Classical Essentials

Dance No.1 from LA VIDA BREVE (Opera)
Composer: Manuel de Falla
Transcription For Guitar duo
Played By Allargando Guitar Duo

Allargando Guitar Duo

La Vida Breve (Manuel de Falla)

Solomon, HWV 67: The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba (by George Frideric Handel)

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Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek will return to the Royal Opera House to sing the role of Santuzza in Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana. It's a return she's extremely excited for:

'I think Cavalleria rusticana is one of the most wonderful operas ever written. It's so passionate, real and exciting', she says. 'It has you on the edge of your seat.'

'Santuzza is a woman who's been betrayed by a lover. She then betrays him and it goes horribly wrong. To sing these big duets is just amazing. It's very dramatic.'

2015 is Cavalleria rusticana-filled for Eva-Maria as in the spring she warmed up for her London performances of the opera with a run of a different production in New York:

'I'm really excited to sing Santuzza at the Metropolitan Opera and at Covent Garden. It's really interesting to reinvent yourself with Santuzza in each production. I feel extremely lucky.'

Eva-Maria's last Royal Opera House performances were as Maddalena di Coigny in Andrea Chénier — like Cavalleria rusticana, a verismo opera:

'Verismo is my favourite style of opera. I love it so much because it demands a lot of emotion, trying to stay true and giving a lot of yourself. It's less controlled in a way — I can go wild, which I love!'

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Performer, teacher, accompanist, composer. M.A. in piano performance from University of Central Florida, B.M. in music theory and composition from Florida State University.
Genres: Classical, contemporary classical/new music, jazz, and church music.

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