Ezio Pinza News
Italian opera singer (1892-1957)
- bass
- opera
- Italy, Kingdom of Italy
- opera singer, stage actor, television actor
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2024-02-12 07:28:00
Something a little bit special: David Butt Philip & friends gala for St Paul's Opera in Clapham
[…] One of La traviata, 'Sempre libera', with Krause's gutsy Violetta complemented by David Butt Philip's off-stage Alfredo (a luxury you don't usually get in concert excerpts). Alison Langer then returned as a poised yet feisty Countess with 'Dove sono' from Le nozze di Figaro'David Stout's account of 'Some Enchanted Evening' from Rogers & Hamerstein's South Pacific made you remember that the role was originally written for one of the greatest opera singers of the day, Ezio Pinza, and Stout's performance made a strong case for an operatic voice here. Then Alison Langer and David Butt Philip's account of the balcony scene from Bernstein's West Side Story was so engaging that you wondered what the rest of their performance might be like. Rainelle Krause was then a fierce Cunegonde in a spectacular performance of 'Glitter and be gay' from Bernstein's Candide.We ended with David Butt Philip on thrilling form in a finely musical […]
2022-07-31 09:29:00
South Pacific: Stupendous performances from Julian Ovenden & Gina Beck head this striking new version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic
[…] be a woman who will do anything to provide her daughter (Liat) with a better life. And that daughter is incarnated by dancer Sera Maehara so that throughout the piece, we 'hear' from Liat far more than in a traditional production via expressive dance. The love scene between Liat (Maehara) and Lieutenant Cable (Rob Houchen) becomes far more balanced.Of course, any production relies on the two principals. The role of Emile was written for Ezio Pinza, the great Italian operatic bass who had recently retired from the Metropolitan Opera. Nellie was written for the major musical theatre star, Mary Martin, and it was reputedly Martin's nervousness at singing with a distinguished operatic talent that led to one of the musical's striking features, the two principals never get a full on duet.The important thing to recognise for Emile was that it was written for an older singer (Pinza was in his […]
2022-02-05 17:55:42
The Met’s first decade on the air
Historic moments from the 1930s and early 40s featuring stars such as Kirsten Flagstad, Lily Pons, Rosa Ponselle, Bidù Sayão, Jussi Bjoerling, Lauritz Melchior, Lawrence Tibbett, Leonard Warren, and Ezio Pinza
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