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Donald Shanks, Robert Gard, Raymond Myers, Gregory Dempsey etc - DAS RHEINGOLD (Wagner) 1979
Here is a recording of a concert performance of Richard Wagner's opera DAS RHEINGOLD (Sung in an English translation) from the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House - with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under conductor Mark Elder. The performance was broadcast on FM radio on March 20th 1979 with the following cast:
Wotan - Donald Shanks
Fricka - Margreta Elkins
Freia - Elizabeth Fretwell
Froh - Reginald Byers
Donner - Neville Wilkie
Loge - Robert Gard
Erda - Lauris Elms
Fasolt - Bruce Martin
Fafner - Neil Warren-Smith
Alberich - Raymond Myers
Mime - Gregory Dempsey
Woglinde - Rhonda Bruce
Wellgunde - Rosemary Gunn
Flosshilde - Lesley Stender
With the exception of two singers, the entire cast is Australian. (Rosemary Gunn was born in Scotland and Robert Gard was born in Cornwall, England)
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Suzanne Steele, Gaye MacFarlane & David Gray - Finale - ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD (Offenbach) 1978
มุมมอง 647 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา
For two decades, the Victoria State Opera presented productions of opera to audiences in Melbourne, Australia. It gave work to many singers who were not performing with the national company - Opera Australia - and enjoyed a handful of memorable nights. One of its earliest successes was Offenbach's ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD featuring the South African-born soprano, Suzanne Steele, as Eurydice, D...
Ronal Jackson & Rae Cocking "Well now, What's up?" AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL (Menotti) 1966
มุมมอง 7314 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา
From an early Australian television broadcast of Menotti's one-act opera buffa AMELIA GOES TO THE BALL, here is the duet between Amelia and her Husband. Ronal Jackson performs the Husband and Rae Cocking is Amelia. Peter Page directed this production and Walter Stiasny conducted the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in this broadcast from May 11th 1966.
Gerald English & Pearl Berridge - "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan" SAMSON (Händel) 1973
มุมมอง 4621 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา
From a concert performance of Händel's oratorio SAMSON at the Sydney Town Hall in August 1973, we hear an extract from Act II - a scene between Samson and Dalila which includes the arias "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan", "Your charms to ruin led the way" and two duets "My faith and truth, O Samson, prove" and "Traitor to love! I'll sue no more". Samson is performed by the English tenor G...
Peter Dawson - "Dead Famous" 2024
มุมมอง 61วันที่ผ่านมา
The legacy of Peter Dawson is considerable. He is one of Australia’s most successful recording artists selling millions of records world-wide. He recorded more Australian songs than any other singer in his time. He is credited with popularising "Waltzing Matilda", "Song of Australia" and Advance Australia Fair". It is estimated that Dawson published 3,500 recordings. In 1991 he was inducted int...
Grant Doyle - "I Wish I Could Sleep" A QUIET PLACE (Bernstein) 2024
มุมมอง 36วันที่ผ่านมา
The Australian baritone, Grant Doyle, was born in Adelaide and studied voice at the Elder Conservatorium, the Opera School at the Royal College of Music in London and subsequently won a place on the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. His roles there included Ping, Small Prisoner/Čekunov (From The House of the Dead), El Dancairo , Apprentice (Wozzeck), ...
Marilyn Richardson - "Da tempeste il legno infranto" GIULIO CESARE in EGITTO (Händel) 1970
มุมมอง 8714 วันที่ผ่านมา
From the Australian premiere of Händel's opera GIULIO CESARE in EGITTO, here is the final aria of Cleopatra "Da tempeste il legno infranto" (performed in an English translation) by the magnificent Australian soprano Marilyn Richardson. Carl Pini conducts the Young Opera Orchestra in this performance from the University of New South Wales Science Theatre on November 13th 1970. Marilyn Richardson...
Leona Mitchell - "Ein Schönes war ... Es gibt ein Reich" ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (R Strauß) 1997
มุมมอง 46914 วันที่ผ่านมา
From a performance of Richard Strauß's ARIADNE AUF NAXOS at the Sydney Opera House, here is the opening of the opera itself through Ariadne's two arias "Ein Schönes war" and "Es gibt ein Reich". Leona Mitchell perfroms the title role - Ariadne. Chloris Vowels, Kerry Elizabeth Brown and Penelope Pavlakis are Najade, Dryad and Echo. Angus Wood is Harlekin, Jillian Anderton is Zerbinetta, Richard ...
Barry Ryan - Final Scene - BOULEVARD SOLITUDE (Hans Werner Henze) 1995
มุมมอง 6614 วันที่ผ่านมา
The Australian baritone, Barry Ryan, graduated with honours from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 1981. His many awards for singing include the Shell Aria, the New York Metropolitan Auditions, Marten Bequest for Singing, the Vienna State Opera Award and a Green Room Award. During his career, he performed with Europe’s leading opera companies including the Royal Opera Covent Garden, La Scal...
Neil Easton & Felicia Weathers "Ciel! mio padre! - Rivedrò le foreste imbalsamate" AIDA (Verdi) 1971
มุมมอง 16221 วันที่ผ่านมา
The Australian baritone, Neil Easton, was born in Sydney in1922 and studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and began his career by singing with various companies in Sydney and Melbourne. Unlike many of his singing colleagues who needed to work a ‘day job’, Easton managed to survive financially on singing in Clubs and on Radio. 1952 found him singing Alfio to Marie Collier’s Santuzza in C...
Sam Sakker, Stephanie Muther & Martijn Sanders - Act III TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (Wagner) 2023
มุมมอง 17621 วันที่ผ่านมา
The fine Australian tenor Samuel Sakker has been buidling a career internationally as a Heldentenor of distinction. He is captured here in Act III of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde from Oper Wuppertal with the Kurnewal of Martijn Sanders and Isolde of Stephanie Muther. The conductor is Patrick Hahn for this premiere performance of the season from October 22nd 2023.
Siobhan Stagg - "Pie Jesu" REQUIEM (Fauré) 2024
มุมมอง 11721 วันที่ผ่านมา
The Australian soprano, Siobhan Stagg, graduated from the University of Melbourne before commencing her career as a Young Artist at the Salzburg Festival and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.Soon she made debuts at the Hamburg State Opera, Berliner Philharmoniker, Bayerische Staatsoper, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam), BBC Proms and London’s Royal Opera House Covent Garden,...
Neil Warren Smith - " I've Prepared My Plan" THE THIEVING MAGPIE (Rossini) 1966
มุมมอง 9121 วันที่ผ่านมา
Neil Warren-Smith was the most admired and loved Australian bass-baritone of the 1950’s through to his sudden death in 1981. His voice and stage persona had a warmth which audiences loved and his sense of comedy was as strong as his skill with pathos. He was born on September 11th 1929, in Melbourne and was named Neil Warren. Encouraged by his mother, Neil began vocal studies with local voice t...
Stuart Skelton & Lise Davidsen - Act II - TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (Wagner) 2024
มุมมอง 7Kหลายเดือนก่อน
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE Concert performance of Act II November 1st 2024 Tristan - Stuart Skelton isolde - Lise Davidsen Brangäne - Karen Cargill König Marke - Christof Fischesser Melot / Kurwenal - Sean Michael Plumb Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Isarphilharmonie, Gasteig HP8, München conducted by Simon Rattle
Patrick Power & Emily Mair "Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein" FIDELIO (Beethoven) 1974
มุมมอง 109หลายเดือนก่อน
The New Zealand tenor, Patrick Power, was born In Dannevirke and was educated at St. Patrick's College, University of Otago, University of Auckland, Auckland Teachers' College, L'Università per Stranieri, Perugia, and the University of Waikato. In 1971, he appeared in a production of ALBERT HERRING at the Mayfair Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand and eventually earned a three-year contract with the...
Heather Begg etc "Nous avons en tête une affaire" CARMEN (Bizet) 1977
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Heather Begg etc "Nous avons en tête une affaire" CARMEN (Bizet) 1977
GALINA PISARENKO Documentary 1974
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GALINA PISARENKO Documentary 1974
Donald McIntyre Mozart The Marriage of Figaro in English Mackerras 1966 McIntyre, Harwood, Herincx,
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Donald McIntyre Mozart The Marriage of Figaro in English Mackerras 1966 McIntyre, Harwood, Herincx,
Elizabeth Whitehouse & Mario Zhang - "Principessa di morte!" TURANDOT (Puccini - Alfano) 2008
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Elizabeth Whitehouse & Mario Zhang - "Principessa di morte!" TURANDOT (Puccini - Alfano) 2008
Arax Mansourian - STAGES Podcast 2024
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Arax Mansourian - STAGES Podcast 2024
John Wegner, Mark Lundberg & Susan Bullock - Act III - TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (Wagner) 2001
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John Wegner, Mark Lundberg & Susan Bullock - Act III - TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (Wagner) 2001
Nicole Car & Stephen Costello "Sono andati?" LA BOHÈME (Puccini) 2024
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Nicole Car & Stephen Costello "Sono andati?" LA BOHÈME (Puccini) 2024
Robert Allman & Astrid Varnay - "Fatal mia donna! un murmure" MACBETH (Verdi) 1962
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Robert Allman & Astrid Varnay - "Fatal mia donna! un murmure" MACBETH (Verdi) 1962
John Germain, Neil Kirkby & Graeme Ewer - "It's clear that mediaeval art" PATIENCE (Sullivan) 1995
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John Germain, Neil Kirkby & Graeme Ewer - "It's clear that mediaeval art" PATIENCE (Sullivan) 1995
Peter Dawson - "I am a friar of orders grey" (W. Reeve) 1922
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Peter Dawson - "I am a friar of orders grey" (W. Reeve) 1922
Maggie Fitzgibbon - "I Think I Like You" DOCTOR DOLITTLE (Bricusse) 1968
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Maggie Fitzgibbon - "I Think I Like You" DOCTOR DOLITTLE (Bricusse) 1968
Gregory Yurisich - "Madamina, il catalogo è questo "DON GIOVANNI (Mozart) 1992
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Gregory Yurisich - "Madamina, il catalogo è questo "DON GIOVANNI (Mozart) 1992
Mary O'Brien & David Parker "Look what I have here" LA RONDINE (Puccini) 1970
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Mary O'Brien & David Parker "Look what I have here" LA RONDINE (Puccini) 1970
Isobel Buchanan - "My Ain Folk" (Trad. William Alfred Braund) 1990
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Isobel Buchanan - "My Ain Folk" (Trad. William Alfred Braund) 1990

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  • @おだのぶなが-q3p
    @おだのぶなが-q3p วันที่ผ่านมา

    女性の指揮者、素人目で見ても分かりやすいですね 楽団員も演奏しやすいのでは? それにしても、再生回数が少なすぎる(^_^;) 演奏会形式だし、面白さは少ないかもですけど、、 もっと聴きましょうよ! この美しい第2幕! しかも無料で聴けるんですよ! 個人的には、むせ返るような濃厚な演奏ではないし、イゾルデの歌声にも物足りないです でも、この素晴らしい音楽は伝わってきます

  • @criticalmass5402
    @criticalmass5402 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My favourite lyric tenor , always melts me.

  • @Nagennif1011
    @Nagennif1011 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Oh my heavens, this is exquisite! To die for...

  • @auroraspiderwoman5886
    @auroraspiderwoman5886 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a gem! As a huge Menotti fan, I would love to see the whole performance; don't know of any other TV production of "Amelia."

  • @roberthorn1838
    @roberthorn1838 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So good to hear singers with clear words. So often these days we have wordless vocalises..so boring!

  • @albertosasa6713
    @albertosasa6713 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Esecuzione esplosiva! Nella quale tuttavia si percepiscono distintamente tutte le linee che concorrono all'esplosione atomica della partitura più geniale di sempre! L'esecuzione di Rattle rende appieno lo sgomento che nel 1865 dovette destare l'irrompere di una simile musica dinamitarda nel fiacco esausto clima del secondo romanticismo. Solo un Bruckner e pochi altri dovettero cogliere appieno la portata di una simile opera, ed uscirne sgomenti e segnati per sempre. La presente esecuzione splendidamente anticlassica ci fa provare la emozione che dovette reggere lo stesso Wagner nel corso della creazione

  • @olgashanina4813
    @olgashanina4813 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Masterpiece!❤️

  • @WesleyBerryman-j8y
    @WesleyBerryman-j8y 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks BCO I have never hear this recording. She is magnificent.

  • @albericarnould3552
    @albericarnould3552 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    🤩🥰

  • @gculling
    @gculling 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just amazing! She is an angel. I could have done without the heavenly choir and/or the dancers. She is all we need.

  • @raphaelhudson
    @raphaelhudson 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It is not just the diction, he had incredible compression in the vowels which makes all the consonants and vowels clarion and preserves the unique colour and character of his speaking voice. It is that "solidity" of sound that modern singers are generally incapable of capturing.

  • @killmrdarcy4367
    @killmrdarcy4367 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great post Brian, while a fantastic performance from a genuine contralto who was, in her prime, at the greatness level of Kathleen Ferrier, Clara Butt and all the others. I was at this performance, while my impression was that it was given in 1984, even if I may be confusing it with those performances of The Trojan's that Lauris sang in (along with Phillip Langridge) under Mackerras in that year. With thanks nevertheless, while very best to you and Gerrie.

  • @wm.traynor1143
    @wm.traynor1143 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I remember him for his manly voice. Thank you Mr. Castles-Onion.

  • @nickhansen3127
    @nickhansen3127 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very impressive. A very pleasant blast from the past.

  • @おだのぶなが-q3p
    @おだのぶなが-q3p 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    批判的なコメントもあるようですが、個人的には好きなイゾルデです(≧▽≦) 古今東西のオペラで、もっとも美しい幕、この美しい演奏を無料で聴けるなんて、なんて良い時代なんでしょうか!

  • @matthenrick5531
    @matthenrick5531 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @shelleyhayton9251
    @shelleyhayton9251 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What an amazing woman!!!

  • @paulbritton7295
    @paulbritton7295 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A force of nature!

  • @tonysupple-little5425
    @tonysupple-little5425 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Beautiful.

  • @wm.traynor1143
    @wm.traynor1143 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Magnificent, it was👏👏👏

  • @gregralph5168
    @gregralph5168 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Such virtuosity!

  • @johnson8349
    @johnson8349 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    terfel‘s wolfram aria wonderful❤❤❤

  • @mariasuniparragirre5687
    @mariasuniparragirre5687 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Tú el honor de cantar a su lado Coro Maitea de San Sebastián y, coral de hombres Coral Loinaz de Beasain (Gipuzkoa) En la Iglesia de Santa María se (San Sebastián)

  • @puppetoz
    @puppetoz 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    He was such a compelling artist - when onstage you couldn't take your eyes off him.

  • @puppetoz
    @puppetoz 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    No matter which role she was playing she gave it everything she had...and more. We were so lucky to have her performances down in this part of the world as often as we did.

  • @nickking649
    @nickking649 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for posting. Mitchell a stunning soprano as always.

  • @BenjaminOxleySingToWin
    @BenjaminOxleySingToWin 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Classy

  • @christopherrobinwattsthoma6318
    @christopherrobinwattsthoma6318 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    An age in which opera singers where “Great” singers and didn’t get on the stage just because of the colour of their skin!

  • @MaestroWenarto
    @MaestroWenarto 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    wow.....amazing Leona

  • @drnivek
    @drnivek 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In my opinion,her voice is too young sounding for this. Its beautiful, but sounds wrong to me.

  • @brive69
    @brive69 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    is it possible to publish the opera in its entirety pleaaaasr❤❤❤

  • @francescoruggiero5323
    @francescoruggiero5323 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ahi que bonita dolcezza i Infinite

  • @vuxdinh
    @vuxdinh 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a great voice Gedda had. I personally find it ridiculous to sing like this at the age of 70. You would be lucky not walking with a stick at that age let alone sing operas. His voice still maintained the same young and bright quality that he had his entire career. Just amazing. He really took good care of his instrument. Truly the maestro. Wonder if there will be one like him ever again.

  • @NatalySnipelishsky-z4f
    @NatalySnipelishsky-z4f 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Angelic! Her piano is incredible. Best voice ever.

  • @luisnorbertogomez7058
    @luisnorbertogomez7058 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Belleza pura, inigualable

  • @nicolaus2010
    @nicolaus2010 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ❤maravilhosa!!!

  • @DaveBob1983
    @DaveBob1983 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The introduction is by newsreader,. Richard Baker - who toured in a lovely small scale show called 'Grand Tour to Melody' in 1988, featuring operetta from various countries.

  • @25Marinus
    @25Marinus 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It will be for ever: What Nicolai Gedda could - only Nicolai Gedda could. Even when he was 70.

  • @nickking649
    @nickking649 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for posting this, its wonderful.

  • @derekjohnston5163
    @derekjohnston5163 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It would be wonderful to hear this complete performance...

  • @Twentythousandlps
    @Twentythousandlps 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In the last years of her career, Dame Joan did not pivot to the standard Verdi repertoire, though this suggests to me it would have been a very good idea, since the center of her voice had naturally dropped a little.

  • @catherine-e9s
    @catherine-e9s 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Que la louange est belle!

  • @tonynoz
    @tonynoz 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ray Arbizu is my grandpa! Thank you for uploading this.

  • @CaliforniaVibrations
    @CaliforniaVibrations 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love the video Brian! Thanks so much for posting this song from 'Somewhere: The Magical Musical of Penrith' !!! Would you happen to have any other footage from this musical other than this extract? Would love to see the whole performance including the song that Tim wrote for Geraldine to sing. Love the version she did on her album from 2018.

  • @Sutherland2
    @Sutherland2 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Listening to all this, the parts are greater than the whole. Some nice moments, but really it's kind of a black and white tik-tok video version of Tristan. Davidson doesn't sound authentic. Tenor is on the downhill slope.. The King Marke is very nice.

  • @mikeziemann
    @mikeziemann 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    what's that with the banana? what is this crap?

  • @ChrisStockslager
    @ChrisStockslager 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Also, do you have the rest of this concert, Brian?? 😍

  • @ChrisStockslager
    @ChrisStockslager 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Beautiful and lush, as always! I think this is my second favorite rendition of hers, right after that live 1967 one on TH-cam. Her voice always had a melancholy quality that suits this aria perfectly. I wish she would’ve done Countess as her farewell, as originally planned, vs the small Marguerite role in Huguenots. But she knew herself, and probably thought Countess was too much, that late in her career.

  • @puppetoz
    @puppetoz 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    She’s such a natural she makes it look easy x