#didoandaeneas

[latkejoon]

“Remember me! But, ah, forget my fate” A piece I started in January, after studying Dido’s Lament in voice and when I was thinking about all the women of the classics marginalized and destroyed by the worlds they live in. Also I love the Millais painting of Ophelia but I’m sick of male depictions of her death, which subordinate the one action she was able to take over her own life to the male gaze. . . . #illustration #art #hamlet #shakespeare #classic #classicliterature #dido #aeneas #aeneid #women #feminism #literature #opera #suicide #didoandaeneas #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CEDSMJsBsY8/?igshid=15yfacg9p3o9s

[patrickdebana]

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A moment of Pure Absolute Magic ❤️❤️❤️(thank you Pina Bausch...for teaching us,giving is,showing us...what how close Magic and Drama are standing side by side🌹🌹🌹). I did post this before but for the once that had no chance to see it☺️). #pinabausch #cafemüller #magic #drama #sadness #beauty #simplicity #silence #wisdom #eternity #ballet #dance #choreography #reality #life #art #instaart #dancevideo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #purcell #didoandaeneas #opera #tanztheater #thequeen https://www.instagram.com/p/B1lwmwHFG-b/?igshid=1wfmyt0z83wd2

[joansutherlandfan]

"Irene Ravensadale was very friendly and invited me to a memorable performance of Dido and Aeneas at the old Mermaid Theatre, with Kirsten Flagstad and Maggie Teyte. It was one of the only two times I heard my idol in person and although I was enchanted I felt she was holding back the volume of sound for that very small house. I would have given a great deal to have heard her final performances at Covent Garden as Richard had the year previously. " Joan Sutherland • Celebrating Kirsten Flagstad anniversary (12 Jul 1895 - 7 Dec 1962). 💐🎂👏🏼🎉🎁🎈 Here (photo and audio), Flagstad portrays Dido in her debut (Sep 1951) at Mermaid Threatre in London. *Wondering here: Was Joan there when it was recorded? • #Wagnerian #KirstenFlagstad #Opera #ClassicalMusic #BelCanto #Baroque #OperaSinger #InstaOpera • #Dramatic #Coloratura #Soprano #Dame #JoanSutherland #LaStupenda #Diva #PrimaDonna #Legend • #DidoandAeneas • #Concert #Recital • #Costume #Stage #OperaHouse • #ROH #LaScala #MetOpera #SydneyOperaHouse  • #1950s https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf7Bl1mFlw3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cpmgomis]

Des del @cpmgomis volem donar les GRÀCIES a tota la gent que s'ha implicat en el Projecte Interdisciplinar de l'Opera "Dido & Æneas" i ha contribuït a que haja sigut un ÈXIT. #didoandaeneas #opera @ajontinyent @gvaeducacio @iesjsegrelles @ies_serramariola @ieslestacio https://www.instagram.com/p/CepSPbLqGw4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[compagnieoghma]

Un immense merci pour cette merveilleuse représentation du Virgile (travesti) de Paul Scarron hier soir dans le somptueux salon des boiseries du @lechateaudebeynac et à guichet fermé! Didon en est tellement émue qu’elle en pleure un peu plus. À demain à La Bachellerie pour la suite de notre tournée des Châteaux en Fête! . . . #theatre #baroque #music #dido #didoandaeneas #eneide #virgil #virgile #scarron #chateauxenfete #dordogne #perigordnoir #violedegambe #violadagamba #purcell #parodie #butlesque #xviithcentury #patrimoine (at Château de Beynac) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc7apv-KZ4U/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[toymusa]

✨🎄🎶#DIDOANDAENEAS #PURCELL #MARIAEWING #KARLDAYMOND #OPERA #POETRY #GLAMOUR #GREECE #CARPEDIEM #CLASSICALMUSIC https://www.instagram.com/p/BdBJcq2nTgb/?igshid=7x450f26hcxb

[ct-in-training]

Today marks the end of Week 1 at BPI. Some ensemble performances happen today, while mine and Caitlin’s will happen in Week 2. Be ready, because our next motion must be to storm her lover on the ocean!! #justSorceressthings #DidoandAeneas (at Oberlin Conservatory) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzBDExepyxL/?igshid=1i7jdx701b8nd

[bellus-spiritus]

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#Queen #JessyeNorman 1945 - 2019 💐 “Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me, On thy bosom let me rest, More I would, but Death invades me; Death is now a welcome guest. When I am laid in earth, May my wrongs create No trouble in thy breast; Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.” ~ Henry Purcell “I am deeply spiritual; I revel in those things that make for good - the things that we can do to shed a little light, to help place an oft-dissonant universe back in tune with itself... Long live art, long live friendship, long live the joy of life!” ~ Jessye Norman #HenryPurcell #didoslament #didoandaenea #opera #aria #arias #soprano #mezzosoprano #blackwomeninopera #blackwomeninoperacelebrated #blackwomen #blackoperasingers #jessyenormanschoolofthearts #jessyenormanschool #Wagnerian #AfricanAmerican #operasinger #blackgirlmagic #blackwomeninthearts #blackness #blackexcellence #strauss #wagner #classicsinger #classicmusic #artlover #culture #joakimvonditmar https://www.instagram.com/p/B3EkadjlI7P/?igshid=14ggg451jdu2n

[oberlinconservatory]

Student Spotlight: Jason Goldberg ‘16

Original article posted: MAY 1, 2015 | BY DANIEL MCGREW

Updated: December 4, 2019

Upon his graduation from Oberlin in 2016, baritone Jason Goldberg will have completed two majors: one in "Vocal Performance" as well as an individual major in "Opera Directing." To learn more about the process of developing and pursuing an independent major in the Conservatory, we asked Jason some questions about singing AND directing at Oberlin.

Jason Goldberg. Photo by Tanya Rosen-Jones.

Jason, tell us, what brought you to Oberlin?

I first heard about the Conservatory from Salvatore Champagne (Director of Vocal Studies) at the Classical Singer High School competition and chose to go to Oberlin because it has an amazing voice program that promotes undergraduate singers performing in operas. I then found a teacher that I loved to work with, Lorraine Manz. During my very first lesson with her I knew she could help me become the performer I wanted to be. I also chose Oberlin because it is one of the few places where a conservatory and a liberal arts college coexist on the same campus, which meant I would have the flexibility and choice to take whichever classes suited me. It was also clear that as I grew as a person, Oberlin would be able to accommodate that growth; Oberlin wouldn't constrain me.

How did you get interested in directing?

I have always loved all aspects of theater. When I was a kid, I would go and see operas and Broadway shows and would be fascinated by lighting effects, how shows were staged, and many other technical things. I also performed individual roles at the Metropolitan Opera as a boy soprano, working with Julie Taymor and James Levine among others, and discovered that there was so much more to opera and theater than just performing. I knew I loved to sing, but I also loved and was intrigued by how everything worked in a production. When I was offered the directing major, it was a chance to explore all the aspects of theater that I had not had an opportunity to work with before.

Tell us about how the idea of an independent major came about? What does the process of declaring an independent major entail?

Sure. I went to meet Jonathon Field (Director of Opera Theater Productions) with the desire to take his directing class and direct some scenes. After we spoke for a while, he suggested that I might be interested in pursuing an independent major to learn what it really means to be an Opera Director. I jumped at the chance. We then came up with a proposed curriculum for the major, which I wrote up. This proposal along with my CV was submitted to Dean Gray (Assistant Dean for Student Academic Affairs) and afterwards was sent to the Individual Major Committee and was subsequently approved.

Have you found a lot of support from your instructors within the voice program? Your teacher? Directors? Etc.?

Yes, yes, and yes. I have received incredible support from the Voice faculty, Oberlin administration, the Opera Theater department, and the rest of the Conservatory. This major would not have been possible without their support, and they have guided me every step of the way.

Would you describe the ways in which your studies of and experience directing have informed your own performing? Conversely, how does being a singer inform the way you direct?

Well they are both related to each other. By studying directing you learn a great deal about all of the individual elements that make up a production. This knowledge and increased awareness of how a show is put together has enhanced my natural instincts of what to do and how to act while onstage. As a performer, knowing how to self-direct is essential. For example, sometimes there won't be time to stage an aria and you'll have to make it up yourself.

In addition, being a singer gives me some insight and vocabulary which is very useful in directing operas. When issues arise, I am more likely to not only see them from a big picture point of view as the director, but I also have a performer's detailed perspective, which helps in figuring out what potential solutions might work.

Tell us about some of the projects you've been involved with related to your double major? Anything special planned for next year?

For my first project, I directed The Telephone by Menotti for the Winter Term Operas in January 2015. Sally Stunkel (Clinical Associate Professor of Opera) directed the other half of the program Strawberry Fields. Currently, I am directing a staged song cycle by Jake Heggie called Facing Forward/Looking Back. Margaret Langhorne is directing the other half of the program, which is a one act opera by Stephen Oliver called A Man of Feeling. That show goes up in The Cat in the Cream theater on May 5th at 8pm.

Next year I am planning to direct Purcell's Dido and Aeneas in conjunction with the Opera Theater and Historical Performance departments of the Conservatory. It has been wonderful collaborating with Webb Wiggins (Associate Professor of Harpsichord) and figuring out how all aspects of this process work -- casting, costuming, venue selection, and budgeting, among other things. I am still putting together the details, so fingers crossed! What is your vision for the future? Do you want to perform and direct? What's 10 years down the road for you?

That is a difficult question. I absolutely want to be a professional opera singer but I also love to direct. They fit together so nicely and satisfy me as a person. Ideally ten years down the line, I would love to be doing both! But before then I plan on going to graduate school for vocal performance. Also I am sure I would enjoy working overseas having studied Italian in the Oberlin in Italy program and German in Middlebury College's German for Singers language immersion program. In all honesty though, I don't know what's going to happen after Oberlin. It's all exciting and terrifying at the same time, and I wouldn't have it any other way!

UPDATE:  Goldberg was successful in producing and directing Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in 2016. Read more about that production in the ClevelandClassical.com preview. Since graduating from Oberlin, Goldberg has served as a member of the Chautauqua Opera’s production team and directed the Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble summer festival production of of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Mozart and Salieri for which he earned a nice review—"Jason Goldberg directed the action with sensitivity and close attention to the emotional arc." (berkshirefinearts.com) 

[vincentjanvier]

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"Didon's Lament" from the opera "Dido and Aeneas" by Henry Purcell Link to the full video in my profile "Плачь Дидоны" из оперы "Дидона и Эней" Генри Пёрселла / ссылка на полное видео в профиле / #дидонаиэней #опера #сопрано #плачьдидоны #оперноепение #генриперселл #didoslament #henrypurcell #didoandaeneas #opera #soprano #voice #concert #singing

[millamesauce]

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Some Henry Purcell on marimba! This will be part of the @heartlandmarimba Finale Concert of Soloists on June 11th, 7 pm CST. #marimba #henrypurcell #purcell #didoandaeneas #transcription #percussion @innovativepercussion https://www.instagram.com/p/CAmP-fCg1LX/?igshid=b7u22u5emu6h

[mayenvoodoo]

"Dido's Lament" #DidoandAeneas #HenryPurcell #me #OperaSinger #Countertenor #myday #mylife #voice

[hypersausage-blog1]

#HenryPurcell #DidoandAeneas #EmmaKirkby #DavidThomas #JudithNelson #AndrewParrott #TavernerPlayers . . . . . #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #record #recordcollection #recordcollector #album #LP #musiclover #classicalmusic #opera #purcell #kirkby #parrott #vocalmusic #recordoftheday #photooftheday #ig_photooftheday #recordplayer #turntable

[ashleyslittle]

Cupid only throws the dart that's dreadful to a warriors heart... ❤ #Friday #OperaWorkshop #didoandaeneas

[toymusa]

✨🎄🎶#DIDOANDAENEAS #PURCELL #MARIAEWING #KARLDAYMOND #OPERA #POETRY #GLAMOUR #GREECE #CARPEDIEM #CLASSICALMUSIC https://www.instagram.com/p/BdBJcq2nTgb/?igshid=susdalzg3hy6

[funkcutter]

#QueenOfCarnage #DidoReturning #didoandaeneas #EternusRebellus night 3 of 5 (at The Space)