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2022-06-08 09:52:16
Paraguayan classical guitarist Berta Rojas has released a new album, Legado which celebrates two trailblazing women classical guitarists, Ida Presti and Maria Luisa Anido. The disc features music by Presti and Anido alongside tombeaux by John Duarte, Gilbert Biberian and Sergio Assad. The video features Rojas playing John Duarte's Idylle pour Ida Born outside of Paris, Ida Presti (1924-1967) was a child prodigy, giving her first full concert at the age of 10. "When I listened to her, I was aware that heaven had bestowed to her the gift of musical communication", Segovia commented. Pushed by her father, success came early but his death in 1938 and the advent of World War II, limited widespread travel and exposure. In 1952, she married fellow guitarist Alexandre Lagoya and the pair became one of the most celebrated duos in classical guitar, perhaps overshadowing her solo accomplishments. Argentinian-born Maria Luisa Anido (1907-1996) drew inspiration for much […]
2022-06-03 13:13:42
The triple Latin Grammy-nominated guitarist Berta Rojas recently released a new album with Onmusic recordings. Entitled "Legado" (legacy), the disc focuses on two women who were some of the most celebrated guitarists and composers for the guitar of the twentieth century: Ida Presti and María Luisa Anido. Ida Presti, who was born near Paris in […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2022-03-14 11:56:27
The Three Queens, closing scenes from Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda, Roberto Devereux; Sondra Radvanovsky, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Riccardo Frizza; Pentatone Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 11 March 2022 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Pentatone's discs records a stupendous live event, Sondra Radvanovsky captured in terrific form in three major Donizetti roles This set preserves a particular occasion, and allows one of the great voices of modern bel canto singing to shine. Recorded live at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and issued on Pentatone, under the title of Three Queens, the disc features the final scenes of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and Roberto Devereux sung by Sondra Radvanovsky, conducted by Riccardo Frizza with Lauren Decker, Kathleen Felty, Eric Ferring, Christopher Kenney, Anthony Reed, Ricardo Jose Rivera, Mario Rojas, David Weigel. Now it has to be said that Three Queens is a misnomer as there are four Queens in the […]
2022-01-21 09:35:51
Earlier this week it was announced that tenor Rafael Rojas (1963-2022) had sadly died. Rojas had links with a number of British opera companies including Opera Holland Park and Opera North. In tribute to him, Opera North reposted this delightful video on YouTube of Rojas and the ladies of the chorus of Opera North in a surprise performance of 'Nessun Dorma' from Puccini's Turandot given to the shoppers at Trinity Leeds.
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