Dagmar Gustafson News
Swedish actress (1895-1989)
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- soprano
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- Sweden
- actor, voice teacher, opera singer
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2020-09-24 06:56:02
'A strange profession' - looking forward to John Bridcut's film, 'Bernard Haitink, the Enigmatic Maestro'
[…] recording of Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Royal Opera House, 1997) where the Prelude to Act 3 is taken unusually slowly, but the angst in it is conveyed in the tension of those long chords. The whole third Act (one of the miracles of all opera) is sheer delight. This is a live recording of the Covent Garden performance in July 1997 which I was lucky enough to attend. John Tomlinson as Hans Sachs, Nancy Gustafson as Eva, and Gosta Winbergh as Walther are a superb cast, and pathos, humour, glory and joy are there in equal measure – with the added advantage of being able to follow the text in detail, rather than rely on the inevitably potted version of surtitles in the theatre.Haitink’s unerring sense of lyrical line, so evident in Wagner, is especially important in Bruckner: Symphony 7 in E major (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 2007) which I […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2019-10-25 15:03:11
This Woman Is Out To Collect And Classify Every Ocher In The World
“For years, [Heidi Gustafson] has been engaged in a wide-ranging, multidisciplinary exploration of the mineral … While there has recently been renewed interest in creating paints from natural pigments, Gustafson’s focus is on ocher alone — and it extends beyond the material’s artistic uses to its scientific, symbolic and spiritual properties.” – T — The […]
2017-06-27 14:00:37
Reine par la beauté!
Born on this day in 1932 soprano Anna Moffo. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7kQo1KVVgM Born on this day in 1890 tenor Tino Pattiera. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o99rrbE6Y8 Born on this day in 1893 soprano Toti Dal Monte. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAFY2tsTUU0 Happy 90th birthday tenor Emile Belcourt. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBZL0y7rzj8 Happy 61st birthday soprano Nancy Gustafson. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-1Ros0LIUs
2017-04-03 07:17:43
Christine Newland is this year's winner for the best classical instrumental solo at the Jack Richardson classical and jazz music awards, presented Sunday night at Aeolian Hall. The Jack Richardson classical and jazz music awards gala was held at the Aeolian Hall with performances by a who's who of London jazz and classical music scene including Chad Louwerse, Sonja Gustafson, Kings College Chamber Choir , London Jazz Orchestra and Rebelheart Collective.
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