Podcasts about la fanciulla

Malonna é drag. Formou-se em Design de Moda pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), onde também cursou graduação em Artes Visuais e Extensão em Estilismo e Modelagem do Vestuário. Trabalhou com arte-educação de 2005 a 2008. Posteriormente, passou a se dedicar exclusivamente à arte drag e a caracterização. Em 2013, mudou-se para São Paulo e fundou o ateliê “Oficina da Malonna”, onde também se dedica ao estudo experimental, confecção e customização de perucas para uso artístico, além de ministrar aulas. Suas perucas vestiram nomes como Manu Gavassi, Gloria Groove, Marina Sena, Duda Beat, Jão e outros artistas da nova geração da MPB. Na moda, colaborou com diversos fotógrafos e revistas como Vogue, Glamour, entre outras. Nas Artes Cênicas e Audiovisual, já forneceu serviços de perucaria para grandes teatros, festivais e canais de streaming e produtoras de cinema - entre tantas, Festival Amazonas de Ópera, Teatro Mayor (Bogotá), Theatro Municipal de São paulo, Netflix, HBO, Disney, TNT. Atua na área de figurino e maquiagem desde 2007. Seu primeiro trabalho de caracterização teatral foi em 2009, desde então desenvolve projetos de figurino, visagismo e perucaria para diversas iniciativas culturais em teatro, ópera, dança, televisão, streaming, cinema, publicidade, festivais e eventos. Em sua trajetória operística, Malonna explora sua influência drag e burlesca nos palcos. Destacam-se as montagens Bodas de Fígaro (Bogotá - Colombia), La Fanciulla del West (Theatro Municipal de São Paulo), Peter Grimes (Festival Amazonas de Ópera) e Cabaré Kit Kat Club (Theatro Santander - 033 Rooftop). Release do trabalho: A trama se passa em Minas Gerais, no século XVIII, especificamente no atual município de Diamantina, e tem como personagem central um contratador de diamantes – aristocrata que mantinha um contrato de permissão para exploração de ouro e diamantes na colônia – e seus movimentos de resistência ao controle e exploração da Coroa portuguesa, vislumbrando a emancipação da colônia. A montagem teve sua estreia em Manaus em 2023, com direção cênica de William Pereira a partir de uma partitura recentemente editada e revisada pela Academia Brasileira de Música e pelo maestro Roberto Duarte. O Contractador de Diamantes se consagra como uma ópera modernista de sonoridade lírica italiana com alguns traços da música tradicional brasileira. Ficha Técnica: Alessandro Sangiorgi, direção musical Érica Hindrikson, regência do Coro Lírico Municipal William Pereira, direção cênica Giorgia Massetani, cenografia Caetano Vilela, iluminação Olintho Malaquias, figurino Ângelo Madureira, coreografia Malonna, visagismo Ligiana Costa, dramaturgismo e versão em português Ana Vanessa, assistente de direção cênica e direção de palco Licio Bruno, Felisberto Caldeira Brant Rosana Lamosa, Cotinha Caldeira Giovanni Tristacci, Luiz Camacho Douglas Hahn, Magistrado Mar Oliveira, Mestre Vicente Lidia Schäffer, Dona Branca Caldeira Andrey Mira, Taverneiro Daniel Lee, Capitão Simão da Cunha Sandro Bodilon, Chefe dos Mineradores David Marcondes, Padre Cambraia Rafael Thomas, Escrivão Sampaio Sérgio Sagica e Sebastião Teixeira, Capitães da Congada Elayne Caser, Moça 1 Ludmila de Carvalho, Moça 2 Mônica Martins, Moça 3 Keila de Moraes, Moça 4 Heloisa Junqueira, Moça 5 Laryssa Alvarazi, Moça 6 Alexandre Bialecki, Filho do Taverneiro Flávio Karpinscki, Intendente Elenco de apoio: Cristiano Belarmino, Flávio Karpinscki, Negoh Piauí, Reginaldo Costa, Victor Marinho eWashington Lins

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A cura di Paolo PellegriniLa fanciulla del West - Giacomo Puccini  Metropolitan Opera House Minnie: Ghena DimitrovaDick Johnson: Nicola MartinucciJack Rance: Alain FondaryJoe: Michael ForestHandsome: Richard VernonHarry: Bernard FitchHappy: Kevin ShortSid: James CourtneySonora: Kim JosephsonTrin: Henry Grossman [Debut]Jim Larkens: David MalisNick: Joseph FrankJake Wallace: Terry CookAshby: Jeffrey WellsPost Rider: Michael BestCastro: Vernon HartmanBilly Jackrabbit: Philip CokorinosWowkle: Sondra KellyConductor: Christian BadeaMetropolitan Opera House

Il libro della settimana è La fanciulla dal cuore di neve L'articolo La fanciulla dal cuore di neve proviene da RadioAnimati.

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Minnie: Orianna Santunione | Wowkle: Rita Bezzi Breda | Dick Johnson: Giorgio Casellato-Lamberi | Jack Rance: Giuseppe Taddei | Nick: Angelo Marchiandi | Ashby: Gianfranco Cesarini | Sonora: Ettore Nova | Trin: Augusto Vicentini | Sid: Luigi Risani | Bello: Alberto Carusi | Harry: Dino Formichini | Joe: Ottavio Taddei | Happy: Aldo Reggioli | Larkens: Giorgio Giorgetti | Billie Jackrabbit: Guerrando Rigiri | Jake Wallace: Alessandro Cassis | José Castro: Augusto Frati | Un Postiglione : Luigi Baruffi | Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni | Maggio Musicale Firenze | 1 June 1974 | Broadcast

Pela primeira vez em nossa Sala de Espetáculos, neste episódio celebramos a chegada da temporada da ópera La Fanciulla Del West – A Garota do Oeste, composição de Giacomo Puccini, com libreto de Guelfo Civinini e Carlo Zangarini. Acompanhe aqui os depoimentos de: Carla Camurati (direção cênica), Roberto Minczuk (direção musical), Ligiana Costa (dramaturgismo), Martina Serafin (Minnie), Daniela Tabernig (Minnie), Gustavo Lopez Manzitti (Dick Johnson), Enrique Bravo (Dick Johnson), Homero Velho (Jack Rance), Paulo Queiroz (Nick) e Johnny França (Sonora). Este podcast tem direção de Ligiana Costa, com participação e criação dos bolsistas de Dramaturgismo do Programa Jovens Criadores do Theatro Municipal de São Paulo: Júlio Mourão, Luisa Tarzia e Nata da Sociedade.

In un regno in guerra, Jimena, una giovane coraggiosa, si traveste da soldato per aiutare il padre e il re. Conquistando il rispetto degli altri soldati, Jimena si fa amico il principe, che si innamora di lui/lei. Superando prove e sfide, Jimena scopre la sua forza interiore e la possibilità di superare i confini di genere e ruolo sociale.

Venerdì 4 novembre 2022 il gruppo di lavoro Nicoletta Bourbaki – nelle persone di Luca Casarotti e Benedetta Pierfederici – ha presentato alla libreria Modo Infoshop di Bologna il libro La morte, la fanciulla e l'orco rosso. Il caso Ghersi: come si inventa una leggenda antipartigiana (Alegre, 2022). Chi ha manipolato, e come, e quando, la storia dell'uccisione della delatrice repubblichina Giuseppina Ghersi? Quel che è certo è l'obiettivo: farne una storiaccia morbosa, in bilico tra horror e porno. Una storia che vorrebbe dire qualcosa sui partigiani, mentre dice molto di più sui fascisti che l'hanno inventata. A introdurre l'evento e dialogare con NB c'era Wu Ming 1. Buon ascolto.

Giacomo Puccini –La Fanciulla del westMinnie, Renata Tebaldi (debutto)Dick Johnson-Ramerrez, Daniele BarioniJack Rance, Giangiacomo GuelfiNick, Piero De PalmaAsby, Carlo CavaSonora, Mario BorrielloTrin, Athos CesariniSid, Ettore BabesiBello, John CiavolaHarry, Angelo MecurialiJoe, Virginio AlessandriHappy, Egido CasolariJim Larkens, Giuseppe MorresiBill Jackrabbit, Giorgio OnestiWowkle, Lola PedrettiJack Wallace, Silvio MaionicaJosè Castro, Bruno CioniOrchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della Radiotelevisione ItalianaArturo Basile, direttore

After Friday's SCOTUS ruling. Anna and Krista decided to use the podcast to show everyone that bodily autonomy isn't a new concept - there are operas that feature it prominently. From La Traviata and Turandot to Die Walküre and La Fanciulla del West, the ladies discuss 12 characters who take charge of their lives. May women in the US have that right again.

I denne thrilleren av en fortsettelse får vi innsyn i Puccinis tre siste nevneverdige operaer, nemlig Tosca, Madame Butterfly og La Fanciulla del West. I tillegg rulles resten av dramaet om Puccinis eget liv opp, kunne jaggu vært librettoen til en egen opera bare det:) Tosca: https://open.spotify.com/album/6V0vxEJIlThuJSgVhr15sb?si=bH1RdbbNRgmL0U4siPV7Eg Madame Butterfly: https://open.spotify.com/album/7jbwMPOloRbsXmMl9ihrTL?si=82PGRifyQjKFwrQnVmAXdA La Fanciulla: https://open.spotify.com/album/5DuPHFZdHWYewxfDeyG7oE?si=R08zxBauTlOuVFF7Tno1-Q

La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, based on the 1905 play The Girl of the Golden West by the American author David Belasco. Fanciulla followed Madama Butterfly, which was also based on a Belasco play. The opera has fewer of the show-stopping highlights that characterize Puccini's other works but is admired for its impressive orchestration and for a score that is more melodically integrated than is typical of his previous work. Fanciulla displays influences from composers Claude Debussy and Richard Strauss, without being in any way imitative. Similarities between the libretto and the work of Richard Wagner have also been found, though some attribute this more to the original plot of the play, and have asserted that the opera remains quintessentially Italian.Purchase the music (without talk) at:Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com

Adattamento e messa in voce di Gaetano Marino […] Si chiamava Inger, ed era una bambina povera, orgogliosa, superba e cattiva. Da piccolina aveva come divertimento quello di catturare le mosche e di strappar loro le ali riducendole ad animaletti striscianti. Prendeva il maggiolino e lo scarabeo, li infilzava con uno spillo e poi metteva una fogliolina verde o un pezzetto di carta tra i loro piedi, così il povero animale vi si afferrava e si rigirava senza posa per cercare di liberarsi dall'ago. […]

[…] Si chiamava Inger, ed era una bambina povera, orgogliosa, superba e cattiva. Da piccolina aveva come divertimento quello di catturare le mosche e di strappar loro le ali riducendole ad animaletti striscianti. Prendeva il maggiolino e lo scarabeo, li infilzava con uno spillo e poi metteva una fogliolina verde o un pezzetto di carta tra i loro piedi, così il povero animale vi si afferrava e si rigirava senza posa per cercare di liberarsi dall'ago. […] Continue reading

[…] Si chiamava Inger, ed era una bambina povera, orgogliosa, superba e cattiva. Da piccolina aveva come divertimento quello di catturare le mosche e di strappar loro le ali riducendole ad animaletti striscianti. Prendeva il maggiolino e lo scarabeo, li infilzava con uno spillo e poi metteva una fogliolina verde o un pezzetto di carta tra i loro piedi, così il povero animale vi si afferrava e si rigirava senza posa per cercare di liberarsi dall'ago. […] Continue reading

[…] Si chiamava Inger, ed era una bambina povera, orgogliosa, superba e cattiva. Da piccolina aveva come divertimento quello di catturare le mosche e di strappar loro le ali riducendole ad animaletti striscianti. Prendeva il maggiolino e lo scarabeo, li infilzava con uno spillo e poi metteva una fogliolina verde o un pezzetto di carta tra i loro piedi, così il povero animale vi si afferrava e si rigirava senza posa per cercare di liberarsi dall'ago. […] Continue reading

Nicht nur die Deutsche Oper feierte an diesem Wochenende Premiere, auch die Staatsoper meldete sich am Sonntag zurück mit Puccini und seiner Oper "La fanciulla del West": Einer Wild-West-Oper, die sehr selten aufgeführt wird. Von Maria Ossowski

A cura di Paolo PellegriniPersonaggi e interpreti Minnie, Carol Neblett Dick Johnson, Placido Domingo Jack Rance, Sherrill Milnes Royal Opera House Covent Garden Zubin Mehta, direttore

Autor: Friedrich, Uwe Sendung: Fazit Hören bis: 19.01.2038 04:14

G. Puccini "La Fanciulla del West"

“We should start back” sono le primissime parole de “Le Cronache del Ghiaccio e del Fuoco” di George R.R. Martin e noi abbiamo pensato di fare esattamente così. In questo episodio Jaime, dopo aver lasciato Harrenhal, sogna la sua ragazza nuda in una caverna, e con rinnovato spirito cavalleresco torna a salvare la fanciulla dalla bestia feroce. In seguito, tra 2 matrimoni e un paio di funerali, torna in città da sua sorella, seda una quasi rissa, fa sesso nel posto più sbagliato che ci sia e rifiuta la sua eredità come figlio di Tywin Lannister. E' una rilettura, quindi ci saranno spoiler su tutto e tutti, serie compresa. Ovviamente condividete su tutte le piattaforme, spargete la voce e mettete like al video. Potete trovarci su tutti gli altri social tramite i link qua sotto Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tronodispadepod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tronodispadepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tronodispadepod/

Kelly and returning guests Sylvia (@cowboyverismo) and Keaton (@lixstrm) talk all about everyone's favorite cowboy western opera La Fanciulla del West. They discuss everything from the unintentionally hilarious name of the tenor lead Dick Johnson, blatant plagiarism of the main love theme in The Phantom of the Opera, and various reason as to why this opera is not as popular as some of Puccini's other works but the composer still considers it his magnum opus.

On this episode, to celebrate Women's History Month, I talk to my friend Tess (they/he) about Giacomo Puccini's La fanciulla del West. It's a love story set in the Wild West about Minnie, a saloon owner who gets caught up with a bandit on the run. We chat about the aesthetics of the West, how tropes are useful in relating to stories, and why we admire Minnie, her bandit, and their relationship.  Yeehaw!

I sang a lot in Munich, Germany. Here are some of the roles I sang, including a live performance of an aria from La Fanciulla del West and some other interesting things. Hope you enjoy.

Imagine finding your voice...in an opera house! On Sing LOUDER, host Jake Heggie talks with great artists about the high wire act of life an opera singer. Brandon Jovanovich is one of the rarest types of tenor – the heldentenor or “heroic tenor” – and sings some of the most physically and vocally demanding roles in the entire operatic repertoire. In this episode, he shares about his existential journey from bass to powerhouse tenor...and from waiting tables at Metropolitan Opera parties to starring on its stage. You can find Brandon at brandonjovanovich.com and @operabrandon on Instagram. Featured Music: Jake Heggie: “Some Times of Day” from The Best Time of the Day Giacomo Puccini: “Ch’ella mi creda” from La Fanciulla del West, with the Bavarian State Opera, led by James Gaffigan Hector Berlioz: ”Nuit d’Ivresse" from Act IV of Les Troyens (The Trojans), performed with Ekaterina Semenchuk and the Paris Bastille Opera, led by Philippe Jordan Giacomo Puccini: “Manon Lescaut” with the Orchestra and Chorus of La Monnaie, led by Carlo Rizzi Richard Wagner: “Winterstürme” from Die Walküre, at the San Francisco Opera, led by Donald Runnicles Jonathan Barlow: “Cinder” Producer: Emily Shaw Mixing & Remote Recording Assistance: Seira McCarthy Additional Recording: George S. Rosenthal (The Complex Recording Studio) Executive Producer: Bob Ellis Photo by Cara Jovanovich Sing LOUDER is supported by a non-profit LLC promoting public education about the art of singing. Special thanks to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

The original spaghetti western, a world premiere, a murder trial, and New York City. What could be better than this? Sip on a Sazerac and press play to find out!

I awoke Saturday morning in Berlin to the apocalyptic news that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. Once again a crisis in the United States has prompted me to quickly put together a different episode than originally planned. The late Justice Ginsburg was a particular lover of opera, and so I have decided to showcase some of her favorite operas and performers. We will hear extended scenes from La Gioconda, Le nozze di Figaro, Der Rosenkavalier, Otello, Don Giovanni, La Fanciulla del West, Fidelio, Götterdämmerung, and others in performances featuring favorite singers of hers, including Jussi Björling. Renata Tebaldi, Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, and Cesare Siepi. Other featured singers are Gottlob Frick, Fernando Corena, Margaret Price, Leonard Warren, Arlene Saunders, Carol Neblett, Gianpiero Mastromei, Beverly Sills, Gwyneth Jones, Lucia Popp, Brigitte Fassbaender, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Elisabeth Söderström, Eileen Farrell, among many others. The episode also incorporates a memorial tribute to Maria Callas on the 43rd anniversary of her death, and to Jessye Norman on what would have been her 75th birthday. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” Occasional guests from the “business” (singers, conductors, composers, coaches, and teachers) lend their distinctive insights. At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content. And please head to our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available only to Patreon supporters are currently available!

Today’s episode is an interview I did with Ira Siff, artistic director of La Gran Scena Opera Company di New York, alter ego of the beloved “traumatic soprano” Vera Galupe-Borszkh, lecturer for the Metropolitan Opera Guild and Weekly Commentator on the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. My association with Ira and Gran Scena goes back more than thirty years, when he provided me with my first employment as a singer when my alter ego Daniela della Scarpone sang for two years with the renowned travesty opera company. I sat down with Ira in his East Village apartment last this past January for a wide-ranging interview in which we discuss his early days as a standee at the old Met (where some of his opera-going experiences included Maria Callas’s final Tosca performances, Renata Scotto’s 1965 debut as Madama Butterfly, and Leonie Rysanek’s wild traversals of Verdi and Wagner). He discusses his first performing experiences in the early 1970s in association with Al Carmines and others, the genesis of La Gran Scena and their development into a worldwide phenomenon, and his subsequent “legitimate” career as lecturer, stage director, vocal coach and voice teacher and commentator all stemmed from in his words, “getting in a dress and singing soprano,” which he dubs “the strangest part.” This is a free-wheeling and extremely Opera Queeny interview, peppered with Ira’s unique anecdotes and snippets from Gran Scena (and other!) performances. There is no better way to celebrate Gay Pride in isolation than to listen to this episode! Ira Siff is a native New Yorker, who grew up on the standing room line of the old Metropolitan Opera, worshiping the famous singers of the 60’s. A graduate of the Cooper Union, with a degree in Fine Arts, Mr. Siff began to study voice, and made his debut as a tenor in 1970. For the next decade, he performed roles in opera, operetta and musicals in the New York, at The New York Shakespeare Festival, Circle in the Square, Playwrights Horizons, and many other venues. Turning to cabaret, Ira created an act using vocal parody of opera, jazz, and other styles of music, gaining critical acclaim, and a loyal following. In 1981, he founded La Gran Scena Opera Co. di New York, the internationally acclaimed travesty troupe, whose gifted falsetto “divas” have spoofed opera with great affection for over two decades, in New York annually, and on tours to some of the great festivals, theatres and opera houses of the world. For the past thirty years, Mr. Siff has been a voice teacher and interpretive coach, teaching in New York, Italy, Israel, Holland and China, giving Master Classes for the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and was on the faculty of the Renata Scotto Vocal Academy. Ira was a guest teacher of bel canto technique at The Royal Conservatory in Den Haag in 2008, and then at the Dutch National Opera Academy for five seasons, and at the Amsterdam Conservatory in The Netherlands where he returned annually, and was appointed Permanent Guest Teacher. In 2000, he turned to stage directing, gaining critical acclaim for his productions of operas ranging from Tosca, Turandot, and La Fanciulla del West to Lakmé, Werther, and La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Sarasota Opera, The Caramoor Festival, and the Tanglewood Music Festival, where he directed productions of Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, and Ariadne auf Naxos. All in all, he has directed operas for companies in New Jersey to New Zealand, with stops along the way in Puerto Rico, Lima, Peru and Utah. Singers whom he has directed include Sumi Jo, Dolora Zajick, Aprile Millo, Eglise Gutierrez, Krassimira Stoyanova, and the late Marcello Giordani. Conductors with whom he has collaborated as a stage director have included Richard Bonynge, Christoph von Dohnányi, and James Levine. He has also given master classes in bel canto and verismo for the Metropolitan Opera Guild every season since 2008 and has presented sold-out lectures for the M...

The mythic American West has been depicted in stories and legends for more than 150 years, and the larger-than-life personalities and epic range wars have been commemorated in hundreds of films, books and songs. One country that has had a longstanding fascination with the Old West is Italy. In fact, Clint Eastwood mostly got his start as a famous cowboy actor in Sergio Leone's classic Spaghetti Westerns. We feature some of the eminently recognizable scores from a couple of those films, composed by Ennio Morricone. Then, we examine Puccini's Opera "La Fanciulla del West" ("The Girl of the West"), another Italian homage to this storied moment in time. And resident Western expert Jim Dunham discusses the history of William H. Bonnie, otherwise known as Billy the Kid.

Un mugnaio era caduto a poco a poco in miseria e non aveva più nulla all'infuori del suo mulino e, dietro, un grosso melo. Un giorno che era andato a far legna nel bosco gli si avvicinò un vecchio e gli disse: -Perché‚ ti affanni a spaccar legna? Io ti farò ricco, se in cambio mi prometti quello che c'è dietro al tuo mulino; fra tre anni verrò a prenderlo-. "Che altro può essere se non il mio melo?" pensò il mugnaio; così acconsentì e s'impegnò per iscritto con lo sconosciuto, che se ne andò ridendo. Continue reading

Un mugnaio era caduto a poco a poco in miseria e non aveva più nulla all'infuori del suo mulino e, dietro, un grosso melo. Un giorno che era andato a far legna nel bosco gli si avvicinò un vecchio e gli disse: -Perché‚ ti affanni a spaccar legna? Io ti farò ricco, se in cambio mi prometti quello che c'è dietro al tuo mulino; fra tre anni verrò a prenderlo-. "Che altro può essere se non il mio melo?" pensò il mugnaio; così acconsentì e s'impegnò per iscritto con lo sconosciuto, che se ne andò ridendo. Continue reading

Today on the show, I'm so excited to speak with the incredible and globally celebrated soprano Sondra Radvanovsky! In our conversation, Sondra covers a variety of topics, including how she prepares for a role, the importance of understanding how we learn, how to perform at our best, and the importance of kindness in our field. She also expands on: The importance of understanding how and how quickly we learn When it's good to walk away and hit reset in order to learn faster How a desire to please and to express emotions can negatively affect the quality of our performance The importance of being in the moment during a performance How she prioritizes her health while maintaining a heavy performing schedule involving lots of travel Sondra has wonderful insight in store for you, and I know you will enjoy this episode!   Don't forget to visit the Mind Over Finger Resources' page to check out amazing books recommended by my podcast guests, as well as my favorite websites, cds, the podcasts I like to listen to, and the practice and podcasting tools I use everyday!  Find it here: www.mindoverfinger.com/resources!   And join the Mind Over Finger Book Club in the Tribe!  We meet HERE, and we'll begin 2020 with The Inner Game of Golf by Tim Gallwey!   Don't forget to sign up for my newsletter to get your free guide to a super productive practice using the metronome!  This guide is the perfect entry point to help you bring more mindfulness and efficiency into your practice and it's filled with tips and tricks on how to use that wonderful tool to take your practicing and your playing to new heights! TURN THE METRONOME ON AND START PRACTICING BETTER AND LEARNING FASTER RIGHT NOW!  GET YOUR FREE METRONOME GUIDE TODAY AT www.mindoverfinger.com!!!!     More about Sondra Radvanovsky: Website: https://www.sondraradvanovsky.com/: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sondra+radvanovsky Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sondra-Radvanovsky-43465428333/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sondraradvanovsky/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SondraRadvan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Sondra at The Met: https://www.metopera.org/discover/artists/soprano/sondra-radvanovsky/   Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is a globally celebrated artist. The depth and exquisite color of her voice are matched by her dramatic acting ability and versatility across a remarkable range of repertoire, from the title roles in Rusalka and Lucrezia Borgia, to Roxanne in Cyrano de Bergerac and the title role in Manon Lescaut. She is widely regarded as one of the premiere Verdi sopranos alive today, as well as one of the premiere interpreters of bel canto. Radvanovsky begins the 2019-20 season in the title role of a production of Sir David McVicar's Rusalka at the Canadian Opera Company. She then performs in concert and recital in Vancouver, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Ã Coruña (Spain) and Baden-Baden (Germany). Radvanovsky will sing a concert titled “The Three Queens” at the Chicago Lyric Opera, a concert featuring the last act of each of the three Queens trilogy. This will be followed by a concert version of Il Pirata at the Palais Garnier in Paris. In February 2020, the soprano will be singing Liza in Pique Dame at the Chicago Lyric Opera. This is followed by both the title role in Aida and Liza in Pique Dame at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. The season ends with Sondra Radvanovsky singing the title role of Aida at the Staatsoper in Vienna. She has performed in every major opera house in the world, including the Royal Opera House, Teatro alla Scala, Opernhaus Zürich, and numerous others. Her signature interpretations of Verdi's heroines include the title roles in Aïda and Luisa Miller, Elvira in Ernani, Elena in I Vespri Siciliani, Elisabeth de Valois in Don Carlo, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, and Lina in Stiffelio, among others. She trained at the Metropolitan Opera in the late 1990s in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. After performances in smaller roles there, Radvanovsky caught the attention of critics as Antonia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann and was singled out as a soprano to watch. On the concert platform, she has sung with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Verbier Festival Orchestra, both with James Levine; with the Chicago Symphony and David Zinman; with the San Francisco Symphony and James Conlon, and with the Bayerische Staatsoper and Zubin Mehta. Radvanovsky's debut recording, Verdi Arias, was released in April 2010 on the Delos label. The album quickly became a critical hit and made several season-best lists, including those of NPR and The New Yorker. In 2011 Delos released a CD of Verdi opera scenes with Radvanovsky and her frequent artistic partner Dmitri Hvorostovsky to coincide with the pair's return to the Met stage in Il Trovatore. The disc was recorded with the Philharmonia of Russia and Constantine Orbelian. Radvanovsky is no stranger to the screen. She stars in a Naxos DVD of Cyrano de Bergerac alongside Plácido Domingo, and in Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera, and Roberto Devereux for the wildly popular “Met: Live in HD” series. She has also been an enthusiastic host for the “Live in HD” transmissions of La Fanciulla del West, Otello, and Francesca da Rimini. Born just outside Chicago, Radvanovsky now makes her home with her husband near Toronto and has dual citizenship.   If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes!  I truly appreciate your support! Visit www.mindoverfinger.com for information about past and future podcasts, and for more resources on mindful practice. Join the Mind Over Finger Tribe here!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/mindoverfingertribe/     THANK YOU: Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Also a HUGE thank you to my fantastic producer, Bella Kelly!   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/ https://www.instagram.com/mindoverfinger/    

Today I'm really excited to speak with internationally recognized conductor James Gaffigan.  I think you will resonate with James' message and I hope that you walk away as inspired as I did after speaking with him! In this episode, James discusses: How he learns a score, from first glance to performance How he likes to approach rehearsing with musicians and how their perspective on a work influences his own interpretation His advice to young musicians on how to succeed as an orchestra member (and why he always looks at the back of the section!) What he means by “Trust creates magic” and how important it is for him to create trusting relationships with all artists   NEW ON THE WEBSITE: A Resources page! You can find my favorite websites, cds, as well as the other podcasts I like to listen to and the amazing books recommended by my podcast guests! Visit www.mindoverfinger.com/resources! Don't forget to sign up for my newsletter to get your free guide to a super productive practice using the metronome!  This guide is the perfect entry point to help you bring more mindfulness and efficiency into your practice and it's filled with tips and tricks on how to use that wonderful tool to take your practicing and your playing to new heights! TURN THE METRONOME ON AND START PRACTICING BETTER AND LEARNING FASTER RIGHT NOW!  GET YOUR FREE METRONOME GUIDE TODAY AT www.mindoverfinger.com!!!!   More about JAMES GAFFIGAN: Website: https://jamesgaffigan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james.gaffigan/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCljnsdbDEHbGLjTA1I1VkVg   Hailed for the natural ease of his conducting and the compelling insight of his musicianship, James Gaffigan continues to attract international attention and is one of the most outstanding American conductors working today. James Gaffigan is currently the Chief Conductor of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, recently extended for the third time. Since becoming Chief Conductor of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester James has made a very significant impact on the orchestra's profile, both nationally and internationally, with a number of highly successful tours and recordings. In recognition of this success his contract has been further extended until 2021. James is in high demand working with leading orchestras and opera houses throughout Europe, the United States and Asia. The 2019/20 season features re-invitations to the Chicago, San Francisco and Detroit Symphony Orchestras, Orchestre National de France and Czech Philharmonic, as well as debuts with Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Melbourne Symphony and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He undertakes four major opera productions in the United States including La Cenerentola at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Ernani at San Francisco Opera, Don Giovanni at Lyric Opera Chicago and Tristan and Isolde at Santa Fe Opera. The 2018/19 season saw James make his debut with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and return to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester and BBC Symphony Orchestra. In the US he made house debuts at Metropolitan Opera for La bohème and San Francisco Opera for Carmen while European productions included a new production of La Fanciulla del West and Don Giovanni at Bayerische Staatsoper and Porgy and Bess at Dutch National Opera. Regularly conducting at major opera houses around the world, James' recent appearances include La bohème, Don Giovanni, La Traviata and Le nozze di Figaro at the Wiener Staatsoper; Così fan Tutte, La Cenerentola and Falstaff at the Glyndebourne Festival; Salome for Hamburg Opera; La bohème for the Opernhaus Zurich and Così fan tutte for Chicago Lyric Opera. James also works internationally with many leading orchestras and recent guest appearances include the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-orchester Berlin, Dresden Staatskapelle, Wiener Symphoniker, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Zurich Tonhalle, Seoul Philharmonic and Tokyo Metropolitan. In North America he has worked with New York Philharmonic and the symphony orchestras of Philadelphia, Cleveland, St. Louis, Baltimore and Toronto, among others. Born in New York, James was named first prize winner of the 2004 Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition. In 2009, he completed a three-year tenure as Associate Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, in a position specially created for him by Michael Tilson Thomas. Prior to that appointment James was Assistant Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, where he worked for Music Director Franz Welser Möst.   If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes!  I truly appreciate your support! Visit www.mindoverfinger.com for information about past and future podcasts, and for more resources on mindful practice. Join the Mind Over Finger Tribe here!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/mindoverfingertribe/     THANK YOU: Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Also a HUGE thank you to my fantastic producer, Bella Kelly!   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/ https://www.instagram.com/mindoverfinger/

Si chiamava Inger, ed era una bambina povera, orgogliosa, superba e cattiva. Da piccolina aveva come divertimento quello di catturare le mosche e di strappar loro le ali riducendole ad animaletti striscianti. Prendeva il maggiolino e lo scarabeo, li infilzava con uno spillo e poi metteva una fogliolina verde o un pezzetto di carta tra i loro piedi, così il povero animale vi si afferrava e si rigirava senza posa per cercare di liberarsi dall'ago. Continue reading

Si chiamava Inger, ed era una bambina povera, orgogliosa, superba e cattiva. Da piccolina aveva come divertimento quello di catturare le mosche e di strappar loro le ali riducendole ad animaletti striscianti. Prendeva il maggiolino e lo scarabeo, li infilzava con uno spillo e poi metteva una fogliolina verde o un pezzetto di carta tra i loro piedi, così il povero animale vi si afferrava e si rigirava senza posa per cercare di liberarsi dall'ago. Continue reading

Dejamos las espadas, los castillos y las coronas típicos de la mayoría de las óperas y los cambiamos por el whisky, el revólver y el sombrero de vaquero: Hoy nos dedicamos a la obra que escribió Puccini por encargo del Metropolitan de Nueva York, y que explora el mundo del Salvaje Oeste y sus indómitos habitantes con una música extraordinaria

Giacomo Puccini's LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST Premiere: 16 March 2019 Conductor: James Gaffigan Production: Andreas Dresen with Anja Kampe, Brandon Jovanovich, John Lundgren

LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST Video Magazine Giacomo Puccini's LA FANCIUALLA DEL WEST Conductor: James Gaffigan Production: Andreas Dresen with Anja Kampe, Brandon Jovanovich, John Lundgren --- Oper in drei Akten (1910) Komponist Giacomo Puccini · Libretto von Guelfo Civinini und Carlo Zangarini nach dem Schauspiel „The Girl of the Golden West“ von David Belasco

Das war der erfolgsverwöhnte Puccini nicht gewohnt: Obwohl der legendäre Caruso die männliche Hauptrolle sang, floppte die Uraufführung seiner Wildwest-Oper "La fanciulla del West" an der New Yorker MET. Bis heute ist "La fanciulla" das Stiefkind unter Puccinis Meisterwerken geblieben. Jetzt hat Filmemacher und Regisseur Andreas Dresen, der in München zuletzt "Arabella" inszenierte, das Goldgräber-Drama mit Anja Kampe in der Titelrolle an der Bayerischen Staatsoper auf die Bühne gebracht. Eine Kritik von Bernhard Neuhoff.

Nach 85 Jahren steht Giacomo Puccinis Wildwest-Oper "La fanciulla del West" ab 16. März zum ersten Mal wieder in München auf dem Spielplan. Da fragt man sich natürlich: Warum ist dieses Spätwerk des Komponisten so selten zu hören?

Banditen, eine Falschspielerin und High Noon: Puccinis "La Fanciulla del West" ist eine richtige Western-Oper. In München wurde sie 1934 zuletzt inszeniert. Nun hat sie am Samstag Premiere an der Bayerischen Staatsoper. Der Stoff reizt Regisseur Andreas Dresen, der vom Film kommt, aus verschiedenen Gründen.

Worum geht's? Wie klingt's? Berühmt oder berüchtigt? Unser Opernsteckbrief mit den Dramaturgen Rainer Karlitschek und Lukas Leipfinger verrät Ihnen in aller Kürze Wissenswertes, Spannendes und Lustiges zu Giacomo Puccinis La fanciulla del West – Ein Podcast der Bayerischen Staatsoper.

In just a few days, Puccini's LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST will be broadcast Live in HD from The Metropolitan Opera, with Jonas Kaufmann starring opposite Eva Marie Westbroek as the lovable barmaid to his rugged outlaw. Prepare for the broadcast with this pre-performance talk, featuring Nimet Habachy, as she explores the history, music, and dramatic highlights of this romantic tale.

A gun-slinging heroine. A romantic tale of the Wild West. The first great opera with an American setting. Learn more about Puccini's La Fanciulla del West with our In Focus podcast, hosted by Met radio commentator and staff writer William Berger.

Oliver plays ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’ on Orlando di Lasso’s “Lagrime di San Pietro” seen at Ravinia last week... the OperaWire website reports that soprano Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs was recently fired from Maryland Lyric Opera’s concert performances of Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West” for standing up to abuse from the company’s music director. Our team tries to figure out what happened... In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, Kim Witman at Wolf Trap Opera Company has released her annual stats on what arias are sung first in auditions and WQXR writer Fred Plotkin has given out his biennial list of forty opera singers under forty that are worth looking out for. We’ll go through the lists... www.facebook.com/OBSCHI1/

In the final episode of Season 2, we discuss Puccini's poorly researched "Spaghetti Western" opera, La Fanciulla del West. This epic tale is your classic gold-mine-and-chill story in which a female protagonist is fending off advances from literally every single man in the mining camp.

Musikalische Leitung: James Gaffigan Inszenierung: Andreas Dresen Mit Anja Kampe, John Lundgren, Brandon Jovanovich

Inaugurazione della stagione del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli con La Fanciulla del West di Giacomo Puccini. Sandro Cappelletto intervista Juraj Valčuha che dirige questa edizione dell'opera che debutta il 9 dicembre.

Ad ogni buon episodio pilota segue sempre un cambio radicale del cast… Dopo un duro scontro al Molo XXV, gli avventurieri sono riusciti a recuperare la cassa del capitano Tharren. La missione però ha avuto spiacevoli conseguenze. Adenet non ce... Continue Reading →

Tanto e tanto tempo fa, una mattina d’inverno, incominciò a nevicare. 
I fiocchi caddero fitti fitti tutto il giorno e l'intera notte. La mattina seguente, un soffice manto bianco ricopriva il paese, le strade, gli alberi e i tetti delle case, e seppelliva le automobili parcheggiate lungo i marciapiedi. Un gioco tra giovani, inventato per ingannare il tempo, produsse l'abbozzo 
di una ragazza di neve. La notte, nella piazza, la solitaria figura di ghiaccio fu scorta dalla luna che le mandò un raggio d’argento. Allora si compì l'incanto, il corpo gelido si riscaldò e la ragazza incominciò a muoversi e divenne viva e perfetta. Vestita solo di luce, Marie s’incamminò verso l’abitazione di Mauro, il ragazzo che aveva proposto il gioco. Lui le andò incontro emozionato, e, per mano, la condusse a casa.
 Fu l'inizio di una grande storia d'amore che durò fino a quando lui commise una sciocchezza, e lei scomparve così com'era arrivata. Però, la fiaba non poteva finire così, e allora, ecco che un nuovo evento riporta la speranza nel cuore di Mauro. (Illustrazione: Winter Fairy by Alla Tsank).

Tanto e tanto tempo fa, una mattina d’inverno, incominciò a nevicare. 
I fiocchi caddero fitti fitti tutto il giorno e l'intera notte. La mattina seguente, un soffice manto bianco ricopriva il paese, le strade, gli alberi e i tetti delle case, e seppelliva le automobili parcheggiate lungo i marciapiedi. Un gioco tra giovani, inventato per ingannare il tempo, produsse l'abbozzo 
di una ragazza di neve. La notte, nella piazza, la solitaria figura di ghiaccio fu scorta dalla luna che le mandò un raggio d’argento. Allora si compì l'incanto, il corpo gelido si riscaldò e la ragazza incominciò a muoversi e divenne viva e perfetta. Vestita solo di luce, Marie s’incamminò verso l’abitazione di Mauro, il ragazzo che aveva proposto il gioco. Lui le andò incontro emozionato, e, per mano, la condusse a casa.
 Fu l'inizio di una grande storia d'amore che durò fino a quando lui commise una sciocchezza, e lei scomparve così com'era arrivata. Però, la fiaba non poteva finire così, e allora, ecco che un nuovo evento riporta la speranza nel cuore di Mauro. (Illustrazione: Winter Fairy by Alla Tsank).

Flora Willson pans for gold in available recordings of Puccini's California-based opera

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La Fanciulla del West from RAI Rome 1961 under Arturo Basile. The cast includes Renata Tebaldi,Daniele Barioni, Giangiacomo Guelfi, and Mario Boriello (in Sonora's final lines that make me cry every time.). As a bonus, I conclude with the 1970 Tebaldi/Colzani Card Scene that was one of the most exciting scenes in my opera life.

Rare historical recordings from volumes 47 and 48 of the "Record Collector" series. 1.Meta Seinemeyer (1929)      "Die Nacht" (Rubenstein)  (Tragic death at 33) 2-3. Heinrich Schlusnus (1920)   "Zueignung" (R.Strauss) and Hamlet aria 4-5.  Marcel Journet (1912 and 1916) Robert le Diable aria (Meyerbeer) and Cleopatre aria (Massenet) 6-7.  Nino Piccaluga (1925 and 1928)  Arias from La Fanciulla del West and Andrea Chenier 8. Anne Roselle   (1926)    "O Patria mia." 9-10. Leon Campagnola (1922 and 1911)   Walkure  "Ein Schwert" and Favorite aria (en Francais) 11. Antonio Pini-Corsi (1907)   Fra Diavolo (Auber) "Del Capitano alla Salute." 12.  Gaetano Pini-Corsi  (1909) (His brother)  Siegfried Forging Song 13.  Umberto Pini-Corsi  (1904)  (Their cousin, possibly age 14.)  "Una Furtiva lagrima" 14.  Ninon Vallin  (1939)   "Mailied"  (Beethoven) 15. Franz Voelker  (1937)  "Staendchen' (Schubert)  (One of Charlie's top favorite tenors.) 16. Julius Patzak    (1932)    Faust aria  (In Deutsch) 17.  Ettore Bastianini   (1953,live perf.)   Il Tabarro aria

Warwick Thompson, writer and broadcaster, talks through the story and characters of the 'spaghetti western' La Fanciulla del West.

Warwick Thompson, writer and broadcaster, talks through the story and characters of the 'spaghetti western' La Fanciulla del West.

A superb Fanciulla from 1964 with Dorothy Kirsten, Franco Corelli, and Anselmo Colzani. The late Paul Franke is Nick, and Clifford Harvuot as Sonora sings that gorgeous line at the end (makes me cry every time). The conductor might be Anton Guadagno, but I am not sure  (73 min.)

Next season the Met will feature the 100th anniversary of  the great Puccini work, "La fanciulla del West." My opera buddy's dad saw the 1910 premiere with Caruso, Destinn, and Amato. Imagine my friend's frustration when all his dad remembered was that "It was fine!" (He wanted to know exactly what Caruso did with every phrase)  This blazing hot Scala performance with Gigliola Frazzoni,Franco Corelli, Tito Gobbi, and Enzo Sordello under Antonino Votto will thrill you (despite a few distorted moments in loud climaxes). ENJOY!                                    (73 min.)

Inleiding La fanciulla del West door Bart Boone.

Highlights from a blazing hot performance of Puccini"s "La Fanciulla del West," from Florence, 1954, conducted by Dimitri Mitropolous and starring Eleanor Steber, Mario del Monaco, and Giangiacomo Guelfi.                                   (67 min.)

A series of excerpts from Puccini's superb opera.Included in these scenes are the following artists: Franco Corelli, Richard Tucker, Anselmo Colzani,Giuseppe Taddei, Nino Puglisi, Mario Chingari,Daniele Barioni, Gian-Giacomo Guelfi, Clifford Harvuot,Renata Tebaldi,Aprile Millo, Magda Olivero,Dorothy Kirsten,Gigliola Frazzoni, Antonietta Stella, and Johanna Meier.      

The third act of Puccini's La fanciulla del West, as performed on June 15, 1954 at the Florence May Festival under the baton of maestro Dimitri Mitropolous. Mario del Monaco is Dick Johnson, Eleanor Steber is the eponymous Girl of the Golden West, Minnie, and Giangiacomo Guelfi is Sherriff Jack Ran...

The first act of Puccini's La fanciulla del West, as performed on June 15, 1954 at the Florence May Festival under the baton of maestro Dimitri Mitropolous. Mario del Monaco is Dick Johnson, Eleanor Steber is the eponymous Girl of the Golden West, Minnie, and Giangiacomo Guelfi is Sherriff Jack Ranc...

The second act of Puccini's La fanciulla del West, as performed on June 15, 1954 at the Florence May Festival under the baton of maestro Dimitri Mitropolous. Mario del Monaco is Dick Johnson, Eleanor Steber is the eponymous Girl of the Golden West, Minnie, and Giangiacomo Guelfi is Sherriff Jack Ran...