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Serenade (Western Classical Music in India)
2024-04-19 18:31:25
Chile, in South America, has produced a handful of operatic singers in the last century, like Sofia del Campo, Carlo Morelli and Ramón Vinay. Among these, stands out the name of Renato Zanelli who enjoyed a fine career in the most important opera houses in the world during a period full of rivals—baritones Giuseppe De Luca, Pasquale Amato, Giuseppe Danise and tenors Aureliano Pertile, Giovanni Martinelli, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi. Zanelli was considered the best Otello in his time and was heir […] The post appeared first on Serenade.
2022-10-31 05:09:01
On this day in 1927 the Metropolitan Opera opened its 1927 season with a revival of Turandot featuring Maria Jeritza and Giacomo Lauri-Volpi.
2019-11-02 08:51:31
An artist should be careful not to put themselves in a box: I chat to tenor Leonardo Capalbo about the challenges of singing the title role in Verdi's Don Carlos
[…] mature voice for his age, he thought of himself as an actor at first. So his approach to a role is to delve into why, to ask questions and the learning process is one of discovery.Leonardo is keenly interested in the voice, and conversation with him often comes back to the importance of a natural technique. He is fond of listening to, and referring to historical singers, and during our conversation mentions the tenor Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892-1979), a great singer who ran a whole gamut of roles. Lauri-Volpi had a big impressive voice, but he referred to himself as a large lyric voice with a dramatic personality, and he kept his voice to advanced age. He wrote a wonderful book Voci Parallel (Parallel Voices). Leonardo loves him even in the crazy moments, because Lauri-Volpi really wants to communicate. And this is why the tenor Franco Corelli was so obsessed with […]
Royal Opera House (The Guardian)
2019-01-18 11:17:50
Royal Opera House, LondonThe 55-year-old partnered with American Ballet Theater principal Herman Cornejo in thoughtful, poised interpretations of McGregor, Maliphant and others The second coming of Alessandra Ferri is something to be celebrated. The former Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theater dancer retired in 2007 only to return six years later. At 55, she is forging a rich new path for the older dancer. Trio ConcertDance is a three-hander, with Ferri, ABT principal Herman Cornejo and US pianist Bruce Levingston, whose sensitive playing comes solo as well as accompanying the dancers. Their intention is to delve into the innate relationship between music and dance as they move through Ligeti, Bach, Satie, Chopin, Glass (maybe one too many Philip Glasses) and choreography by Demis Volpi, Wayne McGregor, Fang-Yi Sheu, Russell Maliphant and Angelin Preljocaj. At the
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