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2020-04-06 08:33:05
The most successful opera composer of the 19th century? A look at Meyerbeer and his operas
[…] Baus) Meyerbeer on disc Il Crociato in Egito - Diana Montague, Yvonne Kenny, Della Jones, Bruce Ford, Ian Platt, Linda Kitchen, Ugo Benelli, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry, OPERA RARA 1992 [one of a number of Opera Rara recordings of Meyerbeer's Italian operas] Les Huguenots - Joan Sutherland, Martina Arroyo, Huguette Tourangeau, Vrenios, Nicola Ghiuslev, Gabriel Bacquier, New Philharmonia Orchestra, DECCA 1969 [Still a classic] Les Huguenots - Ghylaine Raphanael, Francoise Pollet, Danielle Borst, Richard Leech, Gilles Cachemaille, Nicola Ghiuslev, Orchestra Philharmonique de Montpelier, Cyril Diederich, ERATO 1988 [Notable for its use of a substantially Francophone cast] Le prophète - Marilyn Horne, Renata Scotto, James McCracken, Jerome Hines, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Henry Lewis, SONY 1976 Le prophète - Marianne Cornetti, Lynette Tapia, John Osborn, Essen Philharmonic, Giuliano Carella, OEHMS 2017 [Based on staged production in Essen, this uses presents a more substantial version using […]
2018-12-18 08:39:52
Towards the Global Digital Jukebox
[…] opera recording made by Sir Charles Mackerras I have to look to re-sellers providing second hand or sold-on remainders. No digital download here. Surely there are enough classical music nerds in the world to make some sort of digital juke-box viable.Fancy being able to buy a download of every single recording of an opera. For many years I wanted a copy of Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots with a largely Francophone cast led by Ghyslaine Raphanel, Françoise Pollet, Danielle Borst, Richard Leech, Gilles Cachemaille, conducted by Cyril Diederich. It was tantalisingly out of reach until the cycle of issue, delete, re-issue reached the re-issue stage and I can now listen to it.In the age of vinyl discs, this role was played by the specialist record shops (such as the late lamented Harold Moores Records in Great Marlborough Street) and second-hand classical shops, providing a valuable source of obscure and hard to get […]
2018-10-08 16:07:29
Les Huguenots returns to the Paris Opera
[…] Paris (Photo Agathe Poupeney/OnP) This was not quite a performance for the ages, yet the sheer fact of its existences is a testament to the revival of Meyerbeer's fortunes. Les Huguenots is an opera which it is easy to play the operatic version of fantasy football with, and Paris Opera is to be congratulated for making the performances happen with a cast which brought much to the piece.Recommended Recording:Meyerbeer - Les Huguenots: Ghylaine Raphanel, Françoise Pollet, Danielle Borst, Richard Leech, Gilles Cachemaille, conductor Cyril Diederich - Available from Amazon.
2016-09-10 18:13:29
I’m nacred
On this day in 1868 Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles premiered in Paris. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQQ3uEeMEFI Born on this day in 1659 composer Henry Purcell and born on this day in 1941 conductor Christopher Hogwood. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVzjMDgKGCw Born on this day in 1714 composer Niccolò Jommelli. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPcZk8FXNj0 On this day in 1838 Berlioz’ Benvenuto Cellini premiered in Paris. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3lpxazJw0c Happy 77th birthday bass Hans Sotin. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=msAuzupA1yY Born on this day in 1939 soprano Judith Nelson. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZO5j4a4_gg Happy 72nd birthday baritone Thomas Allen. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=W76Tn1QJsZ0 Happy 69th birthdays stage director David Pountney and composer Adriano Guarnieri . //www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_f1K2Wqgjw //www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRyxoIfc9ow Happy 67th birthday soprano Francoise Pollet. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bua9iAL-N2g Happy 59th birthday tenor and director Laurence Dale. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY7cxMJQYgI
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