A report on Richard Bonynge

Tenor Colin Lee, soprano Pretty Yende, Bonynge, mezzo-soprano Violina Anguelov and baritone George Stevens at a concert performance of Lucia di Lammermoor in Cape Town in April 2013

Australian conductor and pianist.

- Richard Bonynge
Tenor Colin Lee, soprano Pretty Yende, Bonynge, mezzo-soprano Violina Anguelov and baritone George Stevens at a concert performance of Lucia di Lammermoor in Cape Town in April 2013

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Herbert Fryer

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English pianist, teacher and composer.

English pianist, teacher and composer.

Richard Bonynge (born 1930), conductor and husband of Dame Joan Sutherland

Design by Philippe Chaperon for Act V

Le roi de Lahore

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Opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet.

Opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet.

Design by Philippe Chaperon for Act V
Set design by Augusto Ferri for Act One, Italian production (1878)

Contemporary performances include a revival by the Vancouver Opera in 1977 starring Joan Sutherland and conducted by Richard Bonynge.

Harp Concerto (Glière)

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Reinhold Glière wrote his Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in E-flat major, Op. 74, in 1938.

Reinhold Glière wrote his Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in E-flat major, Op. 74, in 1938.

Osian Ellis, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge (1968)

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Vancouver Opera

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Second largest performing arts organization in British Columbia and the largest opera company in western Canada.

Second largest performing arts organization in British Columbia and the largest opera company in western Canada.

Vancouver Opera Logo

Conductor Richard Bonynge served as Artistic Director from 1974 to 1982, and he was the founding Music Director of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, one of only two opera orchestras in Canada, in the moment of its creation in 1977 (prior to 1977, opera productions were played by and orchestra made up of members of Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ).

Set design by Philippe Chaperon.

Rigoletto

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Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.

Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.

Set design by Philippe Chaperon.
Verdi around 1850
La Fenice's poster for the world premiere of Rigoletto
Felice Varesi, the first Rigoletto
Teresa Brambilla, the first Gilda
Costumes for the Duke of Mantua and Gilda published by Casa Ricordi shortly after the 1851 premiere
Act 1, scene 1: Victor Hugo's Le Roi s'amuse
Act 1, scene 2 stage set by Giuseppe Bertoja for the world premiere of Rigoletto
Set design for Rigoletto act 1, scene 2 (1903)
"Bella figlia dell'amore" scene, depicted by Roberto Focosi in an early edition of the vocal score
Enrico Caruso in the role of the Duke

Luciano Pavarotti, who has recorded the arias for several recital discs, also sings the role of the Duke on three complete studio recordings of the opera: Decca (1971) conducted by Richard Bonynge; Decca (1989) conducted by Riccardo Chailly and Deutsche Grammophon (1993) conducted by James Levine.

Mathilde Kschessinskaya as the goddess Flora (right) and Vera Trefilova as the god Cupid (left) in the original production of Le Réveil de Flore, 1894.

Le Réveil de Flore

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Ballet anacréontique in one act, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Riccardo Drigo, to a libretto written by Petipa and Lev Ivanov.

Ballet anacréontique in one act, with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Riccardo Drigo, to a libretto written by Petipa and Lev Ivanov.

Mathilde Kschessinskaya as the goddess Flora (right) and Vera Trefilova as the god Cupid (left) in the original production of Le Réveil de Flore, 1894.
Mathilde Kschessinskaya as the goddess Flora (right) and Vera Trefilova as the god Cupid (left) in the original production of Le Réveil de Flore, 1894.
<center>Victor Baranov as Apollo, Eugenia Obratzova as Flora and Maxim Chaschegorov as Zephyr with the corps de ballet in the Mariinsky Ballet's reconstruction of Le Réveil de Flore. St. Petersburg, 2007</center>
<center>The apotheosis "La révélation d’Olympe" from the Mariinsky Ballet's reconstruction of Le Réveil de Flore. St. Petersburg, 2007</center>
<center>Mathilde Kschessinskaya as Flora (left) and Vera Trefilova as Cupid (right) costumed for Le Réveil de Flore, 1894.</center>
<center>Frontispiece for the published piano reduction of Drigo's score for Le Réveil de Flore, 1914.</center>
{{center|Mikhail Fokine as the god Mercury in Le Réveil de Flore, circa 1901.}}
{{center|Anna Johansson as the goddess Aurora in Le Réveil de Flore, 1894.}}
{{center|Caricature of Mikhail Fokine as the god Mercury in Le Réveil de Flore by the brothers Nikolai and Sergei Legat.}}

Conductor Richard Bonynge recorded Pavlova's abridged edition of Drigo's score for his 1974 LP "Homage to Pavlova" with the London Symphony Orchestra.

ARIA Music Awards of 2006

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The 20th annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) were held on 29 October 2006 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex.

The 20th annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) were held on 29 October 2006 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex.

Simon Tedeschi, The Queensland Orchestra, Richard Bonynge – Piano Concertos: Tchaikovsky, Grieg

Frontispiece for the original published piano reduction of Riccardo Drigo's score for Lev Ivanov's La flûte magique, 1912

The Magic Flute (ballet)

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Ballet comique in one act, originally choreographed by Lev Ivanov to the music of Riccardo Drigo.

Ballet comique in one act, originally choreographed by Lev Ivanov to the music of Riccardo Drigo.

Frontispiece for the original published piano reduction of Riccardo Drigo's score for Lev Ivanov's La flûte magique, 1912

The score was recorded in 1990 by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Richard Bonynge and issued on the label London.

ARIA Music Awards of 2000

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Held on 24 October 2000 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

Held on 24 October 2000 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

Rosamund Illing, Richard Bonynge, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra – Amoureuse: Sacred and Profane Arias

Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani as Lucia in the London premiere in 1838

Lucia di Lammermoor

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Dramma tragico in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti.

Dramma tragico in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti.

Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani as Lucia in the London premiere in 1838
Disegno per copertina di libretto, drawing for Lucia di Lammermoor (1954).
Lammermuir Hills, Scotland
Set design for act 3, scene 3 by Francesco Bagnara, circa 1844 (Civica Raccolta Stampe Bertarelli Milan)
A caricature of the "Lucia Sextet", circa 1900 (Civica Raccolta Stampe Bertarelli Milan)

Joan Sutherland, who was particularly noted for performances as Lucia, has also been recorded in the role several times including a 1971 Decca Records recording conducted by Richard Bonynge with Luciano Pavarotti as Edgardo.