Artist.......... VA
Title........... Operatunity Winners
Language........ English
Genre........... Opera
Label........... EMI
Tracks.......... 17
Discs........... 1
Size............ 96 MB
Quality......... 169.VBR 44100Hz Joint Stereo
..................Track List............................
1. Denise Leigh - o mio babbino caro (puccini) 2:35
2. Denise Leigh - song to the moon (dvorak) 6:43
3. Denise Leigh - caro nome (verdi) 6:37
4. Denise Leigh & Jane Gilchrist - viens, 5:39
mallika...dome epais (lakme)(delibes)
5. Jane Gilchrist - dove sono (le nozze di 4:24
figaro)(mozart)
6. Jane Gilchrist - ebben?...ne andro lontana 3:42
(la wally)(catalani
7. Jane Gilchrist - un bel di, vedremo (madama 4:55
butterfly)(puccini)
8. Denise Leigh & Jane Gilchrist - canzonetta 2:05
sull'aria (le nozze di figaro)
9. Denise Leigh - let the bright seraphim 5:35
(samson)(handel) with Alison Balsom
10. Denise Leigh - je dis que rien ne m'epouvante 5:15
(carmen)(bizet)
11. Jane Gilchrist - poor wand'ring one (the 2:52
pirates of penzance)(sullivan) with london
voices
12. Jane Gilchrist - signore, ascolta 2:45
(turandot)(puccini)
13. Denise Leigh - casta diva (norma)(bellini) 6:11
14. Denise Leigh - deh vieni non tardar (le nozze 2:51
di figaro)(mozart)
15. Jane Gilchrist - porgi amor (le nozze di 3:16
figaro)(mozart)
16. Jane Gilchrist - caro nome (rigoletto)(verdi) 6:37
17. Denise Leigh & Jane Gilchrist - abends, will 3:41
ich schlafen gehn (hansel und
gretel)(humperdinck)
..................Total Playtime.............. 01:15:43
..................Notes.................................
Enjoy!
Orchestra of English National Opera
conductor-Paul Daniel
producer-John Fraser
Operatunity was a talent searchù and Michael Waldman's film that documented itù
in which the English National Opera conducted a nationwide search to find
someone in the United Kingdom without professional opera experience, who could
be coached to sing in a staged operaù Verdi's Rigoletto in the eventù on the
stage of London's Coliseum Theatre in the company of world-class performers,
part of the ENO's regular season.
The audition process followed a casting call for submitted videotapes, that
resulted in some 2000 entries from a colorful group of which a hundred were
auditioned in person, on a bus tour that encompassed regional auditions, which
led to a series of London workshops for the final six participants, including an
investment banker, a builderùwho stood on a scaffolding at a construction site
to belt out a Neapolitan songù an ex-police officer, wrestler and model, a
supermarket cashier, and a blind mother of three. The finalists received intense
vocal coaching and dramatic technique, as well as physical training and the
fundamentals of stagecraft. Two finalists were selected, Jane Gilchrist and
Denise Leigh, who shared the demanding role of Gilda onstage, in March 2003. The
documentary follows their nerve-racking final days before the performance and
the exhilaration of their operatic debut, combining real-life drama with the
high theatrical drama and emotional intensity of grand opera.
In a sense, Operatunity was an expansion of ENO's program for young opera
singers, The Knack, directed by Mary King, a panel member for Operatunity. A
criterion for the selection, in addition to raw vocal talent, was the ability of
a singer rapidly to put into practice guidance from the coaches. The other
members of the panel consisted of Anthony Legge, head of music at the English
National opera, Karen Gillingham, an actress singer trained at The Knack, Paul
Daniel, conductor at ENO, and Philip Traugott, a classical music album producer.
The winners followed up with concert tours and at the end of the year joined to
sing the children's duet from Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, broadcast on BBC
Four, Christmas Day 2003.