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During his tenure as a resident artist with Pittsburgh Opera, Mr. DeSocio was seen as Montano inOtello, Le Commissaire in Philip Glass’ Orphée, Father in Gregory Spears’ Paul ’s Case, and SecondPriest in The Magic Flute. Mr. DeSocio is also an alum of the prestigious Merola Opera Pr...
I. ) The Singer and Composer's Active YearsPage No. 1-Section A - Years - 1808-1824 - Early life as a child prodigy in Dublin and London.Page No. 2-Section B - Years - 1825-1834 - Paris, Milan, Venice. Rossini, Bellini, Grisi, Malibran.Page...
While she began the year with a stream of “Il Tabarro” from Verona, it was on March 25 at the Teatro de las Palmas where she made history becoming the first female singer in the history of the opera house to perform an encore of an aria – during the second performance of “Adriana...
Two of the most recognizable were real-life later prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Australian Opera singer Dame Nellie Melba. Dame Nellie was played here by Kiri Te Kanawa, a real-life opera soprano. During her concert at Downton, which everyone, both above and below stairs, attended (...
“The Flying Dutchman”and Hans Sachs inDieMeistersinger. He also won praise forSchubertlieder. Hotter started his operatic career in 1930, and sang in Prague and Hamburg and at the Munich Opera, where he became a leading singer in 1937. He remained with the company until 1972. He also was...
‘Beautiful Venus, on me grant your grace…’ Stripped down to his waist – Vistoli in fantastic form for an opera singer- lies on Cleo’s disheveled bed. Curio enters, and warns ‘Caesar must die.’ Cleopatra lets slip her real identity, ‘I AM CLEOPATRA!’ Bartoli’s moving aria ...
Described by famed singer songwriter Ben Harper as the greatest indoor performing space on Earth, the Concert Hall is the highlight of the Sydney Opera House. The largest venue inside the opera house, the Concert Hall is home to the largest mechanical tracker-action pipe organ with over 1000 ...
When Lisette and Prunier entered (he the Pygmalion of the maid who wants to become a singer, bah), it was unmemorable. They were both so unanimated and awkward. Then, towards the end, when Magda comes clean and tells her boi that she cannot marry him because of her past, she ...
This type of poetic pastiche, though common in older, Ming dynasty plays and novels, is not often seen in Beijing opera. The singer Du Zhenjie really wracked his brains ransacking the treasure-trove of traditional old-man arias to find material appropriate for the first couple of musical sequen...