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Xavier Sabata
Xavier Sabata Corominas (born 1976 in Avià, Catalonia) is a Spanish operatic countertenor. Discography *''I Dilettanti'' - cantatas and arias by Emanuele d'Astorga, Giacomo Maccari, Benedetto Marcello, Giovanni Maria Ruggieri. Latinitas nostra, Markellos Chryssikos, Aparté - AP093 *''Handel: Bad Guys'' - Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi, Aparté - AP048 *''The 5 Countertenors'' - singing Porpora: Tu, spietato, non farai cader vittima (from Ifigenia in Aulide) and Handel: Voi che udite il mio lamento (from Agrippina), with Yuriy Minenko, Max Emanuel Cencic, Valer Barna-Sabadus, Vince Yi, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou, Decca - 4788094 *''Amore X Amore, Viaggio in Italia, Handel cantatas'' - Xavier Sabata, Forma Antiqua, Winter and Winter - 9101622 *''Le Jardin des Voix'' - Les Arts Florissants, William Christie *''Cavalli: Miracolo D’amore'' - Love Airs and Duets by Francesco Cavalli. Raquel Andueza (soprano) & Xavier Sabata (countertenor), La Galanía. Anima E Corpo - AEC006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Sabata, XII Premis Gaudí (2020)
Xavier or Xabier may refer to: Place * Xavier, Spain People * Xavier (surname) * Xavier (given name) * Francis Xavier (1506–1552), Catholic saint ** St. Francis Xavier (other) * St. Xavier (other) * Xavier (footballer, born January 1980) (Anderson Conceição Xavier), Brazilian midfielder * Xavier (footballer, born March 1980) (José Xavier Costa), Brazilian left-back * Xavier (footballer, born 2000) (João Vitor Xavier de Almeida), Brazilian midfielder * Xavier (wrestler), American professional wrestler Arts and entertainment * '' Xavier: Renegade Angel'', an animated TV series * Xavier Institute, a fictional school in Marvel comics * Charles Xavier, Professor X, a fictional Marvel Comics character * "Xavier", a song by Casseurs Flowters from the 2015 soundtrack album ''Comment c'est loin'' * "Xavier", a song by Dead Can Dance from the 1987 album ''Within the Realm of a Dying Sun'' Other uses * Xavier University, in Cincinnati, U.S. * Tropical Storm Xavie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Caldara
Antonio Caldara (ca 1670 – 28 December 1736) was an Italian Baroque composer. Life Caldara was born in Venice (exact date unknown), the son of a violinist. He became a chorister at St Mark's in Venice, where he learned several instruments, probably under the instruction of Giovanni Legrenzi. In 1699 he relocated to Mantua, where he became '' maestro di cappella'' to the inept Charles IV, Duke of Mantua, a pensionary of France with a French wife, who took the French side in the War of the Spanish Succession. Caldara removed from Mantua in 1707, after the French were expelled from Italy, then moved on to Barcelona as chamber composer to Charles III, the pretender to the Spanish throne (following the death of Charles II of Spain in 1700 without any direct heir) and who kept a royal court at Barcelona. There, he wrote some operas that are the first Italian operas performed in Spain. He moved on to Rome, becoming ''maestro di cappella'' to Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre De Caen
Théâtre de Caen, 135 bd du Maréchal Leclerc, is the principle theatre and opera house of Caen, opened in 1963. The old theatre The original théâtre de Caen, was built in 1765 by Alexandre Brongniart, on the Rue de l'Ancienne-Comédie. A new theater was built on the bank of the Noë in 1838. This building was destroyed in 1944 during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ....''Bulletin de la Société des antiquaires de Normandie '' 1968 "le premier théâtre de Caen, construit en 1765 par Alexandre Brongniart, rue de l'Ancienne-Comédie (détruit en 1944) " The current building is inaugurated in 1963. References External links * http://theatre.caen.fr Opera houses in France Buildings and structures in Caen Theatres in France {{France- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Didone
''Didone'' is an opera by Francesco Cavalli, set to a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello (later librettist for Claudio Monteverdi). The opera was first performed at Venice's Teatro San Cassiano during 1640. The plot is based on Virgil's ''Aeneid'' (Book 4 in particular), though Busenello, in his second libretto for Cavalli, replaces Dido's tragic suicide of Virgil with a happy ending in which Dido marries Iarbas, King of the Getuli, who saves Dido from herself after Aeneas abandons her. The action is divided into a prologue and 3 acts. Roles Recordings * Live Video recording on DVD - 2006 - Teatro Malibran, Venice - Fabio Biondi, conductor - Orchestra Europa GalanteCast: Claron McFadden, Magnus Staveland, Jordi Domènech, Manuela Custer, Marina De Liso, Donatella Lombardi - Dynamic cat. 33537 See also * Dido and Aeneas References Sources * External linksFree score of La Didonein the International Music Score Library Project The International Music Score Library ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Biondi
Fabio Biondi (born 15 March 1961) is an Italian violinist and conductor. He is a specialist in Baroque and early music. Biography Born in Palermo, Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ..., Biondi had a late start, having never even held a violin till age 11, but by the following year he had advanced so quickly that he played a concerto with the RAI Symphony Orchestra.Cosic, Miriam (17-18 October 1999). "Baroque con brio", ''The Australian, The Weekend Australian'', Review, p. 19 When he was 16, he performed Johann Sebastian Bach's violin concertos at the Musikverein in Vienna. Since then, he has performed with a number of baroque ensembles including La Capella Reial, Musica Antiqua Wien, Seminario Musicale, La Chapelle Royale and Les Musiciens du Louvre. In 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europa Galante
Europa Galante is an Italian period-instrument Baroque orchestra founded by violinist Fabio Biondi in 1990 and directed by him. The ensemble has been invited to play at festivals and in concert halls such as La Scala in Milan, the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Lincoln Center in New York City, the Sydney Opera House, and the Kraków Philharmonic. They have performed with soloists such as Roberta Invernizzi, Vivica Genaux, Ian Bostridge, Sonia Prina, Philippe Jaroussky. Repertoire The orchestra began its career with a recording of Vivaldi's '' The Four Seasons''. Their large repertoire includes Cavalli's operas, Caldara's oratorios, Scarlatti's oratorios and concertos, chamber music, and recently Bellini's '' Norma'', and Donizetti's '' Anna Bolena''. Europa Galante first recorded for the OPUS 111 French label, and after 10 years with V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arminio
''Arminio'' ( HWV 36) is an opera composed by George Frideric Handel. The libretto is based on a libretto of the same name by Antonio Salvi, which had been set to music by Alessandro Scarlatti. It is a fictionalisation of events surrounding the Germanic leader Arminius, who defeated the Romans under Publius Quinctilius Varus at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9, and his wife Thusnelda. The opera was performed for the first time at the Covent Garden Theatre on 12 January 1737. Background The German-born Handel had brought Italian opera to London stages for the first time in 1711 with his opera ''Rinaldo''. An enormous success, ''Rinaldo'' created a craze in London for Italian opera seria, a form focused overwhelmingly on solo arias for the star virtuoso singers. Handel had presented new operas in London for years with great success. One of the major attractions in Handel's operas was the star castrato Senesino whose relationship with the composer was often stormy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators and admirers. He pioneered many developments in orchestration, violin technique and programatic music. He consolidated the emerging concerto form into a widely accepted and followed idiom, which was paramount in the development of Johann Sebastian Bach's instrumental music. Vivaldi composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other musical instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than fifty operas. His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as '' the Four Seasons''. Many of his compositions were written for the all-female music ensemble of the '' Ospedale della Pietà'', a home for abandoned children. Vivaldi had worked as a Catholic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Torri
Pietro Torri (c. 1665 or earlier, in Peschiera del GardaChristoph Hammer"> Pietro Torri, Neue Hofkapelle München, Christoph Hammer (2) – Le Triomphe de la Paixat Discogs website. – 6 July 1737, in Munich) was an Italian Baroque music">Baroque composer. Life From 1684 to 1688, Torri served as the organist and choirmaster of the Margrave of Bayreuth, and later entered into the service of the Elector of Bavaria Maximilian II Emanuel. In 1692 he followed the prince with some gentlemen of the court orchestra to the Spanish Netherlands and later settled with them in Brussels where Torri married the daughter of the ballet master François Rodier. Over the following years he lived in Mons, Namur, Lille, Compiegne, and Valenciennes; where his compositions were performed. In 1715 he returned to Munich, where he occasionally composed cantatas; and an opera annually. In 1726 Maximilian died, and his son Charles Albert succeeded him to the throne of Bavaria. For this occasion, Torri c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenico Sarro
Domenico Natale Sarro, also Sarri (24 December 1679 – 25 January 1744) was an Italian composer. Born in Trani, Apulia, he studied at the Neapolitan conservatory of S. Onofrio. He composed extensively in the early 18th century. His opera ''Didone abbandonata'', premiered on 1 February 1724 at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples, was the first setting of a major libretto by Pietro Metastasio. He is best remembered today as the composer of '' Achille in Sciro'', the opera that was chosen to open the new Teatro di San Carlo in 1737. Of his many intermezzi, 'Dorina e Nibbio' or L'impresario delle Isole Canarie (1724) has had an extensive performance history. With a libretto by Pietro Metastasio (his only comic libretto), it was performed often and imitated internationally (with versions by Albinoni, Gasparini, Leo, Martini and others). In recent years it was performed in the State Theatre of Stuttgart, the Bochum Symphony as well as the Semperoper The Semperoper () is the oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlandini
Orlandini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Giulio Orlandini, Italian painter * Giuseppe Orlandini (1922–20??), Italian film director and screenwriter *Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676–1760), Italian Baroque composer * Leovanna Orlandini (born 1978), Ecuadorian beauty pageant winner *Lia Orlandini (1896–1979), Italian actress *Niccolò Orlandini (1554–1606), Italian Jesuit writer * Pierluigi Orlandini (born 1972), Italian footballer * Raúl Orlandini (1952–2006), Peruvian racing driver *Rodolfo Orlandini (1905–1990), Argentine footballer and manager *Vincenzo Orlandini Vincenzo Orlandini (30 August 1910 – 23 October 1961) was the first Italian to officiate in a FIFA World Cup final match when he ran the line to William Ling in the 1954 World Cup final between Hungary and West Germany. Orlandini had already t ... (1910–1961), Italian football referee {{surname, Orlandini Italian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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