if to suggest it is a hybrid piece. While, however, it undoubtedly consists of music, dance and film, it is hard to see how it qualifies as an opera since across the hour-long piece only a small amount of (non-operatic) singing features in Ori Lichtik and Gaika’s specially created soundtrack. Nevertheless, this point is made solely for information purposes because what is presented has some merit. Director Kibwe Tavares’ new work takes The Little Match Girl as its starting point, but turns the protagonist into a refugee fleeing from an unspecified war-torn country in 2017 in order to make her experiences feel more relevant. She is also transformed into two sisters who present different reactions to a shared experience as Aisha represents hope, and thus clings to her memories […]
2018-06-18 06:18:44
CONTENT COURTESY KU-RING-Gai PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Six individual finalists in the 2018 NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition will perform their selected concerto with orchestra on
2018-03-14 06:41:35
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE It’s a busy month for Ayse Göknur Shanal. This week, the Australian soprano will sing Strauss’ Four Last Songs with the Ku-ring-Gai Philharmonic
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