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Welcome to season 7. I am joined by Negar Zarassi a Swedish-Iranian professional opera singer. She is extensively trained in classical music, holding two bachelor's degrees: from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and the Academy for Music and Drama in Gothenburg, both in Sweden. We discuss classical music, what is it? Why does it matter? And where's its place in modern society? All this and more!

In Jungle Book Reimagined, the celebrated choreographer Akram Khan brings Rudyard Kipling's classic and contested Jungle Book stories into a near-future world torn apart by the impacts of climate change. But with the original stories rooted in colonial perspectives, why revisit them a century later to tell a story of displacement amid environmental collapse?

Also, the role of Brünnhilde in Wagner's Ring Cycle is one of opera's most demanding. It requires a dramatic soprano voice with extraordinary power and maturity and is rarely tackled until a singer is well into their career. To learn more, we're joined by our ABC Top 5 resident, mezzo soprano Katrina Waters, who is investigating the mid-career transitions of female dramatic voices.

It is estimated two hundred thousand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people don't have a birth certificate.

La soprano mexicana Neivi Martínez se ha ganado el reconocimiento mundial por su temperamento, presencia escénica y versatilidad musical.

Su vídeo del aria Il Dolce Suono (Diva Dance) fue presentado en el programa de televisión de ROLANDO VILLAZON „STARS VON MORGEN“ como una prometedora estrella en ascenso. Desde entonces, a excepción de Corona, canta en el Vienna New Years Trail con repertorio de opereta y ópera desde 2017-2023 para miles de personas.

Su herencia musical y flexibilidad vocal le permitieron tomar invitaciones también en el campo de la música LATIN JAZZ, grabando con el sello THE WORLD MUSIC CAFE su CD en solitario AQUANOVA con textos propios. Otras grabaciones incluyen un DVD de la ópera de Mozart Il Sogno di Scipione (SALZBURGER FESTIVAL 2006 – Ensemble), un DVD de formación musical de la UNIVERSIDAD DE FRANKFURT y el CD „WO DER PFEFFER WÄCHST“ con arpa (Cordula Poos) y percusión (Markus Reich).

Sus últimos compromisos operísticos incluyen el papel estelar en LUCIA DI LAMMEMOOR, Adina en L’ELISIR D’AMORE y Gilda en RIGOLETTO y giras por Alemania, Corea, Kasachstan y Turkmenistán,

Ha actuado con el conjunto barroco WIENER SYMPHONIKER, WIENER IMPERIAL ORCHESTER (Austria), SMETANA PHILHARMONIKER PRAGUE, . SONORA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (México), ESPERANZA AZTECA NAYARIT (México), NAISSUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Serbia), CONSTANTA NATIONAL THEATER (Rumanía) y STATE THEATER Stara Zagora (Bulgaria), entre otros.

In the desert town of Papunya in 1981, four blackfellas and a whitefella bonded over rock 'n' roll and became the history-making Warumpi Band. The Warumpis were the first rock band to sing in Aboriginal languages. Now, Big Name, No Blankets from Ilbijerri Theatre Company will tell their story on stage at the Sydney Festival.

Also, the American dramatic soprano Lise Lindstrom shares the works that have most inspired her journey as an artist on Top Shelf and we mark 100 years of radio in Australia and reflect on RN's role in creating great radio drama and developing some of Australia's best-known theatrical talent.

*Please note the opera glossary and links to audio below!

Laverne has a passion for divas - from Beyonce to Leontyne Price, and closer to home, Angel Blue, the history-making operatic soprano who has become a dear friend as well. Angel shares her road to the spotlight including her early years of artistic difficulty and personal tragedy. Angel is a two-time grammy winner and was the first Black diva to sing the leading role in Verdi’s “La Traviata” at The Metropolitan Opera in New York, Covent Garden in London, and - though it was said it could not be done - La Scala Opera House in Milan. Heads up, in Milan that makes you a rockstar.

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Links of Interest:

Sumptuous La Traviata Charms La Scala with Placido Domingo and Angel Blue (Euronews, YouTube)

AIDA: Royal Opera House (Angel Joy Blue YouTube Channel)

Every Operatic Soprano Voice Type, Explained

Emotion, Destiny’s Child, High C @3:29

Leontyne Price Sings Aida’s “O Patria Mia”, High C 

Opera Singers - High Note C (C6) Battle

Leontyne Price and Simon Estes Duet, Aida

The Iconic Shade of Aretha Franklin (Beautiful Gowns)

Grace Bumbry (Video)

Grace Bumbry (NPR)

Soprano Angel Blue Cancels Arena di Verona Debut in Response to Blackface (ClassicalMusic.com/BBC)

Glossary of Opera Terms:

Arena di Verona: an ancient Roman amphitheater in Verona, Italy built in 30 AD. It is still in use today and is famous for its large scale operatic performances

Aida: an opera by Giuseppe Verde. Premiere Cairo, 1871. Synopsis

Aria: A self-contained piece for a singer, or “solo.” In opera, arias mostly appear during a pause in dramatic action when a character is reflecting on their emotions. 

Bel Canto: An Italian vocal technique or “school” developed and popularized in the 18th and 19th centuries. It places emphasis on beauty of sound and brilliance of performance rather than dramatic expression and romantic emotion. 

Carmen: an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. Premiere Paris, 1875. Synopsis

Coloratura: Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing by a soprano. 

Covent Garden & The Royal Opera: an internationally acclaimed opera house and company, the three-theatre physical structure dates back to 1858

Samson et Dalila: an opera in three acts by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns based on the biblical story of Samson and Delilah. Premiere Weimar, Germany, 1877. Synopsis

Falsetto: A method of singing used by male singers, especially tenors, to sing notes higher than their normal range. 

Forte: A musical direction that means “loud.” 

Il Trovatore: An opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verde. Premiere Rome,1853. Synopsis

La Scala or Teatro alla Scala is an opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on August 3, 1778.

Legato: (adj.) Smooth and flowing in manner, without breaks between notes. 

Libretto: The text of an opera (or other vocal work). 

Ornaments (ornamentation): Musical flourishes or embellishments (such as a trill or a slide) that are not essential to carry the overall line of the melody, but serve instead to decorate or “ornament” that line. 

Pianissimo: A soft performance, played or sung quietly. 

Rigoletto: an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. Premiere Venice, 1851. Synopsis

The Met: The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

Tosca: an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. Premiere Rome, 1900. Synopsis

Traviata: Short for “La Traviata,” a famous opera by Giuseppe Verde. La Traviata also goes by the name “Camille” in English, which was derived from the title of the book (La Dame aux Camélias) that inspired it as well as the 2001 film Moulin Rouge.  Premiere Venice, 1853. Synopsis

Other Episodes of Interest:

Diva Worship and Opera w/ Ira Siff

The Intellectual Underpinnings of Beyonce's Awesomeness w/ Kevin Allred

Music Credits:

Audio from San Francisco Opera’s 2023 Il Trovatore is courtesy of Angel Blue.

Audio of Angel singing “D'amor sull'ali rosee” from Il Trovatore with The Philadelphia Orchestra September 2020 provided by TPO. Angel will be back on its stage June 8, 2024.

Audio of Angel Blue’s “Summertime” from her 2014 solo album Joy Alone is courtesy of Angel Blue.

CREDITS:

Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Alex Alcheh, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins

Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell

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UC Today's Tom Wright hosts Soprano Design's Matt Rawbone.

In this session, we discuss the following:

• How omnichannel can solve common customer experience challenges
• How omnichannel can improve fraud prevention
• Top use cases for omnichannel technology

Australian writer Michelle Law has an ear for the humour found when cultures meet. Her new play Miss Peony takes us into the world of Chinese-Australian pageants in which young women compete to be the one who most embodies Chinese values. But who decides what those values are?

Also, we meet the organisers of Club Broadway, a pop-up party that features nothing but show tunes, and we discuss 'mad scenes' in 19th century opera with the Australian soprano Jessica Pratt. What do they tell us about the attitudes and the politics of the time? Mad Scenes with Jessica Pratt is coming to the Sydney Opera House.

Verdi claimed Rigoletto was his best opera, saying he would never write any better.

With themes of greed, betrayal, revenge and misogyny - it’s a much-loved Opera and one of the most popular of all time.

Soprano Stacey Alleaume discusses her role as Gilda in Opera Australia’s Rigoletto.

Put the scissors down! And go up an octave for grumpy Groucho, charming Chico, and havoc-wreaking Harpo. The person most confused by the film this week was: us, sexually.

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Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Soprano Camilla Tilling, exploring life, music, friendship, and art.
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The Australian Ballet have brought their iconic production of Don Quixote, choreographed by and originally starring Rudolf Nureyev, back to the stage. Nureyev's production became a film in 1973 which has inspired new designs by one of our most venerable stage designers, Richard Roberts.

Also, Richard Wagner's epic four-opera Ring Cycle comes to regional Australia for the very first time and includes a concert held in a gold mine, and we meet 'the mother of African contemporary dance,' Germaine Acogny, the co-founder of the famous Ecole des Sables in Senegal.

On March 20th, 2023, the world lost one of the most amazing opera singers of all time: Virginia Zeani, the mother of my voice.

In this episode, I share with you bits of the life story of this incredible person from what she told me during the time I lived and studied with her in 2011 and beyond.

Also: What did life with an 86-year old opera diva look like for me - I was 24 at the time - and what's the deal with voice teachers? What do they mean to us, singers?

Do check out recordings and images of the stunning Virginia Zeani. 

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La soprano, Vannina Santoni nous parle de l’équilibre subtil entre l’exigence et l’indulgence.

En retraçant son parcours, de son enfance à la maîtrise de radio France, jusqu’à présent où sa voix résonne sur les plus belles scènes lyriques du monde.

Vannina nous parle de faire du temps un allié, de cultiver la confiance en soi et dans l’intelligence de notre corps  - instruments mais aussi du mental qui est un puissant allié pour ingérer les choses avant de les pratiquer.

Vous entendrez comment Vannina prépare ses aiguës, son ancrage ou encore ses vocalises favorites avec ses explications imagées à la clé.

Nous avons également abordé plusieurs autres sujets tout aussi passionnants comme sa vision de la scène ou de son métier. 

Diffusés dans l’épisode : 

“Donde lieta"extrait de la Bohème de Puccini, enregistré en Décembre 2022 au Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse dirigé par Lorenzo Passerini

 “Addio del passato” extrait de la Traviata de Verdi, enregistré lors du Concert Viva Verdi pour Radio Classique au Théâtre des Champs Elysées en Juin 2017

“Si, mi chiamano Mimi " extrait de la Bohème de Puccini, enregistré en Décembre 2022 au Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse dirigé par Lorenzo Passerini

 "Frühling" extrait des 4 derniers Lieder de Strauss à l'Opéra de Vichy en juillet 2021 avec La Mahlerian Camerata dirigée par son fondateur Benjamin Garzia, Vannina est à la direction artistique @mahleriancamerata ainsi que du festival @l_oree_des_sons

Cités dans l’épisode :

Abbie Furmansky, professeur de chant

Georges Prêtre,  chef d'orchestre

Myung-Whun Chung, chef d’orchestre

Henri Dutilleux compositeur

Jérémy Lopez et Eric Ruf de la comédie française

Michael Spyres, baryténor

Maîtrise de Radio France cité également dans les épisodes 06 et 49 avec le groupe LEJ et avec la chef de choeur et soprano Anne Périssé dit Préchacq
 

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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA  Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Lyrics by Charles Hart | Additional Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe | Book by Richard Stilgoe & Andrew Lloyd Webber | Based on the novel Le Fantome de  l'Opera by Gaston Leroux | Originally Directed by Harold Prince | Orchestrations by David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber | Original Production by Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. and The Really Useful Group Ltd. 

Works Consulted & Reference :

• The Phantom of the Opera (Original Libretto) by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe
• Sense of Occasion by Harold Prince
• Unmasked by Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Razzle Dazzle by Michael Reidel
• The Complete Phantom of the Opera by George Perry

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "Chromolume #7 / Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Performed by Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Judith Moore, Cris Groenendaal, Charles Kimbrough, William Parry, Nancy Opel, Robert Westenberg, Dana Ivey, Kurt Knudson, Barbara Bryne
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "The Music of the Night” from  The Phantom of the Opera (Original London Cast Recording) | Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Lyrics by Charles Hart | Additional Lyrics by Richard Stilgoe | Performed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Phantom of the Opera Original London Cast, Michael Crawford
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff

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Welcome to the latest episode of Harmonious World, in which I chat with soprano Nanette McGuinness from Ensemble for These Times.

I've been listening to the E4TT album The Guernica Project and we discuss the individual movements of Guernica, as well as the other fascinating tracks.

Thanks to Nanette and E4TT for allowing me to play extracts from The Guernica Project alongside our conversation. I apologise for the incorrect listing of the tracks - the start is actually 'Mi corazon se ha dormido' by David Garner and the final one is the fourth movement from David's song cycle. Now you have to listen to the whole album to get the correct tracks!

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Our oldest modern dance company, the Australian Dance Theatre, has been delighting and challenging audiences for nearly 60 years. Now Wiradjuri dancer and choreographer Daniel Riley is at the helm, becoming the first Indigenous man to lead the company.

Also, Larrakia founder of the NT Dance Company, Gary Lang, shares what's on his Top Shelf and after wowing audiences at the Royal Albert Hall and The Metropolitan Opera in New York, Australian soprano Helena Dix is back on home soil.

As the ABC celebrates its 90th birthday, we delve into our archives to revisit key moments in Australian performing arts history. Highlights include Laurence Olivier on tour, Nureyev and Fonteyn dancing into Australian hearts and Indigenous theatre taking centre stage.

Also, Ian McKellen makes his Australian debut, Dorothy Hewett revolutionises Australian playwriting, Philip Glass writes a piece for organ and didgeridoo and Joan Sutherland records a stupendous La Traviata in a 17th-century Italian theatre.