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Peter Ibbetson (opera)
'' ''Peter Ibbetson'' is an opera in three acts by American composer Deems Taylor from a libretto by the composer and Constance Collier, based on the 1891 novel by George du Maurier. ''Peter Ibbetson'' was first performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on 7 February 1931 and it appeared in four seasons for a total of 22 performances (in the house and on tour) until 1935 and the retirement of the two singers who created the starring roles, Lucrezia Bori and Edward Johnson. Performance history The opera opened the 1933-34 Met season and was broadcast twice, in 1932 (when the operas were still being broadcast only in part) and again in 1934. On 29 June 1960 the Empire State Music Festival presented a performance of ''Peter Ibbetson'' which was broadcast. Licia Albanese was coached in the part of Mary by its creator, Lucrezia Bori. In 1999 the opera was revived in concert form by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra with Lauren Flanigan as Mary. Roles Synopsis :Time: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deems Taylor Portrait By Carl Van Vechten
Deems is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Barrett Deems Barrett Deems (March 1, 1914 – September 15, 1998) was an American swing drummer from Springfield, Illinois, United States. He worked in bands led by Jimmy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Red Norvo, and Muggsy Spanier. In ''High Society'', a 195 ... (1914–1998), American jazz drummer * Charles Deems (1820–1893), American Christian clergyman * James Monroe Deems (1818–1901), American composer and music educator See also * Deem {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Telva
Marion Telva (December 26, 1897 – October 23, 1962) was an American opera singer who was a leading mezzo-soprano at New York's Metropolitan Opera for a decade. Biography Telva was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 26, 1897. Her parents were German immigrants, Herman and Elsa Taucke; she would later take Telva as her stage name. She studied under Lilli Lehmann. Early in her career, Telva sang with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. She moved to New York in 1918 and sang in local churches and synagogues before being hired by the Metropolitan Opera. She debuted with the company in 1920 as the Singer in Giacomo Puccini, Puccini's ''Manon Lescaut (Puccini), Manon Lescaut''. She went on to sing many other roles as one of the company's leading mezzo-sopranos until 1931. Among her regular roles were Brangane in Wagner's ''Tristan und Isolde'' and Mary in his ''The Flying Dutchman (opera), The Flying Dutchman'', and Lola in Pietro Mascagni, Mascagni's ''Cavalleria Rusticana''. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Operas
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Operas
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Anthony Dean Griffey
Anthony Dean Griffey (born February 12 in High Point, North Carolina) is an American opera tenor. He is a regular presence on the stages of opera houses and concert halls around the world. Griffey has also been noted for his acting talent in addition to his voice. In 2007, he starred alongside Audra McDonald and Patti Lupone in ''The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny'' at the Los Angeles Opera, the recording of which won two Grammy Awards. In the 2005 edition of Musical America, Griffey was cited as one of twelve young singers of distinction. Griffey was honored as an inductee into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2011. In 2015, he was appointed as Professor of Voice at the Eastman School of Music. Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe has said: "Griffey has voice, technique, musicianship, diction, and poetry in his soul." Early life and education Anthony Dean Griffey was born in High Point, North Carolina to a family of little means. His parents worked at local furnitur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leitmotiv
A leitmotif or leitmotiv () is a "short, recurring musical phrase" associated with a particular person, place, or idea. It is closely related to the musical concepts of ''idée fixe'' or ''motto-theme''. The spelling ''leitmotif'' is an anglicization of the German ''Leitmotiv'' (), literally meaning "leading motif", or "guiding motif". A musical motif has been defined as a "short musical idea ... melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic, or all three", a salient recurring figure, musical fragment or succession of notes that has some special importance in or is characteristic of a composition: "the smallest structural unit possessing thematic identity." In particular, such a motif should be "clearly identified so as to retain its identity if modified on subsequent appearances" whether such modification be in terms of rhythm, harmony, orchestration or accompaniment. It may also be "combined with other leitmotifs to suggest a new dramatic condition" or development. The technique is not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred De Musset
Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.His names are often reversed "Louis Charles Alfred de Musset": see "(Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset" (bio), Biography.com, 2007, webpageBio9413"Chessville – Alfred de Musset: Romantic Player", Robert T. Tuohey, Chessville.com, 2006, webpage. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel ''La Confession d'un enfant du siècle'' (''The Confession of a Child of the Century''). Biography Musset was born in Paris. His family was upper-class but poor; his father worked in various key government positions, but never gave his son any money. Musset's mother came from similar circumstances, and her role as a society hostess – for example her drawing-room parties, luncheons and dinners held in the Musset residence – left a lasting impression on young Alfred. An early indication of his boyhood talents was his fondness for acting impromptu m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrezia Bori's Costume As The Duchess Of Towers In Peter Ibbetson
Lucrezia or Lucrecia may refer to: *Lucrezia (given name): an Italian name, feminine of the Roman name Lucretius. The etymological origin of the name is debatable, but is thought to come from the Latin ''lucrum'', meaning "profit, wealth". Other sources believe it may be of Etruscan origin, though its original meaning has been lost. People *Lucrezia (singer), Italian singer *Lucrecia (singer), Cuban singer *Lucrezia Aguiari, Italian coloratura soprano *Lucrezia Borgia (1480–1519), the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, who became Pope Alexander VI *Lucrezia Bori, Spanish opera singer *Lucrezia d'Alagno (1430–1479), close acquaintance of Alfonso V of Aragon *Several women named Lucrezia de' Medici *Lucrezia Galletta (1520s - 1580), Italian courtesan and banker *Lucrécia Jardim (born 1971), Portuguese athlete *Lucrecia Kasilag (1917–2008), Filipino composer *Lucrecia Martel (born 1966), Argentinian film director *Lucrezia Millarini, British TV news anchor *Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnie Egener
Minnie Egener (1881–1938) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Biography She made her professional opera debut in 1904 at the Metropolitan Opera as one of the flower maidens in Richard Wagner's ''Parsifal''. In 1906 she moved to Italy and spent the next several years performing in operas with various theaters throughout that nation. In 1910 she performed the role of Alissa in Donizetti's ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' with Luisa Tetrazzini at the Teatro Regio di Parma; she also appeared in small roles at Covent Garden and at the Manhattan Center. Over the next four years she performed in several operas with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company and the Chicago Grand Opera Company. In 1914 she returned to the Metropolitan Opera, where she performed mostly comprimario roles for the next eighteen years. Most notably, Egener performed in the original productions of Frederick Delius's ''A Village Romeo and Juliet'' in 1907, Reginald De Koven's ''The Canterbury Pilgrims'' in 1917, Pucci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Biondo
Santa Biondo (December 3, 1892, San Mauro Castelverde, Sicily – February 15, 1989, Stamford, Connecticut) was an American opera star whose career spanned from 1927 to 1938. Early life and career Santa Biondo was born on December 3, 1892 on Via Serra, San Mauro Castelverde, Sicily."Atti di Nascita", Ufficio dello Stato Civile, San Mauro Castelverde, Palermo. 1892. Record 194. She immigrated to 106 Wallace Street, New Haven, Connecticut with her father Mauro, her mother Giuseppa, her sister Angela, and her brother Mauro Jr. on October 2, 1907 They were received by Santa's older brother, Domenico Biondo, who was already living at Wallace Street at that time.Ellis Island ship passenger manifest for Santa Biondo and family, 1907. Three years later, in 1910, the United States Census shows the family living in New Haven at the same address. The census indicates that Biondo was 18 years old and working in a tailor's shop.United States Population Census, 1910, New Haven, Connecticu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis D'Angelo
Louis D'Angelo (May 6, 1888 – August 9, 1958) was an American bass-baritone of Italian birth who was particularly known for his performances at the Metropolitan Opera during the first half of the 20th century. He created roles in the world premieres of seven operas at the Met, including Marco in Puccini's ''Gianni Schicchi'' in 1917. D'Angelo also sang roles in the United States premieres of thirteen works. In total, he appeared in 1,882 performances at the Met. He sang a broad repertoire of more than 300 roles at the Met ranging from leading roles to comprimario parts. His voice was recorded for several Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, and on several complete opera recordings made by the Met for Naxos Records. Early life and career D'Angelo was born on May 6, 1888, in Naples, Italy. With his family he moved to the United States at the age of three. He was trained in the United States and began his career as a leading baritone with the Century Opera Company in 1914. He mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Rothier
Léon Rothier (December 26, 1874 – December 6, 1951) was a French operatic bass who enjoyed a long association with New York's Metropolitan Opera. Biography Rothier was born in 1874 in Reims, in the Champagne-Ardenne ''région'' of northern France. In this city he began his career as a violinist, but afterwards traveled to the Conservatoire de Paris to study voice. In 1899, he made his singing debut at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, in Charles Gounod's ''Philémon et Baucis''. One year later, he participated in the premiere of Gustave Charpentier's '' Louise''. Rothier left the Opéra-Comique in 1907, and after some short stints with a few smaller French opera companies, moved to the United States, beginning a 30-year association with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. He created the role of Grandfather Tyl in '' L'oiseau bleu'' by Albert Wolff (1919). He was still fulfilling public singing engagements in New York City as late as 1949, at The Town Hall performance spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
