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« Reply #4380 on: 01:04:50, 12-04-2008 » |
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« Reply #4381 on: 17:37:40, 12-04-2008 » |
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Evening all,
Edward German
Camille Saint-Saëns
Gaetano Donizetti
Arthur Sullivan
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Don Basilio
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« Reply #4382 on: 18:56:58, 12-04-2008 » |
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Henry VIII?
Sullivan's Orpheus with his lute is from Shakespeare's play.
Saint Saens wrote an opera of that name.
He is a character in Donizetti's Anna Bolena.
Possibly German wrote incidental music to the play??
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance
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« Reply #4383 on: 19:50:02, 12-04-2008 » |
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Henry VIII?
Sullivan's Orpheus with his lute is from Shakespeare's play.
Saint Saens wrote an opera of that name.
He is a character in Donizetti's Anna Bolena.
Possibly German wrote incidental music to the play??
Don B That looks very promising. German did indeed write a Henry VIII in 1892. |
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« Reply #4384 on: 22:48:59, 12-04-2008 » |
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 Well spotted, Don! Our 'Enry was indeed the link, appearing in two operas, Saint-Saëns' Henry VIII and Donizetti's Anna Bolena (which I haven't got around to listening to this evening) and is the subject of incidental music by German and Sullivan. Has anyone heard the Saint-Saëns - a real rarity? |
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« Reply #4385 on: 13:54:28, 13-04-2008 » |
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Gosh, I never thought I would get one of your teasers in full with no prior contributions. I seriously wonder if you put it in just for my birthday. Better than a burst balloon. If so thank you very much. (Sullivan, Donizetti... it sounds as if it may have been angled my way. I'm not a great Donizetti buff in fact. I might get a new one for my birthday, Roberto Devereux possibly.)
I'm also tempted between From the House of the Dead full price with Mackerras, and for fifteen quid with Neumann, but not the intended ending. Any advice?
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« Reply #4386 on: 14:07:04, 13-04-2008 » |
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I don't know the Neumann, Don B, but as far as the Mackerras is concerned, rather than pay full price, currently £25.99. on Amazon, for less than £1 more, you can pick up this which also gets you The Cunning Little Vixen, Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová and Věc Makropulos too, plus Taras Bulba and the Sinfonietta. The only downside - no libretti. I haven't seen it yet, but I suspect those who have would also be recommending the recently issued DVD of From the House of the Dead, conducted by Boulez. |
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« Reply #4387 on: 14:12:00, 13-04-2008 » |
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I haven't heard the Neumann, but the Mackerras is a very intense experience indeed, the sound of the VPO could scarcely be bettered in my opinion, and it may be full price but there are some valuable shorter pieces as "fillers". Or there's the big box as recommended by Il Grande, which is stuffed to the brim with beautiful and startling music.
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« Reply #4388 on: 14:39:55, 13-04-2008 » |
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As I already have the other three mature operas and the Sinfonietta I might splash out on a full price. And it seems to me that with Janacek of all opera composers, I need to know what the words are in English. Any rate I am still just young enough for mum to have sent me a cheque, (she was pretty well in intensive care last year, and who knows where she will be next year) so that might be it. I will want something a bit more bouncy. Simon Boccanegra, for example.
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« Reply #4389 on: 14:54:15, 13-04-2008 » |
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I will want something a bit more bouncy. Simon Boccanegra, for example.
Bouncy? Boccanegra?! Gosh, I've never thought of it in those terms before, Don B. I think of all Verdi's operas, the 'tinta' of Simon Boccanegra, especially that Prologue, is the darkest and most brooding. Anyway, another connection...link this unlikely quartet: Henze Rossini Vivaldi Parry |
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« Reply #4390 on: 16:23:48, 13-04-2008 » |
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I haven't seen it yet, but I suspect those who have would also be recommending the recently issued DVD of From the House of the Dead, conducted by Boulez.
 And VERY envious of opilec for seeing the actual production. |
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« Reply #4391 on: 16:52:41, 13-04-2008 » |
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I haven't seen it yet, but I suspect those who have would also be recommending the recently issued DVD of From the House of the Dead, conducted by Boulez.
And VERY envious of opilec for seeing the actual production. Absolutely. Still, at least there's an all-Janáček Prom from Boulez that more of us will be capable of attending...  |
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« Reply #4392 on: 19:04:04, 13-04-2008 » |
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I was IN AVIGNON when it was starting up in Aix-en-Provence. And Sasha even went to the dress rehearsal. If only she'd known I was a Janáček fan I could have gone too...  |
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« Reply #4393 on: 08:39:58, 14-04-2008 » |
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Looks like an extra clue may be needed here:
Henze
Rossini
Vivaldi
Parry
Handel
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« Reply #4394 on: 09:28:49, 14-04-2008 » |
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IGI, anymore clues. It looks like a toughie here, chap!!
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