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La Jolie Fille De Perth
''La jolie fille de Perth'' (''The Fair Maid of Perth'') is an opera in four acts by Georges Bizet (1838–1875), from a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jules Adenis, after the 1828 novel ''The Fair Maid of Perth'' by Sir Walter Scott. Many writers have reserved severe criticism for the librettists for their stock devices and improbable events, while praising Bizet's advance on his earlier operas in construction of set pieces and his striking melodic and instrumental ideas. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique (Théâtre-Lyrique Impérial du Châtelet), Paris, on 26 December 1867. Performance history Although commissioned by Léon Carvalho in 1866 and completed by Bizet by the end of that year (with the soprano lead intended for Christine Nilsson), the dress rehearsal took place in September 1867 and the first performance three months later.Hugh Macdonald: "''La jolie fille de Perth''". In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', Macmillan, London an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet (; 25 October 18383 June 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic music, Romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, ''Carmen'', which has become one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertoire. During a brilliant student career at the Conservatoire de Paris, Bizet won many prizes, including the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1857. He was recognised as an outstanding pianist, though he chose not to capitalise on this skill and rarely performed in public. Returning to Paris after almost three years in Italy, he found that the main Parisian opera theatres preferred the established classical repertoire to the works of newcomers. His keyboard and orchestral compositions were likewise largely ignored; as a result, his career stalled, and he earned his living mainly by arranging and transcribing the music of others. Restless for success, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soprano
A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880 Hz in choral music, or to "soprano C" (C6, two octaves above middle C) = 1046 Hz or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which often encompasses the melody. The soprano voice type is generally divided into the coloratura, soubrette, lyric, spinto, and dramatic soprano. Etymology The word "soprano" comes from the Italian word '' sopra'' (above, over, on top of),"Soprano" '' |
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Richard Lewis CBE (10 May 191413 November 1990) was an English tenor of Welsh parentage. Life Born Thomas Thomas in Manchester to Welsh parents, Lewis began his career as a boy soprano and studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music (now merged into the Royal Northern College of Music) from 1939 to 1941, and later at the Royal Academy of Music. He made his operatic debut in 1939, and from 1947 onwards, sang at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera and at Covent Garden (London). He made his debut in the United States in 1955. Lewis made a number of recordings, including ''Messiah'' (Handel), ''L'incoronazione di Poppea'' (Monteverdi), ''Idomeneo'' (Mozart), ''Liebeslieder Walzer'' and Neue Liebeslieder Walzer (Brahms), Coleridge-Taylor's ''The Song of Hiawatha'', Elgar's ''The Dream of Gerontius'', Benjamin Britten's Spring Symphony (with Leonard Bernstein), scenes from William Walton's ''Troilus and Cressida'', BBC Studio recording of ''The Mercy of Titus'' (''La Clemenza di T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwen Catley
Gwendoline Florence Catley (9 February 190612 November 1996) was an English lyric coloratura soprano who sang in opera, concert and revues. She often sang on radio and television, and made numerous recordings of songs and arias, mostly in English. She was renowned for the clarity and agility of her voice particularly in florid parts, and her English diction was outstanding. Biography Catley was born in London in 1906. She studied at the Guildhall School of Music, where her chief singing teacher was the tenor Walter Hyde. Her other teachers included Sir Granville Bantock, Jenny Hyman and, privately, Julian Kimbell. The school's principal, Sir Landon Ronald, who had been Dame Nellie Melba's accompanist, said Catley reminded him of Melba. She won the Gold Medal but was prevented from accepting it by her father. She later won it again. In 1937 she sang with Sadler's Wells Opera, as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's ''The Magic Flute'' and Nannetta in Verdi's ''Falstaff''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennady Pishchayev
Gennady Mikhailovich Pishchayev (russian: Генна́дий Миха́йлович Пища́ев; born July 30, 1927) is a Soviet opera singer, lyric tenor altino. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1965).G.M. Pishchayev // Musical Encyclopedia / ed. Yuri Keldysh, 1978. – vol. 4 Biography Gennady was born in the village of Zirgan, Meleuzovsky District, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.G.M. Pishchayev // Musical Encyclopedia / ed. Yuri Keldysh, 1978. – vol. 4 His brother Pavel is an honorary citizen of the Salavat, director of the sulfuric acid and catalyst plant of the Salavat petrochemical plant. The parents of Gennady, Mikhail Stepanovich and Klavdiya Petrovna (nee Makarova), were ordinary people. The grandfather of Gennady Pishchaev was a blacksmith. The family was very fond of singing, his father played the accordion well, his father's brother was considered a good singer. He was born without an arm, which did not prevent him from developing many talents. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirror For A Hero
''Mirror for a Hero'' (russian: Зеркало для героя, Zerkalo dlya geroya) is a 1987 Soviet two-part science fiction drama film directed by Vladimir Khotinenko based on the short story of the same name by Stanislav Rybas. Plot Metropolitan psychologist-linguist Sergei Pshenichny (Sergey Koltakov), soon after quarreling with his father (Felix Stepun) on ideological grounds, meets with former mining engineer Andrei Nemchinov (Ivan Bortnik), who recently returned from prison, at a concert by the rock band Nautilus Pompilius. After the concert, Sergei and Andrei, passing through the city park, see that a film shooting is taking place, about the post-war time. To get a better look at what is happening on the set, they decide to climb over the park fence, but hit some cable lying on the ground and get transferred into the past — in the late 1940s. But this test for Sergei and his random acquaintance does not end. Every time the night passes and morning begins, the day is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Loop
The time loop or temporal loop is a plot device in fiction whereby characters re-experience a span of time which is repeated, sometimes more than once, with some hope of breaking out of the cycle of repetition. The term "time loop" is sometimes used to refer to a causal loop; however, causal loops are unchanging and self-originating, whereas time loops are constantly resetting: when a certain condition is met, such as a death of a character or a clock reaching a certain time, the loop starts again, possibly with one or more characters retaining the memories from the previous loop. History An early example of a time loop is the 1915 Russian novel ''Strange Life of Ivan Osokin'', where the main character gets to live his life over again but struggles to change it the second time around. It was used in the short story "Doubled and Redoubled" by Malcolm Jameson that appeared in the February 1941 ''Unknown''; the story tells of a person accidentally cursed to repeat a "perfect" day, inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caterina (soprano), Figurino Di Luigi Bartezago Per La Bella Fanciulla Di Perth (s
Caterina is a feminine given name which is an Italian form of the name ''Katherine''. Notable people with the name include: In music: * Caterina Assandra, Italian composer and Benedictine nun * Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and folk music historian * Caterina Caselli, Italian singer and music producer * Caterina Cavalieri, Austrian soprano * Caterina Jarboro, pioneering African American opera singer * Caterina Valente, French-born singer and dancer In education: * Caterina Mieras, teacher at the Teacher Training School of the Balearic Islands In acting: * Caterina Murino, Italian actress * Caterina Scorsone, Canadian actress In sports: * Kateřina Baďurová, Czech pole vaulter * Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player In other fields: * Caterina Appiani, lady of Piombino * Caterina Consani, Italian mathematician * Caterina dei Virgi, aristocratic Bolognese woman raised in the court of Bologna * Caterina Fake, American businesswoman and entrepreneur * Caterina Sforza, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth, Scotland
Perth (Scottish English, locally: ; gd, Peairt ) is a city in central Scotland, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire. It had a population of about 47,430 in 2018. There has been a settlement at Perth since prehistory, prehistoric times. It is a natural mound raised slightly above the flood plain of the Tay, at a place where the river could be crossed on foot at low tide. The area surrounding the modern city is known to have been occupied ever since Mesolithic hunter-gatherers arrived there more than 8,000 years ago. Nearby Neolithic standing stones and circles date from about 4,000 BC, a period that followed the introduction of farming into the area. Close to Perth is Scone Abbey, which formerly housed the Stone of Scone (also known as the Stone of Destiny), on which the King of Scots were traditionally crowned. This enhanced the early importance of the city, and Perth becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baritone
A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C (i.e. F2–F4) in choral music, and from the second A below middle C to the A above middle C (A2 to A4) in operatic music, but the range can extend at either end. Subtypes of baritone include the baryton-Martin baritone (light baritone), lyric baritone, ''Kavalierbariton'', Verdi baritone, dramatic baritone, ''baryton-noble'' baritone, and the bass-baritone. History The first use of the term "baritone" emerged as ''baritonans'', late in the 15th century, usually in French sacred polyphonic music. At this early stage it was frequently used as the lowest of the voices (including the bass), but in 17th-century Italy the term was all-encompassing and used to describe the averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bass-baritone
A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing three Wagnerian roles: the title role in ''Der fliegende Holländer'', Wotan/Der Wanderer in the ''Ring Cycle'' and Hans Sachs in '' Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg''. Wagner labelled these roles as ''Hoher Bass'' ("high bass")—see fach for more details. The bass-baritone voice is distinguished by two attributes. First, it must be capable of singing comfortably in a baritonal tessitura. Secondly, however, it needs to have the ripely resonant lower range typically associated with the bass voice. For example, the role of Wotan in ''Die Walküre'' covers the range from F2 (the F at the bottom of the bass clef) to F4 (the F above middle C), but only infrequently descends beyond C3 (the C below middle C). Bass-baritones are typically divide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Ducasse
Anne-Elisa Alice Ducasse, was born in Valparaíso, Chile, on May 20, 1841, and died December 4, 1923, in Paris in the 9th arrondissement. She was an opera singer and teacher active in Paris.Walsh TJ. ''Second Empire Opera – The Théâtre-Lyrique Paris 1851-1870.'' John Calder Ltd, London, 1981. Biography Alice Ducasse is the daughter of Pierre Édouard Ducasse and Blanche Aline Pelletier. As a member of the company at the Théâtre Lyrique under Pasdeloup and Vizentini she sang various roles at that theatre, creating Mab in Bizet's ''La jolie fille de Perth'', as well as Nérine in ''L'irato'' by Méhul (November 1868), Formosa in ''En Prison'' by Guiraud (March 1869), Thérèse in ''Don Quichotte'' by Boulanger (May 1869) and Nydia in ''Le Dernier Jour de Pompéi'' by Victorin Joncières (September 1869)From Dissertation of Doctorat by Nicolas Deshoulières : L'oeuvre critique et musicale de Victorin Joncières, Paris-Sorbonne, 2018 (www.nicolasdeshoulieres.fr) Moving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
