Melancholia

"Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe"


(I am standing with one foot in the grave),

Monday, January 12, 2015

Ben Heppner Opera Gems


Some featured performers:

Juan Diego Flórez Salom (born January 13, 1973)  is a Peruvian operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in bel canto operas.


Judith Doris Forst is a Canadian dramatic mezzo-soprano
ranked among Lois Marshall, Maureen Forrester, Teresa Stratas, Jon Vickers, Richard Margison and Ben Heppner in her achievement. She is known around the world for the musical integrity and dramatic intensity of her performances.


Karita Mattila, soprano

"...the most electrifying singing actress of our day, the kind of performer who renews an aging art form and drives the public into frenzies." (Musical America, Musician of the Year Award 2005)
Winner of the first 'Singer of the World' competition in Cardiff, Karita Mattila is one of the most illustrious soprano singers in the world today. She is recognised as much for the beauty and versatility of her lyric voice as for her extraordinary stage ability.

Under such conductors as Claudio Abbado, James Levine, Sir Simon Rattle and Esa-Pekka Salonen, she sings in all the major opera houses and festivals of the world performing repertoire which encompasses Mozart, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and Janácek.

Her affinity with the dramatic side of opera has produced marvellous results when working with fine stage directors such as Luc Bondy who helped her to achieve a remarkable performance in his highly acclaimed Don Carlos, seen in Paris, London and at the Edinburgh Festival. Likewise, Lev Dodin in his productions of Elektra for the Salzburg Easter Festival and Pique Dame and Salome at the Opera Bastille, Peter Stein for his production of Simon Boccanegra in Salzburg, Robert Carsen in his production of Lohengrin at the Bastille and Jürgen Flimm for his Fidelio in New York.






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