Anxious reports from other parts of the world keep suggesting that the song recital is in dire straits, but in the Bay Area the profusion of these events can be overwhelming. Sunday brought not one ...
NEW LEBANON, N.Y. — Vivica Genaux says she is flattered when someone compares her luscious burnished low register and her gleaming top to the vocal instruments of those of the two blockbuster ...
NEW YORK -- Sometimes Vivica Genaux loves to sing with the precision and breakneck speed of an athlete -- in "techno rhythm." Other times, the tunes are achingly slow but still bursting with passion.
Coloratura singing, as a wise observer remarked, is a bit like dancing on pointe: bizarre and unnatural, but powerfully compelling when done well. Vivica Genaux does it very well indeed. The American ...
The Alaskan-born mezzo Vivica Genaux divides her recital disc evenly between pieces by Handel - arias from the operas Orlando and Alcina, and the solo cantata Splenda l'Alba in Oriente - and, more ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. It was while studying at Indiana University under the legendary Nicola Rossi-Lemeni that four-time Grammy award nominated mezzo soprano ...
Nicholas McGegan has built his reputation as a Baroque and Classical period specialist largely on his 27 seasons as music director of the San Francisco-based period-instrument ensemble Philharmonia ...
IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE reality that high-voiced opera singers seldom look as good as they sound. Wagnerian sopranos are huge; tenors are short. The low-voiced singers — basses, baritones and mezzo ...
Sometimes Vivica Genaux loves to sing with the precision and breakneck speed of an athlete — in "techno rhythm." Other times, the tunes are achingly slow, but still bursting with passion. The common ...