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La Passion De Simone
''La Passion de Simone'' is an oratorio (or opera) composed by Kaija Saariaho to a libretto in French by Amin Maalouf, first premiered in a staging by Peter Sellars. The work, subtitled "a musical journey in 15 stations", centers on the life and writings of Simone Weil and was conceived in the Passion Play tradition with episodes in her life linked to the Stations of the Cross. It is composed for SATB chorus, soprano soloist, spoken voice, orchestra and electronic instruments. Performance history ''La Passion de Simone'' was commissioned jointly by the New Crowned Hope festival in Vienna, the Barbican Centre, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. It had its world premiere on 26 November 2006 at the Jugendstiltheater in Vienna as part of Peter Sellars' New Crowned Hope festival. The world premiere performers were the Klangforum Wien orchestra conducted by Susanna Mälkki; the Arnold Schoenberg Choir conducted by Erwin Ortner; Finnish s ...
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Oratorio
An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is musical theatre, while oratorio is strictly a concert piece – though oratorios are sometimes staged as operas, and operas are sometimes presented in concert form. In an oratorio, the choir often plays a central role, and there is generally little or no interaction between the characters, and no props or elaborate costumes. A particularly important difference is in the typical subject matter of the text. Opera tends to deal with history and mythology, including age-old devices of romance, deception, and murder, whereas the plot of an oratorio often deals with sacred topics, making it appropriate for performance in the church. Protestant composers took their stories from the Bible, while Catholic composers looked to the lives of saints, as w ...
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Klangforum Wien
The Klangforum Wien is an Austrian chamber orchestra, based in Vienna at the Konzerthaus, which specialises in contemporary classical music. Founded by composer and conductor Beat Furrer in 1985, it is run on collective principles, having no official principal conductor. Sylvain Cambreling is principal guest conductor emeritus. Principal guest conductor is since the 2018/2019 concert season. The group is often cited as Austria's leading contemporary music ensemble,25 Jahre Klangforum Wien (25 years Klangforum)
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Ojai Music Festival
The Ojai Music Festival is an annual classical music festival in the United States. Held in Ojai, California (75 miles northwest of Los Angeles), for four days every June, the festival presents music, symposia, and educational programs emphasizing adventurous, eclectic, and challenging music, principally by contemporary composers. A secondary focus of the Festival is the discovery or rediscovery of rare or little known works by past masters. The primary performance venue is the Libbey Bowl, an open-air setting not far from the center of Ojai. History Background Before the music festival itself was established, the Ojai valley itself had attracted artists, musicians and thinkers. In the early 1920s, a trust organized by Annie Besant, the head of the Theosophical Society, bought in the valley. This land was eventually used for the official residence of her young Indian protégé, Jiddu Krishnamurti. Krishnamurti proved to be a respected spiritual thinker in his own ri ...
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Deutsche Oper Berlin
The Deutsche Oper Berlin is a German opera company located in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. The resident building is the country's second largest opera house (after Munich's) and also home to the Berlin State Ballet. Since 2004, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, like the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), the Komische Oper Berlin, the Berlin State Ballet, and the Bühnenservice Berlin (Stage and Costume Design), has been a member of the Berlin Opera Foundation. History The company's history goes back to the ''Deutsches Opernhaus'' built by the then independent city of Charlottenburg—the "richest town of Prussia"—according to plans designed by Heinrich Seeling from 1911. It opened on 7 November 1912 with a performance of Beethoven's ''Fidelio'', conducted by Ignatz Waghalter. In 1925, after the incorporation of Charlottenburg by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act, the name of the resident building was changed to ''Städtische Oper'' (Municipal Opera). With the Na ...
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Julia Bullock
Julia Bullock is an American soprano originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Anthony Tommasini from ''The New York Times'' has called her an "impressive, fast-rising soprano... poised for a significant career”. Education Born in 1987, Bullock joined Opera Theatre of Saint Louis's artist-in-training program while still in high school. She graduated with the prestigious Marielle Hubner Award. She received her bachelor's degree from the Eastman School of Music and her master's from Bard College's graduate vocal-arts program, where she worked with Dawn Upshaw. She went on to complete an artist diploma program at Juilliard in 2015. She holds the Lindemann Vocal Chair with Young Concert Artists, and also is supported by the Barbara Forester Austin Fund for Art Song.etudearts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Julia-Bullock-Biography-2015-161.pdf She cites Nina Simone and Billie Holiday as early influences. Career In 2013, when she was still at Juilliard, Bullock performed with Michael Til ...
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Sayuri Araida
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Aleksi Barrière
Aleksi is a masculine Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include: *Aleksi Bardy * Aleksi Benashvili *Aleksi Eeben *Aleksi Elorinne *Aleksi Hihnavaara *Aleksi Holmberg *Aleksi Laakso *Alexi Laiho *Aleksi Lehtonen *Aleksi Mäkelä (other), several people *Aleksi Mustonen *Aleksi Orenius *Aleksi Paananen *Aleksi Randell *Aleksi Ristola *Aleksi Rutanen *Aleksi Saarela *Aleksi Sariola *Aleksi Sihvonen See also * Aleksy * Alexy * Alexey * Alexie Alexie can be either a surname or given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Robert Arthur Alexie (1957–2014), Canadian First Nations novelist and land claim negotiator * Sherman Alexie (born 1966), American poet, writer, and fil ... {{given name Finnish masculine given names ...
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Only The Sound Remains
Only may refer to: Music Albums * ''Only'' (album), by Tommy Emmanuel, 2000 * ''The Only'', an EP by Dua Lipa, 2017 Songs * "Only" (Anthrax song), 1993 * "Only" (Nine Inch Nails song), 2005 * "Only" (Nicki Minaj song), 2014 * " The Only", by Static-X, 2003 * "Only", by Ass Ponys from '' Lohio'', 2001 * "Only", by Fuse ODG, 2015 * "Only", by Imagine Dragons from ''Origins'', 2018 * "Only", by NF from '' The Search'', 2019 * "Only", by Sarah Vaughan from '' Sarah Slightly Classical'', 1963 * "The Only", a song by Raiden featuring Irene, 2019 Other uses * ''Only'' (film), a 2019 post-apocalyptic romance film * ''Only'' (magazine), a 2000s Canadian news and entertainment magazine * Only, Tennessee, US * Jerry Only (born 1959), American punk rock bassist and singer See also * * * Onley (other) Onley may refer to: * Onley, Virginia, a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States * Onley (lost settlement), a lost village in Northamptonshire, England * Onley ...
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Dawn Upshaw
Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960) is an American soprano. She is the recipient of several Grammy Awards and has released a number of Edison Award-winning discs; she performs both opera and art song, and her repertoire spans Baroque to contemporary. Many composers, including Henri Dutilleux, Osvaldo Golijov, John Harbison, Esa-Pekka Salonen, John Adams, and Kaija Saariaho, have written for her. In 2007, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. Early life Dawn Upshaw was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She began singing while attending Rich East High School in Park Forest, Illinois and was the only female ever promoted to the top choir (the Singing Rockets) as a sophomore, according to choir director Douglas Ulreich. She received a B.A. in 1982 from Illinois Wesleyan University, where she studied voice with Dr. David Nott. She went on to study voice with Ellen Faull at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, earning her M.M. in 1984. She also attended courses given by Jan ...
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Opéra Bastille
The Opéra Bastille (, "Bastille Opera House") is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's '' Grands Travaux'', it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, France's principal opera company, alongside the older Palais Garnier; most opera performances are shown at the Bastille along with some ballet performances and symphony concerts, while Palais Garnier presents a mix of opera and ballet performances. Designed by Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott, it is situated facing Place de la Bastille. It may seat 2,723 people in total, with a main theatre, concert hall and studio theatre. History Background and construction The idea of a new "popular and modern" opera house in Paris first arose in the 1880s, only years after the opening of the Palais Garnier. It would remain virtual for a century and reemerge periodically due to the recurrent "crisis at the Opera" and to the limita ...
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Mostly Mozart Festival
The Mostly Mozart Festival is an American classical music festival based in New York City. Venues The festival presents concerts with its resident ensemble, the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, principally at David Geffen Hall of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Other festival concerts occur at such venues as: * Alice Tully Hall * Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse * Rose Theater (Jazz at Lincoln Center) * Merkin Concert Hall * Gerald W. Lynch Theater * David Rubenstein Atrium * Walter Reade Theater The current artistic director of the festival is Jane Moss. Louis Langrée is the festival's current music director. History Jay K. Hoffman, William W. Lockwood Jr., Schuyler G. Chapin and George F. Schutz jointly founded the initial version of the festival in 1966. The festival's first season occurred under the title 'Midsummer Serenades – A Mozart Festival', on August 1, 1966. As advised by the then-president of Lincoln Center, William Schuman, the festival assisted in prov ...
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Dominique Blanc
Dominique Blanc (born 25 April 1956) is a French actress. She is known for her roles in the films ''May Fools'' (1990), '' Indochine'' (1992), '' La Reine Margot'' (1994), ''Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train'' (1998), and '' The Other One'' (2008). In a career spanned nearly four decades, Blanc has won four César Awards from nine nominations. Life and career She was trained at the French Drama school, Cours Florent. In 1980, at the suggestion of Pierre Romans in whose class she was, Patrice Chéreau went to see her and engaged her for a performance of Henrik Ibsen's ''Peer Gynt''. She remained one of Chéreau's preferred actresses. One of the most critically acclaimed French actresses, Blanc has won four César Awards. One for Best Actress in 2000 for ' and three for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: in 1990 for ''May Fools'' (''Milou en mai''), in 1992 for '' Indochine'' and in 1998 for ''Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train'' (''Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train'') a ...
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