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Rossini Barber Petya Ivanova Sofia National Opera 1816 1955 1965 1974 1999
~The "Glass Shatterers!" series focuses on sopranos who sustain High F, or sing higher. THE SONGBIRD: Petia Ivanova [Петя Иванова] is a Bulgarian soprano who began singing in high school, where she was nicknamed the "nightingale." She entered the Sofia Academy of Music when she was 16, and studied with Ludmila Prokopova. At the Sofia National Opera she did minor roles such as the Page in "Rigoletto" until being cast as Rosina in 1955, which launched her as a leading coloratura soprano in Bulgaria for over two decades. Ivanova also toured in operas and concerts to Denmark, Norway, Finland, Greece, Russia, Hungary, Romania, Germany, and Cuba. [NOTE: Ivanova should not be confused with another Bulgarian coloratura soprano named Petya Ivanova who was born in 1974, graduated from the Sofia Academy in 1999, and currently sings primarily with the Slovene Opera in Maribor. And she happens to have a rendition of "Una voca poco fa" on YouTube with a sustained High F.] THE MUSIC: Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" is one of the most popular operas in the world and has been since soon after its premiere in Rome in 1816. It is based on the first of three plays by Pierre Beaumarchais about Figaro, the sly barber in the title. The music of the opera is believed to have been composed in about three weeks. This showy aria "Una voce poco fa" introduces the clever character of Rosina in Act One and has become a touchstone for florid sopranos and mezzos.
Jules Massenet Francesco Rosa Dimitrova Sancho Pavlova Rodrigues Georgiev Feodor Chaliapin Lucy Arbell Vanni Marcoux Fugère Cervantes Sofia National Opera National Opera Ballet 1910
Dynamic all rights reserved www.dynamic.it Conductor: Francesco Rosa - Orchestra & chorus of the Sofia Opera Chorus master: Violeta Dimitrova Stage Director :Plamen Kartaloff Sofia National Opera and Ballet, Bulgaria Scenes & Costume designer: Yoanna Manoledaki Choreographer: Antonaeta Alexieva Cast: (Don Quichotte) Orlin Anastasov - (Sancho) Ventselav Anastasov (Pedro) Silvia Teneva - (Garsias) Rositsa Pavlova-Indzheva - (Rodrigues) Krasimir Dinev (Juan) Plamen Papazikov - (Bandit) chief Alexander Georgiev Even though it is mainly to Manon and Werther that Massenet owes his renown, he composed operas of different genre and character, which just as effectively reveal his fine lyrical vein and talent in depicting various emotions. Don Quichotte is brilliantly comic. Finished in 1910, after a career studded with successes, the opera was premièred at the Opera Theatre in Monte Carlo. It was a resounding success, fostered by the presence, in the main roles, of famous singers such as the Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin as Don Quichotte and Lucy Arbell as Dulcinée. A few months later, in December of the same year, it would be repeated at Paris's Théâtre Galté-Lyrique, with Lucy Arbell this time partnered by Vanni Marcoux (Don Quichotte) and Lucine Fugère (Sancho Panza). The subject, from Cervantes's masterpiece, had been versified by the young and extravagant writer Jacques Le Lorrain. The story is quite different from that of Miguel de Cervantes's hero, appearing, rather, as a self-portrait of the poet himself: the knight becomes a model of virtue, of generosity, driven by lofty ideals; Dulcinée, from maid in an inn becomes a woman of the world. Massenet, who, despite the difficult period he was going through,conceived a rich score, full of verve and maturity.
Anna Veleva Donizetti Sofia National Opera
Amazing coloratura soprano Anna Veleva performs splendedly "Il dolce suono" (Mad scene) from Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti at Sofia National Opera, Bulgaria.
Raichev Grillo Jacques Urlus Richard Wagner Leoncavallo Johanna Gadski Becker Vienna State Opera Sofia National Opera Metropolitan Opera 1867 1873 1887 1896 1904 1908 1913 1914 1916 1920 1924 1929 1930 1931 1932 1934 1935 1947 1950 1960
Pietr Raichev - E canto il grillo - Jacques Urlus - Cavalleria Rusticana Addio alla madre - Carl Jorn La Dame Blanche Ah quel plaisir The tenor, Petar Raichev, was born in Varna on 9 March 1887. Following vocal studies in St. Petersburg with Umberto Mazetti and in Naples with Fernando de Luca, he made his debut in 1913 at St. Petersburg. He left Russia in 1920 after singing the roles of Lensky, Herman, Canio and Rodolfo, primarily at St. Petersburg, to spend the next 15 years singing in Italy, Vienna, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden and Paris. After major roles with the Berlin and Vienna State Opera houses in 1924, he joined the Opera Russe in Paris in 1930 where touring took him throughout Europe and South America. Following an engagement with the National Opera of Zagreb between 1934 and 1935, he returned to Bulgaria to sing with the Sofia National Opera, adding to his Russian roles Count Almaviva, Alfredo and the Duke in Rigoletto. In 1947 he was responsible for creating an opera company in his town of birth, Varna. Upon retiring from singing in 1950 he taught vocal studies at the State Academy of Music until his death on 31 August 1960 in Sofia. Jacques Urlus (January 6, 1867 in Hergenrath, Rhine Province - June 6, 1935 in Noordwijk, Netherlands), was a Dutch dramatic tenor. He sang to great critical acclaim at major opera houses on both sides of the Atlantic, and his recordings of the music of Richard Wagner are considered to be among the finest ever made. Karl Jorn (Tenor) (Riga, Latvia 1873 - Denver, Colorado 1947) He made his debut (1896) at Freiburg as Lionel in ‘’Martha’’. On 13. 12. 1904 he appeared at the Berlin Hofoper in the premiere of R. Leoncavallo’s "Der Roland von Berlin". He was a member of the Metropolitan Opera for six seasons +••.••(...)). In 1914, at the Berlin Deutschen Opernhausin, he sang the title role in the première of R. Wagner's ‘’Parsifal’’. He was the favorite singer emperor Wilhelm II, who gave him several times souvenirs. In 1916 he accepted the American citizenship. During the 1920’s he lost his whole property and lived completely forgotten as a singing teacher in Denver (Colorado). When Johanna Gadski, in the 1929-1931 seasons, undertook a North America tour with the German Opera Company, she invited him to take part in it and he appeared again with success as Tristan, Siegmund and Siegfried. In 1932 he opened in New York a vocal studio, however sat down later again in Denver. He was married the soprano Else Jörn-Becker.
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