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singer (1841-1908)
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- Kingdom of Prussia, Austrian Empire
- singer, opera singer
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Marking the centenary of Puccini's death, Opera Holland Park in his early Messa di Gloria
[…] UK debut, and this performance certainly whetted the appetite. Originally a baritone, he has a lovely dark quality to the voice, but an enviable freedom at the top and a fine sense of when to sing quietly.Puccini's Messa a quattro voci (now more commonly known as the Messa di Gloria) is an early work, something of a curiosity in the composer's output. He composed it as a graduation exercise for the Istituto Musicale Pacini in Lucca where he studied, and it had its first performance in Lucca in 1880 (when the composer was 22). Puccini came from a long line of church musicians, his great-great-grandfather Giacomo (1712–1781) was maestro di cappella of the Cattedrale di San Martino in Lucca. He was succeeded in this position by his son, Antonio, and then by Antonio's son Domenico, and Domenico's son Michele (father of the opera composer). However Giacomo was only six when his […]
2022-03-05 09:04:56
A new opera, an unperformed 19th century opera, plus Weber & Bellini: I chat to Richard Tegid Jones of Rugby-based Random Opera Company
[…] L'Elisir d'Amore, recorded in October 2021 in the Temple Speech Room at Rugby School. Plans include a production of Weber's Der Freischütz in April and Bellini's La Sonnambula in July, plus a film of a new commission, The Heavenly Ledger by the young American composer Evan Henry and librettist John Klaes, who won Random Opera's composition competition last year. Further ahead, they are planning to perform Marianna Bottini's Elena e Gerardo. Bottini was born in Lucca in 1802 and was well-regarded in her day. At the age of 18 she was admitted to the Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna as an 'honorary master composer' (for the Requiem that she wrote for her mother's funeral), an honour not awarded to Rossini till he was over 30. But she married at the age of 23 and stopped composing. Elena e Gerardo, written in 1822, was never performed. Ironically, the name by which she is […]
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