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Macbeth (Bloch)
''Macbeth'' is an opera in three acts, with music by Ernest Bloch to a libretto by Edmond Fleg, after the eponymous play of William Shakespeare. Bloch composed the opera between 1904 and 1906, but it did not receive its first performance until 30 November 1910 by the Opéra-Comique in Paris with Henri Albers in the title role and conducted by François Ruhlmann. Alex Cohen has written of quarrels within the cast that contributed to the opera's poorly received premiere. Performance history After the premiere, the opera was performed 15 times through January 1911, but then was withdrawn. Romain Rolland studied the score and communicated his admiration to Bloch in June 1911. Guido Gatti has compared elements of Bloch's opera to the music of Modest Mussorgsky. He has also written of the different treatments of the Macbeth story by Giuseppe Verdi and Bloch in their respective operas on the subject, with Verdi being more "realistic" and Bloch being more in keeping with the symb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Bloch
Ernest Bloch (July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the greatest Swiss composers in history. As well as producing musical scores, Bloch had an academic career that culminated in his recognition as Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley in 1952. Biography Bloch was born in Geneva on July 24, 1880 to Jewish parents. He began playing the violin at age 9, and began composing soon after. He studied music at the conservatory in Brussels, where his teachers included the celebrated Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. He then traveled around Europe, moving to Germany (where he studied composition from 1900–1901 with Iwan Knorr at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt), on to Paris in 1903 and back to Geneva before settling in the United States in 1916, taking US citizenship in 1924. He held several teaching appointments in the US, where his pupil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Mitisek
Andreas Mitisek is the Artistic and General Director of Long Beach Opera, a position he has held since 2003 and from 2012 to 2016 was the General Director of Chicago Opera Theater. Since his conducting debut with the company in Henry Purcell's '' The Indian Queen'' in 1998, Mitisek has since served as conductor, stage director and designer for many Long Beach Opera productions. Biography He is conductor, stage director and designer of many Long Beach Opera and Chicago Opera Theater productions. His site-specific productions in parking garages, swimming pools, night clubs, warehouses and the Port of Los Angeles have become a successful hallmark. Andreas Mitisek became LBO's principal conductor in 1998 and Artistic and General Director in 2004. Under Mitisek's leadership, LBO grew from 2 to 5 operas per season. By exploring unorthodox venues, he has been able to attract new audiences for opera and uphold LBO's artistic vision by presenting 20th century and rare works. Mitisek serves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Rehfuss
Heinz Julius Rehfuss (25 May 1917 – 27 June 1988) was a Swiss operatic bass-baritone, who later became an American citizen. He was particularly associated with the title roles in '' Don Giovanni'' and '' Boris Godunov'', and Golaud in '' Pelléas et Mélisande''. Life Born in Frankfurt, he was the son of Carl Rehfuss (1885-1946), a baritone, concertist and teacher, and his wife, alto Florentine Rehfuss-Peichert. He spent his youth in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, where his father was teaching at the Conservatory, and was entirely trained by him. He made his debut in 1938 at the Städtebundtheater in Biel-Solothurn, as a choral singer and stage designer, and sang as a soloist in Lucerne during the 1938-39 season. He appeared at the Zurich Opera from 1940 until 1952, where he undertook some 80 roles. From 1952, he made frequent guest appearances in opera houses all over Europe, including La Scala in Milan, Italy, the Opéra National de Paris, the Vienna State Opera, the Liceo in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedemann Layer
Friedemann Layer (30 October 1941 – 3 November 2019) was an Austrian conductor. He was assistant to Herbert von Karajan in Ulm and to Karl Böhm. In 1989, he conducted a film version of ''Der Schauspieldirektor'', with Zdzisława Donat and Christian Boesch in the cast. Layer was chief conductor of the Opéra national de Montpellier from 1994 to 2007. Selected discography * Henze - Symphony No 10; 4 Poemi; La Selva Incantata. Montpellier National Orchestra * Mieczysław Karłowicz - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon National Orchestra * Alfano - ''Risurrezione'' Accord * Offenbach - '' Die Rheinnixen'' Accord * Respighi - ''La campana sommersa'' Accord * Lidarti - ''Esther'' oratorio in Hebrew. Accord. * Ponchielli - '' Marion Delorme'' Accord * Zoltán Kodály - ''Háry János'' sung in Hungarian, with French narration by Gérard Depardieu. Accord * Cilea - ''L'arlesiana () is an opera in three acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markella Hatziano
Markella Hatziano ( el, Μαρκέλλα Χατζιάνο, link=no) is an operatic mezzo-soprano born in Athens, Greece. Early life, education and debut Hatziano entered the Greek National Conservatoire at the age of 12 as a scholarship student. She studied with Georgia Georgilopoulou, graduating summa cum laude at the age of 17. She studied repertoire and interpretation with the legendary baritone Tito Gobbi for three years. She came to international attention as the second place finalist in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition and the winner of the first Tito Gobbi International Competition. Hatziano short after graduation made her very early professional debut with the Oxford Symphony Orchestra at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens. Her operatic debut took place at the Greek National Opera at the age of 23 performing ''Princess Eboli'' in "Don Carlos" by Giuseppe Verdi. International career She debuted on the international stage with the Opera Company of Bost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Philippe Lafont
Jean-Philippe Lafont (born 11 February 1951) is a French baritone. He studied in his native city of Toulouse and later at the Opéra-Studio in Paris.O'Connor, Patrick He made his operatic debut as Papageno in ''The Magic Flute'' at the Salle Favart, Paris in 1974. He went on to appear regularly in Toulouse, where he first played the title role in Verdi's ''Falstaff'' in 1987. Lafont has performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, La Scala in Milan and the Royal Opera House, London. Among the roles with which he is particularly associated are the four villains in ''The Tales of Hoffmann'', the Comte des Grieux in ''Manon'', Golaud in '' Pelléas et Mélisande'', Barak in ''Die Frau ohne Schatten'' and the title roles in ''Gianni Schicchi'', ''Rigoletto'', ''Boris Godunov'' and ''Macbeth''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Delvoye
Jean Delvoye (25 November 1854, in Liège – 13 June 1938, in Ougrée) was a Belgian baritone, who, after working in the French provinces, enjoyed a long career in Paris, centred on the Opéra-Comique, and left some recordings representative of his repertoire. Life and career Delvoye studied singing at the Conservatoire de Liège under Georges Bonheur, obtaining a 2nd prize after only five months. He also won two first prizes in the "déclamation lyrique" class of baritone Sébastien Carman. Around 1881 he appeared in several performances of opéras comiques at the Salle de Fontainebleau in his home city. He sang in Dunkerque during the 1886-1887 season, before moving on to Angers (1887-1888) then Nantes for two seasons, singing Zurga in '' Les pêcheurs de perles'', and appearing as well in ''Les dragons de Villars'', '' La Béarnaise'', ''Si j'étais roi'' and ''Le Roi d'Ys''. He spent 1890 to 1893 in Marseille, where he also took lessons from Ismaël as well as appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan I Of Scotland
Donnchad mac Crinain ( gd, Donnchadh mac Crìonain; anglicised as Duncan I, and nicknamed An t-Ilgarach, "the Diseased" or "the Sick"; c. 1001 – 14 August 1040)Broun, "Duncan I (d. 1040)". was king of Scotland (''Alba'') from 1034 to 1040. He is the historical basis of the "King Duncan" in Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth''. Life The ancestry of King Duncan is not certain. In modern texts he is the son of Crínán, hereditary lay abbot of Dunkeld, and Bethóc, daughter of King Malcolm II. However, in the late 17th century the historian Frederic Van Bossen, after collecting historical accounts throughout Europe, identified King Duncan as the first son of Abonarhl ap crinan (the grandson of Crinan) and Princess Beatrice, the eldest daughter to King Malcom, the 2nd, and Gunora who was the daughter of the "2nd Duke of Normandy". Unlike the "King Duncan" of Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'', the historical Duncan appears to have been a young man. He followed his grandfather Malcolm as king ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Vieuille
Félix Vieuille (15 October 1872, Saujon – 28 February 1953, Saujon) was a French operatic bass who sang for more than four decades with the Opéra-Comique in Paris during the first half of the twentieth century. He created roles in numerous world premieres, most notably portraying Arkel in the original production of Claude Debussy's '' Pelléas et Mélisande'' in 1902 which he went on to sing 208 times at that house. He possessed a rich voice and a solid technique which helped sustain his career for a long time. His voice is preserved on a number of recordings made on the Odeon, Lyrophon, and Beka labels. Biography Vieuille studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with teachers Léon Achard and Alfred Auguste Giraudet. He made his debut as Leporello in Mozart's '' Don Giovanni'' in 1897 at Aix-les-Bains. He joined the Paris Opéra-Comique in 1898 where he initially sang supporting roles until he was made a leading bass in 1902, with his first major role being Arkel in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Charbonnel
Marie Louise Charbonnel (1880–1969) was a French contralto opera singer who made her début at the Lyon Opera in 1901. She was spectacularly successful at her Paris Opera début in 1907 when she played Dalila in Camille Saint-Saëns' ''Samson et Dalila''. Biography Born on 18 December 1880 in Lyon, Marie Louise Charbonnel studied music theory, piano and voice at the Lyon Conservatory. At the Lyon Opera, she performed contralto roles in Gluck's '' Orphée et Euridice'', ''Carmen'', Amneris in ''Aida'', and Azucena in ''Il trovatore''. On 24 February 1906 at the Monte Carlo Opera, she played Vanina at the première of Saint-Saëns' ''L'ancêtre''. She also sang at the Paris Opera, playing the First Norn in the French première of ''Götterdämmerung'' (1908) and Erda in the première of ''Das Rheingold''. From 1910, Charbonnel sang at the Opéra-Comique, first in the title role of ''Carmen''. On 30 November that year, she played the Third Witch in the première of Ernest Bloch's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucienne Bréval
Lucienne Bréval (4 November 1869 – 15 August 1935) was a Swiss dramatic soprano who had a major international opera career from 1892 to 1918. Although she appeared throughout Europe and in the United States, Bréval spent most of her career performing with the Paris Opera where she became a greatly admired interpreter of French grand opera roles and Wagner heroines. She also specialized in the works of Gluck and Rameau, becoming particularly associated with the title roles in Gluck’s '' Armide'' and Rameau's ''Hippolyte et Aricie''. A favorite of the composers of her day, such as Massenet and Dukas, Bréval sang in numerous world premières during her career. Biography Born with the name Bertha Agnès Lisette Schilling, Bréval initially studied to be a pianist at Lausanne and briefly in Geneva before deciding to pursue an opera career."Bréval, Lucienne", ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', Personenteil:3 p 874. She studied voice with Victor Warot at the Paris Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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