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The Dancing Master (opera)
''The Dancing Master'', Op. 34, is a one-act 1952 English-language opera by Malcolm Arnold to a libretto by Joe Mendoza after William Wycherley's 1671 play ''The Gentleman Dancing Master''. Written in 1951-1952 for a BBC commission, it was rejected by the BBC as "too bawdy for family audiences". Composition and performance Joe Mendoza, formerly an assistant with the GPO/Crown Film Unit, had already prepared Wycherly's play as a potential film script for Margaret Lockwood when the commission for Arnold at the BBC came up and returned the libretto to Arnold quickly. Ten years after the BBC's rejection of the opera, a first concert performance was given by Arnold's friends at the Barnes music club at Kitson Hall, Barnes, London, Barnes, 1 March 1962. The first full semi-staged performance was at the 2012 Malcolm Arnold Festival at the Royal and Derngate in Arnold's birthplace Northampton given by the Ealing Symphony Orchestra under John Gibbons paired with Strauss' ''Die Fledermaus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Arnold
Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music for brass band and wind band. His style is tonal and rejoices in lively rhythms, brilliant orchestration, and an unabashed tunefulness. He wrote extensively for the theatre, with five ballets specially commissioned by the Royal Ballet, as well as two operas and a musical. He also produced scores for more than a hundred films, among these ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' (1957), for which he won an Oscar. Early life Malcolm Arnold was born in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, the youngest of five children from a prosperous Northampton family of shoemakers. Although shoemakers, his family was full of musicians; both of his parents were pianists, and his aunt was a violinist. His great great grandfather was the composer William Hawes, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Concert Orchestra
The BBC Concert Orchestra is a British concert orchestra based in London, one of the British Broadcasting Corporation's five radio orchestras. With around fifty players, it is the only one of the five BBC orchestras which is not a full-scale symphony orchestra. The BBC Concert Orchestra is the BBC's most populist ensemble, playing a mixture of classical music, light music and popular numbers. Its primary role is to produce music for radio broadcast, and it is the resident orchestra of the world's longest running live music programme, '' Friday Night is Music Night'' on BBC Radio 2. History The parent ensemble of the orchestra was the BBC Theatre Orchestra, which was formed in 1931 and based in Bedford. The orchestra also did opera work and was occasionally billed as the BBC Opera Orchestra. Stanford Robinson was the principal conductor from 1931 until 1946, but others included Walter Goehr, Spike Hughes, Harold Lowe, Mark Lubbock and Lionel Salter. In August 1949, the ensemble w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Operas
Year 195 (Roman numerals, CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V of Parthia, Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia (Roman province), Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operas
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librettist and incorporates a number of the performing arts, such as acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble, which since the early 19th century has been led by a conductor. Although musical theatre is closely related to opera, the two are considered to be distinct from one another. Opera is a key part of the Western classical music tradition. Originally understood as an entirely sung piece, in contrast to a play with songs, opera has come to include numerous genres, including some that include spoken dialogue such as ''Singspiel'' and ''Opéra comique''. In traditional number opera, singers employ two styles of singing: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compositions By Malcolm Arnold
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The Critic
''The Critic'' was an American primetime adult animated sitcom revolving around the life of New York film critic Jay Sherman, voiced by Jon Lovitz. It was created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and showrunners on seasons 3 and 4 of ''The Simpsons''. ''The Critic'' had 23 episodes produced, first broadcast on ABC in 1994, and finishing its original run on Fox in 1995. Episodes featured film parodies with notable examples including a musical version of ''Apocalypse Now''; '' Howard Stern's End'' (''Howards End''); ''Honey, I Ate the Kids'' (''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids/ The Silence of the Lambs''); ''The Cockroach King'' (''The Lion King''); ''Abe Lincoln: Pet Detective'' ('' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective''); and ''Scent of a Jackass'' and ''Scent of a Wolfman'' ('' Scent of a Woman'').. The show often referenced popular films such as ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' and ''The Godfather'', and routinely lampooned actor Marlon Bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Andrews (conductor)
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Fiona Kimm
Fiona Kimm is a British mezzo-soprano known for a wide-ranging operatic and concert repertoire. Education and early career She studied at the Royal College of Music with Meriel St Clair, and at the National Opera Studio in its inaugural year. She made her operatic debut as Irene in ''"Tamerlano"'' for Musica Nel Chiostro at the Riverside Studios. Her Glyndebourne debut in 1978 was as 3rd Lady in'' Die Zauberflöte'' (in Southern Television's broadcast) and she was given the John Christie Award that year. She joined English National Opera North in 1979, making her debut as Hansel. She appeared with ENO as Fyodor in'' Boris Godunov'' in 1980, a role she repeated with the Royal Opera House in 1983. Operatic roles UK For Glyndebourne Festival and Touring Companies, she has sung 3rd Lady (debut), Celia ''(La Fedeltà Premiata)'', Sméraldine ''(L'Amour des Trois Oranges),'' Maman/Chatte ''(L'Enfant et les Sortilèges)'', Baba the Turk ''(The Rake's Progress)'', Sesto ''(La Clemenza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wycherley
William Wycherley (baptised 8 April 16411 January 1716) was an England, English dramatist of the English Restoration, Restoration period, best known for the plays ''The Country Wife'' and ''The Plain Dealer (play), The Plain Dealer''. Early life Wycherley was born at Clive, Shropshire, Clive near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, although his birthplace has been said to be Trench Farm to the north near Wem later the birthplace of another writer, John Ireland (writer), John Ireland, who was said to have been adopted by Wycherley's widow following the death of Ireland's parents. He was baptised on 8 April 1641 at Whitchurch, Hampshire, son of Daniel Wycherley (1617–1697) and his wife Bethia, daughter of William Shrimpton. His family was settled on a moderate estate of about £600 a year and his father was in the business service of the Marquess of Winchester. Wycherley lived during much of his childhood at Trench Farm, one his paternal family's properties, then spent some three years of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Lyon
Ed Lyon is a British tenor. Though known primarily for singing in baroque operas and oratorios, Lyon has also sung roles in operas by composers from Mozart and Haydn to Stravinsky and Britten. Early life and education Lyon comes from Yorkshire and attended Harrow School. He then studied history of art at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was a choral scholar, before training as a singer at the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio. Career Within the United Kingdom, Ed Lyon has appeared for five of the country's six main opera companies. His roles on the main stage of the Royal Opera House include Lysander in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', Pane in '' La Calisto'', Hylas in ''Les Troyens'' and dancing master in '' Ariadne auf Naxos''. For Opera North, Lyon has sung Tamino in '' Die Zauberflöte'', whilst appearances for Glyndebourne include Hippolyte in Rameau's ''Hippolyte et Aricie'' as well as various roles in Purcell's '' The Fairy-Queen''. Lyon has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buxton Opera House
Buxton Opera House is in The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It is a 902-seat opera house that hosts the annual Buxton Festival and the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, among others, as well as pantomime at Christmas, musical theatre, musicals and other entertainments year-round. Hosting live performances until 1927, the theatre then was used mostly as a cinema until 1976. In 1979, it was refurbished and reopened as a venue for live performance. History: First 75 years The Buxton Opera House was built in 1903 and designed by Frank Matcham, who designed the London Palladium, the London Coliseum and many other theatres throughout the UK. The first production at the theatre was ''Mrs Willoughby’s Kiss''."10 things you didn’t know about Buxton Opera House" ExploreBuxton.c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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