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British opera singer
- voice, keyboard instrument
- bass-baritone
- United Kingdom
- opera singer, performing artist, politician
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2024-04-04 06:47:00
States of Innocence: Ed Hughes' new opera after Paradise Lost premieres at the Brighton Festival with Sir John Tomlinson
[…] Knowledge; and, now blind, and living in fear of reprisals from the restored Stuart monarchy, dictating his poem to a chorus of Readers. His Wife and Assistant (based on historical characters who served as Milton's amanuenses) engage with and contribute to the story. Wife becomes Eve, the Assistant becomes Satan, and as the domestic scenario takes a dream-like turn we enter the Garden, and the events of the Fall are enacted.The performances feature Sir John Tomlinson as Milton with Stuart Jackson, Rozanna Madylus, Tim Morgan, and Rachel Duckett, directed by Tim Hopkins, with projections designed by Ian Winters. Andrew Gourlay conducts the New Music Players.Full details from the Brighton Festival website.
2023-10-26 06:37:00
Stories in music in Oxford: visual inspirations from the Mendelssohn siblings, William Blake in song & image, vivid story-telling from Wolf & Mörike
[…] a welcome inclusion with Love's Secret, unashamedly romantic yet transparently written and creating something striking. Walton's Holy Thursday (from A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table) was not as edgy as the Britten, but it was still a welcome change of harmony and texture. RVW's London, is from his Blake songs for voice and oboe, this one just for voice giving a striking change of mood and texture.Back to America for Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) and Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920). Thomson's Divine Image was touching yet hymn-like whilst Tomlinson Griffes' Myrtle was full of controlled rapture. We ended with Hubert Parry's version of Jerusalem in a lovely subtle performance that reminded us that this was a striking song before it became the hymn-like anthem.What really made the event was the combination of Tritschler's gift for story-telling alongside Blake's vivid, disturbing, and intriguing images, always with the powerful support of Glynn's piano.The evening concert returned to […]
2023-10-13 23:11:00
War Memorial Opera House and Veterans BuildingVan Ness Ave., San FranciscoVintage postcard from my collectionSan Francisco Opera's 2023-24 season is under way, with opera no. 3 of 8 opening in two days and the 2024-25 season announcement three-plus months away, so obviously it's time to speculate! Here's what I have on my Rumor & Gossip Operatic Future Seasons page:I keep hoping that Matthew Shilvock will finally be able to stage his dream opera, which is Schoenberg's formidable Moses und Aron. As I mentioned a few years back, when he said this at a Wagner Society. meeting, there was an audible gasp in the room. The only staging in the US that I can recall offhand was at the Met, decades ago, with John Tomlinson. Wagner TBD, conducted by Eun Sun Kim. We know it won't be Lohengrin. Matthew Shilvock did promise us Parsifal at some point. Note that Kim is conducting Parsifal in Houston in January.Verdi TBD, conducted […]
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2023-07-09 11:44:02
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