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THE
DUDAMEL ERA HAS BEGUN
and what an electrifying debut season it has been so far!
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If you want to understand why Los
Angeles and the rest of the musical world (and not only the "elitist"
enclave of classical music) are hooked on "The DUDE",
hurry on to the Walt Disney Concert Hall to catch GUSTAVO
DUDAMEL's last performances in LA for 2009:
November 20, 21, 22: DUDAMEL & SHAHAM (violinist)
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, K. 504, "Prague"
Berg: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
November 27, 28 & 29: DUDAMEL CONDUCTS SALONEN, HARRIS &
ADAMS (part of West
Coast, Left Coast Festival - Read more...)
Salonen: LA Variations
Harrison: Piano Concerto
Adams: City Noir
Otherwise you'll have to wait until April 2010 when today's most
celebrated young SUPERCONDUCTOR,
comes back to the Southland from his other engagements with his
two other orchestras: Sweden's Gothenburg Symphony and the Simon
Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela (View Dudamel's
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THE
STARS ARE ALIGNED FOR LA OPERA's YEAR END OFFERINGS
First, there's supertenor and LA
OPERA General Director PLÁCIDO
DOMINGO who will sing the role of the Turkish
Sultan Bajazet in Handel's rarely-performed opera TAMERLANO.
The Baroque opera is Domingo's latest addition to his still expanding
repertoire of more than 100 operas. Rising star countertenor BEJUN
MEHTA sings the title role.
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Then, there's the company's enchanting production of Rossini's
popular BARBER OF SEVILLE. New to LA
audiences, the production features a star-studded cast: baritone
NATHAN
GUNN as the barber Figaro, popular Peruvian tenor
JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ as the Count Almaviva,
and awards-winning mezzo-soprano JOYCE
DIDONATO as Rosina. READ
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And finally, there's soprano RENÉE
FLEMING, the "people's DIVA" who returns
to LA in a one-night only recital with accompanist GERALD MARTIN
MOORE. Among the songs she will sing are selections from her latest
CD album of rarely-performed arias, "VERISMO."
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MORE...
TICKETS: available at the LA Opera Box Office, by phone at (213)
972-8001, or ONLINE.
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Rock
'n Roller STING as ROBERT SCHUMANN???
And
it's on a DVD called "TWIN SPIRITS." - a FanFaire/Opus
Arte GIVEAWAY
this pre-holiday season!
Yes, rock 'n roller Sting did actually go onstage at the Royal
Opera House/Covent Garden. Not his natural milieu to be sure,
but on this occasion, he really did belong there, having been
conscripted to play the part of the great composer ROBERT SCHUMANN
- not as singer but as actor of the spoken word, in a musical
dramatization of the great love story of ROBERT and CLARA SCHUMANN,
masterfully reading Schumann's love letters against the background
of his sublime music. British Baritone SIMON KEENLYSIDE performs
the singing role as masterfully. READ
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