Julia Lezhneva talks about singing Vivaldi
In this video, soprano Julia Lezhneva talks about Vivaldi’s sacred motet In furore iustissimae irae RV 626, which she has recorded with Il Giardino Armonica and Giovanni Antonini on her Decca CD Alleluia.
‘Orango’ – Shostakovich’s lost opera premieres in Europe.
On May 16th, the Philharmonia Orchestra of London conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performed the European premiere of an incomplete and forgotten by Dmitri Shostakovich – Orango, an opera originally commissioned by the Bolshoi Theatre in 1932, but which became a satire on the Russian bourgeois press. The world premiere was given in December 2011, performed by the Los…
Jessica Pratt sings
Check out this video of Jessical Pratt singing O luce di quest ‘anima from Donizetti’s opera Linda di Chamonix. This week Jessica Pratt was awarded La siola d’oro an accolade given in Italy to outstanding coloratura sopranos, previously won by Joan Sutherland and Sumi Jo.