2012-2013 Season – sneak preview
As you may have read in a previous post, this Monday we launched our 2012-2013 Southbank Centre season to the press at the Royal Festival Hall. So it’s now time to give you some highlights and tell you...
View ArticlePress Release: Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers: OAE celebrates birth of the...
‘Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers’: Strut on stage for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s series celebrating feisty female roles in opera, the singers who perform them, and some of the most...
View ArticleFeisty Females: Part 4
Our guide to female opera characters returns, with a look at Phaedra… The fabulous Sarah Connolly will be taking on the role next Thursday at our next Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers concert at the...
View ArticleLorraine Hunt Lieberson
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was born in San Francisco, on 1 March 1954. She grew up in a very musical household, with both her parents being music teachers and heavily involved in opera. With a keen...
View ArticleQueens, Heroines and Ladykillers – Podcast
On 3 June, we return to Royal Festival Hall to perform A Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, the final concert of the season and the last of our Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers series. Here, viola...
View ArticleLorraine Hunt Lieberson – Performing Handel
On 3 June, we take to the stage at Royal Festival Hall for a tribute to the great mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. The programme will feature some of Handel’s most dramatic arias, conducted by...
View ArticleQueens, Heroines and Ladykillers: A Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was one of the foremost mezzo-sopranos of our time, and an artist the OAE worked with regularly, most notably at Glyndebourne and on CD. Tonight’s tribute to her sees three...
View ArticleLindsay Kemp on Handel and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
When we close our season on 3 June, all arias performed will be from roles associated with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Here Lindsay Kemp discusses the performer and the history behind the music. ‘Sesto...
View ArticleNot all audiences are the same – Playlist
Last season we proved that not all audiences are the same and with the last concert of the season taking place tonight, we put together a playlist to find out what tracks our audience and Orchestra...
View ArticleA bit about Karine Deshayes
For those of you who attended our Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson on Monday 3 June, we can tell you that the encore performed was the Musette from Handel’s Concerto Grosso Op6 No6. You may have...
View ArticleA Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson – Audience Reactions
The 3 June saw us perform an all Handel programme in the final concert of our 2012-2013 Season – Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers: A Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Afterwards, we spoke with...
View ArticleFarewell from Emily
Sadly, it’s time to say goodbye. After 3 awesome months as the Development Trainee, I am off to pastures new, aka working for a Circus. I’ve had lots of fun in the office, learning about certain...
View ArticleQueens, Heroines and Ladykillers: A Tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was one of the foremost mezzo-sopranos of our time and an artist we worked with regularly. This very special tribute includes Lieberson’s favourite Handel arias, sung by two...
View ArticlePress Release: Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers: OAE celebrates birth of the...
‘Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers’: Strut on stage for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s series celebrating feisty female roles in opera, the singers who perform them, and some of the most...
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