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2023-10-04 06:42:00
Offenbach's La princesse de Trébizonde from Opera Rara performed with wit & style, you can't help but be drawn in & have as much fun as the performers
Offenbach: La princesse de Trébizonde; Anne-Catherine Gillet, Virginie Verrez, Antoinette Dennefeld, Josh Lovell, Christophe Mortagne, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Daniel; Opera RaraA new edition, a performance that combines wit and charm, character and style, a cast clearly having great fun and making us do so to. This is prime Offenbach, from the centre of his career and full of all your favourite numbers that you didn't knowOffenbach's operetta La princesse de Trébizonde dates from 1869, a period shortly before the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 (when the composer and his family retired to Spain) that includes such works as La Périchole, Vert-Vert, and Les brigands. These are comic operettas where the satire is far less barbed than in his earlier works. Whilst Étienne Tréfeu and Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter's text does make occasional points, such as the circus performers puzzlement at the idea of living on one place, or the elements of social comedy involved in a […]
2021-03-17 09:14:02
[…] most (in)famous having an apparently innocuous text which becomes far less so when sung as a round. Eboracum Baroque will be performing Purcell alongside other 17th century tunes and folk music. And the event is presented in collaboration with Calverley's Brewery so there will be virtual beer tasting too. Eboracum Baroque - John Holland Avery (baritone), Nils Greenhow (tenor), Gareth Edmunds (tenor), Kirsty Main (violin), Miriam Monaghan (recorder), Miri Nohl (cello), Chris Parsons (trumpet), Seb Gillet (harpsichord). Purcell and a Pint is at 7pm on 20 March 2021, full details from the Eboracum Baroque website.
2018-12-30 00:18:00
[…] up suggesting a vast panorama before the final theme (led by harps and horns) suggests something mysterious and open ended. Stenhammer's Symphony no 2 is so well known that it obscures much of Stenhammer's other music, which is also significant. I learned my Stenhammer from his many songs. Again, it makes a difference to approach Stenhammer in the context of Scandinavian lietrature, art and culture. Please see HERE for my piece on Stenhammer's opera Gillet på Solhaug. 1893, one of the earliest Swedish operas, based on Henrik Ibsen's play Gildet paa Solhaug .
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2017-01-10 09:04:31
Sicklist: Yoncheva is out for the month
Monte Carlo Opera have been left scrabbling for a replacement Manon. Sonya Yoncheva has pulled out with severe back pain. Two subs step up: Anne-Catherine Gillet for the first performances, Vannina Santoni for the last. Yoncheva will also miss the main French music awards night, Les Victoires. More inf at forumopera. Sonya has messaged: Chers amis, je suis navrée de vous apprendre que du à des sévères douleurs lombaires, je suis obligée d’annuler mes performances de Manon à Monte Carlo prévus pour la fin de mois de janvier. Malheureusement cela concerne aussi ma participation dans les “Victoires de la musique” 2017 en France. J’espère que le traitement médical que je viens de commencer donnera ces résultats au plus vite pour pouvoir continuer le reste de ma saison avec succès. Je m’excuse auprès de ce qui attendaient, comme moi d’ailleurs, mon début dans ce rôle de rêve. Je suis […]
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