From 2005 2007 she was a member of english national operas young singers programme. It is about the character better known as don juan. Provides don giovanni at prague estates theatre where wolfgang amadeus mozart conducted its world premiere in 1787. This incredible touring production of don giovanni is selling out all over the country, so be sure to buy your tickets for don giovanni ellie caulkins opera house today so you don t miss don giovanni denver. From the first, fatal notes of the overture to the shocking final scene, it remains an audience favourite, blending dramatic storytelling with some of opera s most beautiful music. Official website of the boston symphony orchestra, inc. It is based on the legends of don juan, a fictional libertine and seducer, by spanish. William walker has worked as an opera conductor in both the united states and europe, having. The only weak part of this production was the first few minutes. The opera s subject is don juan, the notorious libertine of fiction, and his eventual descent into hell. When his actions lead to murder, he unleashes vengeance from beyond. At the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. English touring opera are extending the broadcast period of bachs st john passion until 10 may, following an overwhelming response. Director jonathan munby is one of the most exciting young directors working in theatre in the uk.
She has been an artist in residence at the southbank centre, london and the recipient of a borlettibuitoni trust award. This show has now closed, please visit our london shows page for a full list of current productions. Robert howarth conductor artist hyperion records cds. With tenor christopher turner and mezzo catherine carby dido and aeneas. British soprano susanna hurrell is highly regarded as one of the most versatile singers of her generation. The mozartda ponte cycle continues with a don giovanni entrusted to director ivo van. A dark and dingy don giovanni from english touring opera by. Biographies birthplace grand tour name nationality scatology smallpox italy berlin prague death.
Sir david mcvicars production reveals the darkness in operas most compelling antihero. Opera guide synopsis 4 languages, libretto german, english, italian. Vafrino hipermestra and flute a midsummer nights dream for glyndebourne festival opera. Watch don giovanni full movie in hd visit screen adapatation of mozarts greatest opera. All the minor key pieces show the real drama of mozart. Lust, passion, revenge, deceit, drama and sex all combine in the gloom of the subterranean tunnels in don giovanni, the classic opera, performed by english touring opera. English touring opera s don giovanni sheffield theatres and national tour. Don giovanni, a spanish nobleman, travels through europe seducing women. She is the coartistic director at seattle public theater, a member of the sandbox artists collective, and a member of actors equity association.
English touring opera 3rd floor 50 britton street london ec1m 5up registered charity. He makes his operatic debut with etos new production, having just directed the critically acclaimed nakamitsu for the gate theatre, henry v for the manchester royal exchange and a number sheffield crucible studio and the minerva studio, chichester with timothy and samuel west. Kelly is a professional director, actor, adaptor, and teaching artist. Anna has won olivier, critics circle and evening standard awards for set design. Mozarts most perfect opera, and was his third collaboration with librettist da ponte, following their successes with the marriage of figaro and don giovanni. Ouardo ariodante for les arts florissants and william christie. English touring opera will return to storyhouse this spring. Don pasquale is an italian comic opera in three acts. May 25, 2018 english touring operas eto distinguished music director, michael rosewell, has announced that he will be stepping down from his position as music director for eto at the end of 2018. John cox is recognised as one of the major opera directors. Virginia opera is happy to announce our 2021 season including rigoletto, the pirates of penzance, cold mountain, and the marriage of figaro. Verdis otello act ii finale jonas kaufmann and marco. Soloists, orchestra and chorus of english touring opera. Highlights from opera australia production, don giovanni.
Weekly workshops for children with send with bradley travis. Highlights in his 201920 season include masetto don giovanni for the lyric opera of chicago, basilio il barbiere di siviglia for the canadian opera company, figaro le nozze di figaro for the stuttgart staatsoper, garibaldo in a european and american tour of rodelinda with the english concert under harry bicket and brahms ein deutsches. Saturday, june 6th, 2015 islip town hall west 401 main street, islip, ny. This imaginative adaptation of the familiar fairytale explores themes of poverty, peril, and courage, culminating in happiness for all save for one very bad witch. Il dissoluto punito, ossia il don giovanni, literally the rake punished, namely don giovanni or the libertine punished is an opera in two acts with music by wolfgang amadeus mozart and italian libretto by lorenzo da ponte. Explore don giovanni ticket prices, online deals, event dates, and theater seating charts. Giovanni ruffini wrote the libretto story and words. Surprise the theater lover in your life with tickets to the don giovanni performance in denver, co. Don giovanni english touring opera, hackney empire, 15 march 2008.
Don giovanni at english touring opera squire stage combat. Welsh national opera february 2018 katie brays zerlina signalled that she is a singer to watch. Don giovanni, perhaps more than any other opera, is all about the singing, and we had some superlative examples of that on this evening, led by the elvira of sky ingram, who rose to every challenge of her fiendish music and made the most of the very interesting characterization she had been given. Whatsonstage guardian telegraph don giovanni, a spanish nobleman, travels through europe seducing women. Virginia opera s love is a battlefield 20202021 season includes rigoletto, the pirates of penzance, cold mountain, and the marriage of figaro. Don giovanni is one of the greatest operas ever written, three women join forces to plot the downfall of the infamous seducer don juan. Active since 20, fields is a singer, songwriter, and bandleader splitting time between brooklyn, new york and nashville, tennessee. Mozarts don giovanni english touring opera youtube. Il furioso allisola di san domingo by donizetti to be presented. Don giovanni opera north william dazeley don giovanni in wolfgang amadeus mozarts don giovanni, the title character seduces, deceives. This show has now closed, however you may also be interested in. Don giovanni simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. English touring opera s latest version of don giovanni, by jonathan munby, is mozart without mercy and as radical as the first production in 1985. Richard is presently composing a musical the sunshine ghost which will tour later this year.
English touring opera s ambitious autumn programme features two baroque operas that both deal with sex and war and the private and the political. Elsewhere in 2017 he made his debut at stuttgart opera conducting the marriage of figaro and at royal swedish opera with the magic flute. A former bbc radio 3 new generation artist, elizabeth is much in demand as a recitalist. Katie brays zerlina was sweetvoiced and secure, and was nobodys fool. Don giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by wolfgang amadeus mozart and italian. English touring opera eto is an opera company in the united kingdom founded in 1979. Don giovanni baritone donna anna soprano don ottavio tenor donna elvira soprano leporello bass masetto bass zerlina soprano commendatore bass performance dateslocations. Prague opera, prague tickets, opera tickets, czech opera. Since her critically acclaimed debut with the royal opera house, covent garden as lauretta gianni schicchi under nicola luisotti in 2016, her pure, clear tone and warm stage presence have garnered praise from audiences and critics throughout europe and the uk. Only one of the three operas in english touring opera s spring season bears a male name as its title. English touring operas new production of don giovanni updates the action to underworld vienna in the early 1900s, a place of dark, secret. His songs are tender and authentic, but also pretty quick with a joke. English touring opera eto is an opera company in the united kingdom founded in 1979 under the name opera 80 by the thenexisting arts council of great britain.
Today it is sponsored in part by arts council england as well as receiving support from individual and corporate sponsors, plus trusts and foundations. Don giovanni trailer english touring opera 2016 on vimeo. His don giovanni is a psychological thriller on a grand scale. Eto stays at home tour dates english touring opera. But just as don giovanni is driven by the carnal caprice of its antihero, anna bolena and. The opera was first performed on january 3, 1843 at the comedieitalienne in paris, france. King priam english touring operaroyal opera houseuk tour. For example 602 m128 means that this performer offers a mp3 file of 128kbps that takes 6. It counts for don giovanni, the g minor symphony no. For the record, optional english, french, german, italian, and spanish. English touring opera announces its spring 2017 season by. Don giovanni tickets don giovanni theater tickets 2020. The prizes are not transferable, divisible or exchangeable and cannot be redeemed for cash. Finnish broadcasting company and finnish national opera and ballet 2020.
The first name drawn will win a prize, being two 2 a reserve tickets to don giovanni. Future engagements see samantha return to english touring opera for donna elvira don giovanni, priestess iphigenie en tauride, and covers the title role in pia detolomei, she also performs throughout the uk and ireland in strauss gala concerts for raymond gubbay ltd. Nutcracker english national ballet find more london shows. The opera was first performed at the national theatre in prague on 29 october 1787. This is don giovanni trailer english touring opera 2016 by matt mead on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Out june 5th, electric park ballroom is the second fulllength and don giovanni records debut by paisley fields. A keen opera conductor, ben made his debut in 2016 with glyndebourne touring opera conducting don giovanni and returned in 2017 for a production of the barber of seville. Charles peebles has studied at cambridge university, the guildhall and as a conducting fellow at tanglewood. For example, take mozarts opera buffa don giovanni 1787. Don giovanni, a spanish nobleman, travels through europe seducing women, accompanied by his longsuffering servant leporello. The premiere of don giovanni took place to great public and critical acclaim in prague on october 29, 1787. Opera amadeus don giovanni auditions ny available roles. May 22, 2020 english touring opera has uploaded its staging of bachs st john passion which premiered in london on 5 march 2020 and had been due to tour across the uk featuring local choirs.
Amongst others, he has conducted the city of london sinfonia, city of birmingham symphony, english chamber orchestra, london mozart players, scottish chamber orchestra, nash ensemble, northern sinfonia, bbc singers, royal philharmonic and bbc symphony orchestras. Unfortunately, the puccini was sold out, so we got the borodin instead. Don giovanni will be conducted by english touring opera music director michael rosewell. Don giovanni by wolfgang amadeus mozart libretto italian english don giovanni, giovane cavaliere estremamente licenzioso baritono donna anna, dama promessa sposa di don ottavio soprano don ottavio tenore commendatore basso donna elvira, dama di burgos, abbandonata da don giovanni soprano leporello, servo di don giovanni basso. Don pasquale was the 64th of the 66 operas donizetti wrote. He was director of productions for glyndebourne, where he directed works by mozart, rossini and haydn, a celebrated rakes progress with david hockneys designs, and a notable group of richard strauss domestic comedies. The selections are drawn from the archives of emi, and although these might not necessarily be the definitive interpretations of these pieces, it can be. Don giovanni is about a libertine and murderer who refuses to repent when given the chance. Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music. His creative work includes two musicals, riot and heart songs, as well the libretto to spike edinburgh fringe 2006 and opera galactica 2001. David mcvicar might have filled the yawning space between its moorish lattice walls with a squad of halfdressed castanetpolishers.
Our first ever broadcast premiered with a communal listening experience on easte. Recently applauded for her performance of tosca with english touring opera, paula sides was awarded the tagor gold medal from the royal college of the music and was the winner of the karavoitis prize in the les azureal international competition. Anna bolena, english touring opera susannah, english. Born in adelaide, studied in london at the royal college of music and former young artist at the royal opera house, covent garden. Evening standard theatre awardwinning designer anna fleischle will design don giovanni. Download the don giovanni house program group tickets if you have a group of 10, or more, you can enjoy opera ateliers period opera productions with a 20% discount off regular single ticket prices. Katie bray chirpy and assertive as a far from naive zerlina. Other opera journeys publishing titles also available at.
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