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Tag Archives: Rossini
Voices of Persephone: the heart-melting soprano of Ilona Domnich
Surrender: Voices of Persephone Ilona Domnich/ Signum Classics (SIGCD419) One of the greatest frustrations in my line of work comes when you hear an artist for the first time who absolutely bowls you over… and you’re not in a position … Continue reading
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Tagged Ilona Domnich, Leo Nucci, Massenet, Mozart, Poulenc, Puccini, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini, Signum Classics, Simon Over, Southbank Sinfonia, Verdi
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Jette Parker Young Artists step up to deliver a vivacious Rossini Silken Ladder
Rossini: La scala di seta **** Linbury Studio, 23rd October 2014 Rare – and not so rare – Rossini is rampant this autumn. While his opera seriaare celebrated by Welsh National Opera with new productions of Guillaume Tell and Mosè in Egitto, the Royal … Continue reading
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Tagged Anush Hovhannisyan, Greg Eldridge, James Platt, Jonathan Santagada, La scala di seta, Lauren Fagan, Linbury Studio, Luis Gomes, Rossini, Royal Opera, Samuel Johnson, Yuriy Yurchuk
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A tale of two Carmens: Ruxandra Donose’s Rosenblatt Recital
Ruxandra Donose: Rosenblatt Recital *** Wigmore Hall, 6th October 2014 Stepping in for an indisposed Carmen Giannattasio, Romanian mezzo Ruxandra Donose opened (and closed) her Rosenblatt Recital with… Carmen. “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle”, with its intoxicating habanera rhythm, is … Continue reading
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Tagged Bizet, Enescu, Fauré, Massenet, Offenbach, Roger Vignoles, Rosenblatt Recital, Rossini, Ruxandra Donose, Saint-Saëns, Verdi
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