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Singers: Simon Keenlyside
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.
January 2012
"November brings the Philharmonia Orchestra and its acclaimed conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen to Avery Fisher Hall. On November 18, Maestro Salonen leads the orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 9. November 19 is a concert performance of Berg’s searing tragic opera Wozzeck. English baritone Simon Keenlyside sings the title role. The role of Marie, his wife, will be sung by German soprano Angela Denoke, who received wide acclaim opposite Keenlyside in the Paris National Opera production of the opera in 2008."--Lincoln Center press releaseBecause of illness, Simon Keenlyside will be replaced by Lucas Meachem in upcoming performances of Le nozze di Figaro, the Royal Opera House has announced.
The Royal Opera's production of Verdi's Macbeth will be released on DVD on 31 January 2012 in the United Kingdom and on 8 February in France. No word yet that I am aware of as to American release.
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Macbeth
TRACKS: Extra features: Cast gallery / Interviews with Simon Keenlyside / Raymond Aceto and Liudmyla Monastryrska. Rehearsing Macbeth with Antonio Pappano.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
CONDUCTOR: Antonio Pappano
ARTISTS: Simon Keenlyside, Liudmyla Monastryrska, Raymond Aceto, & Steven Ebel
LABEL: Opus Arte
With Simon Keenlyside making his British role debut, as an athletic, brooding Macbeth and Liudmyla Monastyrska as his Lady, both imperious and subtle, this performance, masterfully conducted by Antonio Pappano, goes far beyond mere sound and fury. '. . . an impressive company showcase, full of moments when chorus and orchestra are at full throttle. Whipped up by Antonio Pappano's baton, they sound truly thrilling.' The Guardian.
DVD, amazon.co.uk
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Blu-Ray, amazon.co.uk
Blu-Ray, Crotchet Classical Music
Blu-Ray, hmv.com
Blu-Ray, amazon.fr
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Alex Ross's list of the year 2011's most memorable classical music performances includes: "Oct. 23: Gianandrea Noseda conducts the London Symphony and a host of singers in Britten's 'War Requiem' at Avery Fisher Hall, as part of the White Light Festival."
"Eine doppelte Besetzungsänderung gibt es für die anstehenden Termine von Guiseppe [sic] Verdis 'Un ballo in maschera' an der Wiener Staatsoper: Kammersänger Leo Nucci springt für alle drei Vorstellungen der Oper für den erkrankten Simon Keenlyside als Graf Rene Ankarström ein. Zum Auftakt am 12. Jänner ist außerdem Barbara Haveman anstelle der ebenfalls erkrankten Eva-Maria Westbroek als Amelia zu sehen. Am Pult wird Philippe Auguin stehen."--diepresse.com
December 2011
La Bohème, starring Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Simon Keenlyside, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Elisabetta Scano, will be re-released by Decca in February 2012 (originally released in 1999).
November 2011
At Classic FM, Simon Keenlyside talks about his recording Songs of War and other things.
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A 50-minute interview of Simon Keenlyside, in two parts, for "Classic Talk with Bing and Dennis," recorded in New York, October 2011
October 2011
Out West Arts has reviewed Simon Keenlyside's recent Santa Monica recital (without mentioning Malcolm Martineau, who I believe was the pianist).
The Opera Tattler review of San Francisco recital
Vancouver Sun review of Vancouver, British Columbia, recital
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Excellent performance of Britten's War Requiem on Sunday afternoon October 23, 2011, at Avery Fisher Hall in New York: London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, with soloists Sabina Cvilak, Ian Bostridge, and Simon Keenlyside.
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The compact disc of Songs of War is scheduled for release at amazon.co.uk on 7 November 2011.
Britten War Requiem, London Symphony Orchestra, Noseda, Barbican Hall
Review, Alexandra Coghlan, theartsdesk.com
The DVD of Verdi's Don Carlo has received Gramophone's 2011 award for DVD Performance.
May 2011
Article about Simon Keenlyside at Wales Online. "Right now, I'm working at getting a better understanding of how to make wildflower meadows.�
Simon Keenlyside discusses Macbeth, whatsonstage.com
April 2011
Reviews of Pelléas et Mélisande at Barbican Hall, London
Reviews of Pelléas et Mélisande at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
March 2011
February 2011
Martin Brück sang Giorgio Germont in La Traviata in Berlin February 6 instead of Simon Keenlyside. A blogger says the cancellation was "due to sickness."
Deutsche Oper had tweeted on Feb. 4: "In LA TRAVIATA am 6. Februar singt anstelle von Simon Keenlyside Publikumsliebling Markus Brück den Giorgio Germont....http://bit.ly/fVXq1L "
January 2011
"Simon will be singing a very moving song from Carousel" at the World Hunger Day concert on January 9, 2011.
December 2010
Radio broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera:
Verdi's Don Carlo
Saturday December 18, 2010 / 12:30 p.m. New York time
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Marina Poplavskaya, Anna Smirnova, Yonghoon Lee, Simon Keenlyside, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Eric Halfvarson
November 2010
"Mr. Keenlyside is one of the most natural actors in opera. His Rodrigo was a naïve hothead out to win Carlo to the cause of the oppressed people of Flanders. Vocally, Mr. Keenlyside is no beefy Verdi baritone, and there was occasional effort in his singing. But the vocal resonance and emotional integrity of his performance made him an affecting Rodrigo."--Anthony Tommasini, New York Times
Links to more reviews of Met's Don Carlo
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"Le Valentin, frère menaçant et fougueux de Simon Keenlyside peine à trouver les accents justes et la claire articulation de notre langue (quoique la musicalité même sans vraie puissance ne manque pas d'un certain panache)."--from review of Faust DVD at classiquenews.com
Simon Keenlyside is scheduled to appear in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Salzburg Festival on 27 & 30 July and 4, 11, & 13 August 2011.
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From Arts Beat blog at NYTimes.com:
Musical America, which publishes the Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts and maintains the Web site musicalamerica.com, has announced the winners of its 2011 Musical America Awards. Its musician of the year is the violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, soon to begin a season-long stint as artist in residence at the New York Philharmonic. The composer of the year is Thomas Adès; the conductor, Rafael Frühbeck dr Burgos; the vocalist, the baritone Simon Keenlyside; and the educator, Vivian Perlis, the founder of Yale University�s Oral History of American Music. The awards are to be presented at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 13.
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The World Hunger Day Gala Concert has been announced for Sunday 9 January 2011 (evening), Apollo Victoria, London.
Starring Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, Elaine Paige, David Elliot, Simon Keenlyside, Steven McRae & The London Community Gospel Choir & Supported by the full orchestra of the Southbank Sinfonia.
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October 2010
Simon Keenlyside / Julius Drake, Temple Church, London, reviewed by Edward Seckerson, independent.co.uk, 5 stars
October 2, 2010, 18:00 (London time), on BBC Radio 3, broadcast of a Welsh National Opera performance of Rigoletto
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Coming soon to DVD:
The DVD of Songs of Love and Desire (Berlin, New Year, 1998) was re-issued for the U.K. on July 26, 2010, and will be re-issued for the U.S. on October 26, 2010.
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DVD, amazon.co.uk
DVD, amazon.com
DVD, Songs Of Love & Desire: New Year's Eve Concert 98, arkivmusic.com
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Cast & Crew
Christine Schäfer
Simon Keenlyside
Marcelo Álvarez
Mirella Freni
The Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Maestro Claudio Abbado
Music by: Mozart
Verdi
Tchaikovsky
Track listings at simonkeenlyside.info
Gounod: Faust
DVD,
amazon.co.uk DVD, arkivmusic.com DVD, amazon.fr --- 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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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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Yahoo! group: Fans of Simon Keenlyside