Podcasts about Semiramide

DescriptionIsabella Colbran: The Enchanting Muse of Opera in 60 Seconds. Take a minute to get the scoop!Fun FactGioachino Rossini's collaboration with his wife, Isabella Colbran, was a symbiotic blend of genius. He composed some of his most celebrated operas, including "Otello" and "Semiramide," specifically for her. Colbran's powerful voice and dramatic presence brought Rossini's compositions to life, making them a legendary duo in the opera world.__________________________________________________________________About Steven, HostSteven is a Canadian composer & actor living in Toronto. Through his music, he creates a range of works, with an emphasis on the short-form genre—his muse being to offer the listener both the darker and more satiric shades of human existence. If you're interested, please check out his music website for more. Member of the Canadian League Of Composers.__________________________________________________________________You can FOLLOW ME on Instagram.

Giacomo Meyerbeer - Semiramide: SinfoniaWurttemberg Philharmonic OrchestraRichard Bonynge, conductorMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.660205-06Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Franco Giletta"I volti del sogno""I volti del sogno" è il titolo della mostra personale dell'artista e scrittore Franco Giletta nei suggestivi spazi della Chiesa di Santa Maria del Monastero a Manta, con il patrocinio del Comune di Manta e di grandArte. L'esposizione, a cura di Fabrizio Garelli e Cristiana Addis, sarà visitabile fino al 24 settembre, il sabato e la domenica dalle 14,30 alle 18,30, con ingresso libero.La mostra rappresenta una sorta di percorso onirico attraverso la bellezza del volto femminile. In particolare, nove opere realizzate appositamente per questa esposizione attraverso le quali l'artista, partendo dalla sua passione per la storia, propone una serie di volti che rimandano alle nove eroine dell'antichità rappresentate nella Sala Baronale del Castello della Manta e che dialogano con gli affreschi quattrocenteschi di Santa Maria del Monastero.Un'esposizione site-specific dunque, che punta anche a valorizzare uno dei luoghi simbolo dell'antico Marchesato di Saluzzo attraverso l'arte contemporanea. Gli affreschi del Castello della Manta e di Santa Maria del Monastero testimoniano la presenza sul territorio di una inesauribile creatività che dal gotico internazionale si proiettò verso la straordinaria epoca rinascimentale e con cui i volti sognanti di Franco Giletta, in una sorta di eco della storia, paiono connettersi in un senso di continuità nel contemporaneo.Così, nel percorso espositivo si rivedranno, come risvegliate da un sonno misterioso, i volti di Pentesilea, Teuca, Tomiri, Lampeto, Etiope, Semiramide, Ippolita, Sinope, Deipile.Volti di ideale e classica bellezza, figure femminili in primo piano, con occhi spesso socchiusi, forse a rappresentare il pensiero, il sogno, l'immaginazione, come a voler sentire il profumo della storia. Sono molti I volti del sogno.Franco Giletta è nato a Saluzzo nel 1967. Artista e scrittore, dal 1995 ha iniziato un'intensa attività espositiva in Italia e all'estero con la partecipazione a una serie di mostre sulla nuova figurazione italiana presso sedi istituzionali in Australia, Belgio, Egitto, Francia, Giappone, Giordania, Libano, Marocco, Portogallo, Siria, Spagna, Stati Uniti. Sempre nel 1995 è stato invitato, unico italiano dell'anno, dalla Royal Society of Portrait Painters di Londra all'esposizione annuale dei ritrattisti. Nel 2004 una sua pala d'altare raffigurante S. Antonio Maria Claret è stata collocata in permanenza nella Chiesa di Santa Lucia del Gonfalone a Roma. Nel 2011 è stato invitato ad esporre dal Prof. Vittorio Sgarbi alla 54° Biennale di Venezia. Nel 2013 ha realizzato il ritratto di Lucia Bosè utilizzato per il manifesto del film Alfonsina y el mar. Nel 2015 la sua opera Omaggio al Monviso è stata esposta nella mostra Il Tesoro d'Italia a cura di Vittorio Sgarbi a Expo Milano 2015. Nel 2016 ha realizzato il dipinto Angel of Peace esposto nella sede di Eataly al World Trade Center a New York. Dal 2019 un suo ritratto dedicato a Sandro Botticelli è collocato a fianco della tomba dell'artista toscano nella Chiesa di San Salvatore in Ognissanti a Firenze. Ha pubblicato i libri La tavolozza di Leonardo e L'ombra della torre di Saluzzo editi da Fusta Editore. Nel 2022 è stato ospite narrante del programma TV di Rai Uno A Sua Immagine nella puntata dedicata alla storia dell'antico Marchesato di Saluzzo.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itQuesto show fa parte del network Spreaker Prime. Se sei interessato a fare pubblicità in questo podcast, contattaci su https://www.spreaker.com/show/1487855/advertisement

Da sempre la programmazione e la gestione della risorsa idrica sono state due delle principali preoccupazioni di ogni Stato, che da tempo immemore ha considerato l'acqua un vero e proprio bene pubblico. Oggi ci sono molti Paesi particolarmente virtuosi nella gestione dell'acqua, in particolare quelli che ogni giorno lottano contro l'eccesso o la mancanza di questo elemento.

Semiramide - Montserrat CaballéArsace - Marilyn HorneAssur - Samuel RameyIdreno - Francisco AraizaOroe - Dimitri KavrakosL'Ombra di Nino - Jean-Philippe CourtisJesús López Cobos - 1980(LI) - direttoreOrchestra - Scottish Chamber OrchestraChorus - Aix en Provence Festival

Moffatt Oxenbould's contribution to the development of opera in Australia and Opera Australia (OA) spans a period of more than fifty years. He was Artistic Director of Opera Australia from 1984 – 1999, during which time he also directed a number of milestone productions for the company including Il trittico, Madama Butterfly, La bohème, Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, Rossini's Semiramide, Mozart's La clemenza di Tito based on the production of the late Göran Järvefelt and Idomeneo . In 2000 he directed a new production of Simon Boccanegra for OA in the Sydney Olympic Arts Festival. Having retired from the position of Artistic Director of the Australian Opera at the end of 1999, he continued an active role as an Opera Director and Broadcaster. He has remounted and directed a number of highly regarded productions including Idomeneo at Houston Grand Opera, La Clemenza di Tito and Il trittico for Opera Australia, and Madama Butterfly for Opera Queensland. Moffatt Oxenbould was awarded an AM for his services to Opera in 1985 and was the recipient of the inaugural Dame Joan Hammond Award, in recognition of his contribution to opera. To honour his dedication to developing the talents of young Australian artists, Opera Australia named its Young Artists Development Program – The Moffatt Oxenbould Young Artist Program. He is a blessed artist and administrator, who navigated every stage of his career, with tremendous joy, education and passion. And through this investment, Moffatt has enabled legions of performers to embrace their craft …. and audiences to embrace the most mysterious and magnetic of all art forms - the Opera! The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages). www.stagespodcast.com.au

Lorenzo Braccesi"Dissolute e maledette"Donne straordinarie del mondo anticoSalerno Editricehttps://www.salernoeditrice.it/Combattenti e condottiere, regine e influenti consigliere, alle donne che raggiungono le vette del potere nelle società antiche non sono perdonati forza, carattere e talento. Quando una donna esercita funzioni che, per millenni, sono state di esclusivo appannaggio maschile, la macchina della diffamazione la colpisce, perché il successo femminile suscita diffidenza e invidia. Dotate di fascino, carisma e di prorompente vitalità, queste figure fuori dall'ordinario ci appaiono come protagoniste indiscusse in un mondo che fu loro ostile. Un mondo di cui conquistarono la ribalta, muovendosi impunemente nello spazio pubblico al di là di angusti stereotipi di genere. Ma la condanna della storiografia maschilista fu senza appello: hanno le mani lorde di sangue, praticano l'adulterio e l'incesto, esercitano le arti delle cortigiane o, addirittura, delle professioniste da strada. Diffamate e denigrate, queste donne dell'età antica rappresentano un esempio di coraggio, tenacia e intelligenza dall'immenso valore umano.Lorenzo Braccesi, storico e saggista, è stato professore ordinario di Storia greca nelle Università di Torino, Venezia e Padova.Per la Salerno Editrice ha pubblicato Livia (2016), Zenobia l'ultima regina d'Oriente. L'assedio di Palmira e lo scontro con Roma (2017), e Olimpiade regina di Macedonia. La madre di Alessandro Magno (2019). Il suo ultimo libro è Arrivano i barbari. Le guerre persiane tra poesia e memoria (Roma-Bari 2020).IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Semiramide fu una grande regina della città di Babilonia. Donna affascinante, bella, indomabile, di immenso valore e di grande coraggio mostrato nelle imprese e nell'esercizio delle armi. Ogni fatto della sua vita ebbe inizio nella regione della Siria, e precisamente nella città di Ascalona, dove si venerava Derceto, una dea che si pensava vivesse nelle profondità di un lago vicino alla città. [...] Continue reading

Semiramide fu una grande regina della città di Babilonia. Donna affascinante, bella, indomabile, di immenso valore e di grande coraggio mostrato nelle imprese e nell'esercizio delle armi. Ogni fatto della sua vita ebbe inizio nella regione della Siria, e precisamente nella città di Ascalona, dove si venerava Derceto, una dea che si pensava vivesse nelle profondità di un lago vicino alla città. [...] Continue reading

Semiramide fu una grande regina della città di Babilonia. Donna affascinante, bella, indomabile, di immenso valore e di grande coraggio mostrato nelle imprese e nell'esercizio delle armi. Ogni fatto della sua vita ebbe inizio nella regione della Siria, e precisamente nella città di Ascalona, dove si venerava Derceto, una dea che si pensava vivesse nelle profondità di un lago vicino alla città. [...] Continue reading

Scritta e messa in voce da Gaetano Marino Semiramide fu una grande regina della città di Babilonia. Donna affascinante, bella, indomabile, di immenso valore e di grande coraggio mostrato nelle imprese e nell'esercizio delle armi. Ogni fatto della sua vita ebbe inizio nella regione della Siria, e precisamente nella città di Ascalona, dove si venerava Derceto, una dea che si pensava vivesse nelle profondità di un lago vicino alla città. [...]

Jacques Sagot. Maria Callas Nueva York 2/12/1923, París 16/09/1977. Fue una soprano de ascendencia griega nacida en Estados Unidos, considerada la cantante de ópera más eminente del siglo XX. Capaz de revivir el bel canto en su importante carrera, fue llamada «La Divina» (como antes la célebre Claudia Muzio) por su extraordinario talento vocal y actoral. Aún hoy genera controversia su peculiar voz, de registro amplio y que, unida a su dominio de la técnica, le permitió cantar roles desde soprano ligera (Lucia, Semiramide, Gilda) a los dramáticos (Brunilda, Lady Macbeth) incluso de mezzo (Carmen, Dalila) y alternar con éxito entre personajes de coloratura ágil y dramáticos pesados. También es recordada por rescatar, incluso del olvido, diversos personajes de la ópera en su esencia dramática y expresiva. (En Wikipedia). #larevistacr www.larevista.cr

Sección del programa de Rpa "La radio es mía" que demuestra que la modernidad es algo que viene de antiguo. Emisión del 31/1/2022, decimosexta de la séptima temporada y segunda de las dedicadas a María Felicia García Sitches, La Malibrán. Como es lunes, hoy hay Modernas de otros tiempos. Seguimos enfrascados con la familia García y hoy le sigue tocando el turno a la más recordada de la familia, María Felicia García Sitges. Quizás el nombre no les suene pero, aunque no les interese en lo más mínimo la ópera, seguro que alguna vez oyeron hablar de La Malibrán. La semana pasada la dejamos recién llegada a Nueva York, mientras, con solo 17 años, se convertía en la primera diva de la ópera en América, la Signorina García. Pero la ópera, sobre todo como la entendía su padre, era un sacrificio constante y enorme y María llegó a odiar el teatro. Fue entonces cuando encontró una salida a la tiranía de la ópera y a la de su padre en casarse con un banquero francés que le sacaba 27 años que iba cada noche a cortejarla en su camerino, Eugene Malibran. Apenas 5 meses después de llegar a Nueva York, María se caso con el banquero y empezó a figuran en los carteles con el apellido de su flamante marido. Eran sus últimas actuaciones, pensaba, pero el marido le salió rana y le había ocultado que estaba arruinado y cargado de deudas. Por mucho que se excusara con aquello de «es el mercado,amigos», María se dio cuenta de que le había engañado y, en vez de abandonar las tablas, marchó a Europa a proseguir su carrera. El marido quedó en Nueva York a la espera de los sustanciosos honorarios con los que las óperas europeas recibirían a La Malibrán. Sin cumplir los 20 años, La Malibrán era una desconocida en París, pero gracias a su amiga y excompañera en las clases de canto de su padre, la Condesa de Merlin, que consiguió que la escucharan los mandamases de la Ópera en una fiesta en su casa, María consiguió debutar en una gala en beneficio del cantante Galli. Su éxito fue tremendo y el director de la Ópera hizo todo lo que estuvo en su mano para contratarla, pero La Malibrán, a pesar de no tener un franco y ser desconocida, pasaba de cantar en la Ópera, ella quería cantar en el Teatro de los Italianos. Lo consiguió. Encima, con unas condiciones económicas bárbaras. Debutó cantando Semiramide de Rossini y ya no dejó nunca de triunfar en París. Después llegó la temporada de Londres, la que todos los cantantes líricos esperaban. La Malibrán llegó con el propósito de reeditar su primer éxito profesional, el de su debut con El Barbero de Sevilla o el concierto con el castrato Belluti en 1824, y, a fé mía, que lo consiguió. Pero de eso hablaremos el próximo lunes.

Gioachino Antonio Rossini was Born 29 February 1792, Died 13 November 1868, was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas. He also wrote many songs, some chamber music , piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards for both comic and serious opera before retiring from large-scale composition while still in his thirties, at the height of his popularity. Born in Pesaro to parents who were both musicians. His father was a trumpeter and his mother a singer. Rossini began to compose by the age of 12 and was educated at music school in Bologna. His first opera was performed in Venice in 1810 when he was 18 years old. In 1815 he was engaged to write operas and manage theatres in Naples. In the period 1810–1823 he wrote 34 operas for the Italian stage that were performed in Venice, Milan, Ferrara, Naples and elsewhere. His productivity necessitated an almost formulaic approach for some components , such as overtures and a certain amount of self-borrowing. During this period he produced his most popular works, including the comic operas L'italiana in Algeri, Il barbiere di Siviglia (known in English as The Barber of Seville) and La Cenerentola. His works of this period brought to a peak the opera buffa tradition he inherited from masters such as Domenico Cimarosa and Giovanni Paisiello. He also composed opera seria works such as Otello, Tancredi and Semiramide. All of these attracted admiration for their innovation in melody, harmonic and instrumental colour, and dramatic form. In 1824 he was contracted by the Opéra in Paris, for which he produced an opera to celebrate the coronation of Charles X, Il viaggio a Reims , later cannibalised for his first opera in French, Le comte Ory. Revisions of two of his Italian operas, Le siège de Corinthe and Moïse, and in 1829 his last opera, Guillaume Tell. Rossini's withdrawal from opera for the last 40 years of his life has never been fully explained. Contributary factors may have been ill-health, the wealth his success had brought him, and the rise of spectacular grand opera under composers such as Giacomo Meyerbeer. . In the early 1830s to 1855, when he left Paris and was based in Bologna, Rossini wrote relatively little. On his return to Paris in 1855 he became renowned for his musical salons on Saturdays. Regularly attended by musicians and the artistic and fashionable circles of Paris. for which he wrote the entertaining pieces Péchés de vieillesse. Guests included Franz Liszt, Anton Rubinstein, Giuseppe Verdi, Meyerbeer and Joseph Joachim. Rossini's last major composition was his Petite messe solennelle (1863). He died in Paris in 1868.

Plongez dans la vie de la baroque star Farinelli et dans les secrets de la bande-originale du film. De la forme la plus débridée à la plus raisonnée, vous entendrez aussi des pages de folie (musicale) et des fugues, et vous saurez quel grand compositeur baroque a composé "Frère Jacques".     Références musicales     Porpora, Semiramide, « In braccio a mille furie », Ann Hallenberg, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (dir.)  Haendel, Tolomeo, re d'Egitto, « Stille amare », Bejun Mehta, Orchestre baroque de Fribourg, René Jacobs (dir.)  Broschi, Idaspe, « Ombra fedele anch'io », scène du film Farinelli de Gérard Corbiau, Ewa Malas-Godlewska et Derek Lee Ragin, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (dir.)  Marais, Follia, Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (dir. et viole de gambe)  Corelli, sonate pour violon et basse continue « La Follia », Stefano Montanari, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (dir.)  Couperin, Les Folies françaises ou les Dominos, Christophe Rousset  Couperin, Les Nations, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (dir.)  Lully, Bellérophon, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (dir.)  Haendel, Riccardo Primo, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (dir.)  Bach, L'Art de la fugue, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (dir.)  Bach, L'Offrande musicale, canones diversi : ricercar a 6, Ricercar Consort  Dufay, motet « Vasilissa ergo gaude », Ens. Huelgas, Paul van Nevel (dir.)  Bach, toccata et fugue en ré mineur, arrangement pour piano de Busoni, Nikolai Demidenko  Rameau / Grandjany, « Frère Jacques », Anne-Marguerite Michaud, harpe   Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Hailed by the New York Times as a soprano of “gleaming sound, free and easy high notes, agile coloratura runs and lyrical grace,” Jessica Pratt is considered one of today's foremost interpreters of some of bel canto's most challenging repertoire.Since her European debut in 2007 as Lucia di Lammermoor, Ms Pratt's schedule has included performances at opera theatres and festivals such as the Teatro alla Scala of Milan, Zurich Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Vienna State Opera and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, working with conductors such as Daniel Oren, Nello Santi, Kent Nagano, Sir Colin Davis, Christian Thielemann, Donato Renzetti, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Carlo Rizzi, Antonino Fogliani, Wayne Marshall and David Parry.The 2012/13 season brought several acclaimed debuts at Festival Verdi in Parma, including Gilda to Leo Nucci's Rigoletto, at Deutsche Oper Berlin as Lucia, at Vlaamse Opera in New Year's Eve Concert, at Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla (Gilda, once more next to Leo Nucci), in the role of Matilde in Guillaume Tell next to Juan Diego Florez interpreting Arnold in Lima, Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi in Reims, in the role of Lisinga in Demetrio e Polibio of Rossini in Neaples, and in the role of the protagonist in Giovanna d'Arco at Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca.In the 2013/14 season Ms Pratt could be heard in new productions of Lucia di Lammermoor at La Scala and in Amsterdam, as Amina in La sonnambula in Bari, Gilda in Padova, in the season opening of La Fenice as Inès in Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, as Musetta in La Bohème in Salerno, in her role debut as Violetta in La Traviata in Melbourne, as Zenobia in Aureliano in Palmira at the Pesaro Rossini Opera Festival as well as in recitals in Tokyo and Florence with Vincenzo Scalera.In 2014/15 the soprano made her role debuts as Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare at the Teatro Regio in Turin and as Amenaide in Rossini's Tancredi at the Opéra de Lausanne. Other performances included Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Elvira in I Puritani in Florence and in Melbourne; Lucia di Lammermoor at the Rome Opera House and at the Festival Granda in Lima; her role and festival debut as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Arena di Verona, where she could also be heard as soprano soloist in Carmina Burana; the soprano solo in Rossini's Messa di Gloria alongside Juan Diego Florez and La morte di Didone at the Rossini Opera Festival; as well asconcerts in Milan, Bonn, and London.Performances of the 2015/16 season included Jessica Pratt's returns to Florence, Turin and Melbourne as Lucia di Lammermoor, her debuts at the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona as Desdemona in Rossini's Otello, at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia in Mozart's Davidde penitente and at the ABAO Bilbao as Amina in La sonnambula, her role debuts as Semiramide at the Opéra de Marseille and later at the Washington Concert Opera and as Linda di Chamounix at the Rome Opera House; and concerts in Oviedo and Moscow.More recently, Semiramide and Rosmonda d'Inghilterra at the Florence Opera House, a concert with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Rosmonda d'Inghilterra at the Donizetti Festival Bergamo, her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House New York as Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, and Rigoletto in Oviedo.The STAGES podcast is available from Apple podcasts, Spotify and Whooshkaa. Also where you find your favourite podcasts. www.stagespodcast.com.au

A cura di Paolo Pellegrini- Eccomi alfine in Babilonia... (Arsace, da "Semiramide", atto I)- Dove son io?...Ah! che scordar non so (Tancredi, da "Tancredi", atto II - vers. Ferrara 1813)- Cruda sorte! (Isabella, da "L'italiana in Algeri", atto I)- Elena! oh tu, ch'io chiamo!...Oh quante lacrime (Malcolm, da "La donna del lago", atto I)- Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Carmen, da "Carmen", atto II)- Va! Laisse couler mes larmes... (Charlotte, da "Werther", atto III)BIS:- Non più mesta (Angelina, da "La Cenerentola", atto II)- Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Carmen, da "Carmen", atto II)- Di tanti palpiti, di tante pene (Tancredi, da "Tancredi", atto I)Direttore: Alberto Zedda

Semiramide fu una grande regina della città di Babilonia. Donna affascinante, bella, indomabile, di immenso valore e di grande coraggio mostrato nelle imprese e nell'esercizio delle armi. Ogni fatto della sua vita ebbe inizio nella regione della Siria, e precisamente nella città di Ascalona, dove si venerava Derceto, una dea che si pensava vivesse nelle profondità di un lago vicino alla città. Derceto, aveva un volto meravigliosamente bello di donna e il corpo di pesce. La dea Afrodite che, sempre invidiosa per sua natura, proprio per la sua bellezza non sopportava la dea Derceto, e perciò la costrinse ad una passione violenta, segreta perché non voluta, e dunque pericolosa assai, verso un giovane cacciatore Siriano, di nome Caistro, che era figlio del grande eroe Achille e dell'amazzone Pentesilea. [...] Continue reading

Synopsis Today’s date marks two anniversaries in the life of American composer, teacher, and organist Leo Sowerby, who lived from 1895 to 1968. Sowerby was born on May 1st in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and on his 32nd birthday in 1927, was hired as the permanent organist and choirmaster at St. James’ Church in Chicago, where he remained for the next 35 years. Sowerby wrote hundreds of pieces of church music for organ and chorus, plus chamber and symphonic works, which are only recently receiving proper attention. It’s not that Sowerby was neglected during his lifetime–he won many awards, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1946–but many seemed “put off” by both his unabashedly Romantic style and his unprepossessing physical appearance. The younger American composer Ned Rorem, who took theory lessons from Sowerby, puts it this way: “Leo Sowerby was … of my parents’ generation, a bachelor, reddish-complexioned and milky skinned, chain smoker of Fatima cigarettes, unglamorous and non-mysterious, likable with a perpetual worried frown, overweight and wearing rimless glasses, earthy, practical, interested in others even when they were talentless; a stickler for basic training, Sowerby was the first composer I knew and the last thing a composer was supposed to resemble.” Music Played in Today's Program Leo Sowerby (1895 – 1968) Classic Concerto David Mulbury, organ; Fairfield Orchestra; John Welsh, cond. Naxos 8.559028 On This Day Births 1582 - Early Italian opera composer Marco da Gagliano, in Gagliano; 1602 - Baptism of English madrigal composer William Lawes, in Salisbury ; He was the younger brother of the more famous English composer Henry Lawes (1696-1662); 1872 - Swedish violinist and composer Hugo Alfvén in Stockholm; 1895 - American organist and composer Leo Sowerby, in Grand Rapids, Mich.; 1899 - Icelandic composer Jón Leifs, in Sólheimar; Deaths 1904 - Czech composer Antonin Dvorák, age 62, in Prague; 1978 - Soviet composer Aram Khachaturian, age 74, in Moscow; Premieres 1786 - Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro" in Vienna at the Old Burgtheater; 1886 - Franck: "Symphonic Variations" for piano and orchestra, in Paris; 1909 - Rachmaninoff: "The Isle of the Dead," in Moscow, conducted by the composer (Julian date: April 18); 1925 - Piston: Three Pieces for flute, clarinet, and bassoon (his first published work), at the École Normale in Paris, by the Blanquart-Coste-Dherin trio; 1939 - Barber: "The Virgin Martyrs," with students from the Curtis Institute of Music on a CBS Radio broadcast, with the composer conducting; 1971 - Dave Brubeck: oratorio "Truth Has Fallen," at the opening of the Center for the Arts in Midland, Mich.; 1987 - Harrison Birtwistle: "Endless Parade" for trumpet, vibraphone and strings, in Zurich (Switzerland) by the Collegium Musicum conducted by Paul Sacher, with trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger; 2002 - Jennifer Higdon: "Blue Cathedral," by the Curtis Institute Symphony conducted by Robert Spano, commissioned to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Curtis Institute of Music; 2003 - Lukas Foss: Concertino ("Passacaglia, Bachanalia, Passacaglia") for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra, by the New York Choral Artists and the New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur conducting; Others 1761 - Franz Joseph Haydn begins his 30-year tenure as Second-Kapellmeister at Prince Esterhazy's estate in Eisenstadt; In 1766, Haydn succeeded the much older composer Gregor Joseph Werner as First-Kapellmeister; 1825 - first documented American performance of Haydn's Symphony No. 100 ("Military") at Boylston Hall in Boston, at a benefit concert for Haydn's former pupil, Johann Christian Gottlieb Graupner (1767-1836); 1837 - American premiere of Rossini's opera "Semiramide" in New Orleans; 1938 - The German Reichsmusikkammer (Imperial Ministry of Music) forbids Aryan music instructors to teach pupils of Jewish extraction. Links and Resources On Sowerby An essay "Leo Sowerby at 100"

Synopsis Today’s date marks two anniversaries in the life of American composer, teacher, and organist Leo Sowerby, who lived from 1895 to 1968. Sowerby was born on May 1st in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and on his 32nd birthday in 1927, was hired as the permanent organist and choirmaster at St. James’ Church in Chicago, where he remained for the next 35 years. Sowerby wrote hundreds of pieces of church music for organ and chorus, plus chamber and symphonic works, which are only recently receiving proper attention. It’s not that Sowerby was neglected during his lifetime–he won many awards, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1946–but many seemed “put off” by both his unabashedly Romantic style and his unprepossessing physical appearance. The younger American composer Ned Rorem, who took theory lessons from Sowerby, puts it this way: “Leo Sowerby was … of my parents’ generation, a bachelor, reddish-complexioned and milky skinned, chain smoker of Fatima cigarettes, unglamorous and non-mysterious, likable with a perpetual worried frown, overweight and wearing rimless glasses, earthy, practical, interested in others even when they were talentless; a stickler for basic training, Sowerby was the first composer I knew and the last thing a composer was supposed to resemble.” Music Played in Today's Program Leo Sowerby (1895 – 1968) Classic Concerto David Mulbury, organ; Fairfield Orchestra; John Welsh, cond. Naxos 8.559028 On This Day Births 1582 - Early Italian opera composer Marco da Gagliano, in Gagliano; 1602 - Baptism of English madrigal composer William Lawes, in Salisbury ; He was the younger brother of the more famous English composer Henry Lawes (1696-1662); 1872 - Swedish violinist and composer Hugo Alfvén in Stockholm; 1895 - American organist and composer Leo Sowerby, in Grand Rapids, Mich.; 1899 - Icelandic composer Jón Leifs, in Sólheimar; Deaths 1904 - Czech composer Antonin Dvorák, age 62, in Prague; 1978 - Soviet composer Aram Khachaturian, age 74, in Moscow; Premieres 1786 - Mozart: "The Marriage of Figaro" in Vienna at the Old Burgtheater; 1886 - Franck: "Symphonic Variations" for piano and orchestra, in Paris; 1909 - Rachmaninoff: "The Isle of the Dead," in Moscow, conducted by the composer (Julian date: April 18); 1925 - Piston: Three Pieces for flute, clarinet, and bassoon (his first published work), at the École Normale in Paris, by the Blanquart-Coste-Dherin trio; 1939 - Barber: "The Virgin Martyrs," with students from the Curtis Institute of Music on a CBS Radio broadcast, with the composer conducting; 1971 - Dave Brubeck: oratorio "Truth Has Fallen," at the opening of the Center for the Arts in Midland, Mich.; 1987 - Harrison Birtwistle: "Endless Parade" for trumpet, vibraphone and strings, in Zurich (Switzerland) by the Collegium Musicum conducted by Paul Sacher, with trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger; 2002 - Jennifer Higdon: "Blue Cathedral," by the Curtis Institute Symphony conducted by Robert Spano, commissioned to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Curtis Institute of Music; 2003 - Lukas Foss: Concertino ("Passacaglia, Bachanalia, Passacaglia") for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra, by the New York Choral Artists and the New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur conducting; Others 1761 - Franz Joseph Haydn begins his 30-year tenure as Second-Kapellmeister at Prince Esterhazy's estate in Eisenstadt; In 1766, Haydn succeeded the much older composer Gregor Joseph Werner as First-Kapellmeister; 1825 - first documented American performance of Haydn's Symphony No. 100 ("Military") at Boylston Hall in Boston, at a benefit concert for Haydn's former pupil, Johann Christian Gottlieb Graupner (1767-1836); 1837 - American premiere of Rossini's opera "Semiramide" in New Orleans; 1938 - The German Reichsmusikkammer (Imperial Ministry of Music) forbids Aryan music instructors to teach pupils of Jewish extraction. Links and Resources On Sowerby An essay "Leo Sowerby at 100"

Semirâma is an opera in three acts by Ottorino Respighi to a libretto by Alessandro Cerè based on Voltaire's 1748 play Sémiramis, the same subject used for Rossini's Semiramide. Semirâma premiered on 20 November 1910 at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. The première obtained great success, with several calls for the composer and the singers. In this opera, which often exploits the exotic cues offered by the subject, it is possible to find influences of the French music of its epoch and of Salome by Richard Strauss. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1282/Respighi%3A_Semir%C3%A2ma.html 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

Why We Should Expose Our Kids To Classical Music https://ourtownlive.net #herbw79The William Tell Overture was written to open an opera by Gioachino Rossini. The opera is based on a legend about the Swiss hero William Tell. According to the legend, William Tell was an expert with a bow and arrow who shot an apple off his son's head.Gioachino Antonio Rossin (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards for both comic and serious opera before retiring from large-scale composition while still in his thirties, at the height of his popularity.Born in Pesaro to parents who were both musicians (his father a trumpeter, his mother a singer), Rossini began to compose by the age of 12 and was educated at music school in Bologna. His first opera was performed in Venice in 1810 when he was 18 years old. In 1815 he was engaged to write operas and manage theatres in Naples. In the period 1810–1823 he wrote 34 operas for the Italian stage that were performed in Venice, Milan, Ferrara, Naples and elsewhere; this productivity necessitated an almost formulaic approach for some components (such as overtures) and a certain amount of self-borrowing. During this period he produced his most popular works including the comic operas L'italiana in Algeri, Il barbiere di Siviglia (known in English as The Barber of Seville) and La Cenerentola, which brought to a peak the opera buffa tradition he inherited from masters such as Domenico Cimarosa and Giovanni Paisiello. He also composed opera seria works such as Otello, Tancredi and Semiramide. All of these attracted admiration for their innovation in melody, harmonic and instrumental colour, and dramatic form. In 1824 he was contracted by the Opéra in Paris, for which he produced an opera to celebrate the coronation of Charles X, Il viaggio a Reims (later cannibalised for his first opera in French, Le comte Ory), revisions of two of his Italian operas, Le siège de Corinthe and Moïse, and in 1829 his last opera, Guillaume Tell.

While we might not choose many screwball romantic comedies on this podcast, the ones we do choose definitely tend to have a dark, suicide-y angle to them. Unfaithfully Yours (1948) for example, Preston Sturges’s unique take on the jealous lover imagining revenge trope, features a long scenario set to Rossini’s overture to Semiramide, wherein our main character imagines nearly beheading his wife and then framing his secretary for the crime. And while the movie might be light on romance, it’s rife with fantastic directorial flourishes, snappy quippy dialogue, and slapstick humor (played to perfection by Rex Harrison) that left both Ryan and Matt in stitches. Join us as we spill the tea about Peter Falk’s BDE, posit that DB TT’d MJ on the DL, and conceive the horrendous love child of Katherine Hepburn and Jimmy Stewart, this week on Ex Rated Movies!

Stephan is a Welsh Italian Tenor who trained at The Royal Academy of Music London, graduating with a Masters Degree in Opera, under the tutelage of Ryland Davies. Prior to this, he gained his initial degree in Music from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & DanceHis operatic works to date include The Barber of Seville (Glyndebourne), The Magic Flute (Glyndebourne), La Damnation de Faust (Glyndebourne), Cendrillon (Glyndebourne), La Traviata (Glyndebourne), Der Rosenkavalier (Glyndebourne), Madama Butterfly (Glyndebourne), Saul (Glyndebourne), Vanessa (Glyndebourne), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Glyndebourne), The Cunning Little Vixen (Glyndebourne), The Rake's Progress (Royal Academy Opera), La Traviata (GO Opera), La Cenerentola and Eugene Onegin (Bury Court Opera).Stephan has performed with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Glyndebourne and has undertaken master classes with Susan Bullock, Matthew Rose, Sarah Connolly, Dennis O'Neill and Gerald Finley. He has also performed in various venues across the UK and Europe, including the Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, the Monasterio de SanLorenzo del Escorial, Madrid and The Royal Palace of La Almudaina, Mallorca.Stephan made his BBC Proms debut in 2016 performing Rossini's Semiramide at the Royal Albert Hall with Opera Rara, conducted by Sir Mark Elder. He also performed in Glyndebourne's The Magic Flute at the BBC Proms 2019. Stephan is also a member of the extra chorus at English National Opera.Stephan's most recent engagements have included Handel's Saul at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, and also traveling the world as a lead production vocalist on board the luxury cruise line Silversea.

Cronaca di Semiramide di Rossini da Bilbao

Semiramide fu una grande regina della città di Babilonia. Donna affascinante, bella, indomabile, di immenso valore e di grande coraggio mostrato nelle imprese e nell'esercizio delle armi. Ogni fatto della sua vita ebbe inizio nella regione della Siria, e precisamente nella città di Ascalona, dove si venerava Derceto, una dea che si pensava vivesse nelle profondità di un lago vicino alla città. Derceto, aveva un volto meravigliosamente bello di donna e il corpo di pesce. La dea Afrodite che, sempre invidiosa per sua natura, proprio per la sua bellezza non sopportava la dea Derceto, e perciò la costrinse ad una passione violenta, segreta perché non voluta, e dunque pericolosa assai, verso un giovane cacciatore Siriano, di nome Caistro, che era figlio del grande eroe Achille e dell’amazzone Pentesilea. [...] Continue reading

Semiramide fu una grande regina della città di Babilonia. Donna affascinante, bella, indomabile, di immenso valore e di grande coraggio mostrato nelle imprese e nell'esercizio delle armi. Ogni fatto della sua vita ebbe inizio nella regione della Siria, e precisamente nella città di Ascalona, dove si venerava Derceto, una dea che si pensava vivesse nelle profondità di un lago vicino alla città. Derceto, aveva un volto meravigliosamente bello di donna e il corpo di pesce. La dea Afrodite che, sempre invidiosa per sua natura, proprio per la sua bellezza non sopportava la dea Derceto, e perciò la costrinse ad una passione violenta, segreta perché non voluta, e dunque pericolosa assai, verso un giovane cacciatore Siriano, di nome Caistro, che era figlio del grande eroe Achille e dell’amazzone Pentesilea. [...] Continue reading

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Novedades discográficas: Marie-Nicole Lemieux canta a Rossini. ROSSINI: Fragmentos de “L'Italiana in Algeri”, “La pietra del paragone”, “Tancredi”, “Semiramide” y “La gazza ladra”. Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Julien Veronèse (bajo). Orquesta de la Ópera Nacional de Montpellier Languedoc-Rousillon. Director: Enrique Mazzola. Escuchar audio

The Met countersues James Levine...NPR "interview" on "#metoo" in opera...Real prisoners in Fidelio...Old Tyme recordings. Oliver's Corner finally says goodbye to Semiramide with some tenor love. This week features Michael, ,The OC, Doug Dodson, and Roberta is back!

We are back again after a brief hiatus following our long hiatus. More #metoo, Sensational TV shows in headlines for operas. Oliver's Corner looks at Bel raggio from Semiramide and we finally give the OPERABUSTERS! answer from the last show when Jesus was still alive in the church calendar. This week features Michael, The OC, and DOug Dodson.

On this episode of Opera for Everyone we listen to Semiramide by Gioachino Rossini which is based on Voltaire's tragedy Semiramis, which in turn was based on the legend of Semiramis of Assyria. This is an opera in two acts set to an Italian libretto by Gaetano Rossi. The story is set in the ancient kingdom of Assyria and the action takes place in Babylon around the Eight Century BCE. Semiramide is a queen whose husband, King Ninus, died 15 years prior to the action of this story. The opera begins as Semiramide is about to announce who will be Assyria's next King. The queen's covert lover, Assur, is certain his loyalty over the past 15 years will be rewarded with a crown. Several hopeful candidates have arrived including Arsace, who is later revealed to be Nino - the long lost son of Semiramide and King Ninus. Arsace is in love with the princess Azema, who is also in love with him. We learn that before the King was killed and Arsace/Nino was taken away, that he and Azema were betrothed. Although it's unclear why they have such strong feelings upon first encountering one another their destiny together seems sealed. The story follows the twists and turns of several hopeful Kings jockeying for position, and the appearance of the ghost of King Ninus who reveals that Arsace is his son and that he must avenge his death by killing Semiramide or Assur who conspired to kill the King 15 years ago. In the end, Nino, Semiramide, and Assur descend into the tomb of King Ninus, and Nino is compelled to avenge his father's death. In the dark of the tomb, Nino takes aim and strikes - only to learn that he has killed his mother when he intended to kill Assur. The opera ends on a happier note with the marriage of Nino and Azema. Hosted by Keely Herron and Pat Wright.

It’s a triple header from Lyric Opera of Chicago... Composer Gregory Spears joins us live via phone. With librettist Greg Pierce, he created the opera ‘Fellow Travellers’. Find out why the two Gregs were drawn to the story of forbidden love in McCarthy-era 1950s Washington, DC... And then, Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with tenor Andrew Stenson who’s singing the role of Ferrando in Lyric’s production of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte”. Oliver and Andrew discuss singing Mozart and they commiserate over the pressures of being a hot Asian dude in opera... Plus, Oliver and Matt play ‘Monday Evening Quarterback’ and review Lyric’s recent production of Gounod’s “Faust” as well as the Met in HD presentation of Rossini’s “Semiramide”... www.facebook.com/OBSCHI1/

Rossini’s SEMIRAMIDE was a popular mainstay of the Italian opera circuit in the 1820s and 30s, but we rarely see it on season rosters today. In fact, it has been almost 25 years since it’s last Met appearance! To guide us through the musical and dramatic highlights, today’s episode features Dr. Jeffrey Langford, the assistant dean for doctoral studies and chair of the music history department at Manhattan School of Music.

The Metropolitan Opera presents Gioachino Rossini's Semiramide, broadcast live from New York in HD to movie theaters worldwide at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 10.

선곡표 1. 바흐 - 칸타타BWV 147 중 만인의 기쁨이신 주 예수 2. Puccini - Donde lieta usci (안녕, 지난날 들이여) from. La boheme 3. Rossimi -Bel raggio lusinghier (아름답고 매혹적인 꽃) from. Semiramide 4. Bach -Orchestral Suite No.1 C major BWV1066 1. Overture 2. Courante 3. Gavotte 1, 2 4. Forlane 5. Munuett 1, 2 6. Bourree 1, 2 7. Passpied 1, 2 5.Schubert -피아노 소나타 21번 Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat Major D.960 - 1. Molto moderato 6. Richard Rodgers -Waltzes 7. Tchaikovsky -바이올린 협주곡 D장조 1악장 8.비발디 2대의 바이올린과 류트를 위한 협주곡 Concerto for 2 Vilolins and Lute in D Major RV 93 - 2. Largo 9.영화 크리스마스 캐롤- God Bless Us Everyone - 안드레아 보첼리

Semiramide aria as sung by the superb Elena Nikolaidi.   I will be doing some shorter audio clips, plus videos until I can do longer podcasts.  Enjoy!!!

Der biblische Stoff ist etwas kompliziert. Weshalb Rossinis Oper lange eher ein Schattendasein fristete. Jetzt feiert "Semiramide" so etwas wie eine Renaissance - und begeistert auch bei den Tiroler Festspielen 2017 in einer Neuinszenierung.

Für die Produktion von Rossinis "Semiramide" ist der Regisseur David Alden an die Bayerische Staatsoper zurückgekehrt - und fokussiert den Machtkampf zwischen Religion und Politik in der Opernhandlung. Am Sonntag feierte die Neuinszenierung Premiere. Ein klanglicher Genuss - wie BR-KLASSIK-Kritiker Bernhard Neuhoff findet. Allerdings ließ die Spannung etwas zu wünschen übrig.

In der Ära von Staatsopernintendant Sir Peter Jonas sorgte das Gespann Jonas-Alden für Kontroversen, Jubel und wurde zum Kult. Nach elf Jahren kehrt jetzt der US-Regisseur David Alden an die Bayerische Staatsoper zurück - und inszeniert Rossinis "Semiramide". Die Titelpartie singt Joyce DiDonato.

Die Bayerische Staatsoper präsentiert am 12. Februar als dritte Neuproduktion der laufenden Saison Gioachino Rossinis Melodramma tragico "Semiramide" in einer Inszenierung des Regisseurs David Alden. Für Star-Glamour sorgt in der Titelrolle die amerikanische Mezzosopranistin Joyce DiDonato. Robert Jungwirth hat sie im Vorfeld der Premiere zum Gespräch getroffen.

Arien aus "Il viaggio a Reims", "Matilde di Shabran", "Tancredi", "Semiramide", "Il barbiere di Siviglia" und "Il turco in Italia" | Olga Peretyatko (Sopran) | Orchestra del Teatro comunale di Bologna | Leitung: Alberto Zedda

Italiana, Barbiere, Maometto, Italiana,Tancredi, cenerentola,Semiramide,dona del lago

Semiramide, Macbeth (FAST!!)Don Carlo,Carmen,Trovatore,Ballo,Euryanthe,Elektra (w.Varnay)

Semiramide-Arien von Caldara, Porpora, Jommelli, Bernasconi, Traetta, Paisiello, Bianchi, Borghi, Nasolini, Di Donato, Catel, Meyerbeer, Rossini, Garcia, Vinci | Anna Bonitatibus, Mezzosopran | Accademia degli Astrusi | La Stagione Armonica | Leitung: Federico Ferri

I know you enjoy my pot-pourris and i hope you will appreciate this one as well: 1. Meta Seinemeyer        Tristan und Isolde        "Liebestod"    (so sad,she died at 33.) 2. Cesare Siepi                  L'Italiana in Algeri       "Le femmine d'Italia" 3. Diane Soviero                Risurrezione (Alfano)   "Giunge il treno" 4. Steber/DelMonaco       Fanciulla act two duet (with opened cut, which I love.) 5. Stella/Guelfi                   Aida Nile Duet   (They are superb) 6. Rise Stevens                   Orfeo                   "Che faro" 7. Luisa Tetrazzini              Semiramide       "Bel raggio" 8. Richard Tucker                 Andrea Chenier      "Improvisso" 9. Pavarotti/Millo                 Ballo Love duet 10.Leonard Warren              Forza Cabaletta (He was about to sing this when he died.I will never forget it.) 11. Zinka Milanov                 Forza          "La vergine degli angeli  (1965 concert.) 12.Giuseppe di Stefano       Carmen      "Flower Song" 13. Magda Olivero                Manon Lescaut      "In quelle trine morbide" 14.Titta Ruffo                         Pagliacci Prologue  (a force of nature.) 15. Beverly Sills                     Tabarro aria (her only Trittico) 16.Riccardo Stracciari           Traviata   "Di Provenza "  (Charlie's favorite baritone)

  I bring you still another of my compilations of great artists in order to make you happy, and for your opera parties, where you give expensive gifts to those who guess all the selections. 1.  Magda Olivero  (turns 104 in March)     Iris  aria 2. Getrude Kappel      Walkure      "Hojotojo" 3.  Alfredo Kraus         Romeo        "Ah leve-toi,soleil"  (sings it up a half step.) 4. Karita Mattila         "I could have danced all Night" from "My Fair Lady." 5. Maria Callas           "La mamma morta"   (see the touching scene in the film "Philadelphia") 6. Sherrill Milnes         Attila cabaletta (with amazing high B flat) 7. Elena Nikolaidi        Don Carlo    "O don fatale." 8. Claudia Novikova    La Perichole   Hilarious act two "drunk aria." 9. Ivan Petrova            Yolantha (Tchaikowsky)  King Rene aria 10. Ezio Pinza               Amore de tre Re     Archibaldo's Monologue  (INCREDIBLE!) 11. Rosa Ponselle         Tosca    "Vissi d'arte" 12.  Cesare Valletti       Manon    "Le reve" 13.  Samuel Ramey       Boris Clock Scene 14.  Antonietta Stella    Attila   "Santo di patria" 15. Ebe Stignani             Semiramide aria  (see why she is my all-time favorite mezzo.) 16.  Richard Tucker        Turandot     "Nessun Dorma"

 This is the second compilation from early files. You might use them for an opera party, in which you give out cheap gifts to the winner(s). ENJOY!  (app.70 min.) 1. Grace Bumbry          Turandot:  "In questa reggia" 2. Fiorenza Cossotto   Trovatore:  "Condotta"  (Sounded "miked' in the theatre. An amazing singer.) 3. Nadezda Kniplova    Walkure:    "Hojotoho" 4. Cornell MacNeil/Renata Scotto   Rigoletto: "Si vendetta"  (WOW!!) 5. Lina Bruna Rasa      Andrea Chenier : " La mamma morta." (An example of over-done chest voice. She supposedly dived into the orchestra pit!!!) 6. Aprile Millo                Ernani:  "Ernani involami." 7.  Maxim Mironov      L'Italiana in Algeri:  Fabulous rendition of Lindoro's Aria. 8.  Elena Nikolaidi        Semiramide:       "Bel raggio" 9. Birgit Nilsson/Richard Tucker    Ballo in Maschera:  Love duet 10. Eugenia Burzio      Saffo aria  (less-known wonderful soprano.) 11. Piotr Beczala          Land of Smiles:  "Dein ist mein ganzes herz."  (His new album of operetta  arias just received a big prize, and deservedly so.) 12. Giuseppe Di Stefano   Faust:  The legendary "Salut demeure" with the phenomenal high C dimuendo.

From 1980 Aix-en-Provence under Jesus Lopez-Cobos, we bring you an example of remarkable Bel Canto singing. The cast includes Montserrat Caballe, Marilyn Horne,Samuel Ramey, and Francisco Araiza  (72 min.)

Can you guess this piece? Here's a hint: Signor crescendo.

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Signor crescendo.

Joan Sutherland (Semiramide); Giulietta Simionato (Arsace); Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Assur); Gianni Raimondi (Idreno); Ferruccio Mazzoli (Oroe); Giuseppe Bertinazzo (Mitrane); Manuela Bianchi Porro (Azema); Antonio Zerbini (L'ombra di Nino). Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala; Gabriele Santini. Milano, Teatro alla Scala, 17 December 1962.

Joan Sutherland (Semiramide); Giulietta Simionato (Arsace); Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Assur); Gianni Raimondi (Idreno); Ferruccio Mazzoli (Oroe); Giuseppe Bertinazzo (Mitrane); Manuela Bianchi Porro (Azema); Antonio Zerbini (L'ombra di Nino). Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala; Gabriele Santini. Milano, Teatro alla Scala, 17 December 1962.

One of the most sumptuous voices in my opera experience has been that of mezzo Olga Borodina. Here is a podcast that features some of her magnificent recordings: Songs by Borodin and TchaikowskyFalla's Siete Canciones PopularesArias from:            Semiramide, Favorita, Gioconda, Maid of Orleans,Les Huguenots, Samson et Delilah, The Damnation of Faust.                                      (71 min.)

Highlights from an extraordinary performance of Rossini's "Semiramide." Featured are two of the greatest exponents of Bel Canto singing, Marilyn Horne and Montserrat Caballe. Featured also are Samuel Ramey and Francisco Araiza, conducted by Jesus Lopez-Cobos (Aix-en-Provence, 1980)                                      (72 min.)

A tribute to Marilyn Horne, one of the greatest artists of our time (and any time!). The selections are from: Pagliacci,Wozzeck, The Damnation of Faust, Die Walkure, Semiramide, Capuletti ed I Montecchi, Rinaldo, Partenope, Semele, Rosenkavalier, and other selections.                                         (72 min.)  I HAD TO UPGRADE!!!!! Your responses have been so tremendous, I needed more space, so I will send you a bill in the morning!!!!!   It is my great pleasure to serve you...Love   Charlie (poorer)

Cari amici, About 40 long years ago, I attended the first rehearsal of Donizetti's "Anna Bolena," at the home of our illustrious maestro and one of my mentors in life, Armen Boyajian. Marisa Galvany (one of her many phony names) was the Bolena (and I loved looking down her throat to see where those phenomenal E flats came from). Then there was this young dude named Sam Ramey, who opened his mouth and out came some of the greatest sounds we ever heard. Gee... maybe he will make it some day, we all exclaimed! Now, as we celebrate Sam's 25th anniversary at the Met, and a 40 year professional career, singing an incredible range of roles and becoming one of the opera icons of our time, we feel so fortunate that he left Kansas to find an "Oz" of magic all over the opera world. I therefore wish to celebrate with you Sam's Met anniversary, and a fabulous career. I still relish those old tapes of our Bartolo/Basilio and am so fortunate I was able to be in on a tiny part of an illustrious career. I recall Sam once telling us about that skinny chain-smoking guy with the enormous voice by the name of Norman Treigle, and how he admired him. Well, they did so many of the same roles (Mefistofele, Boris,Blitch,Escamillo, The Hoffmann villains,Don Giovanni, Figaro,etc.). Happily, Sam Ramey has been able to follow along in this tradition, with so many great performances of a huge number of roles,a remarkable number of recordings, and engagements in every important opera theatre in the opera world. So..a happy 25th Met anniversary to a dear sweet and brilliantly talented guy and all my best to him and to his lovely wife and son (who also has a high F#...and more!) With my sincerest best wishes       Charlie   Excerpts are from  Italiana,Lombardi,Rinaldo,Attila, Mefistofele, Comte D'Ory, Semiramide,Susannah, South Pacific.                              (65 min.)

 Arias as sung by one of the greatest divas in opera history.   Included are arias from Traviata, Ballo, Sonnambula,  Les Huguenots, La Perle du Bresil, Semiramide, Vespri,  Rosalinda (Veracini), and the Proch Variations.                                     (37 minutes)