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Australian opera singer
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2024-04-22 08:37:00
Mozart: Don Giovanni - Hurn Court Opera (Photo: Patrick Frost, BlackStar Pictures)Mozart: Don Giovanni: Sam Young, Samuel Lom, Lizzie Rydeer, Daniel Gray Bell, Hanna O'Brien, Harrison Chéné-Gration, Tilly Goodwin, William Stevens, dir: Joy Robinson, cond: Lynton Atkinson; Hurn Court Opera at Theatre Royal, WinchesterReviewed by James McConnachie, 11 April 2024A dedicated group of vastly talented singers – young singers – riding on the delight of an audience that was evidently as full of newbies as buffsEven lifelong opera-lovers can sometimes feel dispirited. Opera survives on the support and generosity and love of a generation born within 20 years of the war – but anyone looking around them in the stalls, or the grand tier, or the balcony or, frankly, even the amphitheatre of the Royal Opera House might be forgiven for wondering where the next generation is going to come from. Is it economics that is keeping out the […]
2024-04-18 09:15:00
Engaging the audience: James Newby and Joseph Middleton in a folk-inspired programme at a cool Leeds café/bar
[…] out the character of each. 'Le Réveil de la Mariée' was urgent, with Newby's flashing eyes conveying much, 'Là-bas, vers l’église' was concentrated and intent, 'Quel galant m’est comparable?' moved from a strong, expansive gesture to being rather knowing, 'Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques' was haunting and we ended with the vividly engaging, 'Tout gai!'Leeds Lieder 2024 - the author captured by Tom Arber at Hyde Park Book ClubJohn Jacob Niles' version American traditional song Black is the colour of my true love’s hair is a piece I rather associate with Cathy Berberian, here Newby was strongly felt and very direct. Then we moved to Scotland for Thomas Traill's My Luve’s in Germanie and here Newby really put over the story well. German composer Joseph Suder (1892-1980) is not a well-known name and it was lovely to encounter his version of a Urlicht, more usually associated with Mahler. The setting belied […]
2024-04-17 06:23:00
For David, on his birthday: Ben Vonberg-Clark & Nigel Foster in a taster for Out of the Shadows at Omnibus Theatre, Clapham
In June, we are presenting Out of the Shadows at Omnibus Theatre, Clapham as part of 96 Festival, its celebration of queerness and theatre. Out of the Shadows is an evening of my music, featuring two recent cantatas and a selection of my songs performed by tenor Ben Vonberg-Clark, baritone Jonathan Eyers and pianist Nigel Foster.As a little taster, here are two songs from my song cycle, For David, on his Birthday performed by Ben Vonberg-Clark and Nigel Foster and recorded at Hinde Street Methodist Church in 2023 when Out of the Shadows was premiered. The recording engineer Christopher Braine. The video is available on YouTube.In the 1990s I came across two book of poems by the Black American poet Carl Cook, The Tranquil Lake of Love and postscripts. I used his poems for the chorales in my Passion setting, and set seven of them as annual birthday presents for my boyfriend (and now husband) David. Here […]
2024-04-11 11:32:44
Black & WHITE Ashley Wass, piano This new release from British pianist Ashley Wass celebrates a
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