| 单词 | aria |
| 例句 | Of course this aria would be written by someone with this name, the very utterance of which slays me—the trilled rr and knife-blade-between-the-teeth ss in his name. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He would put on his best clothes, shave, and play his favorite opera arias on the gramophone. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If, for Italians, the supreme expression of their love of music was the emotionally charged operatic aria, for Russians it was dance. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It may well be imagined what emotions passed through my breast when I saw Dr. Trefusis’s goal: the comely girl who sang such exquisite arias. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z M aria Isabel travels up the length of Mexico on buses. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She must continue singing until she reached the difficult trill at the end of the aria, in order to show off the range and power of her voice. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “Oh, sometimes he reads them poetry. Or he starts talking to them in French. Or singing an aria from an opera. Mr. Brewer has quite a good voice.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Protection . . .’” Across the street Mrs. Bidzikian sings the climactic three notes of the “Queen of the Night” aria from The Magic Flute. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She sang an aria from Verdi’s opera Don Carlo along with four spirituals. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z In each case, the dreaded clicker sounded after a minute or two, before the contestant had reached the middle of the aria. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z She ignored the warnings of a priest of her people who begged her to return to her gods; and she sang an aria of love for the Spaniard to the accompaniment of the flute. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Mozart’s ‘Queen of the Night’ aria,” I finish. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She said she would, one song, one aria for her darling son — which reply made the men in the sitting-room murmur, “Ah! Music!” and clap. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I may have to suffer through these lessons before I can go off and practice my arias, but I never get tired of being with him. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Indeed, against the backdrop of scientific endeavour and machine-like precision there was a very human emotion that enriched every note of Handel’s solo arias in opera and oratorio: compassion. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The women I knew back in New York grumbled from down low in the gut, in messy plaints, everything spoken in 2 A.M. arias. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Maria before a rapt audience in Berlin, performing her signature aria from Turandot. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After Stanchion introduced her, she sang an aria in a voice so clear and pure that I forgot my anxiety for a while and was ensnared by her song. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Marian, tall, slim, and elegant, with her assured stage presence, sang ten songs in German, an aria in Italian, and several spirituals in English. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The wordless song had the power of an operatic aria mingled with the sweetness of a lullaby. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She was allowed to sing the complete aria. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z During one ten-month period she gave 123 concerts in fifteen different countries, performing a repertoire that included over two hundred songs and arias in German, Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, and other languages. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I just have to find some way to make it as entertaining as a cello solo, an operatic aria, or a magic trick. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z As she waited for her turn, at least six contestants before her launched into “O mio Fernando,” the same aria she was to sing. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Everybody at Fullbrook seemed like a genius to me, already worldly, already honing their special skill, building robots, singing arias, starting their own tech company. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A symphony of grinding, a chorus of popping, an aria of exploding, and finally, the sad clapping of hard metal cutting into soft trees. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel like if I could work on an aria, I could shed some of this nervous energy building up alongside my gnawing hunger. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They sing arias, recitatives, choruses supported by an orchestra. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z After the folk songs came a group of operatic arias. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In the best histrionic village style, Sourmelina unleashed soaring arias in which she lamented the death of her husband and castigated him for dying. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Finally, it was time to record the aria — or at least the first half or so, since each cylinder can hold only a little more than two minutes of music. Romancing the Horn: Opera Stars Record Like It’s 1900 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Beethoven’s Second and Eighth framed “Sermon,” a suite of arias and spoken texts about race and struggle organized and performed by the young bass-baritone Davóne Tines. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Is New York’s Conductor Now 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z The result, “The Factotum” — its title recalls the famous Rossini aria “Largo al factotum” — opens Feb. 3 at Lyric Opera of Chicago. In Chicago, ‘Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera’ 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Cue dancing animals and crystalline arias, intercut with projected titles for each scene, as though this were a silent movie. Orpheus - review 2013-04-21T16:24:00Z When they reunite there, she explains why she was helping him to begin with, in the opera’s finest aria, which begins with the line “My daddy wore a cap like yours.” At the Spoleto Festival, Opera Is an Act of Liberation 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z From his demanding opening aria, “Celeste Aida,” Mr. Tanner left no doubt about his prowess, singing with a firm, generously sized voice and producing clarion top notes. Music Review: ‘Aida’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-25T23:03:14Z Even the musical choices, which included operatic arias, were overly emphatic. Life, death, rebirth in Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s ‘Rice’ 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Rice will accompany the orchestra for Mozart's Piano Concerto in D minor, before joining Franklin to perform classic soul anthems and a selection of arias. Aretha Franklin to perform with Condoleezza Rice 2010-07-01T09:14:00Z It is too long, too unfocused and perhaps too democratic, with nearly every character receiving his or her spoken-word aria. Review: ‘Party People,’ a Nostalgic Look at 1960s Radicalism 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z It had an unsteady start and could have been slower, yet once it found its footing, the aria was serene, balanced and — regardless of your faith or the time of year — profoundly moving. Review: The Philharmonic’s ‘Passion’ Is a Surprising Achievement 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The event featured the 13 finalists who each performed an aria accompanied by orchestra. Operalia 2014 winners include Mario Chang, Rachel Willis-Sørensen 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Still, period style doesn’t mean stilted: Some of the singing in the more fiery arias was positively gutsy. Around New York, Different Ways of Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z When he sang the aria in the recording studio, he recalled, “it felt like a kind of privileged catharsis.” Exit Arias: What Opera Can Teach Us About Dying 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z It is impossible to take nine singers, each performing two arias, and project anything accurately. Music Review: Metropolitan Opera Auditions Select Five Singers 2012-03-19T21:51:55Z Mr. Gerhaher then returned for more arias, again commanding the stage and winning big ovations. Review: Mozart, a Little Bit Symphony, a Little Bit Opera 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z But in arias like “Rejoice, Greatly, O Daughter of Zion,” she dispatched passagework crisply and sounded joyful. Review: Jane Glover Conducts the New York Philharmonic in ‘Messiah’ 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z This is an aria that needs more than a big-haired Texan soprano spinning some tone for an expanse of quite a bit of an hour. Meet the People Who Can’t Bring You ‘Messiah’ This Year 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Truncating sublime arias and ensemble numbers is a loss, but it’s smoothly done here. Review: Fresh Talent Fuels ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z He sang his Handel aria with such inspiration and poise that a Met coach asked him to write out the ornaments of improvisation he’d added. Sing for Your Life 2011-05-20T16:00:31Z As well as being a fantastically boring film, with Team-America-style performances from Sean Penn and Naomi Watts, is a deafening aria of self-pity and self-importance from the liberal overclass in Washington and Hollywood. Fair Game ? review 2011-03-10T15:00:00Z She closes the opera with Adams’ most ethereal aria, finding promise of a wonderful California sky that cannot be darkened by the terrible deeds that happen under it. Where to look for treasure in California's new gold rush? Try John Adams' new opera 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z His voice was captured on numerous recordings, including one of every major Verdi operatic aria, which was made in 1976. Operatic tenor Bergonzi dies aged 90 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z From both Handel and Bach, Tippett adopted a template of narrative recitative, contemplative arias, descriptive choruses and — specific to Bach’s Passions — familiar chorales. Into The Music: Michael Tippett?s ?Child of Our Time? Fits With Winter 2012-01-29T04:39:18Z The start of a smoldering aria, these words may be the most poetic and poignant in Anthony Davis’s opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.” Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z As Mr. Hampson worked through an Act IV aria in rehearsal, he told Mr. Wainwright, approvingly, “You give room for the sound of the voice.” Rufus Wainwright’s First Opera Was ‘a Nightmare.’ He’s Trying Again. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The idea of commissioning Mr. Hillborg arose in Sweden during the summer of 2008, when Ms. Fleming performed a program of opera arias with Mr. Gilbert and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Music Review: Renée Fleming’s Perspectives Residency at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-28T20:58:38Z The program also includes Ligeti’s “Mysteries of the Macabre,” an excerpt of arias for coloratura soprano from his absurdist opera “Le Grand Macabre.” The Week Ahead: Dec. 19 ? 25 2010-12-16T15:14:51Z "I defy anyone to sing his Epiphany without thinking that is a very difficult aria to perform," he told reporters on Tuesday. Thompson 'wept' over stage return 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Cabell was charming in Act 1 and both delicate and vibrant in the famous third-act aria. Second time's the charm for 'Carmen' at Lyric 2011-03-13T23:19:23Z “So you get all the heightened Shakespearean arias from some of the characters and then you get that low side.” ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Is TV’s Latest Big Fantasy Prequel 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Declamatory passages — they aren’t quite arias — alternate with choruses, as the orchestra chimes along sympathetically. Music Review: In a Tale of Deliverance, It?s Moses to the Rescue 2011-04-22T22:56:01Z Ms. Fleming, in a Playbill interview, calls “Rodelinda” “a Handel opera with 30 arias and no ensembles.” Music Review: Ren?e Fleming Returns in ?Rodelinda? Opera - Review 2011-11-15T22:51:34Z Eric Crozier is here and doing his stuff without jibbing, and I seem able to turn honest English prose with duetinnos or arias when required to do so. A meeting of minds on the high seas 2010-05-06T22:30:00Z As the King, the tenor Thomas Michael Allen sang tepidly in his Act II aria, alone and anxious in the forest. Music Review: Opera Lafayette?s ?Le Roi et le Fermier? at Rose Theater 2012-01-29T22:48:45Z The aria ends with a soaring cry of “vincerò,” or “I will win.” Luciano Pavarotti’s Family Wants Him Off Donald Trump’s Soundtrack 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Music and text are almost always honored, though various cuts, sometimes including whole arias, have become standard with many staples. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z The four major roles in “Il Trovatore” are arduous and demanding, with familiar arias that provide a real proving ground for singers. Seattle Opera rises to the challenges of ‘Il Trovatore’ with two terrific casts 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z At the old Mamma Melina, which flourished for two decades on Roosevelt, Mamma worked the floor and Papa sometimes entertained the guests with arias. Sleek new Mamma Melina appeals to contemporary tastes 2010-08-26T20:05:00Z If Mr. Hammer’s biography builds to a sustained aria, this occurs during his description of Merrill’s longtime obsession with his homemade Ouija board, upon which he communed with spirits, including those of famous dead poets. Review: ‘James Merrill: Life and Art,’ a Literary Biography 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Or, being a little more specific, a favorite aria in an opera, or movement in a symphony, or song in a song cycle. ArtsBeat: Musical Moments: What Moves Us? 2012-11-16T16:00:23Z Since the machine has no meter to check levels, Mr. Beczala tried out the opening of the aria twice, the second time moving closer to the machine. Romancing the Horn: Opera Stars Record Like It’s 1900 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z There were a few hiccups in the Sunday show, but Karin Mushegain — an excellent singing actress — sailed through the title role with an assured performance of her florid arias. A fast and funny ‘Cinderella’ at Seattle Opera | Review 2013-01-14T07:10:25Z Thais' Act 2 aria from the Massenet opera of the same name was a nice souvenir of the role she sang here in 2002-03. A diva with many hats, Fleming delights fans 2010-12-14T16:19:34Z Sopranos, on the other hand, were as difficult as they are now, and Handel once threatened to throw Mme Cuzzoni out of a window if she continued to refuse to sing an aria from Ottone. Handel and me 2012-11-30T22:55:12Z He was especially impressive in that first cantata, where he added power to power in the aria “Great lord, O mighty king,” supplying vivid ornamentation and giving full weight to the rhetorical grandeur. Music Review: Christmas Oratorio at St. Paul’s Chapel 2013-01-06T22:28:27Z It might be stacking the desk against any singer to have this flood of tone in her listener’s ears, but here’s the great Marilyn Horne, singing the stirring aria “O mon Fernand” from the opera. Classical Music This Week: Bagatelles, ‘La Favorite’ and Kirsten Flagstad 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z As Philip he conveyed the anguish of the conflicted king in the great Act IV aria. ArtsBeat: A South Korean Tenor Makes His Mark at the Met, With La Scala Next 2010-12-20T18:21:37Z Still, it was also wonderful to hear her wring every bit of meaning, in the most artfully understated way, from the French words in arias from Delibes’s “Lakmé” and Massenet’s “Manon.” Music Review: Spending the Afternoon With a Femme Fatale 2011-05-16T21:51:57Z Club is throwing some arias into the mix with its 7th Annual Laser Opera Show. Opera goes laser at Pacific Science Center 2011-12-06T07:31:55Z The Serbian baritone Zeljko Lucic, currently appearing at the Metropolitan Opera in an acclaimed revival of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” joined his countrymen on this night for two Verdi arias. Belgrade Philharmonic Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z But some of the music is startlingly good, especially the opening aria for the Crusaders' leader Goffredo. Armida 2010-06-08T21:01:00Z It will replace a Vivaldi aria that Joyce DiDonato sang when she created the role. The Metropolitan Opera Revives ‘The Enchanted Island’ 2014-02-24T23:05:14Z An operatic aria of sleaze and slaughter, “Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich” reboots the deadly-doll franchise that began in 1989 with the campy “Puppet Master.” Review: ‘Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich’ Releases Murderous Nazi Dolls 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z He also included more songs, arias, choruses and dances, placing them within an ingenious overall musico-dramatic structure. What to Look Forward to in the Fall Classical Music Season 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z And if you think it’s impossible for a tenor to cap phrases of a dreamy aria with melting, pianissimo high notes, report to the Met to hear Mr. Polenzani demonstrate how this is done superlatively. Review: A Precious Harvest in ‘The Pearl Fishers’ at the Met 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Ms. Greenleaf was a predictably fine soloist in a Bach aria and in one of the motets. Music Review: An Exploration of the World That Made Bach and That Bach Remade 2011-05-17T21:41:23Z Power aplenty came through in Beethoven’s concert aria, “Ah! Perfido,” a strength that hid a beguiling fragility when shouts of vengeance turned to inward grief. Review: Heidi Melton Debuts With a Daunting Recital Program 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Once you’re past the technical part of it, it’s very easy to find the playfulness in this aria. Meet the People Who Can’t Bring You ‘Messiah’ This Year 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z It is in the classic high Italian style of Fellini's La Dolce Vita and Antonioni's La Notte: an aria of romantic ennui among those classes with the sophistication and leisure to appreciate it. Cannes 2013: The Great Beauty - first look review 2013-05-21T07:10:06Z If the program was a grab bag of arias, duets and scenes, 20 in all, there were some exciting performances. Music Review: Richard Tucker Gala and Award at Lincoln Center 2012-11-12T22:56:42Z It comes at the start of the tenor aria that closes the first act of this grand biblical oratorio from 2012, modeled on the Bach Passions. Review: John Adams’s ‘Gospel’ Displays an Orchestral Wizard’s Tuneful Ear 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Long stretches of recitative, especially agitated dramatic passages accompanied by the full orchestra, slip subtly into more lyrical arioso, then segue almost unnoticed into an impassioned aria. Who Needs Sets or Fancy Costumes for These Mozart Operas? 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z After an anguished aria of despair, a highlight of the score, Aleko kills the young lovers and is banished from the camp. Review: Signs of Rebirth at New York City Opera 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z "Un bel di," the aria in which she rapturously imagines the return of her beloved, was a touch too restrained. Soprano Martinez tries out "Butterfly" wings 2010-10-23T18:16:00Z All of it topped off with scheming, cynical pols declaiming lengthy arias detailing their scheming cynical plots. Vacation Robo-Post: The 2011 Cincy Awards 2011-12-27T13:58:58Z Of the soloists, Sara Jean Ford brought a thin, pinched tone to the soprano arias, but Ryan MacPherson, the tenor, illuminated his solo contributions with a rich, warm tone and thoughtful phrasing. Music Review: Distinguished Concerts International New York in ?Messiah? 2011-11-28T23:12:37Z And she won your heart during Anna’s reflective scenes and arias, sung with warmth, full penetrating sound and tenderness, especially the final aria, when Anna remembers her beloved mother. Music Review: A Rossini Masterwork Ahead of Its Time 2012-07-30T22:09:48Z He even wrote some arias, and the librettos for two operas, “Silla” and “Montezuma.” Berlin’s State Opera Has Served Kings, Presidents and Dictators. Now What? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z But Depp used the success of the Pirates franchise as an endorsement of a tic—his “aria of weirdness” that requires him to hide behind characters rather than disappear into them. 5 Directors Who Could Help Johnny Depp Recover From 'Mortdecai' 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Musical note when struck: E Hammer weight: 200kg Chimes: The Westminster chimes, played on four "quarter bells" are set to the tune of Handel's aria I Know That My Redeemer Liveth. Big Ben chimes for 2012 Festival 2012-07-24T10:41:14Z She is very affecting in the plaintive aria where Simon's daughter laments no longer having "a father of flesh and blood." COT's dazzling 'robot opera' poses provocative new questions 2011-04-03T18:39:00Z Instead, a soprano sings a wordless aria in three movements that lasts about 10 minutes and ends with a scream. Review: NYCO mixes familiar with far-out 2011-03-28T16:46:04Z Haydn distributes his arias even-handedly among his protagonists, giving everyone the potential to shine, but permitting no one to dominate. L'Isola Disabitata ? review 2010-10-27T22:29:00Z In between were two arias and a concerto. Aurora Orchestra/Collon ? review 2011-01-09T22:30:01Z In a few arias with undulant accompaniment patterns he needed a phrase or two to find the groove and get with his singers. Opera Review: A Winning, Cautious, ?Don Carlo? at the Met 2010-11-23T12:39:00Z Tolputt's staging has a superfluous trio of circus performers; and as well as playing characters in the narrative, the six singers of the Armonico Consort illustrate it with arias and madrigals. Monteverdi's Flying Circus 2010-09-28T21:00:00Z Carell gives the big performance — in startle quotient, not in sweeping gestures or fuming arias, which he avoids. Sports at Cannes: Wrestling with Foxcatcher, Scoring With Red Army 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z But it was in those final few lines that I realized what the aria was doing there in the first place: Perspective | A song doesn’t have to scream U!S!A! to be patriotic. Just ask the NFL. 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Sticking with that strategy he is now releasing an album of arias from the Italian melodramas that startled with their raw emotions and violence when they were new, around 1900. Verismo Arias 2011-04-10T02:00:17Z Both the countertenor, Jay Carter, and the bass, Dominik Wörner, overloaded their initial arias with ornamentation, then pretty much lost interest in later ones. Cobbling Together a Christmas Music Marathon 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z "It's Episode 9 — about two-thirds of the way through the story. Vireo gets thrown in jail and she sings this incredible aria. It's the soul of the opera." How 'Arrested Development' and a Santa Ana residency led composer Lisa Bielawa to make an online opera 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Valentina is breathily squealing snippets of an aria her grandmother — who used to be an opera singer — taught her that morning. T Magazine: The Real Housewife of Paris 2011-02-25T21:00:47Z I took the wrong turning in the aria . Sir Colin Davis remembered: 'He worked little miracles' 2013-04-15T18:13:39Z The waiting, the passion and the desire that are so central to Puccini’s opera remain, as do the musical’s greatest hits, arias, duets and all. Review | A ‘Butterfly’ without the stereotypes takes flight at In Series 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z “Le Villi,” though, fascinated nonstop, from the scintillating introduction to the soprano’s opening love song, through the obsessively self-lacerating aria for the sinful tenor. For Many, Opera and Puccini Are One (Trump’s Campaign Knows the Appeal) 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z “A Night at the Opera” will begin with popular arias and classical art songs; these will be followed by hymns and spirituals, as well as works by Langston Hughes. Northwest African American Museum and Seattle Opera team up for drive-in concert film celebrating Black voices 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The tenor showcases his vocal brilliance in a heart-wrenching aria in which the king declares his love. Vocal acrobatics of "La Donna del Lago" an "Olympic" challenge 2013-05-18T15:11:39Z And they exaggerate it to highly entertaining effect, in their arias and overlapping duets of lamentation and accusation. Review: In an Energized ‘Iceman,’ the Drinks are on Denzel 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z But that difficult aria was a well-calibrated balance of quiet hurt and flashes of anger. Review: In the Met Opera’s ‘Medea,’ a Soprano Stands Alone 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z As the aria built, Ms. Netrebko matched the music with vocal ferocity. Review: Anna Netrebko Rings in the Year With a Met Gala 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z The latter will sing, among other arias, Over the Rainbow – according to Roger Wright, the director of the Proms, "the most authentic performance you'll ever hear, since Joyce is actually from Kansas". Last night of Proms 2013 to be conducted by a woman 2013-04-18T13:09:00Z "Ms Rice is a consummate classical pianist and since I sing the arias, I thought we could do something," Franklin said. Aretha Franklin to perform with Condoleezza Rice 2010-07-01T09:14:00Z On Saturday, he tended to overwhelm his arias with finicky changes in dynamics. Review: A Lifeless Revival of ‘Don Giovanni’ at the Met 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z He turned to me and asked if he looked scared during his aria. Sing for Your Life 2011-05-20T16:00:31Z For having the nerve to place such an aria so early in his play, and for writing in verse which can flow and caper and get laughs pinging off the rhymes. La B?te; One-on-One festival; You Me Bum Bum Train 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z One night, as she began her aria, the horse was moved to bray along in bold duet. Thomas H. Connell III, Longtime Met Stage Manager, Dies at 67 2010-04-28T03:34:00Z Alone in her room, in the famous aria “Porgi, amor,” she mourns the loss of her husband’s love and yearns to have it back. Critic?s Notebook: How Opera Challenges Translators 2010-12-24T21:45:45Z This won't tell you about Handel's aria form or Verdi's orchestrational technique but it will provide you with the best-ever context for the way both those composers' music was received in their own time. Howard Goodall's top 10 music books 2013-02-06T13:47:13Z Her family said she was still teaching until three weeks before her death Wednesday, and the final piece of music she listened to was the last soprano aria of Handel's "Messiah." Pioneering soprano Helen Boatwright dies at 94 2010-12-02T21:07:00Z “The Governesses” is not a treatise but an aria, and one delivered with perfect pitch: a minor work, defiantly so, but the product of a significant talent. ‘The Governesses’ Offers Subtle Lessons in Shame, Constraint and Lust 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z And when they join in with a sorrowful Iphigenia, intoning a lovely aria about the “eddies and whirls” of transitory life, they are everything a chorus — in the most classic and transcendent sense — should be. Review: A Modern Makeover for ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’ 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z No music is specifically assigned to characters but rather implies them in narrative recitatives and highly characterful arias, with the choruses commenting on the action. L.A. Master Chorale's 'Alexander's Feast' is a treat for the ears and eyes 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z In songs and arias by Dowland, Handel, Purcell, Monteverdi, Pergolesi and Bach, Ms. de Niese’s voice is sweet but brittle, her interpretations game but low impact. Classical Recordings : Danielle de Niese?s ?Beauty of the Baroque? ? Review 2011-12-22T15:23:48Z Poised and passionate through all Mozart’s unforgiving writing for Don Ottavio, the tenor Ben Bliss added assertive ornaments in the repeated sections of his arias. Review: At the Met, a New ‘Don Giovanni’ Has a Stark Vitality 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Dusky horns flow from a Weber aria into the “Unfinished” Symphony’s Andante. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z She embodies the plight of the anguished young hero with moving restraint, and in her two arias she produces luminous sounds that seem to linger suspended in the air like shining pearls. Lustrous cast in Mozart's 'Tito' at Met 2012-11-18T14:03:11Z Mr. Phan was an altogether impressive presence, singing with clear, strong, expansive tone in arias that are not exactly the heart of the piece and therefore need strong advocacy. St. Thomas Choir Performs Handel’s 'Messiah' 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z But a single aria cannot inflame a listless evening. A ‘Don Giovanni’ in Salzburg, Heavy on the Shallow 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z “Her part had no arias, but her bright, sure voice led sweetly and gracefully a series of swiftly paced quartets, quintets and sextets,” Time magazine recounted. Mattiwilda Dobbs, pathbreaking operatic soprano, dies at 90 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z She sings the aria—in which a woman begs her father for romantic freedom—with graceful phrasing, a controlled, slow vibrato, and a tone that resonates impersonally, like a bell. Jackie Evancho and the Politics of Childhood 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z There are three arias in Act III that are restored, and a pretty sizable cut in Act I. Cuts, Big and Small, Transform Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Netrebko sang an elegantly sad aria with lustrous warmth, aching vulnerability and floating high notes. The Metropolitan Opera Performs Donizetti?s ?Anna Bolena? 2011-09-27T12:51:23Z Ms. Fleming said that she had programmed both the Catalani and Puccini arias in her concerts — and wondered if she would have had they not been in the films. Opera in Film Takes On a New Note in ‘Bel Canto’ (It’s Not Evil) 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z “We’re almost making an opera about Pavarotti using these arias and these great performances because the performances are just staggering,” he added. Ron Howard frames Pavarotti story through arias for new documentary 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The musical mood immediately changes, and she sings a heartfelt aria worthy of any early Verdi heroine. 2010-02-03T04:38:00Z The soprano Christine Brewer sang several numbers, including a deeply expressive reading of “My Long Life,” the final aria from Virgil Thomson’s “The Mother of Us All.” Review: Opera Stars Come Out for a Gala Concert 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The vocal parts for the Storch work are challenging because they are unusually high; there are no arias or solo-only movements, but several vocal solos. A 190-year-old score, written in Prague and locked in a wooden box, gets its world premiere 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z “Furibondo” followed “Fire, Fire” by the English poet and composer Thomas Campion, the two arias strung together to depict Venus’s jealousy over the pretty Psyche. Music Review: Variety Show, With Arias Thrown In 2010-10-25T22:48:00Z Opera on Tap set lists have a theme every month and this one was arias set at parties or in crowds. Go to a dive bar, drink beer — listen to opera? 2 writers experience Opera on Tap at Blue Moon | Art Outings 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Her first offering here was a fiery aria from Verdi’s “Attila.” Music Review: Richard Tucker Foundation Gala, Lincoln Center - Review 2011-11-07T23:04:32Z Problems of vocal production, ensemble, even pitch seemed to impede the singers, preventing the full expressive impact of the arias and precluding stylistic niceties. Review | Conductor Matthew Dirst leads Washington Bach Consort in St. John Passion 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z And in yet another trait he shares with his character in “The Father,” Hopkins listens to music to enhance that feeling, particularly arias. Anthony Hopkins is welcoming old age by embracing his inner child 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z There’s more of the festival’s namesake at the official opening night on Tuesday, when Mr. Langrée leads Emanuel Ax in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 14 and Erin Morley as soloist in two Mozart arias. Classical & Opera Listings for July 24-30 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Seconds before this song, the titular “Demon Barber of Fleet Street” has morphed from a revenge seeker into an indiscriminate psychopath in the bruising aria “Epiphany.” 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Given the lack of modulation in Ms. Turnbull’s characterization, her arias about childhood wounds and grown-up apprehensions sound overwritten and artificial. Theater Review: Kathleen Chalfant and John Cunningham in ?Painting Churches? 2012-03-07T03:00:16Z Shaw renders a car’s GPS as an electronically processed voice that veers from turn-left instructions to poetic flights, yielding to an introspective aria just right for Lucas’s tender voice. Review: In Chicago, an Opera Triptych Reaches for Connection 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Rarer is the film that, start to finish, is a one-person show: an extended aria, trading a scene-to-scene narrative for solitary storytelling and eschewing landscapes and sets for the power of one face and body. A Single Voice, a Single Face, a Single Story 2011-08-06T20:13:02Z Along with Dejanira's music, Iole's meltingly beautiful arias lift "Hercules" well above the musical level of just about any of Handel's English stage works. 'Hercules': Lyric Opera season closes on spectacular note 2011-03-06T18:37:00Z Back in came three arias that had been cut from the final act for the 1986 version. Cuts, Big and Small, Transform Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z His gloomy, third-act aria where he sings about his power over people - including Chenier and Maddalena - because of his position as a leading Jacobin was chilling and moving at the same time. Kaufmann's 'Chenier' opera has added relevance after France events 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Also gone are large chunks of Mozart’s overture and both act finales, plus another half-dozen arias and ensembles altogether. A ‘comedy’ about a seducer? Seattle Opera tackles new version of ‘Don Giovanni’ with skill and caution 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The score bustles constantly, rather in the vein of Janacek, though crucial arias and scenes build to glittering radiance that recalls Richard Strauss, moments that seemed derivative. Review: When Anaïs Met Circe, and Other Operatic Adventures 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z “Handel presents directors with a lot of challenges because da capo arias can be seen as repetitious — no plot, all emotion,” Mr. Costanzo said. Anthony Roth Costanzo Exists to Transform Opera 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Every year, Handel’s “Messiah” is a communal ritual — a glittering parade of recitatives, arias and choruses that binds listeners and performers together in a story of promise, betrayal and redemption. Meet the People Who Can’t Bring You ‘Messiah’ This Year 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z The other bass, Charles Wesley Evans, brought tenderness to an aria affirming that it will be easier to take on the cross in his life because Jesus had first done so. Review: An Intimate ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Has a Shattering Effect 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z But at concerts in that composer’s day, it was fairly common for movements of a symphony to be interspersed with opera arias, orchestral dances and whatnot. Review: Mozart, a Little Bit Symphony, a Little Bit Opera 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z This and other arias move the plot forward and fit within the context of the play, much as songs would in a jukebox musical. Mark Rylance to Return to Broadway in ‘Farinelli and the King’ 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z But he relaxes beautifully into Vince’s big later aria, a description of a cross-country drive in the rain and one of the most performed and parodied monologues of contemporary theater. Review: In Shepard’s ‘Buried Child,’ a Father and Family Dissolve Into Darkness 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z And the score eschewed the flashy, dramatically irrelevant arias designed mainly to show off star singers, and was more akin to the crystalline style of Gluck's inventive younger contemporaries, Mozart and Haydn. Seattle Opera's 'Orpheus' is a love story for all time 2012-02-15T23:05:03Z For all that, there are fine moments, one of them being a second-act aria in which Mr. Morrison went whole-hog Baroque, with a churning accompaniment as well as ample embellishment. Music Review: ‘Oscar,’ at Santa Fe Opera, With David Daniels, Countertenor 2013-08-01T21:53:47Z Or the very different arias of histories ancient and living delivered by Uncle and Aunt Pat. Review: A Thrilling ‘Ferryman’ Serves Up a Glorious Harvest Feast 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z She sang arias and sacred music mostly, but with time a few Broadway numbers crept in, a few Christmas carols. 'I've just gotta sing' 2010-03-24T07:00:00Z The music is serious — Melynda Burdette’s Mary has a bravura aria to scale in the second act — and the show likes her. Review | First ladies on the edge in two plays and a musical 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z “Nooma” is intended for babies and toddlers, who won’t be listening to arias and watching drama but hearing what Carnegie Hall describes as a “vocal circus” and romping in a world of colorful parachutes. 9 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Starring Huppert as contrasting twin sisters, it was composed of a series of seemingly unconnected, opaque vignettes, punctuated by arias. Werner Schroeter obituary 2010-04-22T17:34:00Z In 2001, one of those pieces was the final aria for Sappho. Lawrence Durrell and Peggy Glanville-Hicks: a song for Sappho 2012-08-22T18:31:01Z In a ruminative aria for James Meredith, the churning orchestra blends pentatonic phrases from a spiritual into subdued, restless atonal harmonies. Music Review: ?Kommilitonen!,? a Juilliard Opera Premiere - Review 2011-11-17T23:15:52Z The movie is long and lumpy, with such empty grand gestures as door-punching and floor-rolling and a few acting arias that are show more bravado than behavioral truth. Dead Sex Kittens: Farewell to Three Icons of Movie Eroticism 2011-02-10T08:10:00Z In the title role, soprano Kelly Cae Hogan sang with unflagging energy and emotion, captivating listeners with her empathetic Salome even during the final tragic aria. Virginia Opera presents ‘Salome,’ a tour de force etched in love and death 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z To trim the score by a third, a few arias and duets were omitted, along with the overture; other arias and ensembles were shortened, although the surgery was sensitively done. Opera Review: Jane Glover Conducts ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met 2013-12-17T22:44:44Z Some recitative went in favour of reinstating arias: a wise decision. Julius Caesar; Siegfried – review 2012-10-06T23:08:03Z Slower arias found her seeming to focus her voice inwards; Alcina's Ah! Cecilia Bartoli ? review 2010-12-10T22:15:00Z DiDonato cast a spell, ending the aria on a thread of sound, her Dido a shell of her former self — but what an exquisite shell it was. Review: The Met Opera Orchestra Raises a Glorious Noise 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Finally, a report that Megacle has committed suicide sends Licida into a deeply overwrought state, and he sings a turbulent aria to end the act. Review: A Spotlight for an Unsung Talent 2010-08-17T15:23:00Z There are some well-made choral passages, but the arias are generically lyrical and the story weak. Music Review: Melodramatic Sounds of Young Love 2011-05-25T22:22:09Z An aria is a long, accompanied solo song. Review | Paul Lisicky’s ‘Later’ conjures a queer utopia amid the AIDS crisis 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Its role of Jesus and its bass arias were specialties of his, and he performed it, as chorister or soloist, more than 100 times. Celebrated Bass-Baritone Plans a Surprise Debut at Conducting 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The arias seem to be plopped in rather than flowing extensions of the drama. Review: Andre Previn's `Streetcar' makes it to NYC 2013-03-15T19:25:09Z But barely have the guests sampled the canapés and the opening notes of her aria than a guerrilla group arrives to take them hostage and demand the release of its imprisoned comrades. Review: In ‘Bel Canto,’ Music Is the Food of Love and Rebellion 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Finally, there was Fleming’s signature aria: the “Song to the Moon” from Dvorak’s “Rusalka.” Renée Fleming launches Seattle Symphony season in high style 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z “Perhaps Dominic thought it would be a collection of arias with a few words between. I don’t think he thought it would be a fully fledged play.” Writing Her Way From Backstage to Broadway 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z After studying singing for a few months and learning three arias, she sought in 1958 to audition for the Merola Opera training program, which helps prepare would-be singers for the San Francisco Opera. Janis Martin, Opera Star Who Stretched Her Range, Dies at 75 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Katherine Needleman, on the oboe parts in the outer arias, infused this performance with a gorgeous sense of phrasing and musicality. BSO skillfully illuminates familiar terrain of Vivaldi, Handel and Bach 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Giddens approaches these arias as a fan barely on the outside. A Luminous ‘Aria Code’ Joins a Meager Field of Classical Music Podcasts 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z She was as poignant in Fedora's death scene as she was flashy in Conchita's big aria. A diva with many hats, Fleming delights fans 2010-12-14T16:19:34Z The text of the aria is taken from Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians: “The trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” In Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ the Trumpet as Divine Agent 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The next scene, “Gloria at the Pond,” is a ruminative aria in which the pig ponders her reflected beauty but also its societal costs. ‘Gloria — A Pig Tale’ Brings Opera to the Met Museum 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z In quite a few arias, especially those in which one of the female characters break into fury, Handel uses the original Italian text, as if to advertise his music’s nod to the Italian tradition. Music Review: Operamission Performs Handel’s ‘Almira’ at Gershwin Hotel 2012-05-30T22:29:39Z The spoken text is in English throughout, while the arias remain in their original German — a testament to the timelessness of Beethoven, though the production’s surtitles take some liberties with the translation. Review: Beethoven Returns for the Age of Black Lives Matter 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z The famous overture is trimmed and verses are cut throughout along with some arias. Met gives `Barber' a cut in English version 2012-12-28T17:38:08Z Sharon first heard arias from the opera in New York 15 years ago. Julius Caesar, young and gay: A groundbreaking 1971 opera gets revived for a new era 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z No aria is left unadorned by relentless comic activity either from the character singing it or one or more of their colleagues. Imeneo – review 2013-03-12T18:56:27Z The Trinidad-born Ms. De Bique, a recent graduate of the Manhattan School of Music with a small collection of prizes and high-profile engagements, will sing arias of Mozart, Bellini, Gounod and Gershwin. The Week Ahead: Sept. 12 ? Sept. 18 2010-09-10T15:37:00Z In the aria “He was despised,” the alto Melissa Attebury virtually spat out the bitter words of the central section, egged on by the crisp playing of the excellent period-instrument ensemble. Music Review: Trinity Wall Street’s ‘Messiah’ 2013-12-08T22:27:39Z Constantly split between good and evil, guilt and pleasure, life and death, the Williams children heard one aria growing up: Edwina’s torrent of words describing pain, betrayal, sin, and wrong doing. The Man Who Queered Broadway 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Seven years ago, Dessay released a recording of 19th century bel canto arias with Concerto Köln that was among her early encounters with the acoustic shock of period instruments. Early music is still being reinvented 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z In the “Enchanted Island” premiere, Mr. Domingo sang a Rameau aria in the second act, and while it was well received, he said that he was never quite satisfied with it. The Metropolitan Opera Revives ‘The Enchanted Island’ 2014-02-24T23:05:14Z Verdi allots one memorable aria each to Banquo, Macbeth's one-time friend and later victim, and to Macduff, who eventually vanquishes the villain. Vocal toil and trouble beset Lyric's 'Macbeth' 2010-10-02T18:53:00Z A rococo Prague State Opera House is the setting, though the entertainment ranges from arias to a traditional Cambodian dance. In Transit: Dance the Night Away at Prague Opera Ball 2011-02-03T11:00:10Z Another will deliver an outsize tragicomic aria about suicide. A Late-Night Radio Drama, With Hints of the Internet to Come 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z One striking feature of Ms. Hallenberg’s artistry is her rare ability to transform a da capo aria into a musical and dramatic jewel. Is This the Best Opera Singer You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The remaining winner, a soprano, Lori Guilbeau, 24, from Golden Meadow, La., was an audience favorite for her lush, melting accounts of arias from Verdi’s “Don Carlos” and Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra.” Music Review | Grand Finals Concert of the Metropolitan Opera?s National Council Auditions: A Chance to Listen to the Future at the Met 2010-03-15T21:54:00Z Handel was generous with some of the secondary roles, too, giving fine arias to both the First Israelite and the Israelite Boy – opportunities Thomas Hobbs and Rachel Redmond seized enthusiastically. Esther – review 2013-04-28T14:55:01Z Bass-baritone Jonathan Best was a last-minute stand-in and struggled to bring his arias to life: the Frost Scene, where dry-clattering violins and shivering voices evoke a frozen landscape, was disappointingly dull. King Arthur – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-29T09:08:59Z When she sang that Puccini aria on “America’s Got Talent,” the crowd was dazzled by nothing more or less than her prodigious vocal abilities. Jackie Evancho and the Politics of Childhood 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z A non-functioning spiral staircase seemed to serve no other purpose than to mirror the tortuous ascent and descent of every aria. Lohengrin; Ariadne auf Naxos; La Donna del Lago – review 2013-05-25T23:05:56Z The play calls for Mr. Davies to sing seven arias accompanied by period instruments. Mark Rylance to Return to Broadway in ‘Farinelli and the King’ 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Lawrence Jones was an impressive tenor, but the baritone Jesse Blumberg stole the show with his bass arias, strong yet deeply expressive and smartly modulated. Cobbling Together a Christmas Music Marathon 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z It's weird, wonderful and otherworldly, and his sister still fondly remembers being tortured by the song on long car journeys, as Swells compulsively demanded replays of the famously high-pitched aria. Take cover! It's the Swells iPod! 2010-06-24T11:58:00Z His first encounter with Guadagni was in a revival of his work Saul, where the character David, written for a countertenor voice, sings the plangent, largo aria Oh Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless. Guadagni: the first modern singer? 2012-07-19T13:13:24Z That aria was a joy, but so indeed was the entire performance. Review | One aria sums up a joyful Washington Bach Consort ‘Christmas Oratorio’ 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z His mostly English-language ballads swelled with lovely, intuitive grandiosity in loose imitation of Italian arias. Music Review: Josh Groban at Madison Square Garden - Review 2011-11-15T22:42:12Z In her rendition of that aria at the band shell, she impressed soggy listeners with her earthy low notes, alluring dark-hued timbre and expressive top range. Critic’s Notebook: Singing in the Rain in Tribute to Richard Tucker 2013-08-29T22:07:53Z By giving his improvised sung recitation a new intensity and elevating the importance of individual arias he could get the characters on stage to bare their innermost thoughts. Indecent exposure 2011-04-07T21:00:03Z Yet she had a full-bodied upper voice and could sing passagework in Handel arias with agility. Maureen Forrester, Canadian Contralto, Dies at 79 2010-06-18T03:55:00Z Some are solos in conversation with each other, such as when an aria from Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen” segues into the early-20th-century ditty “There Are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden.” A Cabaret Star and an Opera Star Walk Onto a Stage … 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z He also adapted a concert suite of Cleopatra’s arias for Ms. Price. Leontyne Price, Legendary Diva, Is a Movie Star at 90 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z When the slow movement’s untroubled, bucolic aria suddenly takes an ominous wrong turn into the minor key, the contrast is startling. CD reviews: Music that conjures emotionally charged spaces. 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The high concept of 1984's Fans album was fusing opera arias with contemporary electronic pop. Malcolm McLaren: a career in clips 2010-04-09T07:34:00Z As her male counterpart, Arcane, the countertenor Robin Blaze offered only modest vocal resources but poured those into expressively rendered arias. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in ‘Teseo,’ at Mostly Mozart 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z He moved through his aria, from despair, to imagined joy, to grief once more, with absolute control and emotional conviction. Claudio Abbado at the Lucerne festival; BBC Prom 44 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z Howard excelled as Banquo, and Michael Brandenburg, a current Young Artist, brought down the house with a nervous, edgy, taut version of Macduff’s anguished aria. Glimmerglass season shines with vibrant vocal performances 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Zambello kept sight of the biting darkness under the zany humor, never more than in the brilliant staging of Cunegonde’s aria “Glitter and Be Gay.” Glimmerglass season shines with vibrant vocal performances 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z There are no self-contained arias; the unforced lyricism of the vocal writing keeps pushing forward. ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘The Crucible’: Not New, but Darkly Up-to-Date 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z His second aria, which opened the second half of the program, was the "Song to the Evening Star" from Wagner's "Tannhauser." Deanna Breiwick of Burien not among 5 winners at Met competition finals 2011-03-14T23:32:04Z In Seattle Opera’s current production, you can feel the frisson that goes through the audience when the orchestra starts the introduction to one of the most famous arias in all opera, “La donna è mobile.” Seattle Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’ a triumph of singing, acting, playing 2014-01-13T18:59:07Z Mr. Polenzani sang this haunting aria of remembrance with wondrous lyrical tenderness while conveying the music’s gently swaying gait. Review: A Precious Harvest in ‘The Pearl Fishers’ at the Met 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z She knew all the arias and the main duet, but not the rest. The Soprano Sonya Yoncheva Is Poised for Stardom 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z It’s challenging to learn, because it changes meter every bar pretty much, and the aria has a quite high tessitura; it sits consistently too much up at the top of the staff. Renée Fleming Adds a New Role to Her Repertoire: Pat Nixon 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Though he sang a little cautiously, Mr. Peake has the tenor goods, and he brought a warm, ringing and expressive voice to arias from Verdi’s “Macbeth” and Meyerbeer’s “Africaine.” Music Review | Grand Finals Concert of the Metropolitan Opera?s National Council Auditions: A Chance to Listen to the Future at the Met 2010-03-15T21:54:00Z The big arias and choruses were heard, including the “Song to the Evening Star,” beautifully sung by the baritone Marek Reichert as Wolfram. Music: ?Tannh?user? for the Tenderhearted at Bayreuth Festival 2010-08-06T22:06:00Z “I kept my oar in a little bit,” she said, by singing arias with orchestras and hosting the podcast “Aria Code.” With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z A grave recitative leads to a consoling final aria, in which diffuse piano harmonies are surrounded by distant instrumental sounds, including tender harmonicas. Music Review: Philharmonic Opens Season at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-09-20T16:22:20Z In the character’s later aria of fury, when she orders her daughter Pamina to kill the high priest Sarastro, Ms. Lewek handled the skittish runs and leaps to high F with uncanny ease and accuracy. Review: ‘The Magic Flute,’ Trimmed for Families at the Met Opera 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z But Tashjian sang the aria almost as a personal revelation to the audience — underplayed, with some wonderfully soft-spoken phrases. Review: With Fresh Subtlety, Opera Returns to New York City 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z In silence and to the tragic sound of Purcell arias, six characters come and go, bumping into the furniture and slamming into the walls. Review: Haunted by Ghosts and Rites of Pina Bausch’s Past 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z In the arias where he talks about the difficulties and troubles of life, he’ll give the trumpet something really difficult to play, to set him up to fail. In Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ the Trumpet as Divine Agent 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z He would lose himself in the beauty of arias and languages he couldn't even begin to understand, "O Sole Mio." Portrait of a young singer on the cusp of stardom 2011-05-28T22:31:06Z The middle sections of the three-part da capo arias were taken by a second singer. L.A. Master Chorale's 'Alexander's Feast' is a treat for the ears and eyes 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Its 58 numbers run some two hours, an almost constant alternation between recitative and aria. Review: Philharmonia Baroque Unearths a 300-Year-Old Rarity 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z At first she sang in churches and even an Italian restaurant to survive, sometimes singing arias that stretched her range. Janis Martin, Opera Star Who Stretched Her Range, Dies at 75 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z This would be more embarrassing...People realize there is a real story here to tell, it's not a compilation of arias which you do for Christmas. Soprano Bartoli: My voice has more colors, shadow 2012-12-27T14:42:49Z Ballentine pushed through jet lag to perform after only two days of local rehearsals, and shone in “Flower Song,” an aria so sweet that even worldly Carmen is won over. Seattle Opera’s ‘Carmen’ is tremendous fun until it’s horrifying — as it should be 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z This was a powerful aria: one of opera's most traditional ingredients leapt out of all the hypertech and cyberworld frippery and ambushed us completely, no 3D specs required. Sunken Garden; Nabucco; Mark Padmore & Graham Johnson – review 2013-04-20T23:08:33Z Eurydice balks and Orpheus succumbs to her pressure, resulting in an understated final aria, his solo lament for his twice-lost love. Seattle Opera’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ takes advantage of more intimate venue 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The arias and ensembles have striking variety and richness. Music Review: Garsington Opera’s ‘Olympiade’ by Vivaldi, in England 2012-06-24T22:11:06Z Now elderly and pondering the meaning of his existence, he supervises the enactment of his memories through a series of lively vignettes based on well-known duets and arias by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Review: Frisky Malkovich in 'Giacomo Variations' 2013-06-03T18:30:10Z The practice of using substitute arias outlasted the Baroque, persisting into the age of Bel Canto and beyond before falling out of favor. The Metropolitan Opera Revives ‘The Enchanted Island’ 2014-02-24T23:05:14Z Especially memorable on Thursday were the understated eloquence of John Sharp’s cello solo during Amelia’s aria “Morrò, ma prima in grazia,” and the spine — sometimes strong, sometimes shadowy — provided by the timpanist David Herbert. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Look on YouTube for the tenor Matthew Loyal Smith, and you’ll find him hitting strong high C’s in the showcase aria from Donizetti’s “Daughter of the Regiment.” Military bands offer musicians great jobs, similar challenges to orchestras Butt's knack for accentuating the elastic pace of Bach's writing – really driving the narrative action and drawing out the meditative arias – was magnified by the extra liturgy. St John Passion – review 2013-03-17T18:41:19Z Spaceship, a stand-out aria from Einstein on the Beach, saw her creating an ecstatic wordless babble. Philip Glass – review 2012-12-16T18:15:01Z Judging by the enthusiastic ovations that followed every aria, the audience was charmed. Review: Fresh Talent Fuels ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z During the Madwoman’s aching aria of longing for her son, Mr. Bell slowly circles the flutist as their quivering music intertwines. Critic’s Notebook: Mark Morris Directing Britten’s ‘Curlew River’ 2013-07-30T20:59:50Z He ended his program with selections from "Hercules," the two tenor arias familiar from Lyric Opera's staging of the oratorio here in March. With tenor Bostridge, rare Baroque arias sound newly minted 2011-05-08T12:35:00Z In practice, this means vigilant attention to dynamics, a seemingly effortless ebb and flow between recitative and aria, the merest, gossamer pressure on a phrase or accent to give shape and transparency. The Pearl Fishers, Le Nozze de Figaro 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z She completely honors it as an aria, but lavishes it with soul. Ren?e Fleming, Opera Star, Tries a Rock Album. 2010-05-31T21:58:00Z Bostridge threw himself into Sesto's aria literally with a vengeance, the poise and stylishness of his singing laid at the feet of dramatic truth. With tenor Bostridge, rare Baroque arias sound newly minted 2011-05-08T12:35:00Z In the book that passage from Papageno’s aria is translated as follows: If there were just someone to care, Take pity on me, want to spare — Yes! Critic?s Notebook: How Opera Challenges Translators 2010-12-24T21:45:45Z Singing the aria of Don Ramiro was one of the most precious memories I have in my whole career. The Metropolitan Opera Season That Vanished 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Flamboyant virtuosity and a toffee-smooth voice encompassing inky low notes are the weapons of choice for this countertenor on an album of dazzling arias by Nicola Porpora, a Neapolitan opera composer and rival of Handel. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Guitarist Michael Partington, who appeared on the stage to accompany key arias, gave the performances both musical expertise and genuine period flavor. Seattle Opera offers an action-packed ‘Barber of Seville’ 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Those are exalted arias he wrote for the characters of Mr. Washington and Ms. Davis, in one of the greatest performances of the year. What August Wilson Means Now 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Goldoni thoroughly revised the text, cutting out arias and pointless spectacle. Music Review: One Cruel King, by Way of Vivaldi 2011-08-10T22:00:40Z In the program notes, he writes that the Duke’s aria “Questa o quella,” for example, is often sung faster than Verdi intended; the slower tempo chosen here allowed for more expansive, elegant phrasing. Will Crutchfield Conducts ‘Rigoletto’ at Caramoor 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z It has been viewed 8.4 million times — far more than might be expected for an obscure baroque aria. He Break Dances. He Pole Dances. He Sings Like an Angel. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z She also sings all of her dialogue in a soaring soprano, as if her every utterance were an aria in her own private opera. ‘The Dance of Reality,’ Jodorowsky’s Comeback Film 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Cinema snacks: the latest projections All today's stories Great DVDs from the Guardian shop Aria An ambitious operatic portmanteau film, featuring ten classic arias imaginatively reinterpreted by ten very different directors. Clip joint: identical twins 2010-03-17T17:07:00Z Hakka Chinese folk songs, operatic arias, a Mahler symphony and the recorded sounds of natural thunder provide the soundtrack. Taiwan's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre heads to L.A. with force of nature 'Rice' 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Still, the opera is run through with arias that sound like four-square songs. Shadow, and Support, of Government Follows Hungarian Opera 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z He does away with “Trouble in Tahiti,” whose bitter effervescence collided ungracefully with the thorniness of “A Quiet Place,” and reduced some characters while expanding others, reinstating some arias that had been cut. Review: A Rescue Operation Salvages Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z “I am Moses, the liberator,” Harriet proclaims in her final aria, pistol in hand as she urges an exhausted man to continue running toward freedom. Let’s Make the Future That the ‘New World’ Symphony Predicted 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Never before in modern Met history have two different singers in the course of a few days earned applause so long and tumultuous that they had to repeat arias. Critic’s Notebook: Opera Stars and the Revival of Bel Canto 2014-05-04T21:52:06Z She sees the two as companion pieces: “Goldberg” starts and ends with an aria, while “Four Quartets” is about time present and time past. A Choreographer Unafraid of Masterpieces Takes on T.S. Eliot 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z The physical response to a tragic aria by Vivaldi is especially imaginative: The dark frustration in the music seems to fuel the tense mayhem onstage. Review: The Inspired Poetry of Gandini Juggling 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z It's the beginning of one of Donizetti's greatest creations - a 20-minute, three-part aria that captures the shifting moods of his doomed heroine. Cheers for Gruberova as "Anna" at age 64 2011-02-20T13:01:09Z And sings and sings and sings, cloying aria after cloying aria. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z The current show,"Radio Free Starlight," is a typically riotous mélange of aerial stunts and ribald comedy, rock oldies and opera arias. Seattle's Teatro ZinZanni woos wider audience with brunch, kids shows and more 2011-03-14T23:56:08Z His new recital disc presents a cross-section of arias, familiar and otherwise, by Verdi, Puccini and Donizetti. Vittorio Grigolo: The Italian Tenor 2010-10-07T21:40:00Z “Street Scene,” with its Broadway tunes and production numbers interspersed with arias, aspired to move toward a new form of American opera. Review | Weill’s Broadway opera ‘Street Scene’ shows the endurance of American stereotypes 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Take the three arias in what she called a "Beaumarchais Trilogy," two from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" and one from Rossini's "The Barber of Seville." Joyce DiDonato dazzles at the Broad Stage 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z He then compellingly sang the “Messiah” aria “The People Who Walked in Darkness.” An L.A. Phil reminder that but a mile, and fate, separate Disney Hall from skid row 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z It is heady stuff for a 14-year-old, even Mozart, who focused the intense plot through the distilling process of the dominant operatic form of his time: opera seria, an imposing, rule-driven series of arias. Music Review: From Milan to New York in 240 Years 2011-05-20T03:04:12Z After she has died a second time, Eurydice writes a sisterly letter to Orpheus’s future wife, giving Ms. de Niese a poignantly fragile final aria. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Each episode of the podcast focuses on one famous aria and features a well-known opera singer. 36 Podcast Personalities Recommend Their Favorite Shows 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The role’s coloratura “mechanical” aria is demanding, to say the least. Villain and heroine: The real-life husband and wife onstage in 'Tales of Hoffmann' 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Instead, he ended up in a Soviet prison camp, performing for his captors, and later, after emigrating to the U.S., practicing arias in his living room. 10 Stunning Opera Houses Around the World 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z As Montezuma, Flavio Oliver, another countertenor, stood precariously atop a column for Act 3, singing an aria up there — pleasantly if weakly — before jumping to his death. Review: A Globe-Spanning Musical Feast 2010-08-24T16:30:00Z Back in his hotel room, he practiced tricky phrases from his arias, reciting one word at a time, moving backward from their final syllables, an approach Matheson taught him. Sing for Your Life 2011-05-20T16:00:31Z To hear this aria not in a theater, but among fragrant linden trees on a balmy night, is incomparable. Revel in opera in Italy 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z But too often he coasts, churning out generically lyrical set-piece arias. Music Review: Love Beats Science in a Spoof by Menotti 2011-08-14T22:00:12Z The film, like an opera aria, forces us to linger on Luciano Pavarotti, a tenor who, 12 years after his death, remains beloved — and yet may be taken a little for granted. Pavarotti Captured the Sublime and Vulgar Sides of Opera 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Reviewing the debut, The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, “The comely Miss Lewis didn’t look old enough to have to worry about lost youth,” for which the Marschallin pines in her aria “Da Geht Er Hin.” Brenda Lewis, Versatile American Soprano, Is Dead at 96 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z At the intermission, after everyone had sung the first of their two arias, Joyce DiDonato, the lauded mezzo-soprano who was the concert’s M.C., beckoned Ryan away from the others in the dressing area. Sing for Your Life 2011-05-20T16:00:31Z Handel, in a quick succession of recitatives, arias and duets, tells of the god Apollo’s somewhat bullying courtship of the nymph Daphne, who wants no part of him. Review: A Sublime Survey of Baroque Music 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z What works well in the lighter material — like the earwormy title song, which sounds like “Day Tripper” being covered by the Partridge Family — feels flimsy in the heavier material, especially Beth Ann’s overdramatic arias. Review: Sarah Silverman’s ‘Bedwetter’ Musical Has Sprung a Leak 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z But there are melodramatic scenes that grab you, as well as a few lyrically soaring arias. Music Review: Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-09T23:02:45Z The composer likes to talk about his love for Puccini — and you can hear some of that in Young Emile’s Act I aria “What Makes a Man a Man?” ‘Hey, Mr. Living Composer’: ‘Champion’ Takes Shape at the Met 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Yes, Mozart was among the most performed composers at the Proms in their first half-century – but he achieved that prominence through the inclusion of countless operatic arias and concertos, rather than his symphonies. The Proms are richer than ever – even without Mozart's symphonies 2012-07-26T17:30:01Z The final act contains some stunningly dark and desperate music, with a funerary chorus, ominous drums and a bravura aria for Parisina, “Ugo è spento,” in which she veers between shocked grief and vindictive rage. Review: The Opera Orchestra of New York Shares a Story Inspired by a Byron Poem 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The 19 musical selections included a smattering of favorite arias, but also offbeat repertory. Review: A Gala’s Starry Mix of Artists and Arias 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z A strong cast moved easily through Handel’s florid da capo arias and vigorous choruses. Music Review: Finding Many Ways to View One Myth 2011-04-05T20:52:21Z The arias, Ms. van Kampen said, are not about dazzling the audience with coloratura sound, but about the beauty and healing power of a voice. Writing Her Way From Backstage to Broadway 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z They are decay arias in some cases, spewing forth Wagnerian bombast. 'Exterminating Angel,' the most anticipated opera of the year, proves it's here to stay 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Her “Hidden Handel” collection of previously unrecorded arias, with Mr. Curtis, particularly glows with her infectious enthusiasm. Is This the Best Opera Singer You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Yes — the entire oratorio ... every aria, every chorus, every recitative, every note! It's 'Messiah' season in Seattle 2010-12-01T23:52:00Z She made lovely work of the “Jerusalem” aria and of almost everything else she touched in a demanding role. Music Review: Tritle Leads Oratorio Society in ?Paulus? 2010-05-11T22:12:00Z Raitt was a formidable technician with a big, easy voice; you can find video of him singing Figaro’s aria from “The Barber of Seville,” in English, but perfectly respectably. Opinion | Opera and Broadway have a fruitful relationship. If only opera fans understood it. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z More important, the arias were so callously apart from the pathos of Schubert’s earnest lad that they added telling perspective. Schubert's lonely hearts club band and a heart throb tenor 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Operatic arias delivered in a commanding bass-baritone voice, bird calls, lovers’ baby talk, the blues — all this and more were part of Joseph Keckler’s performance at Pangea on Thursday. Review: Joseph Keckler Shares Operatic Overtones and Tales at Pangea 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z The Met could arrange discounted tickets for designated performances and even host receptions for the clubs with special guests, like singers from the young artists program who might perform a couple of arias. The Met Opera Is Struggling. How Can It Fill Those Empty Seats? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z In French, Philip’s great aria becomes a chamber piece.” New ?Don Carlo,? That Ever-Changing Opera 2010-11-20T19:37:00Z These days, he said, seasoned period-instrument conductors like Nicholas McGegan will instruct the string players to tweak their own intonation to match that of the trumpet in an aria such as Handel’s. In Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ the Trumpet as Divine Agent 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z In this aria, in which Mary forgives Queen Elizabeth for sending her to her execution, Ms. DiDonato imbued the words with a potency missing from even some of the most beautifully sung recorded interpretations. Joyce DiDonato Takes On ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Met 2012-12-30T05:03:03Z The two recently released an impressive disc of Verdi opera scenes; Ms. Radvanovsky also recently recorded a CD of Verdi arias that illuminates her elegant phrasing and lustrous sound. Critic?s Notebook: At the Met, a Soprano Ascendant 2011-04-19T21:15:09Z The stereotype of Baroque characters is that they are flat: machines who wheel themselves onstage, sing a difficult aria and wheel off. Baroque Operas, Under Reconstruction 2012-07-27T14:43:55Z Rarely will the aria be heard in a more fittingly sepulchral setting than when the hour-long opera, composed in the 1680s, is performed this week in the catacombs of Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery. Purcell opera performed in cemetery catacombs 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Chang took three prizes Saturday, including the first-place award for male singer for his performance of an aria from Verdi's "Rigoletto." Placido Domingo says Operalia prizes 'went to the right people' 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z If the visionary conclusion of Jiang’s aria suggests a counterintuitive identification with the character on the part of the librettist, Ms. Goodman does not deny it. Still Resonating From the Great Wall 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z The images in Pat’s main aria, “This is prophetic,” are a vision for what this alliance could look like in a positive sense. Renée Fleming Adds a New Role to Her Repertoire: Pat Nixon 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Members of the chorus sang the arias, and they proved adequate to good. Review: Juilliard415 and Yale Schola Cantorum Perform Bach’s Lutheran Masses 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Jérôme Correas and Les Paladins are fabulous in this repertory, and there are some lovely dances by Rameau woven in between the arias. Sandrine Piau: Le Triomphe de l'Amour – review 2012-06-07T21:00:01Z But this Valentine’s Day, I find myself saying, “Not tonight, I have a headache” to the usual swooning arias and romantic ballads, unmoved by the Romeos and Juliets and Pelléases and Mélisandes of the canon. Perspective | Scrap the romantic ballads. Use this eclectic playlist for your first Valentine’s Day stuck at home. 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Three other rising stars — the soprano Amber Wagner, the mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and the tenor Russell Thomas, all in their early 30s — barnstormed their way through a daunting set of arias and duets. At SummerStage, Metropolitan Opera’s Recital Series Begins 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z She sang three Mozart arias beautifully, facing the audience and using slightly exaggerated expressive gestures to cue the players, but she also knew when to leave well enough alone or to the concertmaster. In Lucerne, Andris Nelsons Is a Rising Star 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z A Russian general’s rousing aria, in which he strategizes about Russia’s defense, has also been scrapped, as have the onstage battles that are usually a highlight of any production. A Year Into War, Russian Artists Still Must Navigate a Tricky Path 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Her most famous aria, at the end of the first act, is about wanting to stop the clocks. The Diva Departs: Renée Fleming’s Farewell to Opera 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z From “Mosè” to “Moïse” the opera gained an act, characters were renamed, some arias were cut, others were taken from one character and given to another, and new music was added, including a ballet. Music Review: ?Mo?se et Pharaon? at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-12-01T23:50:57Z In fashion terms that would probably qualify not as an aria, but as an anthem. Is Fashion Hacking the Future? Gucci Says Yes. 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Her song Crystalline was mesmeric, Björk's pitter-patter around the stage accompanied with Wonder Woman punches; Pagan Poetry was a cosmic aria. Bonnaroo: Paul McCartney rules 2013-06-18T14:39:13Z It doesn’t matter, as long as your home is an aria of personal expression. Simon Doonan Has Been Keeping Busy 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Giddens said that she wrote arias that are “nice for the voice” in part so young Black singers could use them in recitals. With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Despite the work’s title, Dejanira is the one who dominates the action, evolving through seven arias from impatient wife to imperious virago to despairing murderer. Is This the Best Opera Singer You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z With its foretold emphasis on tunnels, “Us” proves to be something like Peele’s version of “Notes from Underground,” complete with its fiery arias of torment from those whose voices otherwise go unheard. Review: Jordan Peele’s “Us” Is a Colossal Cinematic Achievement 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Big arias, even the most recognizable ones, are similarly slashed. Music Review: ‘The Barber of Seville’ at the Met 2012-12-23T22:31:35Z She sang two arias from “Griselda” and another from Handel’s “Alcina” as well as the Ravel songs with consistently gorgeous tone and elegant demeanor. Music Review: Ensemble ACJW With Heras-Casado at Zankel Hall - Review 2011-12-18T22:47:07Z Mr. Weitz said that the aria struck the tone he strove for in the show — mixing ridiculous and comic elements with sublime moments, through music. Not Even Plácido Domingo Can Say No to ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z The soprano Renée Fleming will perform Rachmaninoff songs and arias from two Dvorak operas, including the signature aria, “Song to the Moon,” from the opera “Rusalka.” For the Vienna Philharmonic, Summer Means Schönbrunn 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z His passionately sung "Ch'ella mi creda," the closest thing to a bona fide tenor aria in this opera, earned its big ovation. Hints of tarnish on Lyric's 'Golden West' 2011-01-24T00:43:00Z Spall’s performance is an aria of congestive utterance. How ‘Mr. Turner’ director Mike Leigh, actor Timothy Spall brought a great artist to life 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z A glowing final aria and chorus suggest the hope of a new society. L.A. Master Chorale brings sense of community to 'St. Matthew' Passion 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Those used to the dazzling solo virtuosity of Handel’s operas may find the aria parts in “Solomon” a tad sedate. Review: A Handel Oratorio Gave the People What They Wanted 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z But after intermission his performance became much more engaging, and he finally showed real emotion during his last aria. Music Review: Verdi?s ?Macbeth? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-16T22:47:17Z As is to be expected, arias and set pieces from “Don Giovanni” figure prominently, including the catalog of lovers expounded by the valet Leporello. Theater Review: ‘The Giacomo Variations,’ With John Malkovich, at City Center 2013-05-31T18:03:12Z For once one wanted her to have her aria in Act 4, except that the intrusive interval before that act makes things very late as it is. Marriage of Figaro makes delightful return to Royal Opera House - Guardian archive, 11 Dec 1985 2012-12-11T07:30:00Z Mr. Grigolo mingled raw despair and feral intensity when he sang Edgargo’s wrenching aria of farewell to life, as he anticipates being killed in a duel at dawn with Enrico and welcomes it. Review: Vittorio Grigolo Is the Reason to See the Met’s ‘Lucia’ 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z She produces a hit single for Empire’s star attraction Tiana, inspired by the story of a woman caught between two men in the La Bohème aria that so moved her. ‘Empire’ Season 3, Episode 4: A Night at the Opera 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z There are only a few scenes, lightly sketched; the modes here are the tirade and the aria — compulsively repetitive discursions with Albinati occasionally and apologetically catching himself. A Prize-Winning Blend of Fact and Fiction Makes Itself at Home in the Minds of Killers 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The Quarantini Edition, McPherson said, will feature some of his familiar bits — including, as always, one aria done “without shtick, because I want people to hear the real thing.” A mix of opera and sketch comedy: Meet The Drunken Tenor 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z In the more melodic passages he produced a lovely plangent sound and elegant phrasing, but in virtuosic showpieces like his Act 2 aria, ornaments often came out smudged and colorless. Review: The Desdemona in This ‘Otello’ Spits Fire 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The variety of artists and arias over two intermissionless hours certainly kept the evening interesting. Review: A Gala’s Starry Mix of Artists and Arias 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Two bad films in a row for this auteur workhorse is nothing, coughs between arias. Hey, Cameron Crowe -- why don't you just get back to work? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z The recitatives and arias are sung by members of the choir, who take turns slipping out of the ranks to walk to the front of the orchestra for their solos. Music Review: Trinity Wall Street’s ‘Messiah’ 2013-12-08T22:27:39Z Its most famous aria, the dramatic ‘La Mamma Morta’ - or in English ‘They killed my mother’ - was featured in a scene of the U.S. movie ‘Philadelphia’. Petals and confetti shower stage at La Scala opening 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The format was that of the celebrity recital, which meant arias and ensembles were separated by orchestral padding, some of it indifferently performed by the Royal Philharmonic under Claudio Vandelli. Netrebko/Vargas/Schrott – review 2012-06-07T11:33:40Z The final aria in Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia,” an Oedipally charged melodrama about this most infamous of Renaissance power players, is notoriously difficult to sing. Review: LoftOpera’s ‘Lucrezia Borgia,’ With Flying Bottles of Beer and Poison 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Listening to a plangent aria, he’s less than pleased. ‘Euryanthe,’ Rarely Heard, Is Mounted at Bard 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z There was something of an operatic aria structure to it, a few words sustained across a whole lot of notes. The heart of Schwartzness: The roots of the "Vanderpump Rules" Scandoval implosion run deep 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z The writers wanted to give their prima donna a contemporary piece to take her out of her comfort zone — and realized that a made-to-order aria could be tailored to resonate with a love triangle. An Aria for the Long Island Lolita on ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Bill’s defining moment comes with a saccharine aria he sings to the kidnapped girl about how beautiful and loving his wife was when they first met. Opera Review: An Opera Strays Into a Clairvoyant Realm 2011-04-20T15:57:07Z She didn’t showily “act” the arias, but subtle shifts of her face and attitude conveyed a sense of character. Review: At Carnegie, Going Beyond the Rapid-Fire Vivaldi 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Kim kept the orchestra with her every moment, and the entire scene around that aria — the awkward, nervous exchanges between Rodolfo and Mimì as they first meet — had shape and drive. Review: In Her Met Debut, a Conductor Leads a Fresh ‘La Bohème’ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Account Support Administrator aria recruitment. this award winning designer, manufacturer and dist…. Artist Rogier van der Weyden: my Easter TV hero | Jonathan Jones 2010-04-02T09:02:00Z In “The Fairy Queen,” Purcell applied dances, tender arias and comic routines to a rewrite of Shakespeare’s “Dream.” A gamble pays off: Long Beach Opera transports 1692 'Fairy Queen' to modern-day Vegas 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z But scattershot as this work is, there's no denying the wizardry of its final image as the dancers slowly scale the set – their bodies calmed to lucid stillness by the aria from the Goldberg Variations. Mikhailovsky Ballet: Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness – review 2013-04-08T11:26:00Z Before it went to San Francisco, the following year, Wallace and the librettist, Michael Korie, made some revisions, adding arias for the title character, adjusting some orchestrations, and paring down the whole thing. An Opera About Harvey Milk Finally Finds Itself 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Speaking of the arias, I am going to be doing three concerts over the summer, myself and Condoleezza Rice. Aretha Franklin does "own thing" with new album 2010-03-19T21:54:00Z After audibly warming up through his brief aria “Amor ti vieta,” long beloved of tenors, Beczala sang with his usual stylish ardor. Review: The Met Opera Found an Audience for ‘Fedora.’ For Now. 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z But she never lost the character’s down-to-earth sweetness and rose to some fireworks in the final aria that drew shouts of excitement from the audience. ‘Cinderella’ second cast offers eager warmth at WNO 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z A Major-General Stanley must rise or fall on a single number — the tongue-tying patter aria “I am the very model of a modern major-general” — that James Mills gets through with more relief than flair. Music Review: ?Pirates of Penzance? at Symphony Space - Review 2011-12-30T21:47:29Z The fine tenor Gregory Kunde sang intensely as Tamas, whose cry for liberty in an aria is said to have incited a demonstration at an early performance. Opera Review: Donizetti's Birthplace Revives His Bel Canto Gem,' Gemma Di Vergi' 2011-09-20T12:00:07Z His arias, he said, were for me and my children alike. Mo Willems Finds Yet Another Way to Entertain Kids: Opera 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Emalie Savoy, a splendid young soprano, was typically excellent in Isabella’s aria in the Falla. Music Review: Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’ by Philharmonic at Avery Fisher 2012-06-03T22:14:06Z You just hint at some dark secret about your target and ruin his reputation with a scandal, Basilio explains in the aria “La calunnia,” his guide to spreading a calumny. Trump Has Changed a Night at the Opera, Too 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z “The composer proposed a structure and a skeleton, and the soloist was responsible for the finished solo part,” Mr. Crutchfield said, calling the final aria “quite literally the soloist’s co-composition” with the composer. Heard of ‘Aureliano in Palmira’? You Probably Know the Overture 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Left alone to ponder her fate, Cinderella sings a wistful aria, music that suggests an old folk song, and allows herself a moment to dream. Review: ‘Cinderella’ Adds Stardust to the Met Opera’s Holiday 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z He is scheduled for "The Enchanted Island," a staging of Baroque arias from different composers, which opens at the Met this New Year's Eve. Domingo, having turned 70, returns to Met Opera 2011-02-13T20:35:16Z In his stirring aria "Thin Air," he diagnoses the isolation driving her compulsive need to play: "It's easy to vanish when no one's around/Your footsteps fall silent as snow on the ground." 'Amélie's' magical bread crumbs lead to storybook ending in musical's Berkeley premiere 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z All this makes Lyric's revival a "Carmen" worth catching, even for jaded opera vets who probably could sing you each and every aria from memory. Second time's the charm for 'Carmen' at Lyric 2011-03-13T23:19:23Z This aria is about awe in every possible form. Meet the People Who Can’t Bring You ‘Messiah’ This Year 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Otherwise the singing was superb: soprano Ruby Hughes was bold, husky, full of rough-edged seduction; tenor Nicholas Mulroy added stylish ornaments and playful swagger; Robert Davies sang the bass arias with warmth and command. Dunedin Consort – review 2012-12-21T18:07:41Z The most effective number, an aria by the maid Marie entitled "Picardie," is at the start of the second act when she sings of the differences between Paris and her home. `Prima Donna' has US premiere at Brooklyn Academy 2012-02-20T16:57:08Z Alexander Schulin’s stylish production is alert to the opera’s shifting moods and keeps the many arias dramatically lively without resorting to contrived action. Review: A Spotlight for an Unsung Talent 2010-08-17T15:23:00Z Douglas Williams, as Christ, was a worthy complement to Mr. Müller’s Evangelist, and Mischa Bouvier was impressive as Pilate and in the bass arias. Critic?s Notebook: Bach Passions in Performance for Holy Week 2012-04-04T21:56:13Z Since some new singers have joined this revival, some aria substitutions and tweaks to the libretto have been made. Opera and Classical Music Listings for Feb. 21-27 2014-02-21T00:06:12Z Ottavio considers her delay “cruel,” and she sings another great tragic aria explaining that she loves him but is still unconsoled: “Maybe someday, heaven will take pity on me.” The Revelations of “Don Giovanni” at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z But he dispatched the demanding aria with defiance and fervor. Review: Mozart’s ‘Idomeneo’ Shows the Met Opera at Its Best 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Acting women’s roles, they could sing women’s arias. How ‘A Mad Love’ of Opera Has Played Out From 17th-Century Mantua to 21st-Century New York 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z The point is to show audiences that Handel doesn’t have to be scary, despite the fact that his operas basically consist of long strings of arias in ABA form, sung one after the other. Wolf Trap Opera, Castleton Festival launch unevenly but laudably on same weekend The stage is set for bellicose ensembles and arias of extreme and regularly conflicted emotions, which Rossini sets to music as vocally flamboyant as it is harmonically tense and orchestrally powerful. Maometto Secondo – review 2013-06-10T17:04:05Z The British soprano Lucy Crowe’s expertise and imagination in Baroque music gives her the freedom to turn da capo arias into feats of feeling. Carnegie Hall’s New Season: What We Want to Hear 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Here’s the great baritone Lawrence Tibbett, the Met’s original Bradford, in one of the arias: Classical Music This Week: The Met and the Mets, Female Conductors and Schiff’s Pedal 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z And it’s a clumsy one, attempting in the third act to weave aria pauses into a breakneck pace and an abrupt, Orphic turn. Wagner’s Early Operas Shouldn’t Be Mere Curiosities 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z It’s an argument prosecuted in a perfectly calibrated procession of fast and slow arias, of joy, anger and sadness. Review: ‘Il Trionfo’ and ‘Pelléas’ at the Aix-en-Provence Festival 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Equally shadowy is Joseph Keckler’s video of a youth who sings an aria from Wagner’s “Siegfried,” an opera partly derived from a Grimm tale. In the galleries: You’ll definitely use your head at ‘Interface,’ at G Fine Art 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z The “Messiah,” an oratorio that tells the story of Christ’s life, is not usually performed in its entirety, and it wasn’t here: conductors choose which solo arias and choruses they want to include. Hallelujah! Seattle Symphony and Chorale deliver an energetic, nuanced ‘Messiah’ 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z He brought burnished tone and deep feeling to his famous aria, "Avant de quitter ses lieux," then came close to stealing the entire show with a death scene that was riveting in its raw intensity. Review: Alagna as a cartwheeling `Faust' at Met 2011-12-24T21:31:04Z The conclusion may be sombre, but as the stage floods slowly with morning light to the sound of a Bach aria, there's a hint, however troubled, of redemption. The Suit – review 2012-05-26T23:05:44Z An original story rather than one of the transformations of existing material that currently clog the opera world, her text is largely prose, and never purple; modest arias arise naturally out of the dialogue. Review: A New Opera Tells an Original Story With an Open Heart 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z There’s a video of him playing the aria in Prague in front of the refugees. Amit Peled, Cellist, Walks in the Footsteps of Pablo Casals 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z After Mr. Luisotti restarted the opera and the tenor Ramón Vargas finished his first aria, the performance was disrupted once again by clapping and shouting, and Mr. Luisotti abandoned the orchestra pit for good. Madrid Opera Shut Down by Audience Angry at Crowding in Cheap Seats 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z But in this opera, the recitativo has so many stories, while the arias are also telling them. The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z I commissioned Harrison to turn “Young Caesar” into a “real” opera, with consistent Western instrumentation and proper arias. Julius Caesar, young and gay: A groundbreaking 1971 opera gets revived for a new era 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Singing the role of Nixon for the first time, baritone Brian Mulligan attacked the vocal line with solid, resonant tone, reveling in the jerky rhythms of his "News" aria. 'Nixon' headlines SF Opera's summer season 2012-06-15T18:03:09Z Charlie Parker marches off the stage after an aria invoking the evils of segregation and lynching, then Addie Parker takes the stage to sing about her pride in her son’s success. ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ at Seattle Opera offers an unlikely mash-up of jazz and opera. How well does it work? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z At 49, her voice shows slight signs of strain, and she did not attempt Cleopatra's most florid arias. Early music is still being reinvented 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The best parts of Massenet’s score are its inspired arias, especially for Manon. Music Review: Anna Netrebko in ?Manon? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-27T22:50:54Z MacBeth's language is beautifully melodic: the stanzas unfold like operatic arias, becoming more florid and complex in thought as the poem develops. Poem of the week: The God of Love by George MacBeth 2010-06-07T14:18:00Z Individual response and reflection is the realm of the solo arias, two each for soprano, alto, tenor and bass, all of them accompanied by solo instruments in supportive roles. Review | Conductor Matthew Dirst leads Washington Bach Consort in St. John Passion 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The aria that begins and ends the piece, and the basis of Bach’s 30 variations, was simple, direct, and very quiet. Review | Angela Hewitt’s cinematic Goldberg Variations 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The show is packed with songs whose styles are mixed and matched with formidable agility, going from operatic arias to dance romps to jazzy croons and back again. A Guide to Theater Festivals in New York and the Berkshires 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z In this minimally staged performance, the piece came over as having some genuine highlights among its innumerable da capo arias, though the best ideas tend to go to the orchestra rather than the singers. L'Olimpiade ? review 2012-05-21T14:23:55Z I can hit the notes of “Nessun dorma” in the shower myself, not necessarily in the original key; does that mean I am singing the aria, or not? A celebration of ‘theme and variations’ 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Instead, “7 Deaths,” directed by Abramovic with Lynsey Peisinger, never quite approaches actual drama in its succession of arias and films, then its dreamy re-creation of Callas’s final moments in her Paris apartment. Review: Marina Abramovic Summons Maria Callas in ‘7 Deaths’ 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z He sings arias and excerpts from 11 of the 12 Puccini operas, including “Le Villi” and “Edgar,” the obvious omission being the all-female “Suor Angelica.” Classical Playlist: Gabrieli, Bach, 'Distant Voices' and More 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z In another passage, the players briefly whisper sibilants; a series of sliding glissandos in a double bass near the end, almost vocal, feels like a tiny, impeded aria. Review: At 95, a Conductor Is Still Showing New Facets 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Ms. Paul explained that this was a tenor aria. Music Review: Diva?s Struggles and Songs, Shared With Candor 2011-07-31T21:55:47Z But as no one might expect, it also offers shadow puppetry and classical arias. Spare Times: For Children, for Dec. 30-Jan. 5 2011-12-29T22:23:48Z Sung and played with freshness and spirit by the Venice Baroque and six youthful soloists, this disc – full of showpiece da capo arias and gleeful coloratura – may up your game on the obscure opera front. L'Olympiade: the Opera ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:27Z Everything he could turn into song, he did, brilliantly absorbing the story of Tony, a Sicilian immigrant grape farmer, and Rosabella, the much younger bride he obtains through deception, into arias, toe-tappers, recitatives and chorales. Review: ‘The Most Happy Fella,’ Sliced, Diced and None Too Pleased 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z There are actors, such as Steinfeld, who can sing as well as they can act, but most of these performers seem to be more comfortable delivering shtick than arias. Imagination at play in a simple but joyful 'Into the Woods' 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z But as she introduced a dozen new songs, it became clear that the switch from arias to emotional rock isn't such a stretch after all. Charlotte Church – review 2012-09-25T17:03:43Z Of the recent pieces in the first concert, Robin Holloway's Partitina, based around the opening bass line of the Goldberg variations' aria, was particularly successful. Angela Hewitt ? review 2010-11-22T22:15:00Z For no sooner does our latter-day mermaid finish her aria of farewell than this aqueous dream world is dismantled before our eyes. Review: A Shaggy Fish Story With a Bounty of Questing Heroines 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Maybe too long, especially the first act, with its many contemplative arias. Music Review: ?The Enchanted Island? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2012-01-01T22:56:22Z But the real showstopper was Mr. Green, immensely touching in his aria lamenting the loss of his overcoat, which he is about to sell for the communal good. Review: ‘La Bohème,’ in All Its Excessive Glory 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The arias don’t halt the progression of the story. Why Seattle Opera’s ‘Tosca’ is worth staying indoors for 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The problem is Mr. Schwartz’s easygoing and harmonically tame score, which at every opportunity breaks into cloying lyrical flights and set-piece arias, fortified by swelling strings and sonorous brasses. Opera Review: An Opera Strays Into a Clairvoyant Realm 2011-04-20T15:57:07Z But something about Servilia’s quiet integrity and courage clearly endeared her to Mozart, because he wrote two of the opera’s loveliest arias for her. Review: The Met Makes a Case for Mozart’s Least-Loved Opera 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z But at its most persuasive, “First Person” is an aria on the necessity of self-invention, on the loops and lacunas of memory and the bullish inadequacy of all language. Review | If a rich liar asked you to ghostwrite his memoir, would you do it? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Visitors hear, at various times, the chanting of Tibetan nuns, an aria, a lullaby and a Russian war anthem commissioned by Stalin. ‘The Murder of Crows’ at Park Avenue Armory 2012-08-09T15:11:07Z Her pained, nostalgic aria “In quelle trine morbide” felt more like a collection of stunning vocal effects — a gauzy yet clear half-voice, shining high notes, clarity of tone — than like an expression of deep feeling. Opera Review: Anna Netrebko in ‘Manon Lescaut,’ at the Rome Opera 2014-03-03T17:53:28Z When he responded with an Italian aria, he said, his teammates’ mouths dropped. Feel Locked Out? Nothing to Tackle? Well, Try Opera 2011-03-16T01:25:13Z Bach accompanies arias with solo instruments, and Sellars persuaded the first chair players to memorize their solos and interact theatrically on stage with the singers. A passionate Sellars-Rattle triumph with Bach's 'St. Matthew' 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z She started off singing with floating richness, emanating tenderness and hurt in arias with the quiet eloquence of prayer, and gained power and authority as the opera went on. Music Review: In Dark Temple, Antiquity?s Sober Doings 2011-02-14T05:11:48Z The main story suffers most from this problem: Outside of their arias, Orpheus and Eurydice are blandly written and thus performed. Review: The Metamorphosis of ‘Hadestown,’ From Cool to Gorgeous 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z For Jupiter’s first album, “Vivaldi,” the members started a poll on Facebook asking about friends’ favorite arias. Lea Desandre Gives a Modern Voice to Early Music 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z They sing in Japanese, to tunes based on extra-terrestrial signals, and there's an aria with surreal sci-fi lyrics provided by author Bruce Sterling. International Space Orchestra: the designer taking music into space 2013-06-03T05:30:01Z But then towards the end I gave him this aria, which is just a huge list of drugs. Mark-Anthony Turnage: A life in music 2011-01-22T07:59:00Z After the final aria, widely known as Orpheus’ Lament, he dies. Dance Review: Pina Bausch’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ From Paris Opera Ballet 2012-07-22T20:20:07Z And the Countess is a major challenge, demanding extraordinary poise from the very first words out of her mouth, the soaring aria “Porgi amor.” Season Rescued, the Met Tackles an Oddly Resonant ‘Figaro’ 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z The aria in which she laments the miscarriage she suffered during an attempt on Sun’s life was profoundly moving. ‘Dr. Sun Yat-sen’ in the American Premiere at Santa Fe Opera 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z It was opposite Sutherland that his career ignited, at the Metropolitan Opera in 1972, with a ringing series of nine high C’s in the big tenor aria of Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment.” Pavarotti Captured the Sublime and Vulgar Sides of Opera 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z But this performance made a strong case for its glimmers of forward-thinking angularity as well as its late-Verdian propulsion: it is an assemblage of set pieces — arias, ensembles, choruses — that presses forward with vigor. Opera Review: A Modern Media Spin on Ivan the Terrible 2014-03-06T11:43:55Z The subtle vocal and expressive nuances she brought to Blanche's two "credo" arias made one eager to hear the rest of Previn's opera. A diva with many hats, Fleming delights fans 2010-12-14T16:19:34Z Once in a long while a film comes along that makes audiences see opera in a new light, or makes a hit of an aria. Opera in Film Takes On a New Note in ‘Bel Canto’ (It’s Not Evil) 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Kelly Savage’s synthesizer produced a credible digital harpsichord sound; a vibraphone-marimba patch Ms. Savage adopted for Ms. Palmer’s arias heightened their burlesque character. Music Review: ?The Judgment of Paris? by Morningside Opera - Review 2011-09-01T22:41:50Z I can’t even guess at how many times I had heard the aria before. Trump Has Changed a Night at the Opera, Too 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z This was just Act II, when we meet this icy princess, who must sing the daunting aria “In questa reggia” and the subsequent Riddle Scene. Review: Anna Netrebko Rings in the Year With a Met Gala 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z He said that when Ms. Gheorghiu realized that Mr. Kaufmann would be repeating the aria, she returned to her dressing room. ‘Tosca’ Pauses When a Diva Misses Her Cue on Vienna Stage 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z But both manage to convey the unutterable sadness of the opera's last scenes, which include Klinghoffer's haunting aria sung by his lifeless body as it sinks in the sea. Met Opera's 'Death of Klinghoffer' is a compassionate feat 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Billboard: I remember hearing that you were working on an album of arias. Aretha Franklin does "own thing" with new album 2010-03-19T21:54:00Z Soon after he sang his heart out in the fourth-act duet with Valentine — the most popular love duet of the 19th century — he shined again in Raoul’s taxing aria in Act 5. Music: 'Les Hugenots,' Making Operatic History Again 2011-06-21T11:21:41Z She sings the 17 songs and arias here with the uniform gorgeousness for which she is so admired. Intriguing parallels between L.A. Opera's Thais and Blanche DuBois 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z He wrangled the eclectic, if erratic, score — a succession of talky set pieces in which arias are more like brief soliloquies — into a coherent, flowing drama. Review: The Time for Prokofiev’s ‘War and Peace’ Is Now 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z That O’Hara’s Williamstown production was to star McDonald, our leading vocal tragedienne — in a part that, though spoken, seems like one long, ascendant aria — made this “Streetcar” a must-see event of the summer. Review: An Audio ‘Streetcar,’ Not Yet Reaching Its Destination 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z “I thought, let’s see if we can find a better aria,” he recalled. The Metropolitan Opera Revives ‘The Enchanted Island’ 2014-02-24T23:05:14Z The interactions between the members of the jailor’s household are fresh and sweet, with tuneful arias and ensembles shaded only lightly, here and there, with a melancholic oboe. Review: A Look at ‘Léonore’ Before Beethoven, and Others, Got to It 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The baritone Eugene Chan, 29, controlled and ringing at the top, was also eloquent in Yeletsky’s aria from Tchaikovsky’s “Pique Dame.” Music Review: George London Foundation Awards at Morgan Library 2012-02-19T22:22:21Z It is an aria from Bellini’s opera “La Sonnambula” — the sleepwalker — and the words to that aria are fraught with nostalgia: “Oh remembrance of scenes long vanished . . . where my childhood serenely glided.” Perspective | On a last walk through the National Gallery, I’m reassured by images of an uncertain future 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z When it was new, “Die Zauberflöte,” however sublime its arias and choruses, would have been seen, like other singspiels, as a combination of carnival and vaudeville, an essentially popular entertainment. This Conductor’s Mozart Isn’t for the Faint of Ear 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Operamission’s complete performance lasted four hours, with just one short intermission and, given the fleet pace of the staging by the director Jeff Caldwell, no applause between arias. Music Review: Operamission Performs Handel’s ‘Almira’ at Gershwin Hotel 2012-05-30T22:29:39Z It’s also an aria that Donizetti cut when he revised the opera in 1840, seven years after its Milan premiere, in an attempt to focus the drama more sharply. The 1833 ‘Lucrezia Borgia’ Version Is Sung at Caramoor 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z In operatic terms, almost everything functions as recitative, little as aria. Opera Review: Opera Celebrates Bum Phillips, Who Led the Houston Oilers 2014-03-21T22:01:54Z Then, dressed in dominatrix leather and Louise Brooks wig, she brought gusto to the stratospheric vocal lines of the chief of the secret police’s aria from “Le Grand Macabre.” Music Review: Philadelphia Orchestra and Simon Rattle at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-19T21:44:32Z The action comes to a head in a bracing sequence of arias that closes Act 2. Review: A Spotlight for an Unsung Talent 2010-08-17T15:23:00Z At the Y, the players missed it in the first aria, skimming over its gentle undulations. Review: Bach Collegium Japan Returns With Chamber Music 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z The tenor and Fabio Luisi, the Met’s principal conductor, repeated the aria, which includes several high Cs and an interpolated high D. Mexican tenor Javier Camarena marks 10-year career 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z His inaugural concert will include arias from Wagner and Puccini. Electric conductor 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z His fidelity to the show’s spirit mollified the jolt of his occasional departures, as when he spliced some dialogue into Papageno’s entrance aria. Review: Pulling Back the Curtain on ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z It is basically a sacred drama, consisting of recitatives, arias, a couple of duets and a chorus to end each of the two acts. Music Review: A Generous Opening to the Lucerne Easter Festival 2011-04-11T17:51:16Z Mozart wrote two new arias for the cantata. Music Review: Mostly Mozart Concludes With Almost All Mozart 2010-08-22T23:58:00Z On Wednesday she joins the English Concert, a noteworthy period instrument group directed by Harry Bicket, for a program including instrumental works by Vivaldi and songs and arias by Dowland, Monteverdi and Handel. The Week Ahead: Oct. 10 ? 16 2010-10-08T13:44:00Z Klaus Mertens did much the same with the bass arias and the role of Jesus, singing with straightforward dignity and not reaching for any great warmth in the characterization. ArtsBeat: When Expectations Mix With Reality 2011-04-16T11:50:33Z It certainly takes a standard approach to opera, with set-piece arias and dances, and has derivative musical elements. Review: Signs of Rebirth at New York City Opera 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z This meant eliminating some arias and chopping the B sections off a couple of others, but it also spared the audience from having to sit through four hours of performance. Wolf Trap Opera, Castleton Festival launch unevenly but laudably on same weekend Score a “vincerò” for Puccini, then — with another sure to follow next weekend, when the emerging director R. B. Schlather tackles the composer’s unfinished final work, “Turandot,” complete with Mr. Trump’s favorite aria. For Many, Opera and Puccini Are One (Trump’s Campaign Knows the Appeal) 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z "I was missing music, really missing having music with me on a daily basis," said the engineer, who plans to perform several operatic pieces, including an aria from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro." Whistlers pucker up and blow into Carolina town 2012-04-19T06:53:09Z Christopher Martin, the principal trumpeter, played his part in that aria with flair, and the rest of the orchestra was on its early-music mettle. Review: Philharmonic Replies to $50 Million With ‘Hallelujah’ 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Franklin: Yes, I am working on some arias. Aretha Franklin does "own thing" with new album 2010-03-19T21:54:00Z Ms. Morley’s deliciously comical and vocally unassailable performance of Offenbach’s windup-doll aria was one of the highlights in a program that ranged from Mozart to Bernstein. Music Review: Opera Singers Bring Theatricality to SummerStage 2013-07-17T20:22:28Z This despite the Met’s continuing investment in the work, offering some of the same stars and others, and substituting several arias, the better to suit them, in good, freewheeling Baroque fashion. Opera Review: ‘The Enchanted Island’ Returns to Met Opera 2014-02-28T21:08:04Z Yeletsky has only a single extended aria, a declaration of love, one of the great lyrical outpourings in Russian opera. Music Review: Betting on Not-So-Sure Things: Love and a Trick to Win at Cards 2011-03-13T22:08:17Z After listening to her gorgeous rendition of “Casta Diva” from Bellini’s “Norma,” now one of her showpiece arias, there was no doubting why. Review: National Council Auditions Winners Named at Grand Finals Concert 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z An aria meant as a character’s confession of love in a solitary moment became a couple’s romantic game of hide and seek. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z She plans to sing arias this summer in three charity concerts with former Secretary of State -- and accomplished concert pianist -- Condoleezza Rice. Aretha Franklin does "own thing" with new album 2010-03-19T21:54:00Z For instance, in recitative-like passages of arias where vocal lines are punctuated by simple chords, he encouraged conversational delivery by the singers by relaxing the beat. Opera Review: No Beauty Goes Unexplored in ‘La Clemenza di Tito’ 2014-02-17T16:05:54Z And Mr. Huang conducted several arias and duets in a new chamber arrangement at Le Poisson Rouge on Tuesday evening, as part of a program of his recent works. Music Review: Huang Ruo?s ?Dr. Sun Yat-Sen? at Le Poisson Rouge - Review 2012-01-12T23:44:28Z At one point, Mr. Tines’s Ned mounts the stump to sing a stinging aria based on “What to a Slave Is the Fourth of July?” — a bitterly powerful 1852 speech by Frederick Douglass. Review: John Adams Mines Gold Rush History for His New Opera 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The second section, “Seven in the Woods,” its title drawn from a Jim Harrison poem, feels like Mr. Wooley’s aria, his playing smokily soft. Review: The Prettiest, Most Progressive Campfire Music Ever 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Her arias on Sunday were steady, careful, earnest. Review: Anna Netrebko Sings Her First ‘Aida’ in Salzburg 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The selections show her wide repertory — everything from baroque arias and art songs to religious music and spirituals and more. Marian Anderson’s vocal artistry honored in new CD bonanza 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z The aria still echoed in my bones the following day, when I visited my father in his nursing home just outside the city. Exit Arias: What Opera Can Teach Us About Dying 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Handel’s vocal writing can be fiercely demanding, nowhere more so than in the Angel’s opening aria, “Be unbarred, ye gates of Avernus,” in which Liv Redpath, a soprano, displayed lovely tone and fine agility. It’s Handel; It’s Not What You Think 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z During one of her arias, the ensemble actors break into a courtly dance. In Center Stage’s ‘Amadeus,’ in-character actors mingle with audiences in the lobby Vengeance and spite were everywhere, and few composers have written better vengeance arias than Vivaldi. Review: Vivaldi’s ‘Catone in Utica’ Gets a Rare Staging 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Typically at this time, the story was told by the recitativo, and the aria described the feeling. The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Of the original first act, only the aria for Carlo remained, with an anguished new preamble. New ?Don Carlo,? That Ever-Changing Opera 2010-11-20T19:37:00Z Mr. Thomas was more engaged and natural onstage than he’s been at times in the past, and his voice was its robust, bronzed best in arias from “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” and Verdi’s “Macbeth.” At SummerStage, Metropolitan Opera’s Recital Series Begins 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z As the Duchess of Krakenthorp, a role often lent to legendary divas, the great soprano Kiri Te Kanawa simmered with righteous indignation, interpolating an aria from Puccini’s “Edgar” for good measure. Music Review: Donizetti?s ?Fille du R?giment? at the Met - Review 2011-12-13T23:22:49Z With what he described as “a pretty encyclopedic knowledge” of the period, he helped Ms. van Kampen decide on the arias; they have changed two for the Broadway production and added an additional song. Writing Her Way From Backstage to Broadway 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z She threatened to rent Carnegie Hall and present a competing program of arias from the opera if the company did not relent. Phyllis Curtin, American Soprano Who Championed New Music, Dies at 94 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Katerina is assigned poignant salon arias and pensive recitatives that bear the contours of folk song. The Fact and Fiction Behind Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z This motivates a rendition of her aria “Per pietà” that, for both characters, simmers with mingled shames about racial passing and romantic betrayal. Review: Mozart Reimagined in a Violent, Racist World 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The highlight is Sid’s Italianate aria, to “Just One of Those Things,” as he applies a tear to his right cheek with a mascara pencil. The Comedic Genius of Sid Caesar: 7 Clips You Can Actually Watch on YouTube 2014-02-13T17:59:44Z The best thing about being on “Star Trek” was being able to sing an aria with the camera spinning around me a la “The Sound of Music.” How to tell if you’re an ‘approval junkie’ — and how to stop being one 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Episodes of levity recur throughout Adams’s music; he likened the ironically effervescent British Dancing Girl aria in “The Death of Klinghoffer” to the porter scene in “Macbeth.” A Battle of Boos and Cheers at the Symphony 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Today's reigning Rossini singer inhabits his tragic heroines with a technical brilliance and deep musical and dramatic understanding worthy of the legendary Spanish diva Maria Colbran, for whom the arias were composed. 10 best classical-recordings list includes Seattle Symphony's Schuman 2010-12-29T22:53:09Z There is beautiful music — stirring ensembles and a few gotcha arias — in Gounod’s score. Music Review: A Review of the Metropolitan Opera?s ?Faust? 2011-11-30T13:23:05Z Titled “Diva’s Song,” the work featured Ms. York’s interpretation of the “Vissi d’arte” aria and Mr. Kearns’s paintings, their object to show how art can help people achieve transcendence, even over mortality. Nora York, Singer Who Fused Forms, Dies at 60 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z At times, perhaps overly excited and trying to reach the balconies of Carnegie Hall, he pushed his sound in some stirring moments of his arias. Music Review: Musica Sacra in Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-21T22:47:06Z Norma counsels peace, at least for now, in a charged stretch of recitative that leads to the great aria “Casta Diva,” when Norma prays to the moon goddess to bestow solace and patience. Compelling Singers Lift a Muddled ‘Norma’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z It simultaneously delights and disappoints, a melodic throwback to the era when Puccini and Strauss were composing, with arias and duets and quartets. `Prima Donna' has US premiere at Brooklyn Academy 2012-02-20T16:57:08Z The tour also gets off to a bumpy start, with a formidably difficult aria from Grétry's L'Amant Jaloux that brings with it some aspirated coloratura and a couple of uncharacteristically shrill high notes. Sandrine Piau: Le Triomphe de l'Amour – review 2012-06-07T21:00:01Z Compared to the Five’s preference for declamation over melody, Rubinstein’s conservative taste for tunes, ensembles, dances and identifiable arias makes “Demon” highly accessible. It Was Russia’s Most Popular Opera. Then It Disappeared. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Then it turned into something else; it turned into divas and arias and all these arrogant conductors. Wayne Shorter, Jazz’s Abstruse Elder, Isn’t Done Innovating Yet 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z An especially memorable example is the confluence of camerawork and performance in the Refugee’s revelatory aria near the end of the film. How Seattle Opera came to film its newest production at the Museum of Flight 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z But here, at the end of a personal journey through lyrics like “She is Black but beautiful,” the aria feels like an urgent plea from Sulayman to be left alone to reflect. At the Spoleto Festival, Opera Is an Act of Liberation 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z “You have a lot of learned errors,” he declared about Ryan’s work on one aria. Sing for Your Life 2011-05-20T16:00:31Z Mezzo-soprano Eve Gigliotti displayed a wide range with imaginative ornamentation and a clear sense of drama, particularly in the affecting aria “He was despised.” Seattle Symphony’s ‘Messiah’ inspires hallelujahs 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z His operas are "through-composed" – there are no stops and starts for arias and duets. Wagner bicentenary: the music is still what matters most 2013-05-21T23:59:01Z “Maometto II” is not typical of the “number operas” of Rossini’s day, in which dramatic recitative connects a series of arias and ensembles that end with a flourish and invite bravos from listeners. Music Review: A Rossini Masterwork Ahead of Its Time 2012-07-30T22:09:48Z And Mosser, as the diva’s devoted companion, finds a resonant emotionality in songs such as “What She Needs,” her plaintive aria of thwarted desire. Review | This revival of ‘Grand Hotel’ offers only cold comfort 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Prudently trimmed, the work emerges as a Rossinian lark with a handful of limpid arias that aspire to Donizetti. Critic’s Notebook: Glimmerglass Offers an Ambitious Spread of Works 2013-07-22T22:01:46Z Although the voice sometimes needed more body in midrange, Ms. Mei brought ardor and tonal resonance to the climactic moments and technical agility to her challenging Act 3 aria. Opera Review: Zurich Opera's 'Guillaume Tell' Is Tripped Up by Gimmickry 2010-11-23T12:40:00Z He also explained his use of the famous "Queen of the Night" aria from Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" in the movie. Hollywood sends animated stars to Cannes festival 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z This year, he will release his first solo album — of Verdi arias — on the label Delos. An American Tenor Is ‘at Home Everywhere’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Daniel, the kings and Balthasar’s queen have chanted monologues with the specificity and emotional richness of later operatic arias. Music Review: ‘The Play of Daniel’ at the Cloisters 2013-01-13T21:22:12Z Mr. Salsi received a big ovation for the Act IV aria ”Pietà, rispetto, amore,” but mixed among the cheers were a few boos, which only made the cheers grow louder and the ovation longer. An Italian Festival Presents Verdi on His Own Turf 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z “When Klinghoffer finally sings, he sings an aria of absolute indignation,” Mr. Adams noted. ‘Klinghoffer’ Composer Responds to Met’s Decision 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z In this act, as in whole stretches of the opera, there are few stand-alone arias. Music Review: Gluck?s ?Armide? Opera in Met-Juilliard Production 2012-02-12T15:16:28Z Their appearance in the three-hour concert before an estimated crowd of 8,000 overflowed with Franklin's catalogue of hits and arias from the world of opera and classical music. Condoleezza Rice and Aretha Franklin perform duet 2010-07-28T09:05:00Z The visually-arresting spectacle is no less modern in terms of the music, which combines brutal noise, screaming and heavy drums with traditional operatic arias to express the discrimination the Creature faces among people. Futuristic 'Frankenstein' opera poses timely questions about human... 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z I’d suggest listening carefully to the opening aria a few times, concentrating on the bass line in the piano. Love Classical Music? Anthony Tommasini Recommends Contemporary Composers 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Domingo is back in the production, but with a Handel aria in a later scene replacing one by Rameau. Opera Review: ‘The Enchanted Island’ Returns to Met Opera 2014-02-28T21:08:04Z But when she was in her late teens a voice singing an aria on the radio sent her on her way. Music: Katarina Dalayman in ?G?tterd?mmerung? at the Met 2012-01-22T02:23:06Z Nor do Johnson’s interstitial arias about rodeos and rattlesnakes do more than provide surface color. Review: In ‘The Great Society,’ Another Presidential Nightmare 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z She had no pitch, rhythm nor tone yet became a popular curiosity for punters keen to see her foul up an aria. The 75 films we're most excited about in 2016 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Crowe nails every aria with a pure, peachy soprano that inhabits every phrase to ineffably touching effect. 'Hercules': Lyric Opera season closes on spectacular note 2011-03-06T18:37:00Z But she will return on Thursday for an ambitious program of early-18th-century arias: “The Swedish Nightingale,” joined by the Venice Baroque Orchestra at Zankel Hall. Is This the Best Opera Singer You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z From his first aria, Arnold must repeatedly sail up to high C, and he stays in the stratosphere most of the evening. Review:"Williams Tell" celebrates all things Swiss 2010-12-10T12:08:00Z He begins by playing the opening aria at a gently lilting tempo and with pristine clarity, though a hint of intensity hovers within. 5 Hours of Glenn Gould Outtakes. Why? Listen and Find Out. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z He is magnificent in his great aria of a black man reminding the miners this “Fourth of July is yours, not mine.” Where to look for treasure in California's new gold rush? Try John Adams' new opera 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z This made the sound of the flute initiating Ruggiero’s aria “Sol da te” especially welcome. Music Review: On Paris Stages, Intriguing Vivaldi and Novel Wagner 2011-03-15T12:30:07Z A clown, he tells us, merely “encourages the idiotic” with low antics — much as “Gary” does, with its bug-eyed bits and endless flatulence arias. Review: Taylor Mac’s ‘Gary’ Finds Hope and Humor on a Pile of Corpses 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z She gave a nice turn to the little aria “A voice within my heart,” which Handel reused and which became a street song at the time. It’s Handel; It’s Not What You Think 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Combining elements of video and performance art, the piece strings together seven famous arias associated with Callas and new music by the composer Marko Nikodijevic. The Coronavirus Derails Marina Abramovic’s Maria Callas Opera 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Someone called for a song, and one of the psychiatrist’s sisters, Melissa Frey, 29, offered an aria by Rimsky-Korsakov. A Mystery Ball Where the Illuminati Have Cloven Hooves 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Mitchell, on opening night, was underpowered and Walker, though dramatically superb, made heavy weather of his second act aria. Don Giovanni 2010-06-30T21:01:00Z The only disappointment was the tenor Topi Lehtipuu, colorless and strained in his important arias. Music Review: Berlin Philharmonic Performs a New ‘St. John Passion’ 2014-02-28T03:15:50Z The first of the two arias is essentially a duet with a solo oboe, here played with deep expression by the orchestra’s principal oboist, Randall Ellis. Review: Mostly Mozart’s Opening Concert, With a Chopin Encore 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z He was swept up with enthusiasm for the heritage of French grand opera, with its massed choral scenes, romantic effusions and elaborate arias. Review: Flawed but Fascinating Dvorak Opera in a Rare Staging 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z She executed staggeringly difficult arias as casually as if they were Marchesi vocalises.” Charlotte Holloman, concert singer and voice teacher, dies at 93 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z As he begins his final aria, a gusty moan accompanies him in the speakers. Peter Grimes on the Beach? Shiver me tenors! 2013-06-12T18:00:01Z In 1999, though she didn’t much like stilted aria contests, she entered the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition and won a surprising victory. What’s Keeping One of Opera’s Greatest Sopranos From Singing? 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z At this point the soprano portraying Magda, who has not yet had much to sing, must break into one of the most lyrically soaring arias in the repertory, known as Doretta’s Song. Music Review: Kristine Opolais Makes Met Debut in Puccini’s ‘Rondine’ 2013-01-13T21:20:46Z That Mr. Danielpour’s stylistic borrowings were identifiable — Shostakovich’s angst; the unease of early Schoenberg; the cinematic thrust of Philip Glass; melodies with the refulgence of Italian arias — did not detract from their emotional efficacy. Music Review: Trinity Church Brings New Music to 9/11 Remembrance 2011-09-09T23:31:31Z In the affirming tenor aria “Every valley shall be exalted,” little flourishes in the strings were echoed by bustling replies in woodwinds, a colorful and unabashedly symphonic touch. Music Review: Oratorio Society of New York?s ?Messiah? - Review 2011-12-20T21:59:08Z His arias were winning and convincing, his tenor perhaps underpowered by the slightest tad. Mayer's `Rigoletto,' set in Vegas, opens at Met 2013-01-29T20:16:03Z Puccini penned some of his most famous arias in his Tuscan house by the marshy Lake Massaciuccoli in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Revel in opera in Italy 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z She removed Jesus from her aria altogether, changing “He was despised” to “She is despised,” to evoke herself and her Muslim mother. A ‘Messiah’ for the Multitudes, Freed From History’s Bonds 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z With Joyce Castle as master of ceremonies, the arias and scenes on Saturday night presented singers of all types and nationalities. Galaxy of opera stars fete Seattle’s Speight Jenkins 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z All the poignant sentiment that Lennon and Ono imbued the song with is completely sucked out by singer Adam Levine’s reaching aria and overdone vibratos. Here are the 10 most annoying Christmas songs of all time 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z And Mr. Domingo also gets a new aria to sing. The Metropolitan Opera Revives ‘The Enchanted Island’ 2014-02-24T23:05:14Z But DiDonato also provides some answers herself with this recording of Baroque music, divided between arias depicting hostility and those devoted to serenity. CD reviews: Joyce DiDonato looks at war, peace and the Baroque 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z In Mr. Mattei’s case, it will mean transmitting a Mozart aria with a smartphone and a cellular data plan, from a house that of course wasn’t meant to be a studio. How the Met Opera Is Throwing a Gala Concert With Smartphones 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z His famous aria, “La donna e mobile,” is a classic blame-the-victim moment: He claims it’s women who are as fickle as the breeze, not men. The many ways pop culture warned us about the 2016 election 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Two singers dressed as Radio City ushers start their own duo; a ballerina dances in an illuminated tutu around Columbus Circle; a woman in front of Carnegie Hall sings an aria from “Carmen.” Critic?s Notebook: Fasten Your Seat Belts And Embrace the City 2010-10-14T15:49:00Z The revival features a pair of substitute arias tailored to its star singers, Plácido Domingo and Susan Graham. The Metropolitan Opera Revives ‘The Enchanted Island’ 2014-02-24T23:05:14Z A Donizetti aria is paired with Queen’s “Somebody to Love.” Music Review: Jarrod Spector in ‘A Little Help From My Friends,’ at 54 Below 2014-03-12T20:29:45Z He treated the audience to two arias while the judges deliberated. Big day for bass-baritones at Met Opera finals 2011-03-14T01:35:21Z But sometimes the sound of the Bach Collegium Japan seemed a little small in the auditorium and lacked resonance, especially during some of the arias accompanied by fewer instruments. In a Mass, a Cradle of Consolation for Japan 2011-03-23T22:27:34Z Consort Artistic Director Dana Marsh leaned into the aria’s lilting dance rhythms, conducting his orchestra for maximum buoyancy and grace. Review | One aria sums up a joyful Washington Bach Consort ‘Christmas Oratorio’ 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Much of her performance was affecting in its delicacy: the tone quiet and luminous in her first aria and, in her final scene, slightly hooded, as if veiled in tears. Review: A Young Soprano Meets the Hype at the Met Opera 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z Ms. Rae brought plush radiance to the confessional aria and brilliant, agile singing to the showpiece. Review: The English Concert Brings a Marvelous ‘Semele’ 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Her reaction set the mood perfectly for the aria “Caro nome.” Review: ‘Rigoletto’ at the Met Opera Sounds Almost Desperate 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Alas, my aria on table manners must await another day. Can We Be Friends if We Can’t Talk About Money? 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Hallenberg’s splendid recording of arias drawn from 10 rarities, all featuring Agrippina as a character, is an ideal supplement to the Met’s production. Is This the Best Opera Singer You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Verdi’s “La traviata” is one of the most popular operas of all time, filled with all the vital ingredients of a classic: beautiful arias, a romantic story line, a doomed heroine and a passionate hero. At Seattle Opera, a much different look at ‘La traviata’’ 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z No soprano these days sings Bellini’s Norma, then Verdi’s Violetta, then Tchaikovsky’s Tatiana, then releases an album of Handel arias, all in a few months. Exclusive Tracks From Sonya Yoncheva’s New Handel Album 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z I slept on a creaky sofa near the nurses’ station, lulled by the midnight arias of one patient and the cries of another calling for her mommy. Modern Love: Age Is No Obstacle to Love, or Adventure 2013-09-12T18:12:17Z The music for Prospero’s alluring aria is taken from a Vivaldi cantata, sung by Mr. Daniels with a transfixing blend of melting sound and forceful delivery. Music Review: ?The Enchanted Island? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2012-01-01T22:56:22Z He also sang the tenor arias and stood up to the dual task impressively. Review: Apollo’s Fire Enhances ‘St. John Passion’ 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z The Liebestod, the opera’s concluding scene, was as painful and private and beautiful as this transcendent aria about transcendence needs to be, after the travails of an emotionally wrenching night. For its most glittering evening, the Met opts for a dark ‘Tristan.’ Good for them. 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z It was right after Mr. Kaufmann sang another encore of the aria on Saturday that she left him alone onstage. ‘Tosca’ Pauses When a Diva Misses Her Cue on Vienna Stage 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z I looked for an aria perhaps, for a more recognisable form. A meeting of minds on the high seas 2010-05-06T22:30:00Z But in return you get arias so beautiful, and musical scenes so intricately layered, that every possible genre seems to be baked inside. Review: The Many Thrilling Flavors of a Full-Scale ‘Sweeney Todd’ 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Her first and most famous aria, “Io son l’umile ancella,” was startlingly uneven, with some notes uncertain and a certain amount of musical sliding around. Review | Blood-and-guts singing dominates Met ‘Adriana’ — and Netrebko was good, too. 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z The Met kept a buffet in the wings so he could snack between arias. Mr. Apple Pie, Ron Howard 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z When Handel sets these rage arias, I get the sense that he understood that also. Meet the People Who Can’t Bring You ‘Messiah’ This Year 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z In arias and especially in small ensembles, though, the vocal lines often fail to soar. Review: ‘Cold Mountain,’ at Santa Fe Opera, Recounts a Separated Lover’s Arduous Journey 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The soprano Camilla Tilling brought bloom and richness to her arias; the tenor Topi Lehtipuu looked and sounded like an impressionable young man who could easily have been drawn into the band of disciples. Berlin Philharmonic Performs 'St. Matthew Passion' at the Park Avenue Armory 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Their appearance will brim not only with Franklin's catalog of hits, but arias from the world of opera and classical music. With sweetness, soul, Aretha and Rice make music 2010-07-27T10:31:00Z The musical shape of the piece is slightly strange, with just one aria close to the beginning, and quirky moment-to-moment mood changes. Dance Review: A Kurt Weill Discovery in Covent Garden - Review 2012-01-01T22:12:19Z Ten minutes into the opera and we’ve had an overture and two arias. Music Review: ‘The Barber of Seville’ at the Met 2012-12-23T22:31:35Z Ms. Fry performs the aria in which Candida explains her choice with a touching ardency. | 'A Minister's Wife': Three Hearts Butt Heads in One Marriage 2011-05-09T02:01:03Z The fine bass Matt Boehler combined earthy, robust sound with stern delivery in what is, for me, the oratorio’s most chilling aria, “The trumpet shall sound.” Music Review: Musica Sacra in Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-21T22:47:06Z On Friday he drew bravos for his arias. Review: ‘Ernani,’ With Plácido Domingo, a Tussle to Hold on to a Love 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The first act closes with a tenor aria set to Primo Levi’s poem “Passover.” Music Review: ‘The Gospel According to the Other Mary,’ by John Adams 2012-06-01T21:51:19Z Losing his way in an aria from Serse, he asked the conductor to begin again. Rolando Villaz?n 2010-05-04T21:05:00Z And a haunting aria from “Alma” — the working title of an opera in development — feels like a bright light cast forward, regardless of who’s looking. Perspective | 21 for ’21: Composers and performers who sound like tomorrow 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z And the Washington National Opera is in the midst of producing its own VR offering, featuring soprano Tamara Wilson and tenor Russell Thomas performing a pair of arias from Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” How a mannequin head could revolutionize how orchestras and audiences come together 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Plodding chronological development, wanly lyrical arias, foursquare choruses and drinking songs are deployed as if by rote. Music Review: ?Heart of a Soldier? at San Francisco Opera - Review 2011-09-11T17:17:57Z "I'm hoping for interest in the whole opera after these arias are heard." Symphony brings back 'Bluebeard's Castle,' and the Chihuly sets 2012-05-10T20:29:12Z In the slow, mournful aria and eerily focused passacaglia he played with a rich, velvety tone and an irresistible sense of line while sacrificing nothing of Ligeti’s angularity. Music Review: Having Fun Across Generations 2010-12-20T22:45:45Z This ghostly aria for an alien formed the basis of an ideal closing number for “Cobra”: unpredictable, otherworldly, joyous. Review: A Tour Through the Hyperactive World of John Zorn 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z For example, the suitor in “Eveline” takes the title character, a shop girl, to see the opera “The Bohemian Girl,” which features the aria “I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls.” Honoring James Joyce’s ‘Dubliners,’ Published 100 Years Ago 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Plotina has a wonderful aria, my favorite piece in the score. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Who can remember, in such a hodgepodge, which aria was better? Opera Review: ‘The Enchanted Island’ Returns to Met Opera 2014-02-28T21:08:04Z In this regard, the most revealing recording in the new set may be a program featuring arias by Bach and Handel, mostly dating from the mid-1940s. Marian Anderson: A Voice of Authenticity and Justice 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z The high proportion of recitative results in a slowish dramatic pace, but the arias are breathtaking. Vivaldi: L'Oracolo in Messenia – review 2012-10-10T15:05:51Z Ms. Hannigan, a contemporary music specialist, has since made a calling card of a sequence of soprano arias from the opera under the title “Mysteries of the Macabre.” Review: The Philharmonic Revisits an Early Triumph of Its Director 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Up-and-coming stars from the company will sing some of the best known arias through March. Concerts and Dance Tuned to the Season: Global Arts Guide 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z "Flute" characters the Queen of the Night and Papageno will sing their well-known arias. Free 'Flute-apalooza' at McCaw on Saturday 2011-05-07T00:05:52Z A handful of major arias and ensemble numbers were eliminated and a couple of minor ones included. Why 1791 in 2017? Gustavo Dudamel searches for meaning in Mozart's last year 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z As the noble prince Tamino, Ben Bliss added a little schmaltz to his elegant tenor to put across the romance of his first aria for the young crowd. Review: ‘The Magic Flute’ Directs Its Whimsy Toward the Younger Set 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Rial’s lovely rendering of the text was followed by a dog-wagging coda with virtually all the instrumentalists taking turns, ultimately reducing the great, soulful aria to the level of a lounge ballad. Review: L’Arpeggiata Opens Before Bach Festival at Carnegie Hall 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The mainstream picture of what that looks like has been locked down by RuPaul Charles, a performer who's constantly shifting between men's suits and operatic arias shaped into floor-length couture gowns. All hail Uncle Clifford on "P-Valley," a vision of Black queerness not seen anywhere else on TV 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z But it also offers one great aria after another, some exciting choruses and some of the meatiest roles in all of opera. Seattle Opera rises to the challenges of ‘Il Trovatore’ with two terrific casts 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Here she is singing a decidedly nondemure rendition of Micaëla’s aria. In Performance: Ailyn Pérez of 'Carmen' 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z The arias didn’t quite land, to judge by the polite but not thrilled reactions of the children sitting near me. Mo Willems Finds Yet Another Way to Entertain Kids: Opera 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Evan’s breakdown in the musical’s climactic aria, “Words Fail,” was so operatic in the theater that it unsettled the nerves. Perspective | Ben Platt’s seven-year journey with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ has taken him from Arena Stage to Hollywood 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z This was best exemplified by the encore, his transcription of an aria by Cimarosa. Mahan Esfahani – review 2013-02-25T16:10:50Z In his college years, Mr. Harnoncourt and fellow students played through arias from the Bach cantatas and much else, realizing in the process that “the performers in Bach’s time used different instruments.” An Austrian Maestro’s Career, Seen Through His Recordings 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z I put back his climactic aria in Act III; I think that the biggest difference between 1986 and this adaptation is the way Act III builds to a crisis. Cuts, Big and Small, Transform Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z One goddess pearl gray evening gown made in Chantilly lace dazzled as the music climaxed with an aria from Tosca, sung by Greek legend Maria Callas. Dior impresses and Versace dazzles in couture 2012-01-24T00:17:19Z “It’s appropriate,” Picker said, “that Oliver Sacks would have an aria about a cycad — the only aria ever written about a cycad.” An Oliver Sacks Book Becomes an Opera, With Help From Friends 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Silent, he simply accepted his sentence with one last look back over his shoulder: an aching final aria performed with only his eyes. Review: A Tenor Claims His Place Among the Met Opera’s Stars 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z In an interminable third-act faceoff, Gyp presides over the breakup of the band, with each member getting a verbal aria to spill the resentments that have boiled for years. Jersey Boys Movie Review: Music is Sharp, Drama is Flat 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Gay culture, after all, is prone to diva worship, and the Act I aria “Casta Diva” is a rite of passage for any star soprano. A 36-Hour Guide to Gay Pride Weekend in New York 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The program for the concert hasn't been announced but is expected to include famous arias and other operatic favorites. L.A. Opera to present 'Macbeth,' 'Akhnaten' and Leonard Bernstein tribute in 2016-17 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z He only had a few teeth, but the acoustics of the desert lifted his words and they floated around us, as resonant as an aria sung in the Albert Hall. ‘The most remote, alien place on Earth’ – Nicholas Jubber on the Sahara 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Aucoin’s version, with Orpheus joined by his double, is more a stentorian demand that an aria of lyrical persuasion. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z “I didn’t want to do the usual countertenor debut of, like, Scarlatti arias,” he said. Anthony Roth Costanzo Exists to Transform Opera 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z In this aria Ulysses awakens in Ithaca in delirium, not sure whether he is dreaming. Music Review: ‘Venezia, From the Streets to the Palaces,’ at Miller Theater 2012-09-13T22:25:32Z The final scene, a reflective aria sung by Anthony as a statue after her death, is as exquisite as any in opera. Opera Review: ‘The Mother of Us All,’ at Manhattan School of Music 2013-12-12T23:24:21Z Now Amy Fisher, who became known as the Long Island Lolita nearly a quarter of a century ago when she shot her lover’s wife, has inspired something rarer: a made-for-TV aria. An Aria for the Long Island Lolita on ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z But it is the opening fanfare, a dotted rising arpeggio, that is most identified with the aria’s promise of resurrection. In Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ the Trumpet as Divine Agent 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z These singers would have also shared the solo arias and even taken the crucial roles of the Evangelist and Jesus. Review: An Intimate ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Has a Shattering Effect 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z This is underscored by the power of Gluck’s highly charged recitatives, tersely expressive arias and stirring choruses. Review: Iphigenia Travels From Aulis to Tauris (and Back Again) on Brussels Stage 2009-12-16T07:25:00Z She voices her despair in this anguished aria decrying his fate and declaring her love. Music Review: Finding Beethoven?s Moods Hidden Between the Lines 2011-08-14T23:23:18Z “I stepped on the stage and sang my first aria on the Metropolitan Auditions of the Air without a nerve in my body. I won, and I was on my way to fame and stardom.” Patrice Munsel, Soprano Who as a Teenager Won a Met Contract, Dies at 91 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Five months later, she went to New York and auditioned for 28 young-artist programs with companies around the country, performing “Ariadne,” the composer’s aria. future maestros and mezzos at the Seattle Opera 2013-03-29T21:13:56Z There were coordination problems in some of the fast scenes, such as Osmin’s rage aria in Act I, in which the whiplike percussive accents from the orchestra lagged behind. Review: James Levine Opens Last Run as Metropolitan Opera Music Director 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Vocally, several spectacular arias, hazardous unaccompanied passages and bold, effective choruses remind us why Meyerbeer was a vital figure in the development of French grand opera. Robert le diable; Basca awards; Queen's Medal for Music – review 2012-12-09T00:07:19Z At the sudden and surprisingly ambiguous end of “Nixon in China” we hear Chou’s plaintive aria asking, “How much of what we did was good?/Everything seems to move beyond/Our remedy.” A Witness Sees History Restaged and Rewritten 2011-02-11T19:47:04Z And while Salieri’s plaintive prayers seem intended as spoken arias — “Let your sound enter me,” he implores. Review | ‘Amadeus’ at the Folger will be music to your ears 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z He sits before a computer screen, slack-jawed, the image of the medieval video game he’s playing reflected in his glasses, while Renée Fleming sings the famous “Casta Diva” aria from Bellini’s “Norma.” Review: In ‘How Heavy This Hammer,’ Life Takes a Toll on Dad 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z And during a later pregnancy she lost a role because it required singing an aria standing on a chair in what would have been her second trimester. What Opera Singers Gained, and Lost, Performing While Pregnant 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Her first aria, starting low and reaching stratospheric in a couple of bars, could certainly take on a yodelling quality in the wrong hands, and we were saved from that. Robert le diable; Basca awards; Queen's Medal for Music – review 2012-12-09T00:07:19Z The effectiveness of the arias is enhanced because each one seems strategically positioned for maximum effect. Music Review: One Cruel King, by Way of Vivaldi 2011-08-10T22:00:40Z Aside from a very sour trumpet solo in the final aria, the NSO turned in clean and solid playing. Early-music expert leads NSO in fresh but uneven interpretation of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z She saw it as a dusty art form, she once said, and couldn’t picture translating her sound world of slow, subtle harmonic changes into melodies and arias. Review: Revisiting a Kaija Saariaho Opera Days After Her Death 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z On the opposite end of the sonic spectrum, the resonant, resounding bass Ante Jerkunica made Sarastro’s arias among the high points of the production. Review: Seattle Opera’s ‘Magic Flute’ is a delight for the eyes and the ears 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The fine young tenor Matthew Plenk brought ardent, operatic intensity to his arias. Oratorio Society of New York Performs ‘St. Matthew Passion’ 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z At the other, Arsace, the countertenor David Daniels in a stirring slow aria, all but maps his id while putting on a shoe. Hidden code of two great composers deciphered 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z In her arias Miranda sorts out her fraught relationships with them all. Music Review: ?Miranda,? an Opera by Kamala Sankaram - Review 2012-01-17T23:09:17Z Yet there are moments, in arias and ensembles, of ethereal beauty. Peter Sellars turns Mozart's last opera into a modern message of humanity in the face of terror 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Jenkins takes his protagonists out of the arena of realism and lifts them into an aria of beatific sadness. Can we Trust the Beauty of Barry Jenkins’s “If Beale Street Could Talk”? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Tritle took their dual aria “He shall feed His flock” at a tempo too slow for these singers to fill with feeling. Kent Tritle and Musica Sacra Bring ‘Messiah’ to Carnegie 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z But it was neither arias nor revving engines rumbling through Modena’s cobblestone streets this spring, when a series of severe earthquakes struck the region. 36 Hours in Modena, Italy 2012-10-18T19:34:49Z As directed by Gordon Edelstein, Mr. Thompson offers dazzling arias, at one point toggling between Armstrong and Glaser in a bravura pyrotechnical display. Theater Review: Louis Armstrong Reminisces in ‘Satchmo at the Waldorf’ 2014-03-21T00:30:14Z That aria was all the more moving for how unforced its sentiment was. Review: A ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Balances Grandeur and Calm 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z While Gerzmava’s arias were a highlight of the concert — presented by the Cherry Orchard Festival — there was much else to cheer about. Hibla Gerzmava brings the house down at Lisner Auditorium 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z This Orientalist potboiler may be known chiefly for the sweeping tenor aria “Nessun dorma,” but this season its leading ladies are the draws. The Met Opera’s New Season: What Our Critics Want to See 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z How deeply can we listen and realize that we’re all singing an ensemble, not a solo aria? Remember When ‘Figaro’ Was Set in Trump Tower? 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z He gives a distinguished account of Colline’s aria of farewell to his coat. Opera Review: Zeffirelli’s ‘La Bohème’ Staging Still Elicits Sighs and Awe 2014-01-15T22:43:27Z But its current bright sound, earthy texture and clean delivery are well suited to this breathlessly exuberant aria. Music Review: A Third Season Begins After a Busy Preseason 2011-09-22T13:22:45Z The music accompanied by the New York Philharmonic was a mix of well-known arias such as "La donna e mobile" and Italian and American pop songs. Bocelli marks another milestone with NYC concert 2011-09-16T17:25:24Z After the opera arias and duets, Bocelli turned to pop songs in the concert's second half. Tenor Andrea Bocelli shares his hope, joy and generosity 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Once past a shaky opening aria, she sang with gorgeous, dramatically incisive tone and revealed great facility in coloratura. Soprano Angela Meade conquers 'Norma' 2010-07-11T19:01:00Z Soprano Sarah Joy Miller sings the part, interjecting southern drawl into arias. Buxom and Doomed: The Odd Marriage of Opera and Anna Nicole 2013-09-27T14:09:14Z As it invariably does when well executed, the aria brought down even this relatively staid house. Review: A Donizetti Revival at the Met Hints at More to Come 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Think of the lump brought to your throat by the crowd at a rugby international or the tears a beautiful aria can engender. Choir of King's College; Exaudi; Tallis Scholars – review 2012-10-27T23:17:28Z Coupled with the operatic aria of “La Donna e Mobile” on the soundtrack, it suggested that the duo had moved back into their preferred world of baroque gilding and black lace. Fashion Review: Raf Simons at Jil Sander and Tomas Maier Redefine Sensual 2012-02-26T18:29:25Z It was a bit of theatrical magic in a beautiful performance: modest and delicate, yet rising to glimpses of the epic in her final aria of self-sacrifice. Review: ‘Madama Butterfly’ Showcases Ana María Martínez 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z The composer adapted the famous aria But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming and its arresting, prestissimo For He is like a Refiner's Fire section specially for the countertenor, newly arrived in England. Guadagni: the first modern singer? 2012-07-19T13:13:24Z Georgia Jarman’s lovely soprano suited Josephine’s lovelorn and dramatic arias perfectly, and if she played her comic moments broadly, the libretto sanctions that approach. Music Review: Sailing a Saucy Ship Into Bel Canto Seas 2011-06-26T22:09:05Z In one production called "The Infernal Comedy," Malkovich played a contemporary serial killer whose exploits are told through a series of operatic arias by famous composers. John Malkovich goes eccentric in 'Casanova Variations,' photo exhibit 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Though the opera still mostly avoids seeming inflated, these enhanced arias and scenes sometimes went on too long. Review: ‘Fire’ Brings a Black Composer to the Met, Finally 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Their performances were remarkable, especially Ms. Umlauf’s, singing the aria “She saw her sweet son dying” while being roughly strapped into a black leather corset. Lot of Leather in Morningside Opera’s ‘Pergolesi: Power Games’ 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Christopher Purves felt on the light side for the bass arias, though Matthew Rose's direct and spontaneous Christus was amply sung. St John Passion – review 2013-03-31T17:31:01Z During the first half of the 20th century it was sung by many famous singers, among them Renata Tebaldi, but always in cut versions, and never with the big aria that opens act three. A bite of William Tell 2011-07-15T22:55:03Z Modern audiences won’t want to sit for hours through parades of static arias and confusing plots. Review: The Met Opera Is Handel’s House in ‘Agrippina’ 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Her fury in the opening recitative was distinct from her lament in the aria proper, but both burned. Music Review: From Rage to Uplift in a Matter of Minutes 2011-01-28T22:39:48Z The show expresses this truth by using arias to break through the ironic surface to create and comment on the moral bonds between all of us. Streetwise Opera: The Answer to Everything – review 2013-04-24T17:01:12Z The new aria recalls when TV regularly commissioned operas. An Aria for the Long Island Lolita on ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Imbued with lilting melodies, the pieces often sound like wordless songs or operatic arias. CD reviews: Two piano recordings worth attention 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Streisand, though — she made the eating of this ounce of ice cream a discreet aria of bliss. Barbra Streisand Is Ready to Tell All. Pull Up a Seat. 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z The piece begins with a long recitative and aria in which Ms. Southwell’s Sarah admits to murdering her husband and two children but tries to explain her motives. Review: ‘Anatomy Theater,’ an Opera, Puts Convicts Under the Knife 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The show, created by Rob Evan, will fuse ’80s rock songs with classical arias and concertos at the Broadway Theater from March 20 to April 29. ‘Rocktopia’ and ‘Home for the Holidays’ to Hit Broadway 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z No one wants to absorb his aria of distress. Jeffrey Eugenides’s Short Stories Salvage Wit From Life’s Grind 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Though he sounded tired and muddy in two Bach arias, Tines was radiantly powerful in “Mass,” his voice careening from airy to rock-solid in Moses Hogan’s “Give Me Jesus.” In a Jam-Packed Weekend at Ojai, a Musical Family Gathers 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z In addition, the program offered the overture and two arias from Mozart’s final opera, “La Clemenza di Tito,” proposing here a hopeful vision of peace through forgiveness. Dudamel, Mozart and the hope and joy of 1791 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Tempi were brisk, with a sense of momentum carried from one aria to another, to the last bar. I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky; Icarus at the Edge of Time; Don Giovanni 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z The discussion-with-music is so beautifully done that it’s like an aria in itself. “Aria Code,” an Effortlessly Listenable Opera Podcast 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z As Escamillo the bullfighter indicates in his famous aria, this is a community who fight for pleasure. Daniel Kramer: Carmen, I've cracked you 2011-01-12T21:31:00Z The heart of each episode is the aria and its explicators, one of whom is always an opera singer. “Aria Code,” an Effortlessly Listenable Opera Podcast 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Her campaign slogan, “Stronger Together,” both disputed Mr. Trump’s me-me-me aria and suggested that the election was bigger than she was. Her Shot: Hillary Clinton Shares a Vision of America Out of ‘Hamilton’ 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z In a final aria — an oasis of expressive, elegant poetry from Smith, after so much expository prose — Patience dismisses the possibility of choosing either past or future. Review: A New Opera Tells an Original Story With an Open Heart 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z And “Kingdom” is a ruthless aria of cyclical violence, with gospel underpinnings that can’t help but call Mr. West’s “Jesus Walks” to mind. New Music: Common Has a New Album and Audra MacDonald as ‘Lady Day’ 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z “Thank You” is a guileless aria for soprano, “Easy” a flamboyantly swinging crowd pleaser. ‘Mass,’ Leonard Bernstein’s Teeming Effort From 1971 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The tempo was reined in just enough so that the insistent three-note rhythmic riff that runs through the aria had clarity and point without any rigidity, whether in Ms. Leonard’s singing or the orchestra. Metropolitan Opera Opens With ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Based on a novel by Thomas Hardy, the opera “is perhaps most successful in its set pieces — arias and ensembles that are reminiscent of opera in earlier ages,” Mr. Holland wrote. Stephen Paulus, Classical Composer Rich in Lyricism, Dies at 65 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Transitioning from audibles to arias would seem the most disharmonic of bridge passages, with the barbarity of football and the elegance of opera at opposite ends of the entertainment spectrum. Feel Locked Out? Nothing to Tackle? Well, Try Opera 2011-03-16T01:25:13Z This breakthrough 1711 work, Handel’s first opera for London and the first Italian opera written to order for a London theater, was conceived as a fantastical entertainment full of showpiece arias for virtuoso singers. Music Review: Francisco Negrin Directs ?Rinaldo? for Lyric Opera of Chicago 2012-03-01T23:12:14Z In Act II, with the kidnapped girl made to believe she is being kept in a hospital, Myra sings a bucolic aria about calm summer weather and other homey images. Opera Review: An Opera Strays Into a Clairvoyant Realm 2011-04-20T15:57:07Z This happens for a few minutes in an early scene with Escamillo, and later when a fortune-teller breaks into an aria as she deals the cards, revealing to Carmen that she is fated to die. Review: The Royal Ballet’s ‘Carmen’ in London 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The aria will be a fleeting — but important — moment in the new season of “Mozart in the Jungle,” which combines screwball comedy and magical realism to tell the story of a fictional New York orchestra. An Aria for the Long Island Lolita on ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z There were self-contained arias here, including one that ended neatly enough to garner applause — a rarity in Prototype-style contemporary opera — as well as moments of disarming pastoral prettiness. A Dance Steals the Show at an Opera Festival 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Two songs by Michael Nyman, composed for the score of a 1995 film, put these ancient instruments into a pleasing pop-ballad idiom, contrasted with a more operatic idiom in arrangements of Handel arias. Review | Countertenor Iestyn Davies and Fretwork revive music old and new at Library of Congress 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z In Take 2, he plays the aria more fleetly and brightly, though the tempo slows a little as the music unfolds. 5 Hours of Glenn Gould Outtakes. Why? Listen and Find Out. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z For encores, Oropesa unleashed her true operatic chops gloriously on a Meyerbeer aria, then finished with a reprise of the Poulenc patter song. Soprano delivers a seemingly effortless performance at UDC theater 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z They act their roles finely, too, entering into the physicality and occasional violence with the same conviction they apply to notes and, crucially, to words, which provide vital motivation for the score's innumerable arias. Rodelinda ? review 2011-03-15T18:23:42Z But even the singing seemed a little distanced, in a role with three of the most achingly sensual arias in the repertory. Review | With spectacular squib of ‘Samson,’ Met Opera grasps at new start 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z I’ve caught myself, after certain performances of an aria or a movement, leaning forward, as if drawn against my will. A Gift From the Musical Gods 2011-08-17T14:36:45Z The movie’s participants are edited down, their discourse trimmed to an aria or two, with few audible requests for elaboration by Ross. The Experimental High Notes of “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Ross’s performance achieves the requisite apotheosis in Evan’s confessional second-act aria, “Words Fail,” a song that will have you near tears — if you have any heart at all. Review | Welcome home, ‘Dear Evan Hansen.’ You’re back where you belong. 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Works that don't contain well-known arias are often considered to be lacking in them altogether, or the one-aria opera is thought to be barren of anything else worthwhile. Raiders of the lost arias 2011-07-21T20:31:00Z The slow sarabande movements are the emotional heart of each of suite, and Ma made them sing like the most penetrating arias in Bach’s cantatas and passions, sorrow so excruciating that it becomes oddly liberating. Yo-Yo Ma does the impossible at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Yet too often the character breaks into ambling arias recalling days gone by or the latest communications from her son. Opera Review: An Opera Strays Into a Clairvoyant Realm 2011-04-20T15:57:07Z Costanzo nabbed the guest spot and prepared a Handel aria, but he was also keen to join voices on “Summertime.” A Cabaret Star and an Opera Star Walk Onto a Stage … 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z "There will be some slow arias, but also some pyrotechnic arias," Bartoli said. Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli to return to U.S. on tour 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Sure, you can find many of the arias we use on YouTube. ?The Enchanted Island,? a Baroque Mash-Up at the Met 2011-12-22T15:38:19Z She imbued her final aria with a strong-willed intensity. Music Review: ‘Turandot’ Opens at Metropolitan Opera 2012-09-27T21:51:26Z In the final scene an aria for Penelope is replaced in this production with a poignant duet with similar text from Handel’s “Sosarme.” Music Review | 'Partenope': Gender-Bending ?Partenope? at City Opera 2010-04-04T22:12:00Z Mr. Lang’s interventions were most apt in the second movement, which he played like a richly expressive aria. Review: Lang Lang Returns, Rehabilitated and Almost Reformed 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z It was a striking success, mingling opera arias and duets, spirituals and popular song, and Brownlee was feeling expansive on the eve of the final show. A tenor looks beyond opera and explores being a black man in America 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The iconic poet and activist, who just celebrated his 100th birthday, uses this autobiographical novel to recount his life story in a free association of flashes and arias, of high and low culture. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The orchestra, under Music Director Christopher Zimmerman’s baton, achieved a synchronous and responsive partnership with Schimpf, blending so effortlessly that the concerto took on the operatic quality of an aria. Fairfax Symphony Orchestra gives grand season opener The film is never particularly interested in Hanks’ character, whose centrepiece moment of self-expression is an excruciatingly intense reaction to an opera aria. From Philadelphia to 120 BPM: the changing face of Aids in film 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z As a skilled instrumental composer, Vivaldi accompanies the arias with vivid, intricate orchestral music. Music Review: One Cruel King, by Way of Vivaldi 2011-08-10T22:00:40Z As Bach did in his Passions, Tippett used arias, recitatives and choruses to carry the story, with a male soloist as narrator. Music Review: Collegiate Chorale Sings Tippett and Bruckner at Carnegie 2012-02-05T22:40:45Z But in his arias his voice was often rough and wavering, and his execution of virtuosic runs was frequently shaky. Music Review: One Cruel King, by Way of Vivaldi 2011-08-10T22:00:40Z We get to know the bloated inner lives of several guests through arias. 'Exterminating Angel,' the most anticipated opera of the year, proves it's here to stay 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Woodhull’s arias are passionate, emotional, often agitated, occasionally seductive: everything you would expect from an opera heroine, and all conveyed powerfully in the soprano Valerie Bernhardt’s focused, spirited performance. Music Review: ‘Mrs. President’ Opera Has Preview at Symphony Space 2012-07-10T22:20:10Z The 1941 collection consists of popular folk songs, opera arias and selections from film soundtracks, arranged by Shostakovich to facilitate performance for soldiers on the battlefront. Music Review: ?Wall to Wall Behind the Wall? at Symphony Space 2010-05-16T21:58:00Z Conventionally, the singer feels 'this is where I begin to sing a very famous aria', and attacks it bang on. Peter Brook: and for my next trick ? 2011-03-16T21:31:01Z But he strayed a bit in the arias’ florid lines, and his manner grew overwrought, even for a mini-mad scene. Review: Ahead of ‘My Fair Lady,’ Two Operatic Pygmalions 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z So were the other three soloists, each with highly distinctive voices and solid command of these tricky arias. Seattle Symphony’s ‘Messiah’ inspires hallelujahs 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z These arias are designed to open up the inner thoughts of the characters, without the grace that would come in, say, the incidental ruminations of Hans Sachs or the delirium of Tristan. Wagner’s Early Operas Shouldn’t Be Mere Curiosities 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Her wit was savage and unrehearsed, and elegant: she spoke in spontaneous paragraphs that were also arias, and at some point I realized this was just part of how she thought her way through life. Alexander Chee on the life, work and loss of his mentor, Kit Reed 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z First she frets in a wonderfully involved aria about whether Lu is so afraid of Dong that he will abandon her. Guo Wenjing’s ‘Feng Yi Te’ Mixes East and West 2012-07-20T17:11:45Z Yet every single aria ended stronger than it began as confidence built. L.A. Master Chorale brings sense of community to 'St. Matthew' Passion 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z You could play a famous aria on the cello because everybody could whistle it. Amit Peled, Cellist, Walks in the Footsteps of Pablo Casals 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z It’s the only music that still excites Dorian, specifically the “Liebestod” aria with its theme of erotic love and death. 'Penny Dreadful' recap: Jaded Dorian seeks new thrills 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z And Ms. Clarke gives final, devastating voice to this awareness in a climactic aria that seems to shake the theater’s very foundations. In Revelatory Revivals, Women Sing Through the Pain 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The breakthrough came when he cracked Ahab’s first aria. Jake Heggie Makes ?Moby-Dick? an Opera 2010-04-24T02:46:00Z The evening was devoted to the festival’s namesake, with performances of an overture, a popular piano concerto, some arias for tenor and the “Prague” Symphony. Critic’s Notebook: Mostly Mozart Opens With Louis Langrée and Lawrence Brownlee 2012-08-01T21:47:28Z In the demanding aria “Casta diva,” Ms. Meade sang Bellini’s ornately embellished phrases with velvety legato; climactic high points in the flowing melody soared over the orchestra, elegantly conducted by Joseph Colaneri. Review: Listening at the Met, After James Levine 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z All this imparted life to somewhat predictable alternations of recitatives and da capo arias that could have grown tedious. Music Review: A Generous Opening to the Lucerne Easter Festival 2011-04-11T17:51:16Z As you might expect, “Orlando furioso” abounds in da capo arias, but many in Act 1 came off as routine. Music Review: On Paris Stages, Intriguing Vivaldi and Novel Wagner 2011-03-15T12:30:07Z Over the next seven years, Handel wrote or rewrote several roles and arias for Guadagni. Guadagni: the first modern singer? 2012-07-19T13:13:24Z As ever with these designers, there were slightly religious long-sleeved dresses as well as dramatic animal print patterns or draped shapes with sleeves fit to rise for an aria. Fashion Review: Valentino Sings on the Runway 2014-01-22T18:55:36Z The first line of Julie’s aria, which Giddens said “just came to her,” is “My daddy had a cap like yours.” With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z The American soprano Amanda Majeski had the challenge of making her Met debut on opening night in the prominent role of the Countess, which starts off with a solo aria. With Eyre’s “Nozze,” Gelb and Metropolitan Opera get good season starter they need The familiar arias felt like they had been considered anew, and Mr. Kaufmann’s singing was splendid — his voice vibrant with dusky colors and warmth, his phrasing impassioned. The Met Opera Tries to Find Paying Customers in a Pandemic 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Its most famous aria, the dramatic ‘La Mamma Morta’ - or in English ‘They killed my mother’ - was featured in a scene of the U.S. movie ‘Philadelphia’. Petals and confetti shower stage at La Scala opening 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z In that way, “Grey House” is like a jukebox musical, squishing familiar arias — gore, ghosts, what have you — into a chic and enjoyable if mostly empty new container. Review: In ‘Grey House,’ Broadway Gets an Expert Haunting 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z She is the first of seven singers who dress identically and whose arias follow introductions in the form of poetic texts prerecorded by Abramovic. Review: Marina Abramovic Summons Maria Callas in ‘7 Deaths’ 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z “It looked like a libretto,” she said, “with monologues that could obviously be arias and lots of witty banter with a great sense of rhythm that composers can get into.” From the Underworld to Our World: An Opera About Frida and Diego 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Even when the melody soars a bit, it seldom conveys overwhelming emotion of the kind that motivates operatic arias; it is still too busy just dispensing the facts. Opera Review: Opera Celebrates Bum Phillips, Who Led the Houston Oilers 2014-03-21T22:01:54Z This German repertoire, which features on his disc of arias conducted by Abbado, is his natural aesthetic terrain. Claudio Abbado at the Lucerne festival; BBC Prom 44 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z The next movement, a melting tenor aria, presents Jesus as an entrancing prince. Review: A Rare Showcase for Bach. His Sons, That Is. 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Not only does Coote sing all her arias gloriously, this accomplished singing actress uses telling facial expression and body language to create a character with whom one can fully empathize and, finally, pity. 'Hercules': Lyric Opera season closes on spectacular note 2011-03-06T18:37:00Z Her voice a sheet of gauze, individual notes fine and faint as threads, she sometimes seems to be barely singing at all in the aria “Printemps qui commence.” Review: A Surprise Tenor Jolts the Met Opera’s ‘Samson’ 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Soloists performed with distinction, ending with achingly poignant work from Michael Sachs, the principal trumpeter, in the aria theme. Music Review: A Chance to Hear Bruckner Anew, by Himself and With an Unexpected Partner 2011-07-18T22:00:36Z On Friday, that sonata still in the audience’s ears, he closed the concert with an unsentimental, graceful version of the opening aria from the “Goldbergs.” Review: Andras Schiff Deconstructs Sonatas 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z So this sweet, soft aria undermines the dramatic tension. Opera Review: An Opera Strays Into a Clairvoyant Realm 2011-04-20T15:57:07Z She dispatched the coloratura runs and roulades in Zerbinetta’s extravagantly showy aria with ease. 2010-02-06T05:43:00Z That meant some very slow arias and ensemble numbers so fast that they barely held together. Dudamel and the L.A. Phil illuminate, elevate 'Cosi fan Tutte' 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z It's not an aria the way we understand, say, Puccini's arias. Interview: Sergei Leiferkus 2012-06-06T09:21:57Z One of the film's most charming moments is when Mathias encounters an opera singer on the banks of the Seine rehearsing and begins to join in the aria. Kevin Kline takes on Errol Flynn and 'My Old Lady' 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z In the play’s second half, the Walpurgisnacht of reckoning to the first acts’ dance of evasion, the action slows down to allow each character an aria of self-explanation. Review: Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville Lead a Hard-Run ‘Long Day’s Journey’ 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z One aria, “Amor ti vieta,” stands out: It has long been a favorite among tenors, including Enrico Caruso, Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo. Met Opera Takes On ‘Fedora,’ Neglected Tale of Murder and Love 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z She’ll perform classic arias, and the orchestra will close the night with Brahms’ Symphony No. 3. 5 ways to enjoy classical music in the Seattle area, April 26-27 2014-04-24T20:30:44Z The countess magnanimously pardons him in one of the briefest, most haunting arias in all opera. ArtsBeat Blog: A Magical Musical Moment, Extended to 12 Hours 2011-11-20T01:16:06Z When the players had a clear, distinctive musical character to embody — a blithe movement from the Telemann quartet or the slumber aria from Bach’s cantata — they tackled it with focused collaboration. Review: Bach Collegium Japan Returns With Chamber Music 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z In this stylish, vibrant performance, the Berio movements were interspersed among the existing arias and ensembles from “Zaide,” sung by a winning roster of young singers. Music Review: In Unfinished Mozart Opera, Berio Provides the Last Word 2011-04-01T22:32:50Z Vivien Schweitzer Fans of Handel’s sublime operatic music — with its achingly beautiful arias and anguished outbursts — are in for a treat on Sunday at Carnegie Hall. The Week Ahead: April 3 ? 9 2011-04-02T03:12:49Z Then he has a brief aria, the words of which consist of a list of all the drugs found in his system - Valium, Prozac and about 20 others. Anna Nicole, the opera: She aims to sleaze 2011-02-18T01:35:12Z Nine impressive singers, ranging in age from 24 to 29, performed two arias each with the Met Opera Orchestra conducted by Marco Armiliato. ArtsBeat: Winners Named in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions 2014-03-30T22:56:46Z In that opening aria Mr. Lee was vocally cautious. ArtsBeat: A South Korean Tenor Makes His Mark at the Met, With La Scala Next 2010-12-20T18:21:37Z But he was also capable of writing passages of pastoral freshness and tender lyricism, such as the aria “Chant de bonheur” in “Lélio,” which the tenor Michael Spyres rendered with silky and weightless phrasing. Review: Berlioz, Rendered Newly Audacious at Carnegie Hall 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Once alone he breaks into a lyrically intense aria, an outpouring of love-at-first-sight rapture. ArtsBeat: A South Korean Tenor Makes His Mark at the Met, With La Scala Next 2010-12-20T18:21:37Z The big arias and choruses were performed, including the “Song to the Evening Star,” beautifully sung by the baritone Marek Reichert as Wolfram. Children's Programming at Bayreuth: Wagner, of Course, and They Love It 2010-08-05T15:18:00Z In context, a strain of paranoia in the aria is more difficult to account for. Still Resonating From the Great Wall 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z But Martin gives us a biblical meditation rather than a musical drama in the manner of Bach, who alternated passages of urgent recitative and choral outbursts with reflective arias and chorales. music: Passion, Not Hyperbole, in Frank Martin?s ?Golgotha? 2010-07-16T23:38:00Z “O. J. hosted pool parties for them,” he scoffs, dragging out “pooool” into a little catty aria. Review: ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson,’ Seen This Time in Double Vision 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Yet it was in the meat of the program — the demanding arias before and after intermission — that DiDonato most changed shape and form. Joyce DiDonato dazzles at the Broad Stage 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z It speaks to the calm spell she and the ensemble cast that none of her aria couplings were interrupted by applause. Review: At Carnegie, Going Beyond the Rapid-Fire Vivaldi 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “Today we write pop songs, hip-hop, rap. Back then they wrote arias, symphonies, operas.” Game of Thrones: an opera of ice and fire to be performed in New York 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z This soprano’s performance in the first act was the glory of the weekend, including her unusually assertive take on the aria “Caro nome,” more womanly than girlish. 4 Operas in 48 Hours: A Critic’s Marathon at the Met 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z The score is infused with jazz rhythms and filled with lyrical passages, including full-fledged arias for some of the characters. Met season to open with first-ever opera by Black composer 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The documentary includes more than 50 interviews and excerpts from more than 20 opera arias. Ron Howard tells Pavarotti’s ‘bittersweet’ story in new doc 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The recording includes bonus tracks from “McCracken on Stage,” an aria album that shows this important tenor, who died in 1988, was not just in his element in Wagner, but bending phrases sensitively in Verdi. Classical Playlist: Gluck, Jonathan Biss, Morton Feldman and More 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Only the flourishing aria The Raptur'd Soul dares edge towards anything considered fast. Guadagni: the first modern singer? 2012-07-19T13:13:24Z They were trying to choose the two arias Ryan would perform the next Sunday. Sing for Your Life 2011-05-20T16:00:31Z “Amleto” is not a forgotten masterpiece, but it is a fascinating view of a kind of missing link in Italian opera’s evolution from set pieces, such as fixed arias, to a more through-composed approach. A lost ‘Hamlet’ opera’s revival offers two happy endings 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Griffith's sublime rendition of the most famous tune, the killer bel canto aria "Glitter and Be Gay," truly brings down the house. Review: A soaring, witty 'Candide' at 5th Avenue 2010-05-28T21:42:00Z He sang with remarkable poise in the aria “Nature immense” but seemed less comfortable in the duet with Marguerite. Opera Review: ‘Damnation de Faust,’ Staged by Christian Spuck in Berlin 2014-02-24T16:23:16Z In Act III, Zurga, who has the authority to stop the death sentence, confronts his conflicted feelings in an intense aria that provides Mr. Kwiecien one of his finest moments at the Met to date. Review: A Precious Harvest in ‘The Pearl Fishers’ at the Met 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z It is also true that whoever plays this character needs the stamina and breath control of Wagner’s Brünnhilde to get through Maggie’s protracted opening aria of lust and lamentation without passing out. Theater Review: ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,’ at Richard Rodgers Theater 2013-01-18T03:00:00Z The recorded program includes arias by Puccini and Massenet, plus works by Handel and Korngold. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ and ‘Genius: Aretha’ 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The president’s little aria has a finger-snapping charm, as well as flights of complexity. For Three Avant-Garde Musicians, It’s Time for Pop 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The sheer range of musical expression is astonishing: pastoral reveries, woodland scenes, romantic arias, heroic dramas, historical legends and visions of spiritual strife. Recordings in review: the Transcendental Études, twice. 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z I have a huge aria to sing, and now I’ve bruised myself. Pretty Yende, a Soprano From South Africa 2013-02-01T22:37:34Z Schrott sounded good in Banquo's aria from Verdi's Macbeth and was fabulous in the handful of South American numbers dotted throughout the programme. Netrebko/Vargas/Schrott – review 2012-06-07T11:33:40Z It's an aria and a wolf-whistle of our half century. Bloomsday: a rare chance to feel good about being Irish 2012-06-16T09:59:01Z But she reaches a delightful histrionic pitch in her aria of emancipation when, in a fit of fatigued irritation, she vows to give up forever her part-time career as a do-gooding caretaker of elderly actresses. | 'Olive and the Bitter Herbs': Co-Op?s Old Crank Finds a Fresh Spirit 2011-08-17T02:30:38Z You can feel Ms. Lange giving her all to each of her big set pieces, but they often feel too exquisitely self-contained, like coloratura arias in an opera. Review: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ Is a Tempest in a Bourbon Bottle 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z He wowed the audience and won long ovations for his two big arias, bringing tears to his eyes. Italian tenor in grave condition after crash 2011-08-30T20:01:08Z He began with another Austrian composer, Mozart, offering excerpts from the opera “La Clemenza di Tito” — including two arias featuring the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, whose appearance was part her own Perspectives series . Are Bruckner Symphonies Now the Proving Ground for Conductors? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Usually, “Unfold” is accompanied by Leontyne Price’s slow, lush recording of the “Louise” aria. Talking About Love, Demonstrating Violence 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z In the late 1960s, my wife at the time, a soprano named Patricia Wise, had sheet music for the two arias from “Susannah.” Carlisle Floyd: Artists Share Memories of a Composer 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z As the fisherman Nadir, Eric Cutler uses beautiful soft tones to etch the high vocal line of his aria. 'Maometto' takes Santa Fe Opera by storm 2012-08-05T16:44:09Z Under guest conductor Antony Walker’s baton, the 158-member chorus and 51-piece orchestra plumbed the depths of a liturgical work and highlighted an assortment of bel canto arias with bravura, gravitas and dynamism. Review | Choral Arts hits the mark with a serious Rossini 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z On Sunday Mr. Brownlee will be the guest artist at the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Grand Finals Concert, a competition he won 10 years ago, singing arias by Rossini and Donizetti. Top Notes That Shatter The Glass Ceiling 2011-03-11T15:32:57Z Mr. Gockley, who grew up in suburban Philadelphia, caught the opera bug as a child, when he heard leading singers performing arias on television programs such as “The Voice of Firestone.” David Gockley, Opera Impresario, Hangs Up His Cloak 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Ludwig also retooled the supertitles that accompany the arias, which are sung in Italian, trying to give some of them “rhyme and rhythm,” as he put it. Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Yet curiously, his set lurched in fits and starts, each rousing Verdi or Puccini aria dispatched with evident concentration and sincerity, followed by awkward inertia until the next selection commenced. Music Review: Star Tenor Starts a Tour, Minus the Muppets 2010-12-03T17:16:00Z Mr. Bostridge was at his most winning in the two arias from Handel’s “Hercules” that closed the program, especially the shapely, soulful “From celestial seats descending.” Music Review: One Tenor, Three Voices, in Arias From Handel?s Era 2011-05-10T21:10:48Z A kernel — the pivotal four lines from the aria — blends with the tension of a man waiting for a firing squad, listening to the song that once defined his love. ‘Paper Lantern’ and ‘Ecstatic Cahoots,’ by Stuart Dybek At Mr. Muti’s favorite Italian restaurant in Chicago after a rehearsal, a recording of Italian tenor arias greeted his arrival, presumably programmed for his delectation. Critic?s Notebook: More Drama for an Opera, Not All of It From the Singers 2011-04-14T22:02:56Z Her explosive aria near evening’s end puts music to the story of a life stifled by poverty and inequity. Perspective | In words and music, New York theaters take aim at an America at war with itself 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z That punch, conveyed most of all in the glorious arias, gives this opera its eternal power over listeners and musicians alike. Review: Seattle Opera’s ‘Madame Butterfly’ packs an emotional punch 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z With Nick Carraway, the observer of all this wealth and privilege, transferred from narrator to supporting player, Gatsby is forced to explain himself and the import of his story in excessively literal arias. Music Review: John Harbison’s ‘Great Gatsby’ Opera at Tanglewood 2013-07-14T19:50:12Z She seemed least comfortable with her showpiece aria, “Marten aller Arten.” Abducting Mozart's 'Abduction From the Seragilo' to another time 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Regrettably, the story of Carmen was not well served by the production, although several arias from the opera were staged cleverly. A marriage of opera and ballet in ‘Carmen in Havana’ 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z He also got better as he went, with strong singing throughout Part Two, including some impressive breath support in his final aria, “Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron.” NSO offers warm seasonal cheer with McGegan’s lean and homely ‘Messiah’ 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z But there continued to be unsteady moments in her singing, including an inelegant, restless account of the great aria “Dove sono.” Music Review: Mozart’s ‘Nozze di Figaro’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-10-28T21:12:53Z When political figures, such as Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, die in opera, their exit arias are elaborate testaments that settle accounts, issue last orders and tie up personal threads with larger arcs. Exit Arias: What Opera Can Teach Us About Dying 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z At moments, admittedly, the immediate flare-ups of temperament in the succession of arias become formulaic. Review: Lafayette’s Double Bill of Baroque Opera and Dance Drama 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z In the long scene of the funeral itself, the eulogies by several family members function as arias, delivered in the old-school park-and-bark style. Review: In ‘Chicken & Biscuits,’ a Sweet but Dated Comedic Recipe 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z She practically oozes across the stage, at one point singing an aria verse in a side plank position that made my abs hurt just watching it. Review: The Met Opera Is Handel’s House in ‘Agrippina’ 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z She manages to avoid shrillness in what she aptly calls the “Wagnerian coloratura spectacle” that is her final “Exterminating Angel” aria, a flood of sustained superhigh sound up to F. At the Met Opera, a Note So High, It’s Never Been Sung Before 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z After sets of Handel arias and Schumann songs, Ms. Billinghurst, 71, left early, walking the half-block to the Met’s stage door. Sarah Billinghurst on Her Tenure at the Met 2014-05-09T21:50:45Z Before Mercury died, however, he told Montserrat Caballe he always wanted to sing the aria from Phantom of the Opera with her. Freddie Mercury 30 years on – remembering the theatrical, eccentric genius 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Ensembles unfolded precisely; the musicians breathed with the singers in arias. Dudamel Leads Mozart’s Opera With a Zaha Hadid Set 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Her opening aria is a list poem of desires, presumably addressed to Hollywood. Review: A B-Movie Starlet Becomes an Opera Diva in ‘Acquanetta’ 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z We first see Jackie dragging on cigarettes, a young mother overwhelmed in an aria of sadness, “Midnight Is the Loneliest Hour.” ‘JFK’ Envisions an Operatic Ending for Camelot 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z For Gluck’s “Ah! non son io che parlo,” an aria barely related to the evening’s themes, she tapped into an impressive chest voice and negotiated the aria’s leaps with full-throated relish. Review: Joyce DiDonato’s ‘Eden’ Takes Root at Carnegie Hall 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z To develop new audiences, the theater conducts outreach activities in city schools and country towns and stages youth-oriented concerts, like a “pop opera” night of famous arias and flashy effects. Music and Dance: A Bastion of Classical Repertory on the Asian Steppe 2011-06-07T11:30:06Z There was forward motion even in arias of slow loveliness; the dialogue crackled. Review: The Met Opera Is Handel’s House in ‘Agrippina’ 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z For once, the back-to-back Act I hit arias made an electrifying impact. L.A. Opera delivers some Parisian déjà vu in 'La Bohème' 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z When I had the aria, I had found my musical world. Jake Heggie Makes ?Moby-Dick? an Opera 2010-04-24T02:46:00Z But the song in question isn't an aria from a forgotten opera or a long-lost baroque oratorio. Opera star Fleming sets out on "Dark" adventure 2010-04-16T23:15:00Z “The difficulty here,” Maria Callas once said of the aria, “is to capture these moods yet keep a sense of the whole.” Music Review: From Rage to Uplift in a Matter of Minutes 2011-01-28T22:39:48Z He planted his feet and took a few deep breaths, then performed two arias. Feel Locked Out? Nothing to Tackle? Well, Try Opera 2011-03-16T01:25:13Z So it was in the "Ariodante" aria, which had been transposed down an octave to suit the singer's range. With tenor Bostridge, rare Baroque arias sound newly minted 2011-05-08T12:35:00Z Mozart even wrote some orchestral transitions as segues from arias to choruses. Music Review: Mostly Mozart Concludes With Almost All Mozart 2010-08-22T23:58:00Z The main characters have been dutifully assigned arias, full of vocal writing that’s neither melodically compelling nor vividly expressive. ‘An American Tragedy’ and More at Glimmerglass 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Some of the cardboard sets and props could have been bought at a garage sale, and Nemorino sings his showpiece aria in what appears to be a forest of giant cauliflower. Music Review: ?L?Elisir d?Amore? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-07T00:10:31Z Her throwaway lines have more zing than most comic writers’ studied arias. Review: ‘Oreo,’ a Sandwich-Cookie of a Feminist Comic Novel 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z There are perhaps too many set-piece arias and melodramatic ensembles that crest to sweeping climaxes. Music Review | Dicapo Opera Theater: Boy Is Ensnared in 19th-Century Papal Politics 2010-02-26T22:20:00Z For “Macbeth,” Noseda reverted to the original ending, a solo aria for Macbeth that Verdi later replaced with an oddly bouncy chorus — and that, in this production, made a powerfully effective close. Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z There was something of an operatic aria structure to it, a few words sustained across a whole lot of notes. The heart of Schwartzness: The roots of the "Vanderpump Rules" Scandoval implosion run deep 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z He was simultaneously subtle and shattering in his defiant Act III aria. Music Review: ‘Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny’ at Manhattan School 2013-04-25T21:26:01Z But they definitely included the two arias with violin accompaniment in Part 2. Music Review: Bach’s ‘St. Matthew Passion,’ Presented by Juilliard 2014-03-19T19:36:07Z Not that it was that difficult to follow the action, or more accurately, the philosophical musing and, in the case of Lucifer’s big aria, the corrosive malevolence of the Devil’s metaphysical plotting. Music Review: Louis Andriessen?s ?Commedia? at Carnegie Hall 2010-04-16T22:59:00Z Opera critics do not deliver their reviews as arias; art critics do not paint or sculpt theirs. The Fun Stuff and Other Essays by James Wood – review 2013-03-01T08:00:01Z The Habanera and her other sultry arias in Bizet's wondrous score have been recorded innumerable times. 'Carmen': Quite a woman at Seattle Opera 2011-10-05T22:47:04Z Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” starts its final act in one, with the title character “alone, lost, abandoned,” as she cries in a majestic outpouring of an aria. Review: An American Gothic Opera Speaks Softly and Hypnotically 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Underneath the ostensibly placid surfaces of some of the art that we cherish as cozy and comprehensible, there are unexpectedly mystifying sentences, perplexing arias and dark, festering depths. Kent Tritle and Musica Sacra Bring ‘Messiah’ to Carnegie 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Her voice sharpened into focus as she propelled the aria with biting sound and fleet runs. Review: Handel’s ‘Serse,’ With Yuks and Exquisite Playing 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z In her 2013 homage to Nomi, she arranges nine numbers — pop and classic songs, along with two Purcell arias — for countertenor and ensemble. Green Umbrella titles the concert 'Outrageous,' but is it? 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Tucker was a much-admired Verdi interpreter at the Met, so it seemed fitting that the program included several arias by the composer. Critic’s Notebook: Singing in the Rain in Tribute to Richard Tucker 2013-08-29T22:07:53Z The otherwise enthusiastic Santa Fe audience greeted the solo arias and duets with tepid applause at best. Santa Fe Opera breathes new life into epic Civil War tale ‘Cold Mountain’ 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z During one haunting scene, the dead Sarah sings a tender aria, “My Heart,” recalling the trusting organ that once knew love for her children. Review: ‘Anatomy Theater,’ an Opera, Puts Convicts Under the Knife 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Then again, he had a long evening, with three solo arias and three duets, and his voice sounded a little tired by the end of the night. The 30th birthday for Washington Concert Opera: Where voice junkies can get their fix 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z The countertenor Nicholas Tamagna, as the worse son, Farnace, was charismatic, vibrant in recitative and with full, rounded tone in his arias. Music Review: From Milan to New York in 240 Years 2011-05-20T03:04:12Z Mr. Osborn’s arias were imaginatively ornamented; some subtle differences in Mr. Crutchfield’s interpretation included tempos that differed from those usually heard. Will Crutchfield Conducts ‘Rigoletto’ at Caramoor 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z The ensemble backdrop is crystalline, misty sighs, while the solo cello line expands into melancholy arias without words; sometimes the tone is passionate, dark-hued nocturne, sometimes ethereal lullaby. Tyshawn Sorey: The Busiest Composer of the Bleakest Year 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z At the Guggenheim, the musicians would use Saariaho’s chamber rearrangement of the aria, for soprano, string quintet, piccolo, and harp. The Troubadour and the Lady 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z On the radio, Radio 3's breakfast programme will next week begin the search for "the nation's favourite aria". Opera bonanza 2010-05-12T15:20:00Z The arias were transformed beyond the usual displays of sumptuous vocalism; they were urgent, even desperate communication. This Is the Best ‘Messiah’ in New York 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z In a final aria, “A Lucky Man,” he unfurls a litany of discontent: ‘JFK’ Envisions an Operatic Ending for Camelot 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z But stepping in at the last minute she performed two short, familiar pieces: the “Song to the Moon” aria from Dvorak’s “Rusalka” and the Richard Strauss song “Cäcilie.” Review: Anna Netrebko Saves the Day for the Met Orchestra 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z She was at her best when it mattered most: a fearless account of “O don fatale,” Eboli’s aria of despair turned to determination. Review: ‘Don Carlo’ Gets a Gripping Revival at the Met Opera 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The concerts on July 6, 8, 13 and 15 will feature small numbers of artists on stage performing arias, instrumental selections and other pieces. La Scala plans 4 July concerts in post-lockdown reopening 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Even so, he did reconsider the aria, though he left its redrafting until after he'd reached the end of the opera. A meeting of minds on the high seas 2010-05-06T22:30:00Z Andrew Bidlack sang the Evangelist’s recitatives and the tenor arias ably and with a pleasant, light timbre. Music Review: Commemorating Bach, Holiday and a Conductor 2010-12-24T22:14:22Z Nor can a lot be said for Michael Simon’s sets, which consist primarily of metallic staircases that lead down from stage boxes to the performing aria, clashing in the process with La Monnaie’s neo-Baroque décor. Review: Iphigenia Travels From Aulis to Tauris (and Back Again) on Brussels Stage 2009-12-16T07:25:00Z For her single assignment, Devieilhe somehow transforms Schubert’s overexposed “Ave Maria” into an aria of emotional, rather than spiritual, absolution — allowing the wanderer, finally, to rest. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Yet it comes across like an interpolated concert aria, suggesting both the strengths and shortcomings of this ambitious new opera. Review: John Adams Mines Gold Rush History for His New Opera 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z And it is not for nothing that George’s letter arias from Panama are typically accompanied by a ghostly chorus of other men, as if to question their strange intimacy. Review: In ‘Intimate Apparel,’ Letting the Seamstress Sing 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z I also include the pianoforte instrument in the arias, sometimes, for joyful moments — like the kisses of Zerlina, a little bit in the spirit of Mozart, what he would do. The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z His pacing was impeccable: the work’s overall shape and the tempo relationships among the recitatives, arias, ensembles and choruses were carefully judged but never fussy. Music Review: A Score To Praise A Prophet 2011-04-28T20:51:24Z The soaring arias of cleverness for which he’s known have been modulated in these pages. Oprah’s book club pick: ‘The Underground Railroad,’ by Colson Whitehead 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Soprano Colleen Daly was a confident, dramatic Persephone in the slow, minor-mode aria “Blood Rubies,” about the pomegranate seeds that keep her soul in the underworld part of the year. Washington Chorus honors outgoing director with performance of his works 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z His aria that follows, “Dalla sua pace,” is a tender song of love and empathy: his peace of mind depends on hers; her joys and sufferings are his. The Revelations of “Don Giovanni” at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z “Ballyturk” is so verbally dense that it’s possible to be hypnotized, if not numbed, by some of its lush spoken arias. Review: A Fantasy Town Builds a Wall Against Time in ‘Ballyturk’ 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z But it is hard to listen to Osmin’s aria today and not think about contemporary nightmare scenarios of hostages and global conflict. Muslims, Christians and Mozart: Seeking Harmony at the Met Opera 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z One of his first was with Marilyn Horne, the legendary American mezzo-soprano famous for her mastery of demanding Rossini arias. Portrait of a young singer on the cusp of stardom 2011-05-28T22:31:06Z As the gleefully conniving empress Agrippina, the soprano Karen Driscoll was solid, but her arias lacked contrast and spark. Opera Review: ‘Agrippina’ by Operamission Sees Rome in a Satiric Light 2014-01-22T16:44:15Z “We wanted to be absolutely sure that we weren’t just rehashing famous arias of Rossini,” Joseph Colaneri, Glimmerglass’s music director, said on Zoom. Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z A soprano in a chicken costume sang a Lehár aria as aerialists twirled on silks. A Mystery Ball Where the Illuminati Have Cloven Hooves 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z There, Ben Brantley wrote in The New York Times, the show achieved “the titanic dimensions of greatness,” while Clarke delivered “a climactic aria that seems to shake the theater’s very foundations.” For Sharon D Clarke, a ‘Big Sing’ and a Big Broadway Moment 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z He revived it for Venice two years later, removing many of the most experimental elements and giving the piece a happy ending, substituting a snappy number from another opera for Anna’s sacrificial final aria. Music Review: A Rossini Masterwork Ahead of Its Time 2012-07-30T22:09:48Z For his second encore, he briefly announced “Ah mes amis,” the famous tenor aria from Donizetti’s “The Daughter of the Regiment,” with its nine high Cs. Tenor dazzles in a recital with an emotional wallop 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Opera singer Cristina Ramos shocked the judges on Spain’s Got Talent when her melodious classical aria segued into a belting performance of “Highway to Hell.” Opera Singer Rocks Out to AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' on Spain's Got Talent 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The new Queen of the Night, Jessica Pratt, likewise started carefully but made it count when it mattered, in her raging act two aria. Die Zauberfl?te ? review 2011-02-11T18:05:03Z And Gubanova won a deserved ovation for her final aria, vainly pleading with Henry to spare Anna's life. 2 Annas: Netrebko as 'Bolena' conquers Met 2011-09-27T05:08:08Z Baritone Jorell Williams showed promise as Vernon, the junk dealer who takes the precious instrument home, with a smooth tone in the slow aria “Time Is a Monster” in the second scene. UrbanArias’s ‘Blue Viola’ makes for a somewhat intriguing night at the opera 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Last Thursday night, the Republican National Convention wrapped up its see-if-you-can-stop-us satellite festivities on the White House lawn with a 70-minute acceptance speech, a massive display of fireworks and, oddly enough, an aria. Perspective | A song doesn’t have to scream U!S!A! to be patriotic. Just ask the NFL. 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z For instance, the slow movement, an exquisitely touching aria for piano, is often treated as either wistful or classically exquisite. It's nice to have L.A. Phil 'family' like Yuja Wang, Salonen 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z “Between arias, I had to listen to these very distinguished scholars go on about the great intellectual virtues of Donald Trump,” he said. ‘Charge the Cockpit or You Die’: Behind an Incendiary Case for Trump 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z That play’s titular character, Dr. Thomas Stockmann, starts off as a noble whistle-blower, only to turn into a fanatical crusader who delivers a proto-Ayn Randian aria of elitist contempt for the masses. Review: In ‘Public Enemy,’ a Noble Whistle-Blower Turns Fanatic 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z In her first aria, "Midnight Is the Loneliest Hour," she is too fearful of dreams to sleep. 'JFK' is a surreal spin on president's last night in Texas 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z This isn’t an emotional outcry of an exhibition, a tragedy-to-triumph aria, which it could easily have been. Art Review: ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography 2012-09-20T22:48:21Z Murphy earnestly atoned for his homophobic arias 26 years ago and called that material “ignorant” in 2019. Jerrod Carmichael Knows How to Wear the Truth 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z What I try to achieve is less of a gap between the recitativo moments and the arias. The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z With its long, furious arias, it doesn’t invite audiences into its world the way many of Wilson’s rich, flavorful plays do. The ’80s are back with a vengeance in Wilson’s ‘King Hedley II’ at Arena 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z “The bird you hoped to catch flew away,” Carmen sings in her “Habanera,” but she ends the aria on a hopeful note: “It comes, goes, then it returns.” A marriage of opera and ballet in ‘Carmen in Havana’ 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z But athletics will meet arias when Ardea Arts presents “Bounce,” a free musical theater performance that is inspired by the myth of Icarus and takes place on a basketball court. Spare Times for Children Listings for June 24-30 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z An exception was “Night Music: Ballad of the Bombardier,” an introspective aria in a theatrical style, rendered gracefully by Mr. Cuccioli. Music Review: Little Orchestra Society Takes Flight at Tully Hall 2010-04-27T22:12:00Z It also involves arias, ensembles, melodies and heightened emotion — all familiar tools in the operatic arsenal. ‘Dead Man Walking’ is a new opera for old audiences 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Alexander and Mr. Mathias may intend Kate’s aria of doubt as a direct homage to Mr. Sondheim. | 'See Rock City & Other Destinations': Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias?s Musical at the Duke 2010-07-26T02:22:00Z This right motivated audiences to throw eggs and tomatoes onto the stage and to beg opera singers to repeat an aria. Admit One: ‘Here Lies Love’ and the Era of Audience Participation 2013-07-11T21:22:46Z Apart from the dogs in Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen and Helena's I am Your Spaniel aria in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night Dream, there aren't many roles for hounds in opera. Wallace: 'I have a feeling Gromit has a hankering to be a composer himself' 2012-07-26T19:30:01Z Fleming sent Willems reams of classic arias to listen to, select from and rewrite to fit how kids might experience emotions like joy, disgust or shame. Mo Willems Finds Yet Another Way to Entertain Kids: Opera 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z I fell in love with the work’s endless variety of melody and mood, the earthshaking bass arias, the airy calm of the later soprano solos. A Critic Gives Prizes for 5 ‘Messiah’ Concerts in New York 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z But staying true to the original setting allows the piece to emerge as Gershwin conceived it: a full-fledged opera with long stretches of recitative and arioso, soaring arias and duets and complex choral ensembles. When News Upstages an Opera Performance 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Frizza proved an adroit and flexible accompanist, supporting the singers without drowning them out, and giving them attentive backing in their arias. Seattle Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’ a triumph of singing, acting, playing 2014-01-13T18:59:07Z “It’s about the power of art to humanize,” the star soprano Renée Fleming, who recorded the arias by Dvorak and Puccini that Ms. Moore lip-syncs to in the film, said in an interview. Opera in Film Takes On a New Note in ‘Bel Canto’ (It’s Not Evil) 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z In part he was referring to the evening’s program, “La Dolce Vita,” a collection of popular arias and pleasant instrumental knickknacks gathered mostly from French and Italian operas. Music Review: At Avery Fisher, Philharmonic?s Gently Scrambled Opera 2010-07-07T22:43:00Z But athletics will meet arias on Sunday, when Ardea Arts and the City Parks Foundation present “Bounce,” a musical theater performance and basketball workshop for children ages 10 to 16 at Coney Island. Spare Times: For Children, for Sept. 12-18 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z A poignant funeral scene enhances the new widow Serena's virtuoso mourning aria, for which superb soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams won a thunderous opening night ovation. Seattle Opera's new "Porgy and Bess" something to savor | Opera review 2011-08-01T04:46:04Z Gluck’s 1774 “Paris version” score, rich with tuneful arias and orchestral interludes, came to life in the hands of conductor Stephen Stubbs, who gave a warm, well-paced, and surprisingly zippy account of the music. Imaginative ‘Orphée’ melds period authenticy, innovation 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z In this staging, a climactic aria for Aci becomes a veritable mad scene, which Ms. Braid delivered with unhinged intensity. Review: A Baroque Opera Muddies Lines Between Him and Her 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Odabella, despite her Amazonian nature and thirst for vengeance over Attila, introduces herself with an aria whose accompaniment is deliciously impressionistic in its instrumental delicacy and variety. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z The audition was the next day, so I learned the “mice aria” overnight. Carlisle Floyd: Artists Share Memories of a Composer 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z This aria benefits when sung by a soprano with plush sound and velvety legato, not Ms. Radvanovsky’s selling points. Compelling Singers Lift a Muddled ‘Norma’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z She performs every coloratura aria as a physical workout, jumping and pumping on each rapid trill or ornament. Tosca; La fille du r?giment; Takacs Quartet 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z This year's final four, chosen from 35 applicants, must perform one aria and one musical theater/crossover piece for a panel of judges and the audience. 'Fabulous Four' vocalists square off 2012-08-21T22:01:05Z By couching the family's struggle into standard operatic forms — arias, ensemble numbers — Vavrek gives convincing shape to the two-hour-plus-long work, making a virtue of the need to elaborate. L.A. Opera's 'Dog Days' goes out with a bang, not a whimper 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Polenzani sang the original Munich version of the aria, replete with florid runs. Review: Mozart’s ‘Idomeneo’ Shows the Met Opera at Its Best 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z In his opening aria his solo line is full of extravagant emphases and ungainly leaps. La Cenerentola - a musical guide 2012-06-19T12:21:43Z Half a concert of overtures and arias in September, with the occasional snippet elsewhere, is all we get of his operas. Prom 12: Academy of Santa Cecilia/Pappano – review 2013-07-21T13:08:06Z Mr. Ovenden’s tenor rings out thrillingly in his big aria of existential angst in the second act, as he exults in his first experience of human love. | 'Death Takes a Holiday': Set Aside That Scythe, and Let?s Put on a Show 2011-07-22T02:01:27Z “The Interview,” by Ms. Stoynoff and Melissa Li, vents its ire in a comic aria. Trump, Trauma and a War That Won’t Go Away 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Her aria “No Word From Tom” showcased the kaleidoscopic colors of her top notes but also exposed the underdeveloped power of her lower range. Review: ‘The Rake’s Progress’ Makes a Brief Visit at the Metropolitan Opera 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Spoken dialogue flows smoothly into patter arias and ensemble numbers, some of them sung with a weightless, silky blend that would be the envy of more classically rooted choirs. Is ‘The Mikado’ Too Politically Incorrect to Be Fixed? Maybe Not. 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Both are operatic types, making arias out of their affection and abhorrence. Review: In ‘The Last of the Love Letters,’ Passion Is Inescapable 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z There are long, spun-out melodies at moments of introspection, such as her Act 2 prayer and the sublime aria “Al dolce giudami.” Opera Review: Anna Netrebko?s Bel Canto Moment 2011-04-12T11:05:35Z He soon got his answer when she sang a Mozart aria, a cappella, to him alone. A Classical Duo ‘Nerding Out’ on the Cosmos 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z The soloists in the arias were less devastating. Music Review: Berlin Philharmonic Performs a New ‘St. John Passion’ 2014-02-28T03:15:50Z Then she paid tribute to André Previn, who died recently, by singing a deeply expressive account of final aria from the opera he wrote for her, “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Thomas Adès Brings Fresh Wildness to the Boston Symphony 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Sure enough, the music soon coalesces into the “Turkish” march aria for tenor soloist. Readers Name Some Favorite Musical Surprises of Their Own 2014-04-25T14:00:02Z Occasionally over the top — but let’s face it, so was Homer — Hughes’s story proceeds at a breakneck cinematic pace, full of booby traps, double agents and arias promising gruesome revenge. Love and War in European Fiction 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Each of them stops the show at least once, Flórez with a dazzling sequence of nine top Cs in his showpiece number; Dessay with her poignant aria of farewell. La Fille du R?giment 2010-05-20T21:00:00Z Only after a few of the showcase arias did the audience break into applause. Music Review: ‘Così Fan Tutte,’ at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-11-16T23:12:47Z I was there to see a rehearsal of the Countess’s final aria in “L’Amour,” which is sung after the Troubadour crosses to Tripoli and dies in her arms. The Troubadour and the Lady 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z With fantastical dream sequences and arias that describe the existence of parallel universes, “Hopscotch” is less a traditional plot than a trippy exploration of time and memory. ‘Hopscotch’ Takes Opera Into the Streets 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z As an encore, he offered an introspective rendition of the aria from Bach’s “Goldberg Variations.” Review: Lars Vogt Presents Late-Career Beethoven and Schubert at Mostly Mozart 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Written in 10 movements that alternate sustained resonance with sharp-edged rhythms, it is full of expressive “recitatives for glass bottles and heartfelt arias for metal pipes,” to borrow from Mr. Sliwinski’s eloquent program notes. Review: With Flower Pots and Toys, an Ensemble’s Fresh Take on Percussion 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z The hanged Fool sings the final aria of the piece from the scaffold, using words from the third act. Alexander Goehr on his new King Lear opera, Promised End 2010-09-23T21:30:00Z WNO begins its revised season with “Come, Hope,” named for an aria from “Fidelio,” the opera it had planned to perform this fall. Kennedy Center plans return to large-scale performances in January 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Other notable selections include the disc’s namesake aria, “O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice,” expressively sung here, and the ominous “Cold Song” from “King Arthur.” Andreas Scholl and Christophe Dumaux Play Purcell 2011-02-06T02:08:04Z Florestan’s aria, too, disappoints after a skillfully broody orchestral introduction darkened by the veiled sound of horns. Review: A Look at ‘Léonore’ Before Beethoven, and Others, Got to It 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Ms. Damrau dispatched the aria with rosy sound, agile coloratura and girlish glee. Review: Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo Sizzle in ‘Roméo et Juliette’ at the Met 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z “She raged through her big aria with power, precision and expressive intensity that left no doubt as to the Queen of the Night’s character,” Allen Hughes wrote in The New York Times. Rita Shane, a Met Soprano Known for Range and Intensity, Dies at 78 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z That was followed by Fleming performing a jazz aria from one of the prolific Shorter’s newest works. The Kennedy Center Honors felt different, and it was all because of ‘Hamilton’ 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Luisi conducts a stylish, crisp performance of the score, allowing singers ample time to linger over arias, yet keeping things lithe and moving. Music Review: Anna Netrebko in ?Manon? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-27T22:50:54Z The vocal writing, too, draws on tradition, with arias, ensembles and a couple of show-stopping choruses. Bliss; BBC Prom 61: H?nsel and Gretel 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z The famous tenor sings arias, love songs and crossover hits in the last concert of his current tour. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for June 2018 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z All Antonenko conveyed was that he was about to sing his famous aria. Tosca – review 2013-07-10T18:20:00Z At the beginning of Act IV comes Barbarina's aria – the only piece in the opera in a minor key. Nozze di Figaro: The revolution in action 2013-07-10T14:55:47Z The music is certainly alluring: Donizetti wrote lovely choruses for the Christian worshipers; memorable arias, like Severo’s ode to Paolina; and passionate duets, like the one in the second act. Review: ‘Poliuto’ Exposes a Love Triangle Most Tragic 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Now it’s one of the arias I sing for auditions or competitions. From mariachi tunes to operatic arias 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Dressed to the nines, Willems and Fleming introduced them, laboring over a running joke about an “opera song” really being called an “aria.” Mo Willems Finds Yet Another Way to Entertain Kids: Opera 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Handel’s operatic genius comes through most powerfully in his arias for lower voices. A Critic Gives Prizes for 5 ‘Messiah’ Concerts in New York 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z But he brings abundant lyricism and exciting ardor to this intelligent program of arias and scenes from almost every Puccini opera, including seldom-heard excerpts from “Le Villi” and “Edgar.” The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2015 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The franchise’s theme music will be featured, with what he fondly calls yet another “Goldberg Variations” — a reference to Bach’s 19th-century aria and its 30 iterations. New breed ‘Law & Order’ brings back NYPD detective Stabler 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Cibber finished the slowly burning aria, and a local minister jumped from his seat. Music Review: ‘Messiah’ at St. Thomas and Alice Tully Hall 2012-12-17T05:15:05Z Mr. Cullum’s genial figure concludes his celebratory aria with a sad acknowledgment that perhaps even the past isn’t what it used to be. Theater Review: ‘Detroit,’ With Amy Ryan and David Schwimmer 2012-09-19T02:00:20Z Mr. Wilson’s lithe, shapely tenor gave his arias a sense of authority. Music Review: John Scott Leads ?Messiah? at St. Thomas Church - Review 2011-12-07T22:50:23Z The operagoers who went to the Met on Tuesday evening were transported back to a grand operatic vision of ancient Egypt, with soaring arias and choruses telling a story of doomed love and divided loyalties. A Cyberattack Shuts the Met Opera’s Box Office, but the Show Goes On 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z In reflective arias, each begins in his and her private way a process of reconnecting. 'JFK' is a surreal spin on president's last night in Texas 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z All those elements get their own little arias in the first track of Volume 2. Playlist : Indie Sounds Abound: Some Playful, Some Pop 2011-08-12T19:13:35Z An instrumental dance for Caesar’s would-be first wife, “Cossutia’s Despair,” features unpredictable blasts from the wider ensemble that project her dejection, while a later aria for Nicomedes — “Take Your Chances, Gaius” — has seductive power. 8 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z She started “Un bel dì,” Butterfly’s great outpouring of illusory hopes, not like she was embarking on a grand aria, but offhand, flowing naturally out of the conversation. Putin Says Tchaikovsky Is Being Canceled. The Met Opera Disagrees. 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z The solo singing made amends, with counter-tenor Robin Blaze and tenor Toby Spence both shaping their phrases with elegance and understanding; Blaze's Agnus Dei was the most affecting aria. BBCNOW/Fischer 2010-04-19T22:30:00Z About halfway through the second scene, after Harry's first big aria, where he talks of having seen heaven and hell, I thought, 'Wow, this is actually going to work.' Brett Dean on the trials of getting his opera Bliss on to the stage 2010-08-29T21:00:00Z The Opera Buffs Fall showcase features scenes and arias from Bizet, Mozart, Puccini, Strauss and more. The week ahead in L.A. classical music, Oct. 22-29: Berlioz, Philip Glass and more 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z For more than a week the finalists prepared for this concert with voice and acting coaches at the Met, selecting two arias to sing with the Met Orchestra, conducted by Marco Armiliato. Music Review | Grand Finals Concert of the Metropolitan Opera?s National Council Auditions: A Chance to Listen to the Future at the Met 2010-03-15T21:54:00Z As the run continues, maybe audiences will demand an encore of Mr. Camarena’s big aria. Review: ‘Don Pasquale’ Returns to the Met, With a Bravura Aria and More 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z But his songs are fascinating and unwieldy: shifting with little predictability among folk melody, recitative and concert aria virtuosity, sometimes from verse to verse. Review: A Recital Brings Together Two Schubert Masters 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z I even picked up her songs and arias and sang them by ear, later singing duets with her - Manrico to her Azucena. Family: Soprano Joan Sutherland has died, age 83 2010-10-11T17:50:00Z Overall, though, you have to admire the scope and ambition of this operatic saga – even if there are a few bum notes during the arias. The Heart Broke In by James Meek - review 2012-08-24T07:00:01Z Even more improbable was the composer who chose to take on the daunting job of turning Angels into arias and recitative. Tony Kushner's Angels in America: the opera 2010-03-22T21:35:00Z Your new album starts with a famous Mozart aria written for a woman who is playing a man. ‘I Would Love to Sing Lucia’: A Male Soprano Comes Into His Own 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z This is a big price to pay to lend a traditionally romantic Verdi aria a modern psychological twist. Opera Review: A Modern ?Traviata,? Where Time Keeps Ticking 2011-01-02T17:15:26Z The opera has only three principal roles, and Orphée carries the majority of the show with a high-flying, taxing series of virtuoso arias. Imaginative ‘Orphée’ melds period authenticy, innovation 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z When the aria returned at the end, it seemed a fragile memory of better times. Review | Angela Hewitt’s cinematic Goldberg Variations 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z This version, conducted by Michael Hofstetter, has lost all its ballet music and some aria repeats, reducing the running time to 110 minutes – there are no intervals. La Traviata – review 2013-02-03T18:38:41Z Despite Lady Macbeth’s three wonderful arias, the plot is here more about Macbeth, present in both the first and final scenes. Operas in Contrast: ‘Macbeth’ and ‘La Donna Serpente’ 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The vocal soloists were talented, particularly the countertenor Daniel Moody, his upper register as plangent as a clarinet’s in his Agnus Dei aria. Juilliard415 and Yale Schola Cantorum Perform a Mass 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Zachary Wilder, the tenor, was effective as the Evangelist, less so in his arias. Cobbling Together a Christmas Music Marathon 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Whether because of inadequate rehearsal time or other factors, these arias constituted the weakest element of Sunday’s performance from beginning to end. Review | Conductor Matthew Dirst leads Washington Bach Consort in St. John Passion 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Besides cutting the text of the play considerably, Wilder wrote new rhymed lyrics for arias and ensembles. Two-Course Feast of Stage and Song 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Da capo arias contain three discrete sections, with the first part returning after a contrasting middle — not verbatim, but with decorations showcasing a singer’s prowess. Is This the Best Opera Singer You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z He deservedly won a huge ovation for "Di provenza il mar," the familiar aria in which he begs his son to return home. Hong tackles Decker's stark, modern 'Traviata' 2012-04-08T14:01:17Z The prisoners’ choral dirge is heated by squeals of brass, smoking underneath; along with Betty’s enigmatically tender aria, this is the most intriguing music of the opera. Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Tenor Nicholas Phan was a polished soloist in this cantata’s first aria, a voice that is exceptionally light, clear and true in intonation, even at the top of the range. Helmuth Rilling returns to NSO with sweet gifts of Bach On Sunday, Mari Moriya, after a shaky start, achieved an aptly cold, cut-glass quality in the second half of her second aria. 'The Magic Flute': Beautiful fun at Seattle Opera 2011-05-09T20:32:05Z Sometimes Mozart goes for a big effect, as in the bass aria “Why do the nations so furiously rage together,” in which Handel’s agitated orchestra is fortified with military trumpets. Music Review: Oratorio Society of New York?s ?Messiah? - Review 2011-12-20T21:59:08Z This stroke of staging poignantly sets up Orfeo’s first aria of despair. Music Review: Muti Directs ?Orfei ed Euridice? at the Salzburg Festival 2010-08-02T21:59:00Z For her concert on Saturday, she wore a glittery knee-length sheath until the grand finale, Ligeti’s “Mysteries of the Macabre,” a series of high-flying arias drawn from the composer’s nonsensical opera “Le Grand Macabre.” Barbara Hannigan Sings and Conducts at the Lucerne Festival 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z She described how they left together shortly before the end in Washington, missing the climactic aria for the character called Mother Chen. A Soldier Died After Racist Hazing. Now His Story Is an Opera. 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z In all the arias, Ms. Damrau’s impeccable technique and emotional commitment yield alluring results. Classical Playlist: David Lang, 'Fiamma del Belcanto' and More 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z He sang sweetly in quiet moments like "Billy in the Darbies," his haunting aria on the eve of execution, but much of the time one longed for a more powerful sound. Rare Met revival of Britten's shipboard opera 2012-05-06T16:31:04Z Her opening aria, a celebration of an unfettered soul and an unattached heart, was a thing of special beauty with its accompaniment of pizzicato strings and soaring recorder, gorgeously played by Priscilla Herreid. Review: A Sublime Survey of Baroque Music 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z PG: Every interview with Tom starts with an aria about how nervous the writer is about his outfit. Tom Ford, Ben Mankiewicz and a Fashion-Film Vortex 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z My favourite moment is the Forester's last aria - I look forward all the opera to singing it! Interview: Sergei Leiferkus 2012-06-06T09:21:57Z Chris Sirois sang with flair as Mr. Slender, amusing in an aria in which he imagines the indignant reaction of his faithful wife to Falstaff’s advances. The Lesser-Known ‘Falstaff,’ in 1980s Clothing 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z She now performs soprano arias from operas like “La Bohème” for seniors several times a month. One roommate is 85, the other is 27. Such arrangements are growing. 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z In the arias Mr. Tritle and the orchestra players seemed to breathe along with the soloists. Music Review: Musica Sacra in Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-21T22:47:06Z Pouring his heart into the powerful Puccini aria, his voice soared into the night. Portrait of a young singer on the cusp of stardom 2011-05-28T22:31:06Z Its shapely arias and robust choruses are mostly hymns of praise, either to God or to Judas Maccabaeus, the general who led the Israelite army, with occasional paeans to liberty and rejections of idolatry. Music Review: An Ancient Victory, Honoring a Later One 2011-05-18T22:31:14Z Many of the slow movements of his piano concertos can seem like instrumental evocations of an opera aria. Curious About Classical Music? Here’s Where to Start 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z In most numbers Mr. Sams recycled not just the arias but the recitatives, retrofitted with new words. Music Review: ?The Enchanted Island? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2012-01-01T22:56:22Z Filling that framework, Tines elided spirituals, Bach arias and pieces by 20th-century Black composers into an hourlong monologue. Review: Davóne Tines Hones the Recital Form to a Fine Point 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Deep in Verdi’s opera “Don Carlo,” an impassioned solo cello line embroiders a bass aria with a vein of feeling. A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Hill delivers a posturing aria of hip-hop speak that almost brings down the house, while Ms. Beerman displays touching poise, Rene’s maturity a counterweight to Colette’s breathless zeal. | 'Cut': Behind the Scenes, Action and Angst 2011-05-27T21:40:40Z Can he coax an orchestra to support a singer in a deceptively simple aria with a bare oompah accompaniment? Gustavo Dudamel Hasn’t Conducted Much Opera. That’s OK. 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z Yet matters onstage gathered force by connecting only subliminally to these arias. For Gay Pride, Dark Dances of Mystery, Anguish and Desire 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z The opera, about the Swiss struggle for independence from foreign rule, has almost no arias and is carried in large part by magnificent choruses. A Legend of the International Culture Scene Arrives in New York 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z She was slender and blond, with a scrubbed schoolgirl charm and a radiant voice that ranged from the patter of comedy to the edges of aria. Barbara Cook, Broadway Star Who Became a Cabaret Mainstay, Dies at 89 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z There are some arias that are so beloved, so virtually indestructible, that they more or less sing themselves. Review: A Tenor Arrives at the Met Opera in ‘Elisir’ 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z And in place of the chastening Minimalist music of “Fase” and “Rosas,” there are swaths of silence and old recordings of arias heard faintly, as if inside the women. ‘Elena’s Aria,’ Early Work by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z After a winter concert in New York, Nelson was feted at a reception, showered with praise for his moving performance of the Spanish aria, "No puede ser." Portrait of a young singer on the cusp of stardom 2011-05-28T22:31:06Z It consists of two parts, each mostly a string of arias and recitatives in Italian with an instrumental introduction and a concluding chorus sung by the five characters. It’s Handel; It’s Not What You Think 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z As Olympia, Mizuho Takeshita, wearing a hoop skirt that bounced with her perky movements, sang with fluid coloratura in her showpiece aria. Music Review: ‘Tales of Hoffmann,’ Showcases Young Voices at Kaye Playhouse 2013-07-14T20:22:59Z So he might have been right when he said, in a recent interview, that some listeners were probably hoping he would sing arias at his recital at Zankel Hall on Tuesday evening. Music Review: Eric Owens Uses Wagner as a Grace Note at Zankel Hall 2012-02-22T22:39:09Z The smitten Gilda sings the aria “Caro nome” outside her bedroom on the second floor, sometimes leaning over the stair railing — an image at once dramatic and intimate. Review: Amid Omicron, the Met Opera Opens a Weimar ‘Rigoletto’ 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Jeffrey Stock’s lushly orchestral score includes lovely arias and choral pieces, and draws knowingly on Italian opera, popular period music and the oeuvres of Broadway masters Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. A visit to romance and Italy in ‘Room with a View’ 2014-05-03T00:30:45Z As Mary has a last moment with the guilt-ridden Leicester and bids Jane farewell, the music goes on and on, with what seems like aria after aria. Music Review: ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Metropolitan, With Joyce DiDonato 2013-01-02T00:03:57Z The lighting, by Connie Yun, was highly varied and occasionally disconcerting, as when the stage was suddenly bathed in purple to accompany a mournful aria. Seattle Opera, with help of a few friends, presents opera-play hybrid ‘Beatrice and Benedict’ 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z But Monteverdi shows uncanny skill at writing extended vocal passages that shift seamlessly between recitative, arioso and aria. Review: An Inspiring End to a 6-Month Tour of Monteverdi’s Operas 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z What mattered was that this breathlessly crazy show featured desperate love and doomed motorcycle runs, wall-to-wall arias of lust and despair. The Pop Musical: Go Big (and Loud) or Go Home 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z The opera features some painfully revealing confrontations, like the daughter's delusional aria in Act II, in which she praises her starved body because it is thin. L.A. Opera's 'Dog Days' goes out with a bang, not a whimper 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z He wanted to extract their arias and duets, pieces mostly performed in worship services, and hear them performed in concert. William H. Scheide, 100, Philanthropist, Is Dead 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z This month, he will embark on a North American recital tour — traveling from Georgia to the West Coast and ending in Canada — performing a mixture of baroque arias and Polish song. He Break Dances. He Pole Dances. He Sings Like an Angel. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Why would you sing these challenging castrati arias, and so late in your career? Ceclia Bartoli: the limitations of being a mezzo 2010-12-23T22:00:04Z “We would never sing a whole aria that way, or at least not have a career that lasted more than two minutes,” Ms. Voigt said. Deborah Voigt to Play ?Annie Get Your Gun? Lead 2010-07-22T21:29:00Z He also sings an entire aria — a plea to god for forgiveness — lying prone on his stomach, not the easiest feat for even a young singer. Placido Domingo stars in Met's 'Nabucco' HD 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The show’s concept is simple: its host, Rhiannon Giddens, introduces us to one famous opera aria each week; experts provide insight, laced with music; we hear the aria in its entirety. “Aria Code,” an Effortlessly Listenable Opera Podcast 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z "But I saw them as arias, to punctuate the emotional climaxes of the characters." Trailer trash 2012-07-28T23:06:07Z Jesse Blumberg — singing the bass arias, though more baritone than bass — made up in expressiveness what he may have lacked in low-lying heft. Review: Bach Passions in New York 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z His music dominated the presentation by Morningside Opera, a young company formed by Columbia University graduate students in 2009, with a few choice arias by Weldon and Purcell inserted for variety and contrast. Music Review: ?The Judgment of Paris? by Morningside Opera - Review 2011-09-01T22:41:50Z Mr. Scholl offers another aria written for female voice but sometimes sung by countertenors: Venus’s “Fairest isle” from “King Arthur.” Andreas Scholl and Christophe Dumaux Play Purcell 2011-02-06T02:08:04Z Each consists of two arias and a recitative, and each is sung by a different soloist, in descending order from soprano to bass. Review: Juilliard415 Plays Haydn and Telemann, Evoking the Sun’s Arc 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z There are moments of wonderfully rapt introspection, too, in arias from Donizetti's La Favorita and Puccini's Le Villi. Vittorio Grigolo: The Italian Tenor 2010-10-07T21:40:00Z The appealing tenor Nicholas Phan set the mood for the evening in the recitative “Comfort ye, my people,” performed with melting sound and beguiling sincerity, and the rousing aria “Ev’ry valley shall be exalted.” Review: ‘Messiah’ Brings the New York Philharmonic to Church 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z By now Ms. DiDonato can conjure a world in a word, as she does at the start of “Morirò, ma vendicata,” heard on “Furore,” her Virgin Classics CD of Handel arias. Joyce DiDonato, Standing on Her Own Just Fine 2010-03-20T04:45:00Z Machaidze then had to contend with awkwardly undressing as she sang her famous aria, "Sempre Libera," which translates to always free, but here she was tangled up even in her dressing gown. L.A. Opera opens season with flat, clumsy 'La Traviata' 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Instead of a stuffy lineup of Mozart’s “greatest concert arias,” this program is full of risk-taking and playfulness. ‘The Weber Sisters’ throw fresh light on Mozart vocalism 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Critics fault him for appearing too detached on-screen, where Stewart delivered arias of indignation. How Trevor Noah went from biracial youth in S. Africa to leading light on U.S. TV 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Electrifying arias, duos and ensembles are surrounded by padding. Music Review: A Return to Rossini?s Days of Yesteryear 2011-07-10T21:37:45Z The opera begins with a fairly traditional aria sung by the Cecilia character, “It’s Faith That Guides My Brush,” and shifts to a song that evokes the style of Lady Gaga, “Come Getcha Ecce.” Botched Restoration of Fresco in Spain Inspires a Comic Opera 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z The work features an unusual entrance for the soloist in the opening movement, whose jaunty orchestral introduction is interrupted with a slow and elegiac violin aria. Music Review: Isabelle Faust Solos for Mostly Mozart 2013-08-11T21:27:23Z One difference with the Met production is the now-common use of doppelgangers; Figaro doesn't physically soar in the middle of his Act 1 aria, his double does, and Beaumarchais now duels with Louis XVI's stand-in. Opera 'Ghosts of Versailles' may live forever 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Rather, it’s the arias and ensembles and other musical elements that create and define the “story.” Perspective | New opera wants the same appeal as television. If only it could be as smart. 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z On Sunday at the Met, though, Ermonela Jaho — her tone far less plush than Sierra’s and the aria less easy for her — made it a kind of mad scene. With Different Singers, One Opera Classic Can Seem Like Two 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Touring the Met’s archives a couple of years ago, Mr. Beczala mentioned that his dream was to record some arias under early-20th-century conditions. Romancing the Horn: Opera Stars Record Like It’s 1900 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Although the massed scenes suffered grievously, Mr. Marthaler fortunately left the soloists well enough alone for several arias and ensembles, including the great trio in Act 2. Opera Review: Zurich Opera's 'Guillaume Tell' Is Tripped Up by Gimmickry 2010-11-23T12:40:00Z A diminutive theater built into the caravan’s exterior presents a little man playing the piano and a tiny diva who sings an aria from Tchaikovsky’s opera “None but the Lonely Heart.” Chelsea Galleries, Like a Box of Chocolates 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z But her more telling strength is a varied palette that she uses adroitly in defining the roles she inhabits, even in the relatively brief space of a single aria. Music Review: Europa Galante at Zankel Hall 2012-02-03T23:18:10Z The same problem affects the tenor aria, and again the translators provide the familiar verse-form from Verdi’s comfort zone, instead of the “novenario” he had to set in Paris. ‘Don Carlo’ or ‘Don Carlos’? Verdi Comes to the Met in French 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z More than one aria bore a distinct whiff of Puccini. Music Review: In ?Moby-Dick? in Dallas, Big Role for the Roiling Sea 2010-05-02T22:07:00Z In just the first few arias, Handel shows us, one by one, who these characters are. Review: Joyce DiDonato Is Wrenching in Handel’s ‘Ariodante’ 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z He conducted himself, from the harpsichord, a five-piece instrumental ensemble, and he kept many of the da capo arias complete, with an eye to musical rather than dramatic integrity. Review | The In Series adapts an opera about a crazy, juvenile ruler to the standards of our time 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z As he sang an invigorating Catalogue aria, visions of the Don's conquests appeared on the balconies. Review: One dull `Don Giovanni' replaces another 2011-10-14T19:06:15Z Pondering the Virgin Mary’s ascension as literal fact, the work pits trombone plainsong against brazen trumpet arias in a restless, profound and substantial chamber-ensemble tour de force. Music Review: New Juilliard Ensemble in 2 Premieres - Review 2011-09-25T21:55:41Z The challenge for a singer in a competition is to realize a character fully in a single aria, without costumes or sets. Music Review: George London Foundation Awards at Morgan Library 2012-02-19T22:22:21Z There's a very high proportion of recitative to arias, and some of the latter are perfunctory. Vivaldi: Armida al Campo d'Egitto 2010-07-08T21:50:00Z “Hadrian,” he said in June at a talk in Paris, will go the whole hog: arias, duets, chorus, a ballet. Rufus Wainwright’s First Opera Was ‘a Nightmare.’ He’s Trying Again. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z And yet, she added, there was something about the aria that breaks through the layers of craft and professionalism and shakes every performer who sings it to her core. Past and Present, the Orpheus Myth Makes Us Rethink Music 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z “Think performer in pasties pole dancing on top of a carousel horse while also singing an aria,” she said. A Burlesque Reveals More Than Expected 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Eyre, however, made the most of what he had, creating well-rounded characters so that the story-telling didn’t flag, even if the arias sometimes did. With Eyre’s “Nozze,” Gelb and Metropolitan Opera get good season starter they need He carries a suitcase that contains at least half a dozen, and the novel unfurls an aria about each one. Gary Shteyngart Is Back, on the Road and Still a Master of Dislocation 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z It turned out to be an exact match of the opening three bars of Handel’s aria. In Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ the Trumpet as Divine Agent 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Nearly all the letters in “Life in Culture: Selected Letters of Lionel Trilling,” edited by Adam Kirsch, begin with apologies and small arias of explanation for delay. A Cool Head and Warm Affections in Lionel Trilling’s Letters 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Other arias are underpinned with dance rhythms that carry and comment on the passions of the text. Music Review: A Magician Pulling Strings to Prove a Point: Love Stinks 2011-08-16T22:00:31Z At his December concerts in New Delhi and Mumbai this year, Mukerjee plans to sing at least one aria, or key solo, as an encore in the Hindi language. India's lone male tenor aims to sing opera in local key 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Mary Magdalene has the most arias, and given her name, Magdalena Kozená has perhaps more reasons than merely musical to take them personally. A passionate Sellars-Rattle triumph with Bach's 'St. Matthew' 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Yet even on this album of German arias Mr. Kaufmann takes on boldly diverse repertory. Jonas Kaufmann, Scaling Wagnerian Mountaintops 2010-06-04T15:14:00Z Then, he casually started the aria “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” without orchestra — an audacious sacrilege at the Met, itself a temple of achievement in the humanities, where perfection is the expectation. Review: Pulling Back the Curtain on ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z In the restrained, lyrical slow movement, Ax proved sensitive to Mozart’s evocations of his operatic aria style. Review: An Ambitious Project Returns at the Philharmonic 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Anderson followed “My Country ’Tis of Thee” with an aria from Donizetti’s opera “La favorite,” which almost certainly wouldn’t happen today. Perspective | Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial concert wasn’t the moment of racial reconciliation we like to think 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z It is in some sense physically impossible to sing an aria and act “naturally” at the same time. Spidey Syndrome Invades the Opera 2011-05-21T23:00:26Z The race of Monostatos, she explains, isn’t essential to the larger point of the aria, which is about exclusion and the pain, anger and the moral deformation it can cause. A challenge for the arts: Stop sanitizing and show the great works as they were created Dusk is enveloping a small Shadow Hills ranch in steely gray light as a dying cow sings an aria. How 'Arrested Development' and a Santa Ana residency led composer Lisa Bielawa to make an online opera 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z That may be the implication of the movie's aria of pain. Cannes 2013: The Immigrant 2013-05-24T11:28:37Z The evening’s second half was split into themes of “Justice” and “Liberty,” and it accordingly featured a selection of the justice’s favorite arias. Review | Washington National Opera returns to the stage, and it’s something to sing about 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z A brainstorming session among their characters is an aria of clowning, culminating in the creation of the animal adversaries the Booby and Otter, variations on famous characters and depicted with puppets. ‘Powerhouse,’ a Play About the Composer Raymond Scott 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z But he was bruising and effective in Griffith’s grandest aria, “What makes a man a man,” near the end of Act I. Review: ‘Champion,’ at the Met Opera, Spars With History 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “I know a lot of Italian arias and German art songs,” she said. How to Be a Star by Not Giving Your All 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z During passages in which Ms. Futral essentially faced the audience and gave voice to her character’s thoughts and fears, the piece, for all its intensity, began to seem an overextended aria. Music Review: Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Émilie’ at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater 2012-07-20T23:33:07Z He allowed the cast plenty of expressive leeway in the arias so well known to opera lovers. Seattle Opera offers an action-packed ‘Barber of Seville’ 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z “It’s the most difficult aria, I think, ever written for a soprano,” she once said in an interview on CBS. Roberta Peters, reigning soprano of Metropolitan Opera and on TV, dies at 86 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Caliban’s music in that aria, for example, is cast in a blazing A major, but it is not the A major of Mahler or Mozart. Thomas Adès Conducts the Met’s Premiere of ‘The Tempest’ 2012-10-21T03:23:03Z The opera opens with Scalia carrying on in a clever Handelian rage aria, whereupon he is commanded by the Commentator to investigate why the justice is so unrelenting in his dissenting. With Derrick Wang's 'Scalia/Ginsburg,' a unanimous opinion 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z That also means vociferously applauding and even yelling “Bravo!” or “Brava!” after a particularly great aria or scene. Think opera is just for hoity-toity rich people? Not so! Here’s a beginner’s guide to this grand art form. 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z He sang the stormy “Cortigiani” aria from Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” and the distinctive dark colorings of his sound and his communicative intensity came through in a valiant performance. Review: Can a Five-Hour Performance Capture 50 Years of Opera? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The arias, if you set the words aside, are more or less interchangeable: pristinely soaring. Review: ‘The Hours’ Will Bring Renée Fleming Back to the Met 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z In the aria, Sara, Duchess of Nottingham, is hiding her tears from everyone but the audience as she beholds in the tragic tale of the Fair Rosamund a reflection of her own lovelorn grief. Perspective | If classical music keeps one thing from the pandemic, let it be the opera short 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Louis XIV, who commissioned the work, was so taken by it that he was heard to hum the arias as he walked through the palace. ?Atys,? French Baroque Opera by Lully, at BAM 2011-09-09T14:40:53Z It emerged as the first of about four slow-tempo arias of great expressive poignancy. Music Review: On Paris Stages, Intriguing Vivaldi and Novel Wagner 2011-03-15T12:30:07Z The alluring countertenor Tim Mead was consistently excellent, especially his somber account of the aching aria “He Was Despised.” Review: Jane Glover Conducts the New York Philharmonic in ‘Messiah’ 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z It is the music, with gorgeous arias and duets and a passionate orchestral score, that has always drawn operagoers like a magnet to “Madame Butterfly” — and the musical values of this production are compelling indeed. Review: Seattle Opera’s ‘Madame Butterfly’ packs an emotional punch 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Irrelevant arias might have been thrown into the mix to satisfy the divas on hand. Music Review: Variety Show, With Arias Thrown In 2010-10-25T22:48:00Z Soprano Malia Bendi-Merad copes admirably with the fearsome coloratura of the Queen of the Night's two arias, though her high F is more hinted at than sung. Peter Brook reduces Mozart to bare essentials 2011-07-07T06:31:08Z An unfulfilling lifetime’s work could be trying to catalog every angry aria. Classical music can unite and console in troubling, angry times 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z “When I was five, I already knew all those famous tenor arias,” Mr. Botha told Opera News. Johan Botha, acclaimed operatic tenor, dies at 51 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z But where Ms. Ono could turn a scream into a coloratura aria, the average amateur participant just gave an explosive shriek and scampered away. Art Review: ‘Soundings’ Features Art With Audio Elements 2013-08-08T20:41:20Z The texts for both oratorios are taken directly from the Luther Bible, sung in recitative form but commented upon via arias and chorales. SSO, Pacific MusicWorks each to put on a Bach Passion 2014-02-20T19:58:01Z Despite the novelty concept, his direction was unimaginative, shifting the chorus in clumsy blocks and plonking the soloists front-of-stage to deliver their arias. Semiramide ? review 2011-08-29T17:30:00Z In all of her arias the accompaniment is low and plush, with the vocal line rising generically above. Music Review: ?Prima Donna,? by Rufus Wainwright, Makes American Debut 2012-02-20T23:24:50Z The conflicts among the four friends, and eventually with the formidable Gina as well, are carried out in a series of arguments and arias the playwright aptly likens to a fugue. Review: In ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning,’ a Red-State Unicorn 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The aria eventually breaks into joyous bursts of dazzling coloratura passagework, with rousing exclamations from the chorus, and Ms. DiDonato delivered. Review: A ‘La Donna del Lago’ With Melting Tenderness at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z In the aria “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!” she dispatched the darting runs and passage work with agile technique. Music Review: Musica Sacra in Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-21T22:47:06Z The concert, a program of Italian art songs and arias, concluded with a 50-minute ovation and was warmly reviewed by critics. Carlo Bergonzi, Masterful Operatic Tenor, Dies at 90 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Wedow conducted the recitatives and arias mostly from the harpsichord, where he is a master stylist in achieving just the right fluid interconnections; he is supportive but never intrusive. ‘Messiah’ rings out, with Gary Thor Wedow at the helm 2013-12-22T02:43:48Z Purcell’s full range of secular styles is here, from brass and percussion fanfares to the gentlest arias and duets. Music Review | Les Arts Florissants: Take a Play, Then Adorn It With Opera 2010-03-24T21:30:00Z Each work is in six movements: two choruses, three arias and another chorus. Review: Juilliard415 and Yale Schola Cantorum Perform Bach’s Lutheran Masses 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z It’s more of a disquisition than a drama, and nowhere is that more apparent than in a big third-act aria for Song, “Awoke as a Butterfly.” Review: ‘M. Butterfly’ Metamorphoses Again, as an Opera 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z His second aria, which opened the second half of the program, was the “Song to the Evening Star” from Wagner’s “Tannhäuser.” Music Review: Answering the Call for New Talent 2011-03-14T22:46:23Z In typical Baroque style, the opening section of each aria is repeated; at that point, the character’s double emerges, like an apparition. Christopher Williams’s Garden of Fantastical Delights 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。