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Anglais - Castell Peralada: Orlando Brings Together Woolf and Handel
[…] Moreover, Sabata, who is also a great actor, gave an ideal dramatic force to the character. Marie Lys was also brilliant and perfectly in style as Dorinda (Virginia), soprano Sabina Puértolas also performed and sang well the role of Angelica (Violet) and mezzosoprano Eve-Maud Hubeaux also didn’t have any issues as Medoro (Vita). Baritone José Antonio López, who mostly sang from behind the scenes, also managed without difficulty the role of Zoroastro. Dani Espasa conducted the ensemble Vespres d’Arnadí, which delivered very well. It is important to highlight that, given that the performance was outdoors in the large dimensions of the auditorium of the Peralada’s Festival, it was necessary to amplify singers and instrumentalists. The sound design was given to Roc Mateu and his work was excellent at providing a soft and refined sound which didn’t betray the ‘baroqueness’ of the piece and delicately balanced voices and instruments. […]
2015-09-08 01:11:00
[…] (quite a revolution at the time) in Paris and surroundings and "Il Trovatore", the late Middle Ages in Spain. That country fascinated the composer and it was also the setting of "Ernani", "La Forza del destino" and "Don Carlo". Both "Il Trovatore" and "Simone Boccanegra" are based on dramas by Antonio García Gutiérrez; the dictionary Espasa-Calpe praises his "El Trovador" (1836) thus: "he created a model Romantic drama; the plot is developed with great certainty and has such natural lyric quality that its transformation into an opera was quite logical". Such was the appraisal of a great dictionary as late as 1945. I haven´t found the García […]
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