Has this been posted somewhere? If it has, please, Host, merge this to the earlier post.
Katie Derham presents today's Thursday Opera Matinee, Purcell's The Fairy Queen […, …., ….]
Dorothea Roschmann (soprano)
Martina Jankova (soprano)
Elisabeth von Magnus (mezzo-soprano)
Terry Wey (countertenor)
Joshua Ellicot (tenor)
Florian Boesch (bass)
Arnold Schoenberg Chorus
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
It will be interesting to hear how this all non-British casts (except for the tenor, I think) manage the spoken dialogue, but I’m afraid I can’t bring myself to face Katie Derham’s introduction of this work. I had a misfortune to turn the radio on this afternoon just as she was telling us about Grieg:’s The Mountain Maid as ‘the heroin is a herd girl who had the sixth sense with hallucination and all that…’ or something on the line. The Fairy Queen will give her an excellent opportunity to exercise her creative speaking…
[ed.] 23rd April (Thank you, ferney)
Katie Derham presents today's Thursday Opera Matinee, Purcell's The Fairy Queen […, …., ….]
Dorothea Roschmann (soprano)
Martina Jankova (soprano)
Elisabeth von Magnus (mezzo-soprano)
Terry Wey (countertenor)
Joshua Ellicot (tenor)
Florian Boesch (bass)
Arnold Schoenberg Chorus
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
It will be interesting to hear how this all non-British casts (except for the tenor, I think) manage the spoken dialogue, but I’m afraid I can’t bring myself to face Katie Derham’s introduction of this work. I had a misfortune to turn the radio on this afternoon just as she was telling us about Grieg:’s The Mountain Maid as ‘the heroin is a herd girl who had the sixth sense with hallucination and all that…’ or something on the line. The Fairy Queen will give her an excellent opportunity to exercise her creative speaking…
[ed.] 23rd April (Thank you, ferney)
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