| Published: | August 7, 2020 11:15 |
———— The famous French composer, Maurice Ravel, known for his even more famous Boléro, had to wait four years before his opera work The Spanish Hour appeared on stage – mainly because of the difficulties the score caused to the orchestra and singers. It was not staged until 19 May 1911 at the Comic Opera
Read more
| Published: | July 31, 2020 11:00 |
———— An initial, rather cold (hard to believe!) reception of Georges Bizet’s Carmen by the audience aroused interest in developing cinematography as early as in the first years of the 20th century. One of the first people fascinated by the tragedy of the beautiful Gypsy woman was Cecil De Mille. Given the fact that at
Read more
| Published: | July 24, 2020 11:00 |
————- And the atmosphere got tense… On 5 December 1992, the House of Music and Dance in Zabrze – for the benefit of the local cardiac surgery clinic of prof. Zbigniew Religa and the Foundation for the Development of Cardiac Surgery – held an extraordinary concert Serce za serce; Placido Domingo himself appeared on the
Read more
| Published: | July 17, 2020 10:00 |
———— Ten włoski kompozytor zasadniczo zreformował operę, był pierwszym wielkim odnowicielem muzyki zachodniej i genialnym twórcą – jednym z tych wielkich, bez których opera nie stałaby się tym, czym jest. Claudio Monteverdi (zmarły 29 listopada 1643 roku) w swoich operowych kompozycjach podniósł znaczenie partii solowych w stopniu dotąd niespotykanym. Silniej od swoich poprzedników Monteverdi odzwierciedla
Read more
| Published: | July 10, 2020 10:31 |
———— This is the only such case in the history of opera that, as we would say today, a ‘child from primary school’ instead of poring over books, came up with the idea of composing… an opera! On 1 May 1769, the 13-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart presented his first opera La finta semplice in Salzburg.
Read more
| Published: | July 3, 2020 17:50 |
———— After announcing the will of the great Verdi, another great – non-musical – side of the composer could be seen. During his long and successful opera career, Giuseppe Verdi gained a considerable fortune, which he managed with the greatest care and, with reason corresponding to his peasant origins, cost-effectiveness and moderation. He also acted
Read more
| Published: | June 30, 2020 10:31 |
———— In the history of opera, we repeatedly faced the fact that its most eminent creators also composed their works in the course of a commission contract, because they had to make a living from something. The customers were mostly kings, princes, theatre directors and other noble and generous patrons, but there were also times
Read more
| Published: | June 26, 2020 17:30 |
———— It was not until half a century after his death (26 June 1941) that Ignacy Jan Paderewski ‘returned’ to his home country. On 29 June 1992, the coffin with the composer’s ashes was transported from the United States to Poland. An eminent pianist, composer and statesman, before his death, he expressed a wish for
Read more
| Published: | June 24, 2020 15:15 |
————- W czasie deszczu dzieci się nudzą, a dorośli? Zapraszamy na kolejną odsłonę warsztatów artystycznych z Teatrem Wielkim w Łodzi. Dziś druga część z cyklu „Lekcja baletu” Wspólnie z artystką baletu Kinga Łapińską zapraszamy do trenowania kondycji fizycznej. Pierwszy film to była profesjonalna rozgrzewka tancerzy baletowych, dziś kilka prostych ćwiczeń baletowych. Artyści baletu bez ruchu
Read more
| Published: | June 23, 2020 15:06 |
———— Alexander Borodin unfortunately did not live to see his Prince Igor staged. The premiere of the most popular Russian opera, alongside Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky, took place on 4 November 1890 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg only three years after the composer’s death. Borodin, who had no music education (he was a
Read more
