Mariska Aldrich News
singer and actress (1881-1965)
Commemorations 2025 (Death: Mariska Aldrich)
- soprano
- United States of America
- actor, opera singer, stage actor
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2024-04-23
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2023-10-09 07:22:00
Not quite Massenet the modernist, but his late grand opera Ariane is full of wonderful things and intrigues in the way he weaves 19th and 20th century together
Massenet: Ariane; Amina Edris, Kate Aldrich, Jean-François Borras, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Munchener Rundfunk Orchester, Laurent Campellone; Palazzetto Bru ZaneReturning to the Paris Opera after a gap of 12 years, Massenet created an opera full of wonderful things as the magician wove his magic yet with modern elements from Wagner and beyond. The result, in this terrific recording is by turns seductive and thrillingWe tend to think of Massenet's later career as focusing far less on grand opera. After Thais (1894) he had a run of operas at the Opéra-Comique and Monte Carlo Opéra including works that have currency in the modern opera house, Cendrillon, Chérubin and Don Quichotte. But in 1906, he made a return to the Paris Opera with Ariane to a libretto by Catulle Mendes. Ariane and its companion, Bacchus represent Massenet's final operas for the Paris Opera, and they show no reduction in scale or grandeur.Massenet's Ariane has left […]
2022-11-04 08:02:08
MONTREAL ALLEGRA CHAMBER MUSIC On Nov. 23, Allegra Chamber Music will present a program of works by Frank Bridge, Gustav Mahler, and Robert Schumann, performed by Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg (piano), Simon Aldrich (clarinet), Alexander Lozowski (violin), Elvira Misbakhova (viola), and Sheila Hannigan (cello), as their last concert of 2022. They will kick off the new [...]
2021-09-14 08:30:00
Giuseppe Verdi – Aida – sottotitoli in italianoAida – Adina AaronAmneris – K
2021-05-27 05:20:00
Recent Releases, No. 8 (CD Mini-reviews)
By Karl W. NehriingConcertos for Mallet Instruments. Alexis Alrich: Marimba Concerto; Karl Jenkins: La Folia; Ned Rorem: Mallet Concerto. Evelyn Glennie, percussion; Jean Thorel, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong. NAXOS 8.574218.Although this recording was only recently released, it was recorded back in 2013. I have no idea why it took so long to get released, but I am certainly glad that it did, for it is a delight. I would think that by now, most classical music lovers are familiar with the featured soloist. As the liner notes boldly assert, “Dame Evelyn Glennie is the first person in musical history to successfully create and sustain a career as a full-time solo percussionist. As an eclectic and innovative musician and composer, she is constantly redefining the goals and expectations of percussion.” Her influence can be seen here, as she gave the world premiere of the Alexis Aldrich (b. 1955) Marimba Concerto […]
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