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This version of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann should endure for another couple of decades.
Benjamin Bernheim's performance was ideal, with glorious high notes, exquisite legatos and impeccable diction. Moreover, the tenor brought a different color, vocally and interpretively, to nearly all his interventions.
- from Seen and Heard International
Read MoreAs Jess, the former ace F-16 pilot now assigned to the “Chair Force” by day and mommy duty by night, mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo bravely carried this opera’s considerable psychological and philosophical burdens, strongly inhabiting a role whose challenges had more to do with emotional grounding (so to speak) than with vocal display.
From the crackling irony and military profanity of Brant’s dialogue to the sharp mood etching of Tesori’s score, Grounded proved a worthy successor to Fire Shut Up in My Bones and Dead Man Walking as powerful—and indelibly American—statements to open a Met season.
- from New York Classical Review
Read MoreThe Foundation for the Arts and Music in Asia Ltd. was formed to increase the awareness of classical vocal music in Asia and to encourage participation in its promotion by individuals and both private and civic groups. The Foundation (FAMA) works with governmental agencies, private individuals and groups on a wide range of activities including the Metropolitan Opera HK broadcasts of live performances and promotes community outreach to raise awareness of vocal music. The Foundation also supports selected individuals in the pursuit of their studies. The Foundation aims to be a supportive mechanism for audience and financial development for other Arts organisations.
亞洲藝術音樂推廣基金會的創立目的,乃為提昇亞洲各地對古典聲樂的認知,鼓勵各界人士、私營機構及公民團體積極參與並推廣活動。基金會一直致力與政府團體、獨立工作者及私營機構工作,舉辦各式各樣的音樂活動,當中包括紐約著名歌劇院Metropolitan Opera 以高清技術放送現場歌劇演出至香港的活動;同時亦提倡社區聲樂發展,廣泛提昇各界對聲樂的興趣,更竭力支持多位獲甄選的音樂學生繼續深造。亞洲藝術音樂推廣基金會的目標,是致力為廣大觀眾提供支持機制,並於經濟上協助其他藝術機構發展。
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