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2 months ago
Richard the Third: "Now is the winter of Our Discontent"
13yo girl performs the first speech of Shakespeare's Richard III from memory. Soundtrack and video production by Luke Clougher, filmed by Jake Clo...
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2 months ago
~Love the way you Lie~ Richard III
I HATE Shakespeare's Richard III. It actually disgusts me, except this movie. The only reasons I like this is; Richard and Anne. They are so good t...
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Extraordinary video extract from Olivier's film! - no colour and dialogue cut in favour of appalling musical track. And by the way if the play doesn't disgust you, then the producer isn't doing his job!
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3 months ago
John Lennon's friendship with Eric Portman
Eric Portman was born in West Halifax, Yorkshire in 1901. He had a very distinguished career as stage actor as well as on many British films. Among...
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It sounds a bit unlikely - Lennon wasn't the sort of young guy Portman usually fancied - and what was Lennon doing in Cornwall? Not staying at the Talbot Hotel Lostwithiel, I imagine!
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3 months ago
Eric Portman - Tears, Idle Tears
Eric Portman, the legendary British stage and screen actor, reads Tennyson's 'Tears, Idle Tears'. From the EP 'Palgraves Golden Treasury' (1959).
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And they claim actors can't read poetry!
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3 months ago
Gladys Ripley - Merrie England - O Peaceful England
Gladys Ripley "O Peaceful England" from German's "Merry England" accompanied by the Light Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Maurice Miles
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There is a complete recording of 'Merrie England' on Naxos.
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3 months ago
BBC Proms 2010: Edward German - Merrie England 'Who were the Yeomen of England'
Edward German - Merrie England 'Who were the Yeoman of England '(excerpt).
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone) with Paul Daniel conducting the BBC Concer...
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Not surprising you don't recognise the words - they're badly pronounced by a foreigner!!!
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6 months ago
JOAN HAMMOND "Glück, das mir verblieb" Die tote Stadt
Joan Hammond sings "Glück, das mir verblieb from
Die tote Stadt by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Philharmonia Orchestra
Walter Süsskind, conductor
London...
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Ms Hammond would have been delighted to hear that the opera is scheduled for production by Australian Opera in 2012.
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6 months ago
Die Tote Stadt selected scenes by San Francisco Opera
Selected scenes from Erich Wolfgang Kornlod's Dite Tote Stadt by San Francisco Opera
A mans obsession with his dead wife threatens his sanity in E...
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This opera is scheduled for production by Australian Opera in 2012
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6 months ago
Die tote Stadt - Mariettas Lautenlied (Strasbourg'01)
Mariettas Lied (Glück, das mir verblieb) from Erich Wolfgang Korngold's opera Die tote Stadt (The Dead City):
Angela Denoke (Marietta), Torsten Ker...
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Beautifully sung (though low level): production looks decidedly iffy. The opera scheduled for production by Australian Opera in 2012.
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6 months ago
Thomas Hampson Sings the Tanzlied from Die Tote Stadt
From Joseph Volpe Tribute June 2006
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Production announced for Auustralian Opera in 1912
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6 months ago
Of Mice and Men by Opera Australia: "An' we'll live off the fat of the land"
26 Nov - 10 Dec at the Arts Centre, Melb. Tickets: http://bit.ly/t8spdm
Duet between characters George Milton (Barry Ryan) and Lennie Small (Antho...
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