Above: Larissa Diadkova
A performance of Verdi’s AIDA given at the Arena di Verona in 1999.
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CAST:
Aida: Sylvie Valayre
Radames: José Cura
Amneris: Larissa Diadkova
Amonasro: Leo Nucci
Ramfis: Andrea Papi
Il Re: Carlo Striuli
Sacerdotessa: Antonella Trevisan
Messaggero: Aldo Orsolino
Conductor: Daniel Oren
Staging: Pier Luigi Pizzi
Okka von der Damerau sings Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, conducted by Eliahu Inbal, from a 2019 concert.
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The English contralto Alfreda Hodgson studied at the Northern School of Music in Manchester. She was mainly known as a concert artist, performing such works as Mahler’s 2nd and 8th symphonies, Lied von der Erde, and Das Knaben Wunderhorn; Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, The Kingdom, and The Apostles; Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder, the Beethoven 9th, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mozart’s Requiem, Britten’s Spring Symphony, and works by Monteverdi, Bach, and Handel. Her operatic roles included Ulrica and Orfeo.
Known for interpretive gifts, Ms. Hodgson worked with such renowned conductors as Klemperer, Giulini, Maazel, Haitink, Ozawa, Rattle, Abbado, Sir Colin Davis, and Zubin Mehta. Her career flourished in Britain, the USA, and Israel.
Alfreda Hodgson passed away in 1992 at the early age of 52.
Ms. Hodgson sings Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody, conducted by Bernard Haitink, here.
From one of the few operatic roles Alfreda Hodgson recorded complete:
Alfreda Hodgson – Voce di donna ~ GIOCONDA – w Caballe-Baltsa-Pavarotti-Milnes-Ghiaurov
A concert performance of Act II of Wagner’s PARSIFAL given in 2010 by the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jaap van Zweden (photo). Klaus Florian Vogt is Parsifal, Katarina Dalayman is Kundry, and Krister St.Hill is Klingsor.
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Above: basso John Relyea
A performance of the Verdi REQUIEM from the 2019 Baalbeck International Festival 2019. given at the Bacchus Temple on July 26th, 2019. The soloists are Maria Agresta, Daniela Barcellona, Giorgio Berrugi, and John Relyea, with the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra and the Antonine University Choir conducted by Toufic Maatouk.
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Samuel Hasselhorn sings Franz Schubert’s Erlkönig with the Orchestre Régional de Normandie, conducted by David Wroe.
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I’ve had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Hasselhorn in two recitals here in New York City. As a Young Concert Artists winner, he sang at Merkin Hall in 2017, and at The Morgan Library in 2018.
Saioa Hernández and Martin Muehle sing the final duet from Umberto Giordano’s ANDREA CHENIER in a performance from Modena, 2019.
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Saxophonist Nathan Nabb and pianist Hyun Ji Oh perform Paul Creston‘s Sonata for Saxophone and Piano in a performance at Stephen F. Austin State University.
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Saxophonist Nathan Nabb and pianist Hyun Ji Oh perform Paul Creston‘s Sonata for Saxophone and Piano in a performance at Stephen F. Austin State University.
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Above: Matthias Hölle as Sarastro
Riccardo Muti conducts Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte in a performance from La Scala 1995.
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CAST
Tamino – Paul Groves; Pamina – Andrea Rost; The Queen of the Night – Victoria Loukianetz; Sarastro – Matthias Hölle; Papageno – Simon Keenlyside; An Old Woman/Papagena – Lisa Larsson; First Lady – Adina Nitescu; Second Lady – Petra Lang; Third Lady – Lioba Braun; Monostatos – Sergio Bertocchi; The Three Spirits – Matthias Ritter, Johannes Pohl and Michael Sapara (soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); The Speaker and First Priest – Anthony Michaels-Moore; Second Priest – Christian Baumgärtel; First Man in Armor – Carlo Allemano; Second Man in Armor – Marek Gasztecki; First Slave and Priest – Michael Thomas; Second Slave – Georges Kern; Third Slave and Priest – Roman Kollmer
Conductor – Riccardo Muti
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