The soprano Denise Dupleix, whose death is reported today, burst onto the scene at Tours in 1950 with the Bell Song from Lakmé. For the next four decades she was a high-note star in both Paris opera houses. As you can hear below, she was astonishing in her prime.
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-DavidMonteith-Hodge-Photographisepleasecredit-Alcina2-(DMH_9148).jpg?w=670&resize=670,446&ssl=1 "A very modern sort of magic: Handel's Alcina at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama")
Handel: Alcina – Yolisa Ngwexana (Morgana) – Guildhall School (Photo: David Monteith-Hodge) Handel: Alcina; Georgie Malcolm, Yolisa Ngwexana, Samantha Hargreaves, Shana Moron-Caravel, Julia Merino, Jonah Halton, Alaric Green, director: John Ramster, conductor: James Henshaw; Guildhall […]
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This is a message from Jan van den Borre, of the Musica Antiqua Festival in Brugge, to members of the Dutch Culture Council. Van den Borre is the incoming director of the Flanders Festival. Things […]
