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Christian Baldini
Christian Baldini is an American, Italian and Argentine opera and orchestra conductor and composer. He was born in Mar del Plata (Argentina) on August 25, 1978. His CD "Mozart Arias and Overtures" conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with soprano Elizabeth Watts was chosen as "Recording of the Month" by the BBC Music Magazine and MusicWeb International, CD of the Week by Classic FM, and received critical acclaim with 4- and 5-star reviews on Gramophone, Sinfini, The Guardian and Opera News. Baldini served as an assistant conductor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London, and as a cover conductor for Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony. In 2015, invited by Michael Tilson Thomas, Baldini conducted the first ever performance of a work by John Luther Adams with the San Francisco Symphony. Baldini has conducted opera for the Aldeburgh Festival (founded by Benjamin Britten), the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires ( Dallapiccola's Il prigioniero and Volo di notte, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldeburgh Festival
The Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music. It takes place each June in the town of Aldeburgh, Suffolk and is centred on Snape Maltings Concert Hall. History of the Aldeburgh Festival The Festival was founded in 1948 by the composer Benjamin Britten, the singer Peter Pears and the librettist/producer Eric Crozier.Aldeburgh Town Council . Retrieved 7 March 2019.Archives Hub . Retrieved 7 March 2019. Their work with the English Opera Group (which they had founded with designer John Piper (artist), John Piper in 1947) frequently took them away from home, and it was while they w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Conductors (music)
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American Male Conductors (music)
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21st-century Classical Composers
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Nadine Sierra
Nadine Sierra (born May 14, 1988) is an American soprano. She is best known for her interpretation of Gilda in Verdi's ''Rigoletto,'' and Lucia in Donizetti's ''Lucia di Lammermoor.'' Currently performing in leading roles in the top opera houses around the world, she received the 1st Prize and People's Choice Award 2013 at the Neue Stimmen competition, is the 2017 Richard Tucker Music Foundation, Richard Tucker Music Foundation Award Winner, and was awarded the Beverly Sills Artists Award in 2018.Mcphee, Ryan"Nadine Sierra Named Metropolitan Opera's 2018 Beverly Sills Artist Award Winner" ''Playbill'', April 24, 2018 Her debut album on the Universal Music Group label, ''There's a Place for Us'', was released on August 24, 2018, and her second album, ''Made for Opera'', was released March 4, 2022.Zahr, Oussama"Nadine Sierra: Made For Opera" ''The New Yorker'', March 25, 2022. Biography A native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, she trained at Mannes College The New School for Music, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
