Michael Cookson

SOPRANO ANGELA GHEORGHIU IN CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL COOKSON

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Angela Gheorghiu talks to Michael Cookson

Angela Gheorghiu © Cosmin Gogu

Clearly relishing the beautiful summer weather in Dresden, the day I met Angela Gheorghiu for interview at her hotel she was looking cool in her blue and white striped summer dress, straw hat and wearing sandals. Bringing her family with her the Romanian soprano was in rehearsal for a few days preparing for her appearance in her signature role as heroine Tosca in the revival of Johannes Schaaf production at Semperoper. This is my report (click here) from what was one of the finest performances I have encountered in an opera house, a special Tosca with Gheorghiu in imperious form.

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Kendal Sees and Hears Raphael Wallfisch as Still ‘a Master at Work’

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lake District Summer Music [2]  – Barrière, Beethoven, Martinů, Clarke, Mendelssohn: Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (piano), Kristiana Ignatjeva (second cello). St. Thomas’s Church, Kendal, Cumbria, 8.8.2019. (MC)

John York & Raphael Wallfisch (c) Benjamin Ealovega

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Marmen Quartet at the 2019 Lake District Summer Music

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lake District Summer Music [1] – Haydn, Ligeti, Brahms: Marmen Quartet (Johannes Marmen [violin], Ricky Gore [violin], Bryony Gibson-Cornish [viola], Steffan Morris [cello]), Hélène Clément [viola], Bartholomew LaFollette [cello]. St. Thomas’s Church, Kendal, Cumbria, 5.8.2019. (MC)

Marmen Quartet (c) Marco Borggreve

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A Pity the Dresden Jazz Night Fun Had To End

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GermanyGermany Dresden Music Festival 2019 [7] – Jazz Night: Nils Landgren & Friends, Kulturpalast, Dresden, 9.6.2019. (MC)

Randy Brecker, China Moses, Nils Landgren (c) Oliver Killig

Musicians – Nils Landgren (trombone, vocals), China Moses (vocals), Ada Rovatti (saxophone), Randy Brecker (trumpet), Simon Oslender (piano, keyboards), Lars Danielsson (double bass), Wolfgang Haffner (drums)

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