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Thai writer and composer
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2020-01-21 15:13:21
A work of intriguing moral ambiguity was sung with passionate commitment at the Thailand Cultural Centre
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2017-07-26 13:40:02
Its founder Somtow Sucharitkul has issued this final warning: ‘Opera Siam faces its fourth and most serious existential crisis in 17 years. We are going to run out of funds in only a few days.’ He adds: ‘Tonight I’m performing the Mozart Coronation Mass and other works with our kids and with many volunteer choirs including one that came all the way from Lithuania to work with us, at their own expense. In the last 17 years I’ve often been heartened by the generosity of artists and music lovers. Tomorrow we leave to Malaysia where we will do a big concert which not only celebrates our young artists but will be the first performance of some of the HM King Bhumibol’s songs in the city of Johor Bahru. ‘There’s a very good chance that if our existential threat is not resolved, that tonight’s concert will be the last time will be […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2016-11-09 17:48:06
Conductor in air dispute for refusing to fasten seat belt
The Thai-US conductor Somtow Sucharitkul has flown into some media turbulence after refusing to sit down and buckle up when ordered to do so by air crew. Sucharitkul had got up to conduct his choir in the royal anthem as a mark of respect for the late king when the plane hit a bumpy patch. His people are accusing the air crew of lack of respect. Report here. Video here.
2016-08-26 15:34:36
It was bold of Somtow Sucharitkul to take Opera Siam to Bayreuth in Germany, the spiritual home of Wagnerians, to perform the first opera of a cycle of operas that challenges Richard Wagner's monumental Ring cycle, performed every year in Bayreuth, as the world's longest opera cycle. Sucharitkul's The Silent Prince is the first of the 10 operas of his Dasjati cycle telling the "Ten Lives Of The Buddha", familiar stories in Buddhist culture.
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