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Head Over Heels with Diana Damrau
FromHe Sang/She Sang
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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Jan 19, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week on He Sang/She Sang, we have a special bonus episode! Join us at the Metropolitan Opera for a discussion with soprano Diana Damrau, who is making her role debut as Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette. In this episode, Damrau shares her insights on love, family and the secret to staying young at heart.
Released:
Jan 19, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (24)
Behind Salome's Seven Veils: Lust, Murder and Mutilation: On this week's episode of He Sang/She Sang, hosts Merrin Lazyan and Mike Shobe are joined by soprano Patricia Racette and music writer Paul Thomason to discuss Salome. Hear how an innocent princess transforms into a deranged psychopath, the scandals surrounding the opera's premieres and why it's more fun to play a nasty character than a nice one. Plus, hear all about these YouTube picks of the week: Nadja Michael, the Royal Opera, London: Lubja Welitsch, Fritz Reiner, Met Opera Orchestra: Salome directed by Götz Friedrich, starring Teresa Stratas and Bernd Weikl, Karl Böhm conducts the Vienna Philharmonic: This episode features excerpts from the following album: • Salome (London/Decca, 1995) — Catherine Malfitano, soprano; Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone; Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi by He Sang/She Sang