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2024-03-02 09:03:00
Shamus O'Brien: withdrawn by the composer for political reasons, Stanford's most popular opera languished in the 20th century but all that seems set to change
[…] their place in the repertoire. Stanford wrote nine operas and these still are not well known; currently only The Travelling Companion is available in a complete on disc [from SOMM Records]. Even a work like Shamus O'Brien has no recording.This is all going to change as Retrospect Opera is releasing the first studio recording of Stanford's Shamus O'Brien with David Parry conducting the Orchestra of Scottish Opera plus soloists Brendan Collins, Anna Brady, Gemma Ni Bhriain, Ami Hewitt, Joseph Doody, Andrew Gavin and Rory Dunne with Irish piper Jarlath Henderson.I recently caught up by Zoom with conductor David Parry who was in Scotland amid performances of Jonathan Dove's new opera, Marx in London, a work which David refers to as fantastic. It has been something of a hit, too, with audiences with Scottish Opera selling out the Theatre Royal in Glasgow.Whilst Shamus O'Brien was popular in its time, David thinks that its very Irishness […]
2023-10-08 09:35:00
Musical pleasure: strong & stylish performances from a young cast in English Touring Opera's new production of Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Rossini: Cinderella - English Touring Opera (Photo: Richard Hubert Smith)Rossini: Cinderella (La Cenerentola); Esme Bronwen-Smith, Joseph Doody, Edmund Danon, Arshak Kuzikyan, Nazan Fikret, Lauren Young, Edward Hawkins, director: Jenny Ogilvie, conductor: Naomi Woo; English Touring Opera at the Hackney EmpireAn enviable young cast in a stylish, musical account of Rossini's opera buffa that balances the serious and the comicThe second opera in English Touring Opera's (ETO) Spring season is Rossini's Cinderella, contrasting in style and genre from Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea but both pieces have strong women who come out on top, an intriguing link. Rossini's Cinderella opened at the Hackney Empire on Saturday 7 October 2023 in a production directed by Jenny Ogilvie and conducted by Naomi Woo. Esme Bronwen-Smith was Cinderella with Joseph Doody as Ramiro, Edward Hawkins as Alidoro, Nazan Fikret and Lauren Young as Clorinda and Tisbe, Edmund Danon as Dandini and Arshak Kuzikyan as Don Magnifico. Designs were by Basia Binkowska.Having […]
2021-03-15 08:59:20
Music, poetry & more: OperaUpClose returns to Shakespeare for its latest Coffee Break Concerts
OperaUpClose is returning with a third series of on-line Coffee Break Concerts, Songs of Solace and Spring. The concerts are all under 30 minutes and feature a mix of poetry, monologues, songs and music for theatre, including introductions from actor Fiona Shaw. Shakespeare Re-Shaped debuts on 17 March 2020 and features music from Gounod's Romeo & Juliet and Verdi's Falstaff performed by Claire Wild (soprano), Joseph Doody (tenor), Rodney Clarke (baritone) and Kelvin Lim (piano), alongside readings from Shakespeare from actor Kat Rose-Martin (including her own newly written response piece to Shakespeare and Verdi’s Ford) and deaf actor Lara Steward performing Juliet’s ‘Gallop apace’ monologue in British Sign Language. Calming the Tempest debuts on 31 March 2020 and returns to Shakespeare with tenor Joseph Doody in Guy Woolfenden’s Songs of Ariel (written for Ian Charleson as part of a legendary 1978 RSC production of The Tempest), music from singer-songwriter Rosabella Gregory, […]
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2020-11-10 16:05:18
Where Did The Expression ‘Peanut Gallery’ Come From? It’s Complicated
Early Boomers would associate the phrase with The Howdy Doody Show, where it referred to the studio audience of kids. In fact, the first known printed use of “peanut gallery” comes from an 1867 review of a vaudeville show in New Orleans, and it refers to the food item unruly patrons would throw at performers […]
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