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Newsletter
119 is now available. The
article on Amore
Opera's production of Donizetti's Olivo e Paquale by Richard Beams
that appeared in Newsletter
118 can be found here
Bel
Canto Bully by Philip Eisenbeiss that discusses
the life and times of the impresario Domenico Barbaja has
been published by Haus
Publishing.
Opera Rara are planning two talks in the Opera Rara
library starting at 6.30 pm on October 30 and November 27. See here
for details.
A one day conference on "Wandering Minstrels: The History of
Travelling Opera in Britain" is being organised at the Royal Academy of
Music on Saturday, October 26, 2013. See here
for details
Dr
Bruno Rauch of the Free Opera Company, Zurich has kindly
provided an article on their recent production of Pacini's
Il convitato di pietro ossia Don Giovanni. See
here
(in German)
Dynamic
have released a DVD (33675)
& BlueRay (55675)
of the 2010 Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania production
of Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda. Also a CD of
Vlaamse Opera's 2010 production of Rossini's Semiramide
(CDS
674)
Attempts are
currently being made to arouse interest in the music of Edward
Loder based around the
forthcoming 150th anniversary of his death. A flyer is available
here and
there is an article at
MusicWeb
International.
The Victorian
Opera Northwest orchestra under Richard
Bonynge have released a
recording
of Victorian English opera
overtures. See here
for details.
Welsh
National Opera have announced their ambitious
staging of all three Donizetti "Tudor" operas,
which can be seen on consecutive evenings.
A recording of Donizetti's Songs written in the bass clef sung by Ian Caddy with Melvyn Tan at the fortepiano (Meridien CDE 84143) is available from the Society. Please link here for song listing, sound extracts and to order.
There
is now a Facebook Donizetti page, but you don't
have to be a member to see the various clips at http://www.facebook.com/GaetanoDonizetti.
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