Podcasts about annilese miskimmon

This week we're talking about the exciting opera and dance coming up in time for Christmas. Annilese Miskimmon, Artistic Director at ENO (English National Opera), tells us about re-imagining Frank Capra's enduring and much-loved 1946 Christmas movie ‘It's a Wonderful Life' as an opera, which opens on 25th November at the Coliseum. Adapted by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer, George Bailey, the down-on-his-luck banker so memorably played by James Stewart in the film, is played by Frederick Ballentine but Clarence the Guardian Angel now becomes Clara, played by soprano Danielle de Niese. Other than the gender swap, the opera is otherwise remarkably faithful to the beloved film and is certain to be a festive treat. In the world of dance, Rambert is already wowing audiences with its adaptation of Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, which opened at the Birmingham Hippodrome and is now on tour and in London at Troubador Wembley Park till 6th November. We're thrilled to be talking to the creator, writer and Executive Producer of Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight, alongside Helen Shute of Rambert. We find out that Steven's always loved ballet and so it was a natural progression to ask him to adapt his multi-award-winning series into a dance theatre show. Tune in to hear how the opera and dance worlds are bursting with innovation and new ideas, including the first-ever football opera Gods of the Game at the Theatre in the Woods at Grange Park Opera, complete with a chorus made up entirely of footy fans who've been trained to sing.

70 years after Sooty first appeared with Harry Corbett on the BBC's Talent Night, presenter and current owner of The Sooty Show Richard Cadell talks to Samira about Sooty's enduring appeal, as Sooty's Magic Show embarks on a new tour and a theme park opens at the end of May. Annilese Miskimmon, Artistic Director of English National Opera, discusses her directorial debut at the ENO. The Handmaid's Tale, the opera written by Poul Ruders and Paul Bentley, is based on Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel about a repressive totalitarian state where women are stripped of their identities and their rights. The winner of Best Supporting Actress at last night's Olivier Awards was Liz Carr of Silent Witness fame, for her role in the National Theatre's revival of The Normal Heart. She tells Samira why she made a plea, after the ceremony, for more Covid-safe theatre performances for vulnerable audiences. As the season for folk festivals approaches, we consider how the times they are a-changing in the world of folk dance. Lisa Heywood, pioneer of gender-free dance calling, and Gareth Kiddier, who organises the dancing at Sidmouth Folk Festival, talk to Samira Ahmed about why gender-free calling matters, how they do it, and how it goes down on the dance floor. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Jerome Weatherald Image: Presenter Samira Ahmed with Richard Cadell and Sooty

Tom Service talks to virtuoso vocalist Bobby McFerrin about the latest chapter in his musical life and his ceaseless creativity. He's been inspiring audiences to make music with him during concerts for decades, and now, following a Parkinson's diagnosis, he is taking this further as he starts to perform live again. Bobby reflects on his early solo shows, the improvisation technique ‘circle singing' which he developed in the 1980s and whether music can really bring peace to the world. Folk musician Mari Kalkun comes to the studio with her kannel, a traditional Estonian plucked string instrument with a long history which plays a central role in much of her music. Mari talks to Tom about her personal and artistic response to the war in Ukraine and how musical activism is now an essential part of her role as an artist. We visit English National Opera to find out more about a new production of Poul Ruders's The Handmaid's Tale, based on Margaret Atwood's seminal novel. Tom is joined by director Annilese Miskimmon, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey who sings Offred and soprano Emma Bell who sings Aunt Lydia, to explore how the story is being brought to life on stage and why it is a shattering story of our times. Plus conductor and harpsichordist Rinaldo Alessandrini tells us about the irresistible theatrical energy of Vivaldi's 'L'estro armonico' concertos from 1711 and why placing them alongside reworkings by JS Bach on his new recording with his ensemble Concerto Italiano offers a new perspective and a thrilling ride. Image: © Carol Friedman

Tom Service catches up with viola player Lawrence Power to talk about his filmed series of Lockdown Commissions from major composers, and his imaginatively re-worked West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival in Buckinghamshire. The newly installed Artistic Director of English National Opera, Annilese Miskimmon, revels in the return of live opera with ENO's new drive-in production of La boheme from the car park of Alexandra Palace in North London, and reveals her vision for the company's future. To mark National Alzheimer's Day on Monday, Tom talks to Dr Sylvain Moreno, one of the world’s leading researchers on how music can positively affect the brain, and to front line workers with people suffering from dementia - Camilla Vickers and soprano Francesca Lanza from Health:Pitch, and Rebecca Seymour from Celebrating Age Wiltshire. And Music Matters' Musicians in Our Time series, following leading musicians as they face the challenges of their lives and remake the musical world over the course of the next year, continues with flautist Jane Mitchell of the Aurora Orchestra, recent recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Salomon Prize. Photo Credit: Jessie Rodger

Kevin Kwan, author of the Crazy Rich Asians novels, which was adapted into the hit film of 2018, talks about his new book Sex and Vanity, a satire set in the worlds of uber-rich New York and Capri, and is an homage to EM Forster’s A Room with a View. Annilese Miskimmon, the new Artistic Director of English National Opera, discusses her first project, ENO Drive & Live, a series of live opera performances that audiences can safely drive to and stay in their cars for the experience. As demonstrations for Black Trans Lives take place in the UK and the USA, Caitlin Benedict talks to creator of the Black Trans Archive, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, about how a video game can archive the experiences of black transgender people. Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, discusses how the institution has chosen to focus on younger people and those from the local area, rather than the usual international visitors, since re-opening post-coronavirus. Presenter Kirsty Lang Producer Hannah Robins Main image: Kevin Kwan Image credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for HFA

Kan man se paralleller fra Eugen Onegin til dagens datingkultur? Hvem var Onegin? Dramaturg Hedda Høgåsen-Hallesby møter operasjef Annilese Miskimmon, regissør Christof Loy og psykolog Sissel Gran.

From the Producer's Office is a series of informal podcasts with Opera Holland Park's Director of Opera, James Clutton. In conversation with creatives and collaborators across the industry, we explore the process of putting opera on stage, and how the artists approach their craft. This episode was recorded on location at Bergen National Opera, following the opening night of Sweeney Todd. James talks to a smorgasbord of special guests: BNO's Artistic Director Mary Miller, Sweeney Todd cast members Susan Bullock, Michael Mayes and Peter Kirk (who will sing the role of Frederic in our 2020 production of The Pirates of Penzance), and incoming Artistic Director of ENO, Annilese Miskimmon.

Hør Hedda Høgåsen-Hallesby fortelle om Benjamin Brittens opera Billy Budd, og om denne oppsetningen, som er i regi av operasjef Annilese Miskimmon.

I disse fire podcastene får du blant annet høre hva operasjef og regissør Annilese Miskimmon og dirigent Mark Wigglesworth tenker om Benjamin Brittens opera, og hvordan verkstedene har jobbet med ubåten på scenen.

I disse fire podcastene får du blant annet høre hva operasjef og regissør Annilese Miskimmon og dirigent Mark Wigglesworth tenker om Benjamin Brittens opera, og hvordan verkstedene har jobbet med ubåten på scenen.

I disse fire podcastene får du blant annet høre hva operasjef og regissør Annilese Miskimmon og dirigent Mark Wigglesworth tenker om Benjamin Brittens opera, og hvordan verkstedene har jobbet med ubåten på scenen.

I disse fire podcastene får du blant annet høre hva operasjef og regissør Annilese Miskimmon og dirigent Mark Wigglesworth tenker om Benjamin Brittens opera, og hvordan verkstedene har jobbet med ubåten på scenen.

** Spørsmål 1: Denne uken fortalte vi om opprøret ved Den norske opera og ballet i Oslo fordi den påtroppende sjefen Annilese Miskimmon ønsker å slutte med faste ansettelser. Sangerne har laget protest-side på Facebook, hvor de skriver at det norske operamiljøet blir ikke-eksisterende uten faste ansettelser. Spørsmålet vårt er: Har de rett? ** Spørsmål 2: Politisk reklame er fullt lovlig på kanaler som Facebook, YouTube og VGTV. Men på TV er det fortsatt forbudt. Men selv om det er flertall for å fjerne forbudet mot politisk TV-reklame, har ikke saken blitt fremmet i Stortinget. Spørsmålet vårt er: Er det på tide å fjerne forbudet? ** Spørsmål 3: - Ikke ta humoren og livsgleden vekk fra norske aviser 1. april, ber komiker Per Inge Torkildsen. Denne uken fortalte NRK at også Bergens Tidende kutter den årlige aprilspøken. Debatten rundt falske nyheter gjør at mediene er redde for å gamble med sin troverdighet. Jeg har en anelse om hva EN av panelistene i dag kommer til å svare, men vi spør likefullt alle: Er det riktig å la redselen for falske nyheter vinner over aprilspøken? ** Sigrid Hvidsten, kulturredaktør i Dagbladet. Cathrine Sandnes, leder av forlaget Manifest. Frode Bjerkestrand, kulturredaktør i Bergens Tidende.

Följ med kulturjournalisten Sofia Nyblom bakom kulisserna i Kungliga Operans podd. I avsnitt 12 får du veta mer om den tjeckiska kompositören Leoš Janáček och hans drabbande opera Jenůfa. Vem var kompositören och varför är hans opera så känslosam? Och hur är det att sjunga på tjeckiska? Detta och mycket mer pratar Sofia Nyblom om med titelrollsinnehavaren och världssopranen Malin Byström, regissören Annilese Miskimmon och scenografen Nicky Shaw. Programmet är gjort av Produktionsbolaget Munck.