1981 Frau ohne Schatten Anne Evans Norman Bailey Pauline Tinsley opera programme

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1981 Frau ohne Schatten Anne Evans Norman Bailey Pauline Tinsley opera programme Original printed opera programme book for the Welsh National Opera Die Frau ohne Schatten [The Woman without a Shadow] by Richard Strauss The loosely inserted cast list gives dates for the whole UK tour of ten performances at Cardiff, London, Oxford, Coventry, Bristol and Southampton, but the the programme book is printed for the London dates London Dominion Theatre11 & 14 March 1981 Cast Patricia Payne , Geoffrey Moses, Matti Kastu, Anne Evans , Rita Cullis, Arthur Davies, Russell Smythe, Julian Moyle, Pauline Tinsley, Norman Bailey, Philip Amos, Timothy German, Catherine Savory, Mary Davies, Pamela Geddes, Doreen O'Neill, Anne Morgan, Helen Field / Yolande Jones Gilbert Deflo producer Carlo Tommasi designer John Waterhouse lighting designer Mike Ashman staff producer Orchestra of Welsh National Opera leader John SteinChorus of Welsh National Opera chorus master Julian Smith Richard Armstrong conductor Cast list has biographical notes for all the principal artists with thumbnail photos ; complete list of orchestral players and members of the chorus Articles The origins of Die Frau ohne SchattenHofmannsthal's sources for Die Frau ohne Schatten / Mike Ashman Some musical signposts to Die Frau ohne Schatten / Anthony Negus The heart that beatsCharacter sketchesHofmannsthal's synopsisSummary of the actionA guide to the main symbols / Mark Pappenheim Notes from an interpretation / Lynn Snook The judgment of SolomonHofmannsthal's prose storyDiscographyPostscript [Hofmannsthal to Strauss] Photos : Prince & Princess Michael of Kent; Hofmannsthal; Hofmannsthal with Strauss Col. ills : 4 paintings by Fernand Khnopff 56 + covers Condition : Excellent, near mint. A very fine copy I will package carefully and am happy to post worldwide. UK : �1.50, Europe : �3, Worldwide : �5 (Postage combined and reduced for multiple purchases posted together) Please see also my other classical concert & opera programmes 60s 60's nineteen sixties 1960s 1960's britain program programm programmheft From Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia Dame Anne Elizabeth Jane Evans DBE (born 20 August 1941) is an international British operatic soprano.Early lifeEvans was born in London of Welsh descent. She studied at the Royal College of Music with among others Margaret Cable, and the Geneva Conservatoire. She was accepted into the conservatoire without actually having had any formal training as a singer. For her audition she surprisingly did Carmen. She started out as a mezzo at the Royal College, but one of her teachers immediately recognised her soprano potential.CareerEvans made her debut as Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto 1967 in Geneva and went on to make her debut in a leading role in 1968 as Fiordiligi in Cos� fan tutte at the then Sadler's Wells, later English National Opera in 1968 to critical acclaim.In the early years of her career, she sang many of the leading Puccini and Mozart soprano roles, like Tosca and Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro. In the late sixties she started to work with the lighter Wagner roles, like Elsa in Lohengrin and Senta in The Flying Dutchman, roles that became her trade mark. However, it was the role of Br�nnhilde that would earn her international fame, most notably in the Wagner temple of Bayreuth in 1989-1992, a performance which was also captured on CD and video (now transferred to DVD, and announced on blu-ray by the end of 2012), conducted by Daniel Barenboim and directed by Harry Kupfer. In this performance she sang with example Siegfried Jerusalem and John Tomlinson. She also earned an Olivier Award for this production. She also played Isolde in Tristan und Isolde, a role often considered to be her finest achievement.Being a spinto soprano rather than a dramatic one, the voice of Evans has been one of the strongest influences on the contemporary tr... read more

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