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2024-02-02 10:19:00
As chilling and emotional as ever: Kate Lindsey returns as Offred in ENO's strong revival of Poul Ruders' The Handmaid's Tale
Poul Ruders: The Handmaid's Tale - Kate Lindsey, John Findon (film) - English National Opera 2024 (Photo: Zoe Martin)Poul Ruders & Paul Bentley: The Handmaid's Tale; Kate Lindsey, Juliet Stevenson, Rachel Nicholls, Nadine Benjamin, Rhian Lois, Avery Amereau, James Creswell, Madeleine Shaw, Zwakele Tshabalala, Eleanor Dennis, director Annilese Miskimmon/James Hurley, conductor Joana Carneiro; English National Opera at the London ColiseumReviewed 1 February 2024As chilling as ever; Kate Lindsey's emotional rollercoaster performance as Offred anchors a strong revival of Poul Ruders' operaEnglish National Opera's 2022 production of Poul Ruders' The Handmaid's Tale [see my original review] was cut short due to COVID-related problems so that it is good news that Annilese Miskimmon's production returned to the London Coliseum on 1 February 2024 (revived by James Hurley) for five performances with Kate Lindsey returning to the role of Offred and Joana Carneiro back in the pit. Juliet Stevenson was Professor Pieixoto, John Findon was […]
2023-11-23 20:32:00
Somewhat similar to last year's post, though I had to take out "SF Opera's continuing mask requirement":There's so much: I'm grateful for my partner Donna; for work I (mostly) like and can do from home; for my excellent work colleagues and the five people who've managed me in the last three years (they've been wonderfully supportive through thick and thin); for the roof over my head. For the performance arts organizations without whose work my life would be so much poorer; for Eun Sun Kim and Esa-Pekka Salonen and the circumstances that brought them to San Francisco; for MTT; for West Edge Opera and Opera Parallel; for San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Symphony. For my many friends, on and off the internet; for Deborah, Patrick, Craig, Joshua, Nan, Nina, Georgia, Lois, Lizzy, Lizzie, Liz, Steve S. and Steve H., Kalimac, Janos, Michael, Peter and SFCV; F. Paul; Ed, Imani, Alex, […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-11-20 19:40:12
Cappella Clausura interspersed choral selections from Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Clara Schumann among the12 solo-piano character pieces the constitute Hensel’s Das Jahr. Lois Shapiro performed the New England premiere on Saturday night at Unitarian Universalist Church in Newton. [] The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
2023-02-05 05:00:00
Beethoven on period instruments [4 CDs]
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Variations WoO 45, WoO 46, Op. 66Sonata in F major, Op. 17Pieter Wispelwey - baroque cello [1710]Lois Shapiro - Anon. Vienna 1780 (private collection)Recorded February 1994Label: Channel Classics CCS 6494Download 1fichier uptobox zippyLudwig van BeethovenSonatas Opus 10 No 1, Opus 26, WoO 47 No 1,Bagatelle WoO 59, Pieces WoO 60, WoO 61Trudelies Leonhardt - fortepianoBenignus Seidner, Vienna [1815]Published in 2002Label: Cascavelle VEL 3052Download 1fichier uptobox zippyLudwig van BeethovenRondos Op. 51 No 1, No 2, Andante WoO 57,Capriccio, Op. 129, Rondo Kinsky-Halm Anh. 6Sieben Bagatellen, Op. 33Natalia Valentin - fortepianoAnonymous 18th Century, South-GermanRecorded April 2009Label: Paraty 109.104Download 1fichier uptobox zippyLudwig van BeethovenThree Sonatas, Opus 31Paul Komen - fortepianoLa Grassa, Vienna [c. 1815]From the Beunk collectionRecorded February 1995Label: Globe GLO 5136Download 1fichier uptobox zippy
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