Posts Tagged ‘wagner’
The Wagner in Vermont Festival Comes To A Close
The Wagner in Vermont Festival came to a close on Saturday, August 27, at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro, VT, with a stunning production of “Die Walkure.” I find it difficult to adequately express my gratitude to these two artists – Maestro Hugh Keelan and his wife Soprano Jenna Ray – who managed the unbelievable…
Read MoreWagner in Vermont Festival has been a smashing success
TUNDI Productions’ (www.TUNDIProductions.org) Wagner in Vermont Festival has been a smashing success. I am both humbled and thrilled to have been a part of this monumental mounting by a “small but mighty” opera company to produce fully-staged, with orchestra, the first two Ring operas, “Das Rheingold” and “Die Walkure.” Every single artist – and I…
Read MoreWagner in Vermont Festival – Day 3 Recap
TUNDI Productions has done a marvelous job of planning day-time activities and informative events to keep attendees and artists inspired and entertained. On Wednesday, 24 August, I gave a short presentation called “Wagner’s Other Songs”, which I had discovered many years ago in a Dover publication which included about 20 songs in both German and…
Read MoreThe day after TUNDI’s opening opera, “Das Rheingold”
Tuesday, August 23 – the day after TUNDI’s opening opera, “Das Rheingold” in its Wagner in Vermont Festival. Sometime ago, TUNDI’s creators Maestro Hugh Keelan and Soprano Jenna Rae, asked the Wagner in Vermont cast if they would be interested in participating in mid-week concerts and/or presentations about any particular musical interest. Today, cellist Jakub…
Read More“Notes from the Field” – Brattleboro, VT – site of TUNDI Productions’ “Wagner in Vermont” Festival.
I am so thrilled and honored to be a part of this groundbreaking event right here in little ol’ VERMONT! Maestro Hugh Keelan and his wife, the astounding Organizer-in-Chief Jenna Rae (who is also our beautiful Brunnhilde), have accomplished a Herculean (oh, right – he’s a god, but not a Norse god) task by producing…
Read MoreWagner’s Ring in One Evening
“Wagner’s Ring in One Evening” – who would ever put those 5 words together in one sentence? Well, Peter Furlong would, and he DID! Last night, July 23, Peter and 9 other artists accomplished something unique – highlights of Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” in a 2 hr. concert at the Sawyer Auditorium on the…
Read MoreWagner’s Ring in One Evening (BWG)
Ho jo to jo, y’all! I’m proud to announce that I will be participating in the Berlin Wagner Gruppe’s upcoming concert, “Wagner’s Ring in One Evening” this July in New London, NH. My treasured colleague Jeffrey D. Brody has been tasked with reducing 14+ hours of Wagner into, well, a “few” hours. I will be…
Read MoreWagner, Then and Now
“Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour.”-Gioachino Rossini My passion for Wagner started fairly early. As a very young singer in my teens, I was only assigned Italian and a few French songs, as well as songs of English and American composers, during early vocal study. My first exposure to Wagner’s…
Read MoreJanice’s Fantasy Trip to Bayreuth,
Which Became a Reality in the Summer of 2008
Here is a personal account of my fabulous vacation in Germany. I hope this will give you a taste of my experience. My reflections cover both the artistic (the music and singing) and the logistical (getting there/being there/returning) aspects, and as you will see, I switch gears without warning! So sit back and enjoy… About…
Read MoreJanice and Cindy’s Cultural Venetian Adventure
In June of 2016, I spent a glorious week in Venice with my close friend and colleague Cindy Sadler. We had met in the 1990s while performing in Arizona Opera’s Ring Cycle. Cindy was the only artist who had appeared in all four operas (as Erde, Schwertleite, and First Norn), while I sang the role of Fricka…
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