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Opera Singer (Bass-Bariton)
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2024-03-15 09:42:00
Almost an expressionist nightmare: Janáček's Jenůfa at ENO with Jennifer Davis in the title role
[…] the two operas are worlds apart, the one looking backward and the other looking presciently forward.Janáček:Jenůfa, Act 1 - Fiona Kimm, Julieth Lozano Rolong, Jennifer Davis - English National Opera, 2024 (Photo: © Ellie Kurttz)Alden's production transposes the action to a rather grim 1950's Eastern bloc factory. Charles Edwards' designs are neatly observed and Alden fills the stage in Act One with much action, including the sense that many of the men lust after Jenůfa including Darren Jeffery's foreman who clutched his crotch rather a lot. Alden resolutely avoided any sense of the folkloric; the dancing in Act One was little more than drunken celebration, whilst in Act Three the girls' dance was a sort of embarrassed feature of the wedding, their traditional costumes accessorised with leather jackets and such. Alden seemed to be interested in creating a world of broken people, almost grotesques, against which Jennifer Davis' self-contained Jenůfa came […]
All the conducting master class
2022-08-10 23:23:15
Through the years of running the Ithaca International Conducting masterclasses, Larry Rachleff was the most requested teacher by the many students who came to work with the orchestras of Ithaca College and Cornell Orchestras. Through the years Jeffery Meyer and I were very fortunate to bring Larry Rachleff back to Ithaca for many moments of […]
2021-09-20 23:52:51
[…] and strongly believe that she is the perfect person to lead the Ensemble to another level. We look forward to great things coming from Ericka’s leadership and are standing ready to fully support her.” In addition to the hiring of Ratcliff as Artistic Director, Congo Square is pleased to welcome four new Board members including Kristopher Anderson, Director of Government & External Affairs at Chicago Association of Realtors; Jeffery Beckham Jr., CEO of Chicago Scholars; Kristen Evans, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Operations at RLM Media & Advertising; and Dorsey Norman III, Owner/Accountant of Dorsey Norman III & Associates. Currently underway is the first offering of Congo Square’s 22nd season: a new Audio Series introducing the old school radio drama genre to a new, streaming audience; its intriguing inaugural program, THE CLINIC, is now available […]
2021-09-15 11:24:08
[…] grows into the first of several insistent “protest songs” for the children, and ends with a chorus describing the world awakening – scarcely less fierce, though the words suggest optimism. Between, there are more songs for the children, in simple, rhythmically driven style – one has them imitating each other in a snappy canon – and three monologues expressing feelings of crisis, uncertainty or wonderment at the Earth, sung with focus by Kate Howden, Darren Jeffery and Sarah-Jane Lewis. Short orchestral interludes bring a sense of the air clearing, even of the world beginning to right itself. You expect the music to soar into something obviously uplifting at the end, but it doesn’t, though it sounds galvanised.
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