Q&A When did you start singing? There’s not a time I don’t remember singing in some capacity. Why did you start singing? I have a need to perform and to share my love of music with others. Which singer inspired you most when you were young? Luciano Pavarotti. Which singer do you most admire? Bryn Terfel. What’s your favourite role? The Barber of Seville. What role … [Read more...] about Lucas Meachem answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
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Photo album and cast of Don Giovanni at La Scala
Robert Carsen’s spectacular production for La Scala of Don Giovanni created for the opening of the opera season in 2011, started a ten-performance run last night, which ends on 6 June. The Financial Times review opened with, No coup de théâtre ever matched Mozart’s opening chords as stunningly as this. This is a welcome return. Daniel Barenboim saw over a cast that … [Read more...] about Photo album and cast of Don Giovanni at La Scala
The Royal Opera and Ballet in Cinema 2015-2016
Romeo and Juliet, 22 September at 7.15pm The Royal Ballet By Kenneth MacMillan Music: Sergey Prokofiev Le nozze di Figaro, 5 October at 6.45pm The Royal Opera Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dir: David McVicar Cond: Ivor Bolton Cast includes Erwin Schrott and Anita Hartig Viscera / Afternoon of a Faun / Tchaikovsky pas de deux / Carmen, 12 November at 7.15pm The Royal … [Read more...] about The Royal Opera and Ballet in Cinema 2015-2016
Guildhall students take opera scenes to China
As part of the celebrations of the first Year of Cultural Exchange between China and Britain in 2015, students from London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama début in Shanghai's Grand Theatre on 3 April with Opera Scenes. The scenes, directed by Victoria Newlyn, herself a Guildhall alumna from the acting faculty, will be presented at the Barbican Theatre from 31 March before … [Read more...] about Guildhall students take opera scenes to China
Bryn Terfel: “These are a few of my favourite things”
The Financial Times magazine How to Spend it recently interviewed Bryn Terfel on what happens in his life when he’s not being a singer. Here are some of his favourite things: Golf club: Sunningdale Golf Club, 45 minutes from his home in Kensington. Lunch spot: Odette’s in Primrose Hill, run by fellow Welshman Bryn Williams. Beef and lamb especially delicious. … [Read more...] about Bryn Terfel: “These are a few of my favourite things”
Ian Bostridge at La Scala: a great artist with a strange manner
Ian Bostridge's lieder programme at La Scala went down extremely well, though interval chat revealed that many were confused by his apparent dislike of the audience. His lack of communication facially was certainly compensated for vocally, but apart from an attempted smile a few minutes before the end of his recital, Bostridge gave the impression that the applause was … [Read more...] about Ian Bostridge at La Scala: a great artist with a strange manner
Bryn Terfel at La Scala: me and Tom Cruise
When a singer strides onto the La Scala stage seemingly fearless, takes in every inch of the theatre as though it was home, and their opening notes show that the voice lives up to the promise of the entrance, you know you're in for a good evening. What the audience at La Scala last night didn't know - but probably suspected and hoped for - was that it was going to be a great … [Read more...] about Bryn Terfel at La Scala: me and Tom Cruise
Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson to star in Sweeney Todd in London
After the success of Sweeney Todd in concert with the New York Philharmonic in March of this year, Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson return in their roles for thirteen performances at the London Coliseum. It will be the first musical under the new collaboration between English National Opera and the GradeLinnit Company, which will see several semi-staged musicals and one fully … [Read more...] about Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson to star in Sweeney Todd in London
Andrea Bocelli in Central Park: “The World’s Most Beliked Tenor”?
Mr. Bocelli’s fans seemed thrilled, rain or no rain. There remains a considerable divide between the passions of the audience he has reached (his recordings have sold more than 65 million, according to his Web site) and the assessment of most music critics. There is genuine warmth and sweetness in his sound. When he nails a big top note, he likes to hang on, as he did at the … [Read more...] about Andrea Bocelli in Central Park: “The World’s Most Beliked Tenor”?
“Jackie – Celebrating Marilyn Horne” – Metropolitan Opera Luncheon 2011
The Metropolitan Opera Guild pays tribute to Marilyn Horne, on Monday, October 31. Stars and fans of opera will come together in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria for the Guild's 77th Annual Luncheon. "Jackie - Celebrating Marilyn Horne" will honour the incomparable achievements of one of the greatest singers of our time with tributes from her colleagues; live and … [Read more...] about “Jackie – Celebrating Marilyn Horne” – Metropolitan Opera Luncheon 2011