Toi toi toi for our sparkly soprano @laurynabendziunaite who joins conductor Trevor Pinnock (@trevorpinnockofficial) and The English Concert (@englishconcert) for their 50th anniversary celebrating Mozart at The Deal Music and Arts Festival, tonight at 7.30 pm! The program includes arias from Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro and the Magic Flute, and will be quite the feast for the ears! ❤✨🌟
Toi toi toi to Lauryna and the gang! ❤
#mozart #trevorpinnock #dealmusicandartsfestival ...
🌟 More wonderful reviews! This time for ourconductor Kaapo Ijas, @kaapoijas , who conducted a program of Wagner (Siegfried-Idyll and Wesendonck-lieder) and Mozart (Symphony 41 - Jupiter) with Jyväskylä Sinfonia (@jklsinfonia) at the opening concert of Kimito Island Music Festival (@musikfestspel) on tuesday!🌟❤🎉
"By all accounts, Ijas has an exciting career development underway and somehow it is both visible and audible that his main interest lies in the domain of opera. Both the podium behaviour, with a sensitive vocal accompaniment and an expressive phrasing left hand, and the tendency to inject a distinctly dramatic dimension into the musical events revealed clear operatic instincts.
Not least in Mozart`s Jupiter Symphony, which in Ija`s hands was given an extra emotional edge."
Mats Liljeroos, HBL
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#wagner #kimito #conductor ...
Toi toi toi to our splendid conductor @kaapoijas who is conducting the opening concert of @musikfestspel (Kimito Island Music Festival) tonight!🌟
Jyväskylä Sinfonia (@jklsinfonia) is playing and Helena Juntunen is the soprano soloist - and check out the great program:
R. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
R. Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 41 C Major “Jupiter” ❤
Toi toi toi to Kaapo and the whole festival team! We wish you a great evening and a wonderful festival week! ❤🌟🎉
#wagner #kimito #conductor ...
🌟 Wonderful reviews for our tenor Markus Pettersson`s Cavaradossi in the last weekends premiere of Tosca with Skånska Operan (@skanskaoperan)! 🌟❤🎉
"Markus Pettersson impresses with his razor-sharp tenor, which contains both granite and lyricism in its sound."
Matti Edén, Sydsvenskan
"Markus Pettersson excellent as Cavaradossi, a sonorous tenor with good height and much power."
Lars-Erik Larsson, Skånska Dagbladet
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Photo: Håkan Röjder / Skånska Operan
#skånskaoperanpåturne #skanskaoperan #cavaradossi ...
Toi toi toi to our phenomenal tenor Markus Pettersson who sings Cavaradossi in tonights premiere of Tosca with Skånska Operan! 🌟
They are playing 23 shows on tour this summer - don`t miss out if you are in Skåne! ❤
Toi toi toi to Markus and the gang! ❤🌟🎉
#Cavaradossi #tenor #skånskaoperan ...
Happy birthday to our wonderful mezzo Lydia Bryngelsson!🎉
We had a little chat with her, check it out below! ❤
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- What has been a highlight in the past year?
"I had the pleasure of singing my first b-minor mass this past year. I`ve sung quite a bit by Bach, since I studied in Leipzig, but hadn`t yet had the opportunity to sing that one. I really love singing Bach and it was definitely a bucket list item."
- What are you looking forward to in the upcoming year?
"I`m really looking forward to making more recordings for my Instagram account @operalyd
I`ve had so much fun with that project and am looking forward to continuing!"
-What is your favourite way to enjoy the days of summer?
"What I love to do in summer, is to eat all the fresh fruit, berries and vegetables from our garden. This year I`m especially looking forward to our first home grown watermelon!"
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We wish Lydia a very happy new year, and check her out at @operalyd ! ❤
(The second picture is from when Lydia was singing Minerva/Fortuna in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria at Den Norske Opera og Ballett.)
#mezzosoprano #leipzig #operalyd ...
Premiere Day: 4 of 4! Today four of our artists have premieres and last but not least is our fabulous Katarina Dalayman! 🌟
Tonight, the new production of Dialogues des Carmélites by Poulenc opens at @glyndebourne , and Katarina is singing Madame de Croissy. This haunting piece is conducted by Robin Ticciati, directed by Barrie Kosky and performed by the @londonphilharmonicorchestra , The Glyndebourne Chorus and a fine collection of soloists. ❤
Toi toi toi to Katarina and the gang! ❤🌟🎉
#dialoguedescarmélitespoulenc #glyndebourne #glyndebourneopera ...
Premiere Day: 3 of 4! Today four of our artists have premieres and third up is our sparkling soprano Lauryna Bendžiūnaitė! 🌟
Tonight, she performes Carl Orff`s Trionfo di Afrodite with Lithuanian State Symphonie Orchestra (LVSO) and conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius.
Lauryna describes the performance as "crazy interval splits, unexpected change of key, all that wonderful love language and other challenges that so generously gifted us the composer - this is exactly what I like for a fabulous summer evening in beautiful Vilnius." ❤
Toi toi toi to Lauryna and the gang! ❤🌟🎉
#carlorff #trionfodiafrodite #soprano ...
Premiere Day: 2 of 4! Today four of our artists have premieres and second up is our fantastic tenor Kjetil Støa! 🌟
Tonight, he sings Pinkerton in the premiere of Madama Butterfly with Opera Trøndelag and Vestfold Symfoniorkester. Sassaya Chavalit sings Butterfly and Kjell Seim is conducting.
Toi toi toi to Kjetil and the gang! ❤🌟🎉
#madamabutterfly #tenor #operatrøndelag ...
Premiere Day: 1 of 4! Today four of our artists have premieres and first up is our eminent soprano Hillevi Martinpelto! 🌟
Sweden turns 500 this year, as it was 500 years ago that Gustav Vasa was elected as the first king of Sweden. 1786, the opera Gustaf Wasa by Naumann was premiered, and it was long the national opera of Sweden - to then be forgotten.
Today, this gem is played at Konserthuset Stockholm by Kungliga Filharmonikerna, Gustav Sjökvists Kammarkör and a great collection of soloists, among them our Hillevi Martinpelto, all under the baton of Tobias Ringborg.
Toi toi toi to Hillevi and the gang! ❤🌟🎉
#gustafwasa #konserthusetsockholm #sverige500år2023 ...