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Canadian opera singer
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- opera singer, musician
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Manon
Starring Lisette Oropesa, Michael Fabiano, Carlo Bosi, Artur Rucinski, Brett Polegato and Kwangchul Youn, conducted by Maurizio Benini. From October 26, 2019.
2019-12-21 05:14:00
Classical Music News of the Week, December 21, 2019
[…] 2:30 p.m. with an encore performance at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). The broadcast will be available to stream the following day on pbs.org/gperf and the PBS Video app. Season 14 of "Great Performances at the Met" premieres Sunday, January 5 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) with Massenet's French tale Manon. Soprano Lisette Oropesa stars as Manon, alongside tenor Michael Fabiano as Chevalier des Grieux, and Artur Rucinski (Lescaut), Brett Polegato (de Brétigny), Kwangchul Youn (Comte des Grieux) and Carlo Bosi (Guillot de Morfontaine) round out the cast. Maurizio Benini conducts. --Elizabeth Boone, WNETLos Angeles Master Chorale Announces New Board Members The Los Angeles Master Chorale announced today the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors: Alex G. Romain, Laura Smolowe and Andrea Williams. The Board, chaired by Philip A. Swan, provides leadership in carrying out the Master Chorale's mission to share […]
2019-11-02 08:51:31
An artist should be careful not to put themselves in a box: I chat to tenor Leonardo Capalbo about the challenges of singing the title role in Verdi's Don Carlos
[…] music, and he points out that in fact some Francophone singers do not sing French well. In Italian such things are more straightforward, but Leonardo thinks you can tell that Verdi was thinking about the music of Don Carlos with a French text, the way the musical phrases follow the scansion of the French. He always finds the opera magical, but in French it is more powerful. Verdi: Don Carlo - Leonardo Capalbo, Brett Polegato - Grange Park Opera 2019 (Photo Robert Workman) This is down to technique, he keeps his voice flexible The role of Don Carlos is a big sing (especially in the five-act version), and needs time, experience and maturity from the singer. Leonardo has always felt that his voice was wanting to sing bigger, more dramatic roles but he waited and stuck to roles suitable to his age and experience. But as he has […]
2019-06-07 09:04:41
Verdi's Don Carlo returns to Grange Park Opera in Jo Davies & Leslie Travers stylish & imaginative production
Verdi: Don Carlo Act 1 - Leonardo Capalbo, Brett Polegato - Grange Park Opera 2019 (Photo Robert Workman) Verdi Don Carlo; Leonardo Capalbo, Brett Polegato, Marina Costa-Jackson, Ruxandra Donose, Clive Bayley, dir: Jo Davies, ENO Orchestra, cond: Gianluca Marciano; Grange Park Opera Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 6 June 2019 Star rating: 4.5 (★★★★½) A miracle of compression, one of the most satisfying productions of Verdi's grand opera aroundGrange Park Opera opened its 2019 season with a revival of Jo Davies fine production of Verdi's Don Carlo, one of the last (and finest) productions in the company's old home in Hampshire. [see my review]. The production featured two original cast members returning to their roles, Clive Bayley's Filippo and Ruxandra Donose's Eboli, with Leonardo Capalbo as Don Carlo, Marina Costa-Jackson as Elisabetta, Brett Polegato as Rodrigo, Branislav Jatic as the Grand Inquisitor, David Shipley as the Monk […]
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