Der Rosenkavalier. Libretto. Komödie für Musik in drei Aufzügen von Hugo von Hofmannsthal.: Komödie für Musik in drei Aufzügen von Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
San Francisco Remembers Elisabeth Söderström Today’s New York Times ran Anthony Tommasini’s obituary for the Swedish soprano Elisabeth Söderström, who died on Friday in Stockholm at the age of 82. Tommasini cited the Marschallin in Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier as one of her major roles; but, with his New-York-centric perspective, [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Swedish soprano whose perceptive singing and vivid acting made her a great heroine in operas by Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss and Janacek One of the most perceptive and admired sopranos of the postwar era, Elisabeth Söderström, who has died aged 82, had a lengthy career that carried on into the 1990s, when she was well into her 60s. In everything she attempted, her vibrantly beautiful singing...
Intermezzo (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Le Chevalier à la rose (Der Rosenkavalier): Orchestre National d'Île de France/Frank Strobel - Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, 14 November 2009 Many people accuse Richard Strauss's music of sounding like a film soundtrack. Not everyone realises that he did actually...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Says mezzo-soprano Susan Graham: "Singing the ('Dido and Aeneas') role will be like drinking a long, cool drink of fresh spring water when you've been surrounded by milkshakes." If versatility is a musical virtue, then mezzo- soprano Susan Graham should be canonized. The 49-year-old Graham's singing résumé reveals an intense desire for tackling a wide range of roles. These...
Vancouver Opera Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Although we won't let ALL the cats out of the bag, we can tell you who will be singing what at the Golden Anniversary Concert November 6. But you must be there to check out our very special guests! (shhhhhhh!) VO Golden Anniversary Concert Program Friday, November 6th, 2009 Orpheum Theatre - 7:00 PM Maestro Jonathan Darlington – Conductor/Host Michael Cavanagh - Director Guest Soloists Vancouver...
Vancouver Opera Blog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Pastry Chef Kaeko Kanno from Kreation, one of eight bakeries creating birthday cakes for VO’s gala concert. To celebrate our 50th Birthday, we are offering a 50% discount to our Gala Concert!* Help us celebrate our Golden Anniversary. Come to the Gala Concert and save on selected seats! Get 50% off tickets to the concert event of the season! Hear great singing from Tracy Dahl, Brett Polegato...
A Beast in a Jungle (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The best art lingers like an aftertaste in your mouth, sometimes an unpleasant one. San Francisco Opera's current production of Richard Strauss' Salome is art on that level. It left me with a visceral feeling of having witnessed the perverse melt-down of a sexually abused and confused young girl. I can't say it was fun to watch, but it was thrilling in a weird, icky way. What this production does,...
Underbelly (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
The most obvious thing you could say about last night's production of Der Rosenkavalier is that it's a shame we didn't see Susan Graham when she first performed in it here in 1995. This remark is not quite as mean-spirited as it sounds. Graham is one of the most polished singers of her generation, and also among the most talented and she gave it everything she had in her. But the part of the young...
An Unamplified Voice (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Der Rosenkavalier -- Metropolitan Opera, 10/16/09 Graham, Fleming, Sigmundsson, Persson, Vargas / de Waart Strauss and Hofmannsthal's Marschallin is essentially -- she's not the Empress Maria Theresa, but as a namesake she stands in for her -- at the apex of her social universe, at a time and place in which that was incalculably important. She bears her husband's title of "Field Marshal",...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's music director Manfred Honeck is about to embark on one of the most difficult tasks as a conductor: leading Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier." It will be the first time Honeck has ever conducted the sophisticated comic opera and it will be in a new production at the Stuttgart Opera, for which he also is music director. The performances open Nov. 1 and...
Opera Chic (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
(Photo AP: Act II of Der Rosenkavalier) The fact that the greatest composer of the twentieth century, Richard Strauss, chose...
rssblogstory.com Music (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
AP - Like some rare alignment of planets, ideal casting of the three leading female roles in Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" can make for a
That's me on the Left! (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
The Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD continues for its fourth season, featuring nine live transmissions. All performances begin at 1 pm ET. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met live at your local movie theater! Tomorrow the season starts off with Tosca . Other operas in the series include: • Verdi’s Aida (Oct. 24 and Nov. 11)...
MovingPictureBlog (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
Six years after he mesmerized audiences with the expressionistic fantasia of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligar i (1919), director Robert Weine , a giant of German silent cinema, tried his hand at adapting Richard Strauss ' popular opera Der Rosenkavalier . That he was working at a slight disadvantage -- he was making a silent movie version of, uh, an opera -- didn't impede his efforts at all. Indeed, Weine...
Black Dogs (Free subscription) | 20/08/2009
The great Ferruccio Furlanetto is now 60 – and at the top of his game, writes Martin Kettle in the Guardian . In 2011, he makes his debut as Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier , a rare venture into a major German role, and one that worries him. “Italians can sing most easily in Italian and Russian because of the vowels,” he says. “In German, the consonants get stuck in your throat.”...
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