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Croatian opera singer
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2017-05-23 14:00:22
Sausendes, brausendes Rad der Zeit
At long last, cher public, a finale to our Senta’s Ballad quiz, nearly a month late! The name of the winner and the complete lists of sopranos after the jump. The winner is Spiderman, with 10 out of 15 Sentas correctly identified . Here’s a reminder of the original quiz, followed by a list of the divas represented. Leonie Rysanek Mara Zampieri Jane Eaglen Lisbeth Balslev Ingrid Bjoner Régine Crespin Astrid Varnay Angeles Gulin Virginia Zeani Cheryl Studer Edda Moser Anja Silja Kirsten Flagstad Dunja Vejzovic Gwyneth Jones
2016-11-30 16:15:21
Hamilton/Vejzović/Lindsley/RSO Wien/ORF-Chor/Steinberg (Orfeo, two CDs)Only two of Ernst Krenek’s operas, Jonny Spielt Auf and Karl V, maintain even the tiniest toeholds in the repertory. But he wrote more than 20, composed over almost half a century, of which Orpheus und Eurydike was the third to be performed – in 1926. It was received very warmly at its premiere, but was soon eclipsed by the huge success of the “jazz opera” Jonny Spielt Auf, which premiered three months later.The libretto of Orpheus is adapted from a play by Oskar Kokoschka, written during the first world war, when the artist was coming to terms with the ending of his turbulent affair with Alma Mahler. Those circumstances no doubt account for the sour and cynical tone of this post-Freudian take on the legend, which carries through into Krenek’s adaptation. The composer had become part of Alma’s circle in the 1920s; she had asked him […]
2016-10-20 15:09:54
Say, you cover a lot of ground yourself
Born on this day in 1889 actress Margaret Dumont. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3FZ_jtDMVg Happy 85th birthday contralto Lauris Elms. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKcZrIFV83I Happy 73rd birthday dramatic soprano/mezzo-soprano Dunja Vejzovic. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NoMVxz0AMc Happy 71st birthday composer Thomas Pasatieri. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pj2YQ7OtCk Happy 70th birthday tenor John Joseph Elwes. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQe4XUia440 Happy 69th birthday baritone Wolfgang Brendel. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMWlnoc1To8
2015-10-20 17:40:09
Love, Sydney
On this day in 1973 the Sydney Opera House opened. ici Happy 84th birthday contralto Lauris Elms ici Happy 72nd birthday dramatic soprano/mezzo-soprano Dunja Vejzovic ici Happy 70th birthday composer Thomas Pasatieri ici Happy 69th birthday tenor John Joseph Elwes ici Happy 68th birthday baritone Wolfgang Brendel ici
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