Singers: Simon Keenlyside
Coming soon to DVD:
Gounod: Faust
DVD, amazon.co.uk
DVD, arkivmusic.com
DVD, amazon.fr
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Angela Gheorghiu (Marguerite), Roberto Alagna (Faust), Bryn Terfel (Méphistophélès), Simon Keenlyside (Valentin) & Sophie Koch (Siébel)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & David McVicar (director)
David McVicar's spectacular 2004 production of Gounod's Faust, featuring a divine cast of opera's superstars: Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside and Sophie Koch.
McVicar is one of the most innovative and in-demand directors, and his lush, hauntingly realized vision of Faust received glorious praise. The production revels in a gothic, seamy Second Empire setting, with the Act V ballet "haunting the imagination long after"(The Independent).
"This is opera at its grandest and best" The Wall Street Journal
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Description du produit:
La légendaire production du Faust de Gounod à Covent Garden en 2004, dans la mise en scène hardie du désormais célèbre David Mc Vicar. Ce qui retient l'attention, c'est un casting de rêve, qui ramène à l'âge d'or du chant. Excusez du peu : Roberto Alagna dans un de ses rares Faust, ardent et solaire. Angela Gheorghiu, bouleversante Marguerite, aussi à l'aise dans l'air des bijoux que dans la dramatique scène finale, Bryan Terfel, le plus grand baryton basse du moment, un Méphisto cauteleux et puissant à la foi, et dans les seconds rôles de Valentin et Siébel, les très grands chanteurs que sont Simon Keenlyside et Sophie Koch. Enfin, Antonio Pappano confirme qu'il est bien le grand chef lyrique d'aujourd'hui. Certainement un des DVD d'opéra les plus importants jamais paru.
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New to DVD: Don Carlo from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Expected release dates are 13 September 2010 for U.K. and 5 October for U.S.
DVD, amazon.co.uk
DVD,
Live From The Royal Opera House -- Verdi: Don Carlo / Villazon; arkivmusic.com
Rolando Villazon (Don Carlo), Marina Poplavskaya (Elisabetta di Valois), Simon Keenlyside (Rodrigo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Philip II), Sonia Ganassi (Princess Eboli), Pumeza Matshikiza (Tebaldo), Nikola Matisic (Conte di Lerma), Eric Halfvarson (Grand Inquisitor), Robert Lloyd (Monk) & Anita Watson (Voice from Heaven)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano
Performed in Italian translation
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Hyperion has assembled their recordings of the songs of Robert Schumann into a 10-CD set of the complete songs of Robert Schumann, arranged in chronological order. Release is scheduled for the end of August in the United Kingdom and Germany, and for mid September in the United States. Among the vocal soloists are Dorothea Röschmann, Juliane Banse, Ian Bostridge, Simon Keenlyside, and Christopher Maltman.
CD, amazon.co.uk
CD, amazon.com
CD, Schumann: The Complete Songs, arkivmusic.com
CD, amazon.de
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The new book Die Oper kocht: Weltstars am Herd: Die Lieblingsrezepte großer Stimmen contains recipes from 64 opera stars and numerous photographs.
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Simon Keenlyside -- Pietà, rispetto, amore -- Verdi's Macbeth
Weltstars verabschieden Ioan Holender, Wiener Staatsoper, Wien 26.06.2010
As of July 13, 2010, it appears that George Petean (July 18) and Thomas Hampson (July 22) will be Rodrigo in the following two performances, instead of Simon Keenlyside:
July 18 and 22, 2010
Munich Opera Festival 2010
Verdi's Don Carlo
The book Living Opera by Joshua Jampol contains a chapter "Simon Keenlyside, or a workingman talks about traffic control."
Watch Schubert: "Ständchen" ("Serenade") on Plushmusic
March 2010
Opera News article about Simon Keenlyside
February 2010
Simon Keenlyside, l'humilité en musique (Opéra Garnier, 12 février 2010)--Chroniques d'un culturomane parisien
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December 2009
"Not until my early twenties did I hear my first opera: a record of La Bohème. The story, the music and Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni's glorious singing transcended the language barrier. I was hooked."--Simon Keenlyside, timesonline.co.uk
"Vítores y abucheos en estreno de nuevo montaje de 'Macbeth' de Verdi en Viena," adn.es
"El barítono británico Simon Keenlyside, que interpretó a Macbeth, recibió la más larga y calurosa ovación de la noche por una interpretación notable, por encima del resto del elenco."
New CD: Wigmore Hall Live
Songs By Schubert, Wolf, Faure, Ravel / Keenlyside, Martineau; ArkivMusic.com, Release date 10 November 2009
amazon.ca, Release date 3 November 2009
There is an article about Simon Keenlyside in the November 2009 issue of BBC Music Magazine. I believe it is now available in the U.K. I don't know about the U.S. As far as I can tell, the article is not available online.
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simonkeenlyside.info is now "Simon Keenlyside's personal website."
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Verdi's Don Carlo in Italian, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 15, 18, 21, 23, 27 September and 1 October 2009
"In two elements, the performance could scarcely be improved. One is the superbly sung Posa of Simon Keenlyside, who leaves no corner of his character unrevealed. The other is Semyon Bychkov's conducting, which brings out the unutterable dignity and pathos of the extraordinary score."--George Hall, The Stage
"There's not a lot going on between this Carlo and Simon Keenlyside's low-key Posa, though, with the latter only coming to life, ironically, during his death scene."--Simon Thomas, whatsonstage.com
Blog about Don Carlo dress rehearsal at ROH
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The ROH's Don Carlo is to be broadcast on R3 17 October 2009 at 6 p.m., says thisislondon.co.uk.
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Eurydice: She, So Beloved--1/2, youtube.com
Eurydice: She, So Beloved--2/2, youtube.com
"The word is that Simon Keenlyside's performance in the title role of Hamlet is gorgeously sung and thrillingly acted."--Zachary Woolfe, writing about the Met's upcoming 2009-2010 season, The New York Observer
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Simon Keenlyside's recording of the Fauré Requiem is being re-issued on September 7, 2009, in new packaging.
In the United States the date will be September 22, 2009, and in Germany the date will be September 25, 2009.
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Hyperion CDs are on sale during September 2009 at ArkivMusic
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Promotional video for Don Carlo at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Simon Keenlyside appears at about 1:48 in the video.
A CD of Dichterliebe by Schumann and of Lieder by Brahms, performed by Simon Keenlyside and Malcolm Martineau, is scheduled for release on 21 September 2009 at amazon.co.uk. Also at amazon.com as of 3 November 2009.
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The DVD Twin Spirits is scheduled for release on DVD at amazon.co.uk on 28 September 2009, and on DVD at amazon.com and on Blu-Ray at amazon.com on 29 September 2009.
"Twin Spirits is a unique and intimate, live theatrical performance by a chamber ensemble of actors, singers and musicians, portraying the deep and ultimately tragic love between the composer Robert Schumann and his pianist wife Clara Wieck. In this intensely moving performance of words, song and music, the Schumanns' long separation, so formative an influence on their lives, is reflected in the division of the ensemble into male and female groups. Robert's letters to Clara are read by Sting and his songs sung by Simon Keenlyside, with accompaniments and instrumental music played by Iain Burnside and Sergej Krylov. Clara's letters to Robert are read by Trudie Styler and her songs sung by Rebecca Evans, with accompaniments and instrumental music played by Natalie Clein and Natasha Paremski. The narrator, Derek Jacobi, links together the letters and lyrics to complete the essential outline of the story. Conceived and directed by John Caird, Twin Spirits was first performed in June 2005 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London and has since been experienced only at private performances for charity by small audiences of all ages and interests, leaving them deeply touched and inspired."--product description of the Blu-Ray at amazon.com
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Barihunks asked "Who is the hottest Billy Budd of all time?" The answer: Simon Keenlyside.
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Zenaida Yanowsky: Cuba me hizo decidir por la danza
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"Critic's Notebook: Leonard Bernstein and Lorin Maazel, subversives"--Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times
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June 22, 2009
Simon Keenlyside had been scheduled to appear in performances of Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, in July 2009, but has withdrawn for a period of vocal rest, according to an announcement from the Royal Opera.
amazon.co.uk, Release date: 15 June 2009
amazon.com, Release date: 16 June 2009
amazon.de, Release date: 19 June 2009
"Gramophone has learned of a deal between the BBC and EMI Classics to record and release Thomas Adès's [sic] opera The Tempest. . . .
The BBC are to record the ROH revival for broadcast and EMI will issue it, probably later this year. When the BBC televised the original run, tenor Ian Bostridge (who plays Caliban) was indisposed and an understudy sang his role. It will be Bostridge, though, alongside fellow original cast members Simon Keenlyside (Prospero) and Cynthia Sieden (Ariel) and newcomer Kate Royal (Miranda), who will feature on the EMI set." . . .
James Inverne, Gramophone, 20 March 2007
Producción de Hamlet de Thomas que se podrá ver en la temporada del 2009/2010 del Metropolitan Opera House (Met) de New York. Con Natalie Dessay y Simon Keenlyside.
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Don Giovanni Act 1 No. 11 "Finch'han dal vino," Zurich, 2006
"Which of these 14 male opera singers are the 3 most handsome?," asks somebody at youtube.
1.Franco Corelli? (E lucevan le stelle - Tosca - Puccini)
2.Nicolai Ghiaurov? (La calumnia - Il barbiere di siviglia - Rossini)
3.Plácido Domingo? (Un di felice eterea - La Traviata - Verdi)
4.Samuel Ramey? (Fin ch' han dal vino - Don Giovanni - Mozart)
5.José Carreras? (O souverain - Le Cid - Massenet)
6.Simon Keenlyside? (La ci darem la mano - Don Giovanni - Mozart)
7.Dmitri Hvorostovsky? (Yeletski's aria - Pique Dame - Tchaikovsky)
8.Roberto Alagna? (Pourquoi me reveiller? - Werther - Massenet)
9.Jonas Kaufmann? (Ah fuyez, douces images - Manon - Massenet)
10.Ildebrando d'Arcangelo? (Madamina, il catalogo è questo - Don Giovanni - Mozart)
11.Erwin Schrott? (Deh vieni alla finestra - Don Giovanni - Mozart)
12.Juan Diego Flórez? (Cessa di più resistere - Il barbiere di siviglia - Rossini)
13.Luca Pisaroni? (Se vuol ballare signor contino - le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart)
14.Rolando Villazón? (O mio rimorso - La Traviata - Verdi)
Born in London, Simon Keenlyside as a child attended St. John's College School, Cambridge, and toured and recorded with the school's choir. He studied zoology at Cambridge University, and, after graduation from Cambridge, resumed vocal studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He has had a successful career as a baritone in opera and song.
Yahoo! group: Fans of Simon Keenlyside
Una charla con Simon Keenlyside y Jorge Binaghi