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4 giorni fa · The first opera company to mount Sweeney Todd was the Houston Grand Opera in a production directed by Hal Prince, which ran from June 14, 1984, through June 24, 1984, for a total of 10 performances. Conducted by John DeMain , the production used scenic designs by Eugene Lee , costume designs by Franne Lee , and lighting designs by Ken Billington .
- Stephen Sondheim
- Hugh Wheeler
- Sweeney Todd, by Christopher Bond
- Stephen Sondheim
1 mag 2024 · From the 18th century, the most popular forms of musical theatre in Britain were ballad operas, like John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, that included lyrics written to the tunes of popular songs of the day (often spoofing opera), and later pantomime, which developed from commedia dell'arte, and comic opera with mostly romantic plot lines ...
16 ore fa · Wikipedia will explain that The Beggar’s Opera is a 1728 work by John Gay, with Johann Christoph Pepusch arranging the music. It was wildly successful and is actually now the only example of satirical ballad opera which is still popular. The idea was to poke fun at Italian opera, and its wealthy and powerful patrons, through subversion.
3 giorni fa · Richard Wagner. Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( / ˈvɑːɡnər / VAHG-nər; [1] [2] German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈvaːɡnɐ] ⓘ; 22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most opera ...
14 apr 2024 · "ballad opera" published on by Oxford University Press. A play with songs. Ballad opera flourished after the production in London in 1728 of John Gay's Beggar's Opera...
3 giorni fa · Il Grammy Award alla miglior canzone scritta per i media visivi ( Best Song Written for Visual Media) è un premio Grammy istituito nel 1988, con l'intento di premiare il miglior brano composto appositamente per la colonna sonora di un prodotto audio-visivo (film, serie TV, ecc.). Il premio viene dato agli autori della canzone.
30 apr 2024 · L’opera lirica invece non si è quasi mai lasciata suggestionare da questo avvincente soggetto: i due rarissimi titoli che si devono almeno ricordare sono Robin Hood, opera di George Alexander MacFarren su libretto di John Oxenford (1860), e Robin Hood, una ballad opera di Michael Tippett (1934).
