Felicia Weathers News
American opera singer
- soprano
- United States of America
- opera singer, music teacher
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2023-11-20 07:34:00
Singing in the rain: London Song Festival celebrates the bi-centenary of the Mackintosh
[…] and natural account from Taylor, then a vibrant performance of Brahms' Auf dem Kirchhofe from Atkinson, combining dramatic narrative with sober mood.There were three Schubert songs, spread across two sections Storm and Struggle then Calm after the Storm. Atkinson contributed a vigorous account of the folk-ish Der Schiffer with vivid piano playing from Foster, the Taylor was impulsive and vibrant in Rastlose Lieber, finally Atkinson made Nach einem Gewitter intimate and gentle.The first half ended with Whatever the Weather. Ireland's Weathers was engaging with Atkinson seeming to chat to us over the delightfully lilting piano. Elizabeth Maconchy's The Wind and the Rain was a lovely discovery. Spiky and jazzy, this was engagingly chatty with Taylor's performance bringing out the work's serious, intent nature and rather fierce at the end. Neither folksy nor particularly Merrie England, certainly not like the typical 20th century English composers' settings of the Bard.Part two began with The Joy of Rain; a vigorous account […]
2023-02-06 23:01:00
Rob Hall, Doug Hansen, Beck Weathers, Jan ArnoldI reviewed Opera Parallèle's Everest: An Immersive Experience, for SFCV. Here's the media roundup. Lily Janiak, SF ChrońLisa Hirsch, SFCVCharlise Tiee, Opera Tattler
2022-09-02 07:00:00
2018-12-10 11:28:00
Freedom of movement is a global not local ideal
In the Brexit debate there has been persuasive and sometimes shrill advocacy of freedom of movement coupled with salutary warning about how this freedom will be curtailed for UK residents and their children by an exit from the EU. As someone who voted 'remain' in the EU referendum I have a fundamental belief in global freedom of movement as a human right. So I now want to argue the case for freedom of movement for the young people seen above. The photo was taken by me at this year's Marrakesh ePrix. This event in Morocco is part of an international race series for cars that are 100% electric powered. The youngsters in the photo were from just one of the many school parties brought to the race and to the E-Village at the track showcasing renewable energy technologies. Despite its stereotype identity as a quaint tourist destination, Morocco is technologically-savvy. […]
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