Podcast appearances and mentions of oscar straus

This week a light-hearted (and therefore much-needed!) tribute to the marvelous Felicia Weathers, who, in the midst of her burgeoning operatic career in the late 1960s, made two LPs of Schlagermusik, 1968's Liebe Love L'amour (which also sports the best record cover in the history of the LP!) and, the following year, Wunderbar ist die Welt. Both of these were arranged and conducted by one Harold M. Kirschstein, referred to in the liner notes as an important conductor and arranger. Imagine my surprise when, upon doing a little research, I discovered that this person was better known in his native United States as Henri René, whom I knew from his work with Eartha Kitt in the early days of her recording career. His arrangements are, of course, predictably delightful. Amid all her other successes, Felicia Weathers (like Maria Ewing a generation later) found her greatest fame performing the title role of Richard Strauss's Salome. This role may have put strain on her voice and shortened her career, but in the late 1960s her voice, as captured on these recordings, was a beguilingly beautiful instrument. She also displays a fine interpretive approach, keen linguistic sense, and vital communicative powers to these songs, which feature some of my favorite melodies ever, including those written by Georges Auric, Jimmy Webb, Harold Arlen, Henry Mancini, Jean-Paul Egide Martini, Oscar Straus, and Friedrich Hollaender. I supplement these delicious selections with two Rodgers and Hammerstein medleys from Weathers' 1969 album of songs from musicals, Hello, Young Lovers, which also features duets with the superb African American baritone William Ray, who was also based in Europe during those years. Enjoy this delicious, if brief, escape from reality! 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.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.

Manche Gedenktage lassen sich mit beschwingten Klängen begehen. Anders lassen sich Komponisten vom Schlage eines Oscar Straus oder eines Fred Raymond nicht würdigen. Die beiden Wiener, höchst ungleiche Vertreter der letzten Hochblüte der Operette, sind an zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Tagen vor genau 70 Jahren gestorben: Beide haben sie Schlagermelodien geschrieben, die bis heute gesungen, gesummt und gepfiffen werden.

Synopsis On today's date in the year 2000, the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen gave the premiere of a new opera entitled “The Handmaid's Tale,” based on the dystopian novel by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. The book and opera tell of a nightmarish future: following a nuclear disaster in the United States, infertility rates have soared, and a religious sect has staged a military coup, enslaving the few fertile women who remain as breeders, or “handmaids,” for the military and religious commanders of their sect. Says Atwood, "There is nothing new about the society I depicted in The Handmaid's Tale except the time and place. All of the things I have written about have been done before – more than once, in fact." Despite its grim subject matter, Danish composer Poul Ruders says he saw "huge operatic potential" when he first read the book back in 1992. The original production in Copenhagen was sung in Danish, but Ruders says he conceived the work in English. The opera was staged in that language first in London at the English National Opera, and subsequently, at the opera's American premiere, in St. Paul by The Minnesota Opera, to great critical acclaim. Music Played in Today's Program Poul Ruders (b. 1949) — The Handmaid's Tale (Royal Danish Orchestra; Michael Schonwandt, cond.) DaCapo 9.224165-66 On This Day Births 1844 - Russian composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Gregorian date: Mar. 18); 1870 - Austrian operetta composer Oscar Straus, in Vienna; Deaths 1932 - American composer and bandleader John Philip Sousa, age 77, in Reading, Pa.; 1967 - Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, age 84, in Budapest; Premieres 1791 - Beethoven: "Ritterballett" (Knightly Ballet), in Bonn; 1825 - Beethoven: String Quartet in Eb, Op. 127, in Vienna, the Schuppanzigh Quartet; This premiere was under-rehearsed and poorly performed (the Quartet had only received the music two weeks earlier), and Beethoven arranged for a second performance by a quartet led by violinist Joseph Boehm on March 26, which was better rehearsed and better received; 1831 - Bellini: opera "La Sonnambula" (The Sleepwalker), in Milan at the Teatro Carcano; 1853 - Verdi: opera "La Traviata" (The Lost One), in Venice at the Teatro La Fenice; 1896 - Arthur Foote: Suite in d, by the Boston Symphony, Emil Paur conducting; 1917 - Rachmaninoff: "Etudes-tableaux," Op. 39 (first complete performance of the set of nine), in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), by the composer (Julian date: Feb. 21); 1926 - Hindemith: "Concerto for Orchestra," by the Boston Symphony with Serge Koussevitzky conducting; 1927 - Prokofiev: Quintet for winds and strings, Op. 39, in Moscow; 1933 - Varèse: "Ionisation," in New York City, with Nicholas Slonimsky conducting; 1934 - Piston: "Concerto for Orchestra," in Cambridge, Mass.; 1947 - Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 25, at the Moscow Conservatory by the USSR State Symphony, Alexander Gauk conducting; 1984 - John Harbison: "Ulysses' Raft," by the New Haven Symphony, Murray Sidlin conducting; 2000 - Poul Ruders: opera "The Handmaid's Tale," in Copenhagen, by the Royal Danish Theater, Mark Schönwandt conducting; 2003 - John Harbison: "Requiem," by vocal soloists Christine Brewer, Margaret Lattimore, Paul Groves, and Jonathan Lemalu, with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and the Boston Symphony conducted by Bernard Haitink. Links and Resources On Poul Ruders More on "The Handmaid's Tale"

durée : 01:58:27 - En pistes ! du mardi 03 novembre 2020 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau Boulmier - Au menu du jour également : les cantates de la famille Bach par le Berliner Barock Solisten et Reinhard Goebel; les concertos pour piano de Johannes Brahms et Oscar Straus; les six quatuors de l'opus 33 de Joseph Haydn par le Doric String Quartet... - réalisé par : Lionel Quantin

In der Komischen Oper Berlin sind nun einzigartige Musiktheaterinszenierungen im Stream zu erleben. Morgen wird Oscar Straus' Operette um die antike Pharaonin Cleopatra zu sehen sein. Im Dezember 2016 war die Premiere von Barry Koskys rasanten Bühenspaß, mit Dagmar Manzel in der Titelrolle. Eine Empfehlung von Kai Luehrs-Kaiser.

Die jüdisch-österreichische Sängerin und Schauspielerin Fritzi Massary gehörte zu den großen Stars im Berlin des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. Am 12. Februar 1920 bekleidete sie die Hauptrolle in der Uraufführung der Operette Der letzte Walzer von Oscar Straus und feierte in dieser nicht nur einen rauschenden Erfolg beim breiten Premierenpublikum. Sichtlich hingerissen von ihr zeigt sich auch der renommierte Musikpublizist Oscar Bie am folgenden Tag in seiner Premierenkritik im Berliner Börsen-Courier. Es liest Paula Leu.

Auf deutschen Bühnen ist "Der tapfere Soldat" von Oscar Straus nur selten zu sehen. Nun findet am 14. Juni 2018 am Gärtnerplatztheater in München die Premiere dieser Operette statt. Damit gibt Peter Konwitschny dort sein Regie-Debüt.

Für die Komische Oper Berlin hat Intendant Barrie Kosky "Die Perlen der Cleopatra" von Oscar Straus ausgegraben - und mit Dagmar Manzel in der Titelrolle der Operette prominent besetzt. Die fränkische Tatort-Kommissarin glänzt dabei als schwer berlinernde und forsche ägyptische Königin.

Featuring music by Gilbert & Sullivan and Oscar Straus. Broadcast 6.30.12 on WCWS.

Featuring music by Gilbert & Sullivan, Carl Zeller, Jacques Offenbach, Sigmund Romberg, and Oscar Straus. Broadcast 5.12.12 on WCWS.