The last of Wagner's early operas and his overall longest opera ever at 4 hours and 40 minutes. There's lots of pomp and circumstance here with choruses and ensembles, processions, and a 39 minute ballet. It was well worth the long time to listen to it all in my opinion. I actually quite like its over-the-top nature. There are many great selections. The overture, the opening scene, the Act I final, the Act II opening, the ballet, the Act II final, Adriano's aria "Gerechter Gott", 1 Likes GavinAmes liked this post ...
Updated Jul-26-2020 at 16:29 by adriesba
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra and BBC Northern Singers Friedrich - Raimund Herincx Luzio - Alexander Young Claudio - Ian Caley Antonio - Neil Jenkins Angelo - William Elvin Isabella - April Cantelo Mariana - Ilse Wolf Brighella - Lawrence Richard Danieli - Leslie Fyson Dorella - Elizabeth Gale Pontio Pilato - David Lennox From the DG Wagner: Complete Operas box. Well, this was rather odd. It's hard 1 Likes GavinAmes liked this post ...
Updated Jul-24-2020 at 00:50 by adriesba
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra and BBC Northern Singers Arindal - John Mitchinson Ada - April Cantelo Lora - Lorna Haywood Morald - Tom McDonnell Gunther - Richard Greager Gernot - Paul Hudson Drolla - Teresa Cahill Zemina - Elizabeth Gale Farzana - Della Jones Harald - Don Garrard Groma - Don Garrard Fairy king - Don Garrard Messenger - Jolyon Dodgson Recording from the DG Wagner: Complete 1 Likes GavinAmes liked this post ...
Updated Jul-22-2020 at 12:25 by adriesba
The Tap Dance Kid. Book by Charles Blackwell; Music by Henry Krieger; Lyrics by Robert Lorick. With Jimmy Tate (Willie); Martine Allard (Emma); Hinton Battle (Dipsey); Samuel E. Wright (William); Gail Nelson (Ginnie); Jackie Lowe (Carole); Alan Weeks (Daddy Bates). Polydor Records, 1984. In 1974, the late, Tennessee-born author Louise Fitzhugh wrote a novel for adolescents called Nobody’s Family Is Going to Change. In 1980, the novel became a thirty-minute film called The Tap 0 Likes ...
Updated Mar-17-2020 at 16:46 by Bellinilover
Any serious fan of Broadway musicals has no doubt heard that the three greatest overtures are those for Gypsy, Funny Girl, and Candide. It is true that these overtures are all uncommonly creative in their blending of melodies from the respective shows’ scores, though I half-suspect the Candide one is “the greatest” mainly because Leonard Bernstein wrote it. De rigeur for Broadway musicals since the 1920’s at least, the overture fell somewhat out of fashion from the 1960’s onward; Charles 0 Likes ...
Updated Oct-12-2019 at 21:40 by Bellinilover
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