Results for "Opera"

Sacha Boutros

Born: August 3, 1989

Jazz Virtuosa, Opera Muse. Supper Club Queen. The Voice
of Peace that Transcends Borders

Sacha Boutros is an acclaimed jazz singer,  producer and composer, celebrated for performing in 14 languages. As a global peace ambassador of goodwill, she uses music as a bridge to foster community and designs peace murals that unite bordering nations.

A former semi-professional soccer and tennis player, Sacha attended one of the top business schools in the U.S., graduating with honors in Marketing and International Business. She later founded a record label, production, and publishing company, establishing herself as one of the few female producers in jazz. Her production company Hear me Roar curates entertainment across all genres for Fortune 500 companies major festivals, and bespoke artistic programs championing women and minorities in the arts; her programs are diverse and inclusive and create a sense of belonging to artists and audiences alike.

Now Available: Premiere Recording Of Anthony Davis's Malcolm X Opera Starring Davone Tines

October 19, 2022

“The work is gripping, and it is unlike any other opera... X is a work that deserves to enter the American repertory... not just a stirring and well-fashioned opera but one whose music adds a new, individual voice to those previously heard in our opera houses.” —The New Yorker “Poignant…forceful…resonant” —The Boston Globe “A riveting and ...

Enzo Rocco

Born: October 5, 1963

Guitarist, improviser, composer, conductor. Enzo Rocco has taken part in various groups since the early ‘90 also attendeding contemporary music, music for theatre and ballet, folk music, happenings and improvisations with poets and with painters. With his groups he has recorded a dozen of CDs (very well reviewed by the press all over the world) and he has played everywhere in Europe and often in Japan, Indonesia, Latin America, Northern Africa. Nowadays, after closing the eight-years experience of the Tubatrio - his own group with Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone/tuba/electronics) and Ettore Fioravanti (drums) - he leads his own amusing “bass-less” New Trio (bass clarinet, drums, guitar) as well as keeps travelling around the world with Carlo Actis Dato (the humoristic, crazy duo being born in 1997)

Angela's Ring: An Opera Revue of the European Debt Crisis

by Richard J Salvucci
March 25, 2021

Kabir Sehgal, Marie Incontrera, et al. Angela's Ring Tiger Turn 2021 Opera, we are told, has long been political, and not just since Verdi and Wagner. What would West End musical theater be without Les Mis? Or drama without Barbara Garson's 1966 play, Macbird? Yes, even economics makes a token appearance ...

Janinah Burnett

Born: December 2

Raised in jazz music, Janinah Burnett is the daughter of legendary jazz drummer Carl Burnett and writer/educator/artist Imani Constance. As a child, Janinah was surrounded by Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Harris, Nancy Wilson, George Cables, Billy Higgins, and many others who inspired her early musical beginnings. This innovative and exceptionally artistic beginning led to a myriad of musical activities throughout Janinah’s formative years. While in school at the Hamilton Music Academy in Los Angeles, Janinah won the solo vocal jazz competition at Cal State Fullerton, propelling her desire to serve her artistic muse and study vocal jazz music at Spelman College. Never wishing to be limited to any one genre, Janinah was clear she wanted to be able to use her voice to sing all styles

Opera

By Danilo Rea

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: Lasciatemi Morire; Toccata from Orfeo; Dal Tuo Stellato Soglio; Vaga Luna Che Inargenti; Sinfonia dal Barbiere di Siviglia; Caro Mio Ben; Piango, Gemo, Sospiro e Peno; E Lucevan le Stelle; O Mio Babbino Caro; Casta Diva; Sonfonia dal Guglielmo Tell; Io Son L'Umile Ancella.

Danilo Rea - Flavio Boltro: Opera

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 12, 2011

Dopo l'acclamato A Tribute to Fabrizio De André Danilo Rea torna a incidere per l'etichetta ACT, sotto la guida del produttore Siggi Loch, ma stavolta non è solo: ad accompagnarlo nella fascinosa avventura di Opera c'è Flavio Boltro. Un album - registrato nel lussuoso albergo bavarese di Schloss Elmau - che già nel titolo racchiude le ...

Danilo Rea and Flavio Boltro: Opera

by Bruce Lindsay
June 29, 2011

Opera is a big art form: elaborate sets; high, occasionally overwrought, drama; large orchestras; and, of course, the singers. So what happens to this art form when almost everything is stripped away and the melodies are recreated by a simple duo of piano and trumpet? On the evidence of Opera, the first duo project from pianist ...