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British opera singer
- mezzo-soprano
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- opera singer, music teacher
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2021-09-14 00:00:00
Vaughan Williams: Anniversary Collector Edition & five more Serenades to Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Anniversary Collector Edition - Legendary Recordings [Rare Classic Recordings]01. - 06. On Wenlock Edge [22'06] Recorded 1955George Maran- tenor, Ivor Newton- piano and London String Quartet07. Old King Cole. Ballet for Orchestra [19.09]. Recorded 1954London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult08. Song of Thanksgiving [15'22] Recorded 1951Betty Dolemore- soprano, Robert Speaight- narrator, Harry Gabb- organ, Luton Choral Society and Girls Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult09. Serenade to Music [13'58] Recorded 15 October 1938Sopranos: Isobel Baillie, Lilian Stiles Allen, Elsie Suddaby, Eva TurnerMezzos/Contraltos: Muriel Brunskill, Astra Desmond, Mary Jarred, Margaret BalfourTenors: Heddle Nash, Frank Titterton, Walter Widdop, Parry JonesBaritones/Basses: Harold Williams, Roy Henderson, Robert Easton, Norman AllinBBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Henry WoodAlto ALC1025 [CD issued 2008][CD-rip; mono flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans] In reality, only one of these recordings can be considered "Legendary" - Serenade to Music - and only one is truly rare […]
2021-08-16 09:33:18
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore - Thando Mjandana, Alison Langer - Waterperry Opera Festival 2021 (Photo Marc Brenner) Donizetti L'elisir d'amore; Alison Langer, Thando Mjandana, Oskar McCarthy, Darwin Prakash, dir: Dan Ayling, cond: Bertie Baigent; Waterperry Opera Festival Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 15 August 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Donizetti's comedy relocated to 1950s America in a youthfully energetic account with more serious undertones Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore - Darwin PrakashWaterperry Opera Festival (Photo Marc Brenner) Waterperry Opera Festival was quick off the mark last year, reworking plans for 2020 and creating a mini festival which included a semi-staging of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte at a time when the UK seemed to be devoid of live, full-scale opera [see my review]. That performance was staged on the lawn in front of Waterperry house, but the festival also included other events in Waterperry Gardens. […]
2021-06-15 11:47:00
Holland Park Count Almaviva – Julien Van MellaertsCountess Almaviva – Nardus Williams Susanna – Elizabeth Karani Figaro – Ross Ramgobin Cherubino – Samantha Price Marcellina – Victoria Simmonds Bartolo – James Cleverton Basilio, Don Curzio – Daniel Norman Barbarina – Claire Lees Antonio – Henry Grant Kerswell First Bridesmaid – Naomi Kilby Second Bridesmaid – Susie Buckle Oliver Platt (director) takis (designs), applied on the set for La traviata by Cordelia Chisholm Rory Beaton (lighting) Caitlin Fretwell Walsh (movement) Opera Holland Park Chorus (chorus master: Richard Harker) City of London Sinfonia George Jackson (conductor) What a welcome return to Holland Park this proved to be. Glorious weather helped, of course—quite a change from an earlier visit to Glyndebourne with altogether necessary overcoat and umbrella—but the achievement of Opera Holland Park first of all in putting on a season at all, let alone with its customary artistic success, deserves the highest […]
2019-10-02 14:07:13
Love and potions on Barry Island: Donizetti's The Elixir of Love at the King's Head Theatre
Donzetti: The Elixir of Love - Matthew KellettKing's Head Theatre (Photo Bill Knight ) Donizetti The Elixir of Love; Alys Roberts, David Powton, Matthew Kellett, Themba Mvula, dir: Hannah Noone, David Eaton: King's Head Theatre Reviewed by Anthony Evans on 5 July 2019 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) A co-production between the King's Head Theatre and Opera’r Ddaig transposes Donizetti's perennial favourite to the Welsh seasideThe Elixir of Love (l”elisir d’amore) is a melodramma giocoso by Gaetano Donizetti. The original Italian libretto was written by Felice Romani after Eugène Scribe’s libretto for Daniel Auber’s Le philtre. The opera premiered on 12 May 1832 in Milan.King’s Head Opera and Opera’r Ddraig joined forces to premiere this new take on the perennial favourite on Monday 30 September 2019 in a new English adaptation at the King’s Head Theatre directed by Hannah Noone. Adina and her friend Gina were sung […]
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