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2020-05-09 18:30:50
Meet Marie Annick Béliveau, mezzo-soprano (Canada), singer for Corona Serenades A native of Quebec City, mezzo-soprano Marie-Annick Béliveau studied violin and oboe before pursuing voice at McGill University with Jan Simons. Having also studied contemporary music with Bruce Mather, she quickly established herself as a leading performer of this repertoire. Her interpretation in 2015 Chants [...]
2020-05-08 08:18:36
Pure escapism: La Bella Habana from the Cuban all-women orchestra, Camerata Romeu
La bella Habana;Camerata Romeu, Zenaida Castro Romeu Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 8 May 2020 Star rating: 3.0 (★★★) An all-women string orchestra from Cuba in a delightful selection of of Cuban and Brazilian music evoking the streets of Havana The Camerata Romeu is an all-women string orchestra founded in Cuba in 1993 by Zenaida Castro Romeu. The orchestra specialises in playing Latin American music but with a European slant, and the group was founded to have high production values with a specific aesthetic. On this new disc La Bella Habana, Zenaida Castro Romeu directs the Camerata Romeu in music which is intended to evoke the city of Havana, Brazilian and Cuban music heard every day in the city. The disc includes a final track which was the sound-track to Alejandro Reyes film celebrating the 500th anniversary of Havana. Jose White's La bell […]
2019-11-02 08:51:31
An artist should be careful not to put themselves in a box: I chat to tenor Leonardo Capalbo about the challenges of singing the title role in Verdi's Don Carlos
Verdi: Don Carlos - Leonardo Capalbo, Raehann Bryce Davis - Opera Vlaanderen (Photo Annemie Augustijns) We have heard Italian-American tenor Leonardo Capalbo twice in the title role of Verdi's Don Carlo(s), first this Summer with Grange Park Opera, and then more recently in Ghent with Opera Vlaanderen. Whilst we were in Ghent, I was lucky enough to be able to meet up with Leonardo to talk about his career, his voice, and the role of Don Carlos in particular.Performing Verdi's Don Carlo (in Italian, in the four-act version) was Leonardo's debut in the role [see my review], and he followed this by performing the opera with Opera Vlaanderen in French in the five-act version [see my review]. Was the change in versions and language was a challenge I wondered? He responded that he feels that everything is a challenge but he loves Verdi's music and finds Verdi's characters the […]
2019-10-30 07:27:19
A remarkable reinvention: Verdi's Don Carlos in French in Flanders
Verdi: Don Carlos - the Auto-da-fe scene - Opera Vlaanderen (Photo Annemie Augustijns) Verdi Don Carlos (1886 Modena version, sung in French); Leonardo Capalbo, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Kartal Karagedik, Raehann Bryce-Davis, dir: Johan Simons, cond: Alejo Perez; Opera Vlaanderen at Opera Ghen Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 27 Oct 2019 Star rating: 4.5 (★★★★½) Verdi's final thoughts on his Grand Opera, given in a strikingly modern psychological interpretationHaving given us French Grand Opera at its height, with Peter Konwitschny's striking production of Fromental Halevy's La Juive earlier this year [see my review], Opera Vlaanderen has returned to the form with Verdi's Don Carlos, the Italian composer's final, remarkable engagement with French Grand Opera. But the new production of Don Carlos was also an indication of the possible directions for the company, as one of the dramaturges was Jan Vandenhouwe who is the […]
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