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2024-02-16 14:26:00
Opera Australia. Mozart's The Magic Flute. February 14, 2024.
Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House. Circle (Seat J35, A$193.95).At curtain call. There was no costume change except for the last scene, so I can't tell them apart. My attempt: From left: the three spirits, Papageno, Papagena, Pamina, Conductor, Tamino, Sarastro, Queen, three ladies, two priests. Note also very few people had shoes on.They used to just distribute one sheet with the synopsis, and would not specify beyond their names who the singers are. Today something close to pamphlets were handed out.Story. See previous post. I must say the story is still a bit confusing after having seen this opera a few times already. But I am getting there.Conductor - Tahu Matheson. Pamina - Stacey Alleaume; Tamino - Michael Smallwood; Papageno - Ben Mingay; Queen of the Night - Giuseppina Grech; Sarastro/Speaker - David Parkin; Papagena - Jennifer Black; Monostatos - Kanen Breen.If I had paid more attention, I probably would […]
2021-04-09 00:05:00
Dove Award and NAACP Image Award Producer and Recording Artist Damien Sneed Returns to His Roots with Gospel-Soul Set ‘Damien Sneed UNPLUGGED’
[…] has also worked with jazz, classical, pop, and R&B legends, including the late Aretha Franklin and Jessye Norman, and is featured on Norman’s final recording, Bound For The Promised Land. He also worked with Wynton Marsalis, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Ashford & Simpson, J’Nai Bridges, Lawrence Brownlee, Brandie Inez Sutton, and many others. Sneed has served as music director for Grammy Award-winning gospel artists The Clark Sisters, Richard Smallwood, Donnie McClurkin, Hezekiah Walker, Marvin Sapp, Karen Clark Sheard, Dorinda Clark-Cole, and Kim Burrell, among others. Sneed is also the founder and artistic director of Chorale Le Chateau, which has gained a global reputation for its vivid interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance period pieces to art songs to jazz, spirituals, gospel, and avant-garde contemporary music. His other recordings include Classically Harlem (which commemorated the centennial […]
2020-01-27 09:30:31
Opera North's new production of Kurt Weill's Street Scene weaves the work's various stylistic strands into a compelling whole and showcases the superb talents of the chorus members
[…] Kelly-McInroyHenry Davis - Byron JacksonGrace Davis - Sara BelalHarry Easter - Quirijn de LangDick McGann - Rodney VubyaDaniel Buchanan - Stuart LaingSteve Sankey - Paul GibsonNursemaids - Lorna James, Hazel CroftDoctor - Jeremy PeakerPolice - Ivan Sharpe, Nicholas Butterfield, Tim Ochala-GreenoughSalvation Army - Kathryn Stevens, Rachel J MosleyViolin Girl - Niamh MurphyGrocery Boy - Benjamin O'ConnorChildren - Charlotte Carr, Travis Claark, Henry Kent, Annabelle Lee, Blaize Middleton, Eve Midgely, Max Scholey, Keira Smallwood, Alexandra WilkinsonConductor - James HolmesDirector - Matthew EberhardtSet & Costume Designer Francis O’ConnorLighting Designer - Howard HudsonChoreographer - Gary ClarkeElsewhere on this blog Audience development and evangelism at the core of what they do: I chat to Adam Szabo of the Manchester Collective - interview Maxim Vengerov: celebrating 40 years since his stage debut with new recordings & a new relationship with IDAGIO - interview Beethoven Odyssey: […]
2019-12-06 13:02:00
Salome, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 4 December 2019
Images: Monika RittershausOscar Wilde (Christian Natter), Salome (Aušrine Stundytė) Herod – Vincent Wolfsteiner Herodias – Marina Prudenskaya Salome – Aušrine Stundytė Jochanaan – Thomas J. Mayer Narraboth – Peter Sonn Herodias’s Page – Annika Schlicht Jews – Ziad Nehme, Michael Smallwood, Matthew Peña, Andrés Moreno Garcia, David Oštrek Nazarenes – Adam Kutny, Ulf Dirk Mädler Soldiers – Arttu Kataja, Erik Rosenius A Cappadocian – David Oštrek A Slave – Ireene Ollino Oscar Wilde – Christian Natter Guards – Ernesto Amico, Allen Boxer, Nikos Fragkou, Jonathan Heck, Maximilian Reisinger, Tom-Veit Weber Hans Neuenfels (director) Philipp Lossau (assistant director) Reinhard von der Thannen (designs) Kathrin Hauer (assistant stage designer) Sommer Ulrickson (choreography) Stefan Bolliger (lighting) Henry Arnold (dramaturgy) Staatskapelle Berlin Thomas Guggeis (conductor) Manipulation lies at the heart of Richard Strauss’s art. One might argue that it lies at the heart of all art; there would […]
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