A scorching Diary of One Who Disappeared at Janáček Brno Festival

Julius Drake and Nicky Spence

Václava Krejčí Housková and Nicky Spence

Julius Drake, Nicky Spence, Václava Krejčí Housková, Romana Kružíková, Kristína Kubová, Ivana Pavlů

Por Gianmarco Segato, 13 noviembre 2022

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“a willingness to prioritise storytelling, bending his vocal technique to the dictates of the text”

Crítica hecha desde Mahen Theatre, Brno el 12 noviembre 2022

Britten, Ca' the yowes

Britten, O Can Ye Sew Cushions

Watkins, Welsh Folk Songs (selection)

Orr, Aince upon a day /

Anónimo, The Deil’s awa’ wi’ th’ Exciseman

Janáček, Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs (selection)

Janáček, The Diary of One Who Disappeared

Nicky Spence, Tenor

Václava Krejčí Housková, Mezzosoprano

Julius Drake, Piano

Romana Kružíková, Soprano

Kristina Kubová, Mezzosoprano

Ivana Pavlů, Soprano

Sobre la importancia del texto: Matthew Polenzani en el Ciclo de Lied

David Santana Cañas, 14th December

El tenor norteamericano Matthew Polenzani hace su debut en el Ciclo de Lied junto con el pianista Julius Drake cosechando un notable éxito.

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Les péchés capiteux d'Axelle Fanyo et Fleur Barron à l'Athénée

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 16th February

Les deux chanteuses ont proposé un panorama innovant des sept péchés capitaux à travers les styles et les cultures, avec la complicité unificatrice de Julius Drake au piano.

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Le Voyage d’hiver de Bostridge, Drake et Warner pétrifie l’Athénée

Pierre Michel, 20th November

Ian Bostridge et Julius Drake proposent une interprétation exceptionnelle du cycle schubertien, sublimée par la mise en scène de Deborah Warner et les lumières de Jean Kalman, jusqu'à l'énigme finale.

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Bumpy love songs from Roderick Williams and Julius Drake at PCMS

Cameron Kelsall, 12th February

A fully produced performance of Brahms' Die schӧne Magelone in Philadelphia, complete with on-stage narrator and bespoke drawings, proved less than the sum of its parts.

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Fauré Song Gala a showcase for the composer's mélodies

Mark Valencia, 13th September

Fauré was the finest of French songwriters. Stéphane Degout and Véronique Gens shine in a full-length evening in a packed Wigmore Hall.

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Gerald Finley and Julius Drake bring Night and Day to London

Mark Valencia, 24th November

Heinrich Heine settings by Schumann and Schubert are counter-balanced by Duparc and Cole Porter in a Temple Song recital reflecting on night and day.

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Gianmarco Segato

Arts writer, administrator and singer Gianmarco Segato is Assistant Editor for La Scena Musicale. He was Associate Artist Manager for opera at Dean Artists Management and, from 2017-2022, Editorial Director of Opera Canada magazine. Previous to that he was Adult Programs Manager with the Canadian Opera Company. Gianmarco is an intrepid classical music traveler with a special love of Prague and Budapest as well as an avid cyclist and cook.