Emmanuel Plasson began his musical studies as a violinist. Son of the renowned French conductor Michel Plasson, he began formal conducting studies at the Pierre Monteux School in Maine, U.S.A., and continued his training at the Yale School of Music. His discography includes recordings on the EMI and Dynamic labels.
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Parigi, Opéra National, Stagione Lirica 2011/12 “TANNHÄUSER” Grande opera romantica in tre atti (versione di Parigi del 1861). […]
Growing up in my house you were sure of two things. You would be constantly on the move, […]
The American tenor Kenneth Tarver is considered to be one of the outstanding tenore di grazia of his generation, internationally recognized for the beauty of his tone, virtuosic technique, extensive and even vocal range combined with an attractive and elegant stage presence. He has forged his career in many of the most important theatres on the opera circuit including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Dresden Semperoper, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Opéra Comique París, Teatro Capitole Toulouse, Teatro Lirico Trieste, Theatre de La Monnaie Brussels, Metropolitan Opera, Teatro San Carlos Naples and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.
The American mezzo soprano Kate Aldric has performed in the main worldwide theatres such as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Hamburg State Opera and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, Germany, Teatro Regio of Torino and many others. She recently gave birth to a child. Her roles include Carmen, Antoine Mariotte’s Salome, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, Cesare and Sesto in Giulio Cesare, Isabella in L’italiana in Algeri, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Angelina in La Cenerentola, Arsace in Semiramide and Fenena in Nabucco, among the others.
Aldrich rose to international fame in 2002 through her starring role in the Zeffirelli production of Aida. That same year she won the CulturArte Award at the Operalia International Opera Competition, in 2006 she won the Alfréd Radok Award and the Thalia Award in the Czech Republic. For more information on her singing activity, please visit her official webiste.
I will miss you, Elizabeth. We all will. In a ” world of flickering images you were a […]
On last December 10 evening a lot of wonderful people came together to bring this most special world […]
Which is the main feature of your personality?
Laziness.
Your worst flaw?
Trying to choose dinner from a menu….and wanting everything!
Which is your star sign?
Libra.
So strange the veil that descends when death takes a loved from your view and access. I used […]
Robert Crowe, described by the New York Times as “a male soprano of staggering gifts“, is a member of perhaps the world’s smallest vocal category. In 1995 he was only the second countertenor (and first male soprano) to be a National Winner of the Metropolitan Opera Competition. Mr. Crowe has sung on many opera stages in the US and in Europe and worked with such conductors as René Jacobs, Ivor Bolton, Fabio Biondi, Andreas Spering, Michael Hoffsteter, Julius Rudel, Rheinhard Goebel, Marcus Creed, and stage directors, Nicholas Broadhurst, David Alden, Peer Boysen, and Axel Köhler and many more.