Author: stephanieadrian
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From the May Issue of Opera News ONLINE
In honor of the Verdi bicentennial, Atlanta Opera presented La Traviata at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on March 2. The Opéra de Montréal production, last seen at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center in 2005, was revived and reassembled this season, but much has happened to the company while these handsome Claude Girard–Bernard…
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ArtsATL Review: Isabel Leonard delivers fitting finale to season of great vocalists at Spivey Hall
March 25, 2013 By Stephanie Adrian The sound of the human voice is the result of breath flowing against an individual’s vocal cords, vocal folds closing and opening at regular intervals, essentially chopping the airstream into small pulses. Remarkable when one stops to think about how that pulsing air and vibration from an instrument so…
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My Daughter’s Program
Isabel Leonard sang a recital in Atlanta this afternoon which included some terrific Spanish rep and three world premieres by Jennifer Higdon, Glen Roven and Ben Moore. Here’s my daughter’s program. Notice how she drew assigned boxes in which Leonard and her pianist Vlad Iftinca should autograph, cleverly labeled ‘boy’ and ‘girl’.
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Review: Soprano Mary Dunleavy vividly carries the day in Atlanta Opera’s “La Traviata”
March 9, 2013 By Stephanie Adrian If you’ve seen Steven Spielberg’s recent movie “Lincoln,” you’ve seen and heard soprano Mary Dunleavy. The singer, who makes a cameo appearance in the film while Abraham and Mary Lincoln discuss potential legislation in their box seats at the opera, graces Atlanta with her interpretation of Violetta Valéry, the…
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ArtsATL Review: Skylark Vocal Ensemble soars with intimate evening of harmonies to Virgin Mary
February 12, 2013 By Stephanie Adrian Matthew Guard founded the Skylark Vocal Ensemble, a chamber group of 17 choral singers from Boston and Atlanta, in 2011. Guard is a Harvard graduate who studied conducting during his undergraduate years but changed course soon afterward, earning an MBA and working as a business strategy consultant here and…
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In the February 2013 Issue of Opera News…
ATLANTA Atlanta Opera 11/10/12 Although the abrupt resignation of Atlanta Opera’s general director Dennis Hanthorn this past July created both uncertainty and speculation among local opera patrons, the company opened its 2012–13 season at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre as planned on November 10, with a satisfying rendition of Carmen. As the board of…
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Andreas Scholl Interview auf Deutsch
For my Emory students embarking on their studies of German diction this semester…
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My JOS article makes it into The Washington Post – January 4, 2013
Pregnant artists continue to perform with precision By Katherine Boyle, Friday, January 4, 10:30 AM The concert didn’t sound unusual. The Choral Arts Society sang with its typical verve. The parade of soloists basked in the customary applause, and the orchestra played Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis” with the radiance and rigor it requires. But an unexpected…
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Review from www.artsATL.com: German countertenor Andreas Scholl’s voice hypnotizes in recital at Spivey Hall
December 4, 2012 By Stephanie Adrian Andreas Scholl is one of the world’s leading countertenors. Countertenors are what one would call a rare breed among classical singers. Alfred Deller set the stage during the 1950s and ’60s in terms of popularizing the sound of a male alto who sings exclusively in his falsetto range. But…
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Andreas Scholl & Me
Had the privilege of hearing Andreas Scholl and his wife pianist Tamar Halperin in recital at Spivey Hall today.
Stephanie Adrian 