Entries from Westport Public Library MOVIE & MUSIC Blog tagged with 'Opera'
Grace Notes: Free Opera
For those of you who have waited all summer for free full-length opera performances, do not despair. Tonight begins the wondrous high-definition screenings of ten Metropolitan Opera performances in Lincoln Center Plaza for the next ten nights. These video forecasts ...
Grace Notes: La Dolce Vita
The Norwalk Symphony Orchestra winds down its musical exploration of the world with a concert devoted to the opera of Italy. On Saturday, May 16 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, May 17 at 3 p.m. in a modified version for young families, the Norwalk Symphony along with the Fairfield County Chorale will present soprano Cristina Castaldi and tenor Ray Bauwens in popular arias and choruses from Gioacchino Rossini’s Barber of Seville, Giacomi Puccini’s La Boheme and Turandot, Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore, La Traviata and Aida at the Norwalk Concert Hall. American soprano Cristina Castaldi will sing “Oh Mio Babbino Caro” from Gianni Schicchi and “Si, mi chiamano Mimi” from La Boheme. She has a Master of Music in Vocal Performance (with distinction) from The New England Conservatory of Music where she studied with Patricia Craig; and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Kennesaw State College in Georgia. She was the winner of the Liederkranz Foundation Vocal Competition, was a finalist for the New Jersey Verismo Vocal Competition, and won the Opera at Florham Vocal Competition. She regularly performs solo recitals in the New York area including the Trinity Church Concerts at One series and at the Kosciusako Foundation. Other orchestral engagements include: soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass, and Rutter’s Gloria. Ray Bauwens will be performing “Che gelida manina” from La Boheme, and “Celesta Aida” from Aida. Tenor Ray Bauwens is well known to audiences in the New England area. ...
Grace Notes: Of Mice and Men
Last week I had the privilege to see the Westport Country Playhouse's production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Mark Lamos who took over as director from Paul Newman, has ...Grace Notes: Stories & Opera
Opera composers have always looked to literary materials to base their music on. Their efforts have led to operas derived from the masterworks of literature, mythology, fables, fairy tales, short stories and novels. Which characteristics of a story would catch a composer's eye and entice him to create a piece of music? Is it the plot, the background or a character's development ...
Grace Notes: Plays & Opera
Last night I had the opportunity to see the play The Turn of the Screw at the Westport Country Playhouse. It was so appropriate to stage this work with its gothic background and mysterious overtones at this time of the year. After the show, my husband and I discussed it and compared it to the movie and opera based on the same novella. Wouldn't it be special for a theater and ...
Grace Notes: Maria Callas (December 2, 1923 - September 16, 1977)
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the death of soprano Maria Callas. Throughout her life, Ms. Callas embodied the concept of the Prima Donna with her remarkable voice, innate dramatic poise, and fiery, passionate life. Her greatest characterizations were ...
Grace Notes: Beverly Sills
I was saddened to learn this morning of the untimely death of opera diva Beverly Sills. She was a child wonder who performed professionally on the radio shows Rainbow House with Big Brother Bob Emery, Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour and the ...
Grace Notes: Met in the Parks
If you've never experienced music under the stars, here is your chance. Tomorrow night marks the 40th year that the Metropolitan Opera brings free opera to Central Park in New York City. Friday night June 22 will be the 20th year that this program has ...
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