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A Story of Three Loves: Ian Judge on Simon Boccanegra
Mansel Stimpson talks to the versatile director now at Covent Garden for his production of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra… On the day that I interviewed Ian Judge I attended one of...
Preview: Cathcart Spring Proms – 15 May 2008
The thirteenth concert of the Cathcart Spring Proms takes place at the Royal Albert Hall, London. It is an annual event that commemorates the man who help found what we...
Kathleen Ferrier Award 2008 – Final
Derek Welton (baritone) & Anne Larlee (piano) Handel Alexander’s Feast – Revenge! Timotheus cries Mozart Le nozze di Figaro – Non più andrai Vaughan Williams The House of Life –...
Kathleen Ferrier Award 2008 – Semi-Final
The Contestants: Stephanie Corley, Elizabeth Donovan, Rhona McKail, Eliana Pretorian, Kirstin Sharpin, Ida Falk Winland (sopranos); Charlotte Tetley (mezzo-soprano); Ben Johnson, Adrian Ward (tenors); Alexander Robin Baker, Derek Welton (baritones)...
Jerry Herman’s Broadway
We’ve had “Side by side by Sondheim” and now it’s time for a compilation of the theatre songs of Jerry Herman. At the London Palladium on Sunday 4 May Jerry...
Ronald Stevenson at 80 – Music by Stevenson and Composers Who have Inspired his Art (2)
13 April 2008 St John's, Smith Square, London The third day of this festival 'all around Ronald Stevenson' got off to an unexpected start when the morning's organ recital was...
7th Handel Singing Competition
Handel Samson – Let the bright seraphim Rodelinda – Ritorna, oh caro Alcina – Tornami a vagheggiar Erica Eloff (soprano) Saul – Sing not, O Saul Tamerlano – O sempre...
Ronald Stevenson at 80 – Music by Stevenson and Composers Who have Inspired his Art (1)
11 & 12 April 2008 St John's, Smith Square, London The Scottish composer, pianist, teacher and pedagogue Ronald Stevenson celebrated his 80th-birthday on 6 March, and to mark the event...
In at the Birth: Stephen Langridge and The Minotaur
Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s new opera has its world premiere at Covent Garden on 15 April. Its director, Stephen Langridge, talks to Mansel Stimpson… Ask Stephen Langridge about his early life...
Obituary – Giuseppe Di Stefano
Was it Giuseppe Di Stefano’s spontaneity and involvement in what he was singing which attracted so many collectors to his recordings? If one listens to his early 78s, one hears...
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