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2017-07-25 15:46:31
The Festival d’opéra baroque et romantique at Beaune has responded to Sacha Hatala’s claims of pitifully low pay . They say the contralto was offered 800 Euros for singing a small part, and they have never had such a complaint from an artist before. Here’s the letter: Madame Sacha HATALA, Nous sommes très étonnés de votre lettre du 22 juillet dernier. Je voudrais simplement rappeler les faits : Thibault Noally, le chef du jeune Ensemble Les Accents en Résidence au Festival de Beaune depuis 3 ans, nous a suggéré de vous engager le 1er juin dernier pour chanter le petit rôle de Pelopida (comportant un air de 2 minutes et quelques récitatifs) dans l’opéra Mitridate de Scarlatti qui devait être donné à Beaune le 21 juillet 2017. Après vous avoir contactée par téléphone, je vous ai proposé, sur l’avis du chef Thibault Noally, un projet de […]
2009-12-19 17:11:00
The strongest, most interesting choice today is probably the Met Tales of Hoffmann broadcast, but there are other offerings worth a look as well. WWFM is re-airing the Bayreuth Meistersinger from this past summer; Deutschlandradio Kultur offers another chance to hear Klaus Florian Vogt in Korngold's Die Tode Stadt from Frankfurt; NPR World of Opera is airing Handel's Ariodante from this past summer's Beaune Baroque Opera Festival with Karina Gauvin; several stations are carrying a Geneva performance of Chabrier's L'Etoile with Jean-Paul Fouchécourt; Radio Tre and Radio Oesterreich International offer Tristan und Isolde from the Vienna State Opera with Robert Dean Smith and Violetta Urmana; and Czech Radio is airing Gounod's Faust with Piotr Beczala and Soile Isokoski (if one doesn't think of Kwangchul Youn as a liability...).Now for the details: Deutschlandradio Kultur - From Oper Frankfurt am Main, a November 22 performance of Korngold's Die Tote Stadt, with […]
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