Author: stephanieadrian
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Pierre Ruhe puts down his pen?
Pierre Ruhe, former AJC music critic and founder of the blog ArtsCriticATL.com, has accepted a position as artistic administrator of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. The ASO – conducted by Justin Brown and based in Birmingham – is Alabama’s only professional orchestra and was recently awarded ASCAP’s highest honor for adventurous programming, the John S. Edwards…
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Atlanta Opera Opens 2011-12 Season with Lucia
AO opens its 2011-12 season with Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor on November 12. I’ll be reviewing this production for Opera News. Georgia Jarman, who starred as the three Heroines in English National Opera’s February production of Tales of Hoffman, will sing the title role.
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Stephanie’s Interview with Kiera Duffy – Classical Singer Magazine
Check out my interview with soprano Kiera Duffy in the November issue of Classical Singer! Kiera talks about her newly released CD of Strauss Lieder, her latest concert appearances, and even the typically taboo issue of steroid use for singers. Visit www.classicalsinger.com for an online version of the article.
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Rabbit Tales
The premiere of the AO commission Rabbit Tales will kick off National Opera Week at the Wren’s Nest on October 29th.
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Great Singing and Great German Diction – Diana Damrau
Diana Damrau made her Royal Opera debut singing the Queen of the Night in Mozart’sThe Magic Flute in 2003. A native German, Damrau studied at the Musikhochschule in Würzburg and with Hanna Ludwig in Salzburg. I’ll be playing this famous dialogue/aria, “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” (Hells revenge boils in my heart) for my…
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Diction for Singers Resource
Diction for Singers now offers an online language lab that corresponds with the textbook: Diction 2nd Ed. by Joan Wall and Robert Caldwell. My Emory University Music 441 students can refer to the Diction for Singers page on my blog for sign-up instructions. http://www.celumbra.com/dictionLabs/Site/HowToUseTheLabs.html
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A Fabulous Scarpia: Cornell MacNeil
Below is a link to the New York Times feature about baritone Cornell MacNeil who passed away last Friday. A must-see: his Scarpia in the 1985 Zeffirelli production with Hildegard Behrens. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/18/arts/music/cornell-macneil-operatic-baritone-dies-at-88.html
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Atlanta Opera Review – July Issue of Opera News
Così Fan Tutte ATLANTA Atlanta Opera 4/9/11 Atlanta Opera rounded out its 2010–11 season with Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte (seen Apr. 9). Director José Maria Condemi updated the action to pre-World War I Naples in order to provide more plausibility to the staged departure of Ferrando and Guglielmo as they pretend to leave their sweethearts,…
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For Dawn Upshaw, ‘Winds of Destiny’ lead to Ojai
For Dawn Upshaw, ‘Winds of Destiny’ lead to Ojai. Peter Sellars directed Dawn Upshaw for a performance of George Crumb’s song cycle “Winds of Destiny” in Los Angeles – eight songs performed by soprano, amplified piano, and four percussionists who play 102 instruments in all. The idea of staging art song is not new, but Upshaw’s compelling presentation at…
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2011 Juilliard Commencement Address by John Adams
“The arts, however, are difficult. They are mind-bendingly and refreshingly difficult. You can’t learn the role of Hamlet (no less write it), you can’t play the fugue in the Hammerklavier Sonata (no less compose it) and you can’t hope to move effortlessly through one of Twyla Tharp’s ballets without submitting yourself to something that’s profoundly…
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