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Anglais - Ariadne auf Naxos at Liceu: Josep Pons’ Good Strauss
[…] upper E notes of her impressive solo scene. The more lyrical moments were less emphatic but didn’t detract in any way from her great triumph. The vocal writing for Bacchus’ role is almost impossible to accomplish, it’s almost as if Strauss hated tenors. The part requires singing relentlessly on the upper register on long notes and with power. The part is too heavy for leggero tenors and too high for lyric ones. Tenor Nikolai Schukoff delivered quite well the challenge of singing Bacchus. Vocally the role of the Composer presents less demands than the aforementioned characters but needs an expressive interpretation. Mezzosoprano Samantha Hankey, debuting at Liceu, surprised everyone with an excellent Composer, full of nuances and perfect in style. Another important complexity of Ariadne auf Naxos lays in the high vocal demands of the numerous secondary characters. These have short or very short parts yet require […]
2021-03-29 17:18:56
Anglais - A Carmen on the edge at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
[…] performance remained seemly but didn't attain much. Béatrice Uria-Monzón, who has sung in this production many times, is ever more comfortable with the role of Carmen, although she appears increasingly less comfortable with a score which she is starting to struggle with. The vocal line was appropriate but lacked the sensuality and the intensity which she was indeed capable of bringing to the theatrical side of the character. Don José, the Austrian tenor Nikolai Schukoff, slightly forced the voice at the beginning and the timbre was unstable. The 'pearl' of the role, the aria "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée", was convincing, although he was not able to end in a subtle pianissimo on the B flat. However, he arrived bravely to the final scene, which was probably his best moment. Escamillo, the baritone Massimo Cavalletti, was vocally only sufficient in his debut at the Liceu, and dramatically […]
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Faces of classical music
2020-03-15 11:00:00
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat major “Symphony of a Thousand” – Meagan Miller, Ricarda Merbeth, Eleonore Marguerre, Claudia Mahnke, Gerhild Romberger, Nikolai Schukoff, Boaz Daniel, Albert Dohmen – Maîtrise de Radio France, Choeur de Radio France, Choeur philharmonique de Munich – Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (Théâtre Antique d'Orange, July 2019, HD 1080p)
Under Jukka-Pekka Saraste's baton, the Maîtrise de Radio France, the Choeur de Radio France, the Choeur philharmonique de Munich, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Orchestre National de France, and the soloists Meagan Miller (soprano), Ricarda Merbeth (soprano), Eleonore Marguerre (soprano), Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano), Gerhild Romberger (mezzo-soprano), Nikolai Schukoff (tenor), Boaz Daniel (baritone) and Albert Dohmen (bass) perform Gustav Mahler's Symphony No.8 in E flat major ("Symphony of a Thousand"). Filmed in the Théâtre Antique d'Orange, France, on July 29, 2019.Chorégies d'Orange (The Orange Festival) is held every summer at the old 9000-seat Roman amphitheatre in Orange. The festival, dating from 1869 and the oldest festival in France, is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a special performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No.8, using an exceptionally large orchestra. Although the performance will not reproduce Mahler's original orchestration, it nevertheless means using the 24 first violins which the composer originally requested […]
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Faces of classical music
2020-03-09 17:07:00
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat major "Symphony of a Thousand" – Meagan Miller, Ricarda Merbeth, Eleonore Marguerre, Claudia Mahnke, Gerhild Romberger, Nikolai Schukoff, Boaz Daniel, Albert Dohmen – Maîtrise de Radio France, Choeur de Radio France, Choeur philharmonique de Munich – Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (Théâtre Antique d'Orange, July 2019, HD 1080p)
Under Jukka-Pekka Saraste's baton, the Maîtrise de Radio France, the Choeur de Radio France, the Choeur philharmonique de Munich, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Orchestre National de France, and the soloists Meagan Miller (soprano), Ricarda Merbeth (soprano), Eleonore Marguerre (soprano), Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano), Gerhild Romberger (mezzo-soprano), Nikolai Schukoff (tenor), Boaz Daniel (baritone) and Albert Dohmen (bass) perform Gustav Mahler's Symphony No.8 in E flat major ("Symphony of a Thousand"). Filmed in the Théâtre Antique d'Orange, France, on July 29, 2019.Chorégies d'Orange (The Orange Festival) is held every summer at the old 9000-seat Roman amphitheatre in Orange. The festival, dating from 1869 and the oldest festival in France, is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a special performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No.8, using an exceptionally large orchestra. Although the performance will not reproduce Mahler's original orchestration, it nevertheless means using the 24 first violins which the composer originally requested […]
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