Acclaimed Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen’s Artist Spotlight series at the Barbican continues this May and June with two concerts, a masterclass with musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama and a screening of the film LISE, preceded by a ScreenTalk with the singer. A wide range of repertoire and musical styles will give audiences an insight into the singer’s artistry. Following on from her critically acclaimed recital with compatriot, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, earlier this year in January, events in May and June 2022 include:
- Lise Davidsen, tenor Freddie De Tommaso and Lise’s regular collaborator, pianist James Baillieu in an evening of opera arias, duets and songs by Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Umberto Giordano, Ernest Charles, Francesco Cilea, Landon Ronald, Franz Lehár, Emmerich Kálmán, Paolo Tosti, Frederick Loewe and Salvatore Cardillo (Mon 30 May 2022, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm)
- Lise Davidsen leads a vocal masterclass for musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama (Tue 31 May 2022, Milton Court Concert Hall, 10am)
- Screening ofLISE preceded by a ScreenTalk with Lise Davidsen and Huw Humphreys, Barbican Head of Music (Tue 31 May 2022, Barbican Cinema 3, 6.30pm)
- Oslo Philharmonic, Klaus Mäkelä (chief conductor) and Lise Davidsen in a programme featuring Gustav Mahler, Jean Sibelius and Alban Berg’s Seven Early Songs (Fri 3 Jun 2022, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm)
Full event details below.
Lise Davidsen & Freddie De Tommaso & James Baillieu
Part of Lise Davidsen Artist Spotlight
Mon 30 May 2022, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm
Tickets £15 – 50
Lisa Davidsen soprano
Freddie De Tommaso tenor
James Baillieu piano
In the second concert of her Artist Spotlight series at the Barbican, Lise Davidsen performs again in recital, this time alongside young tenor Freddie De Tommaso, who recently made a spectacular debut at the Royal Opera House, alongside Lise’s regular collaborator James Baillieu. The programme includes a selection of great opera arias and duets ranging from the romance of Verdi to the power of Wagner, as well as some lighter tones including the simple melodies of Tosti’s Neapolitan songs and crowd-pleasing numbers from Lehár’s The Merry Widow and Kálmán’s Csárdásfürstin. This recital’s programme will take audiences on a journey through the ages – guided by Davidsen, De Tommaso and Baillieu.
Programme:
Richard Wagner ‘Dich teure Halle‘ from Tannhäuser
Giuseppe Verdi ‘Questa o quella‘ from Rigoletto
‘Teco io sto’ and ‘Morrò, ma prima in grazia‘ from Un Ballo in Maschera
Giacomo Puccini ‘Recondita Armonia‘ from Tosca
Giuseppe Verdi ‘Ave Maria’ from Otello
Umberto Giordano ‘Amor ti vieta’ from Fedora
Giacomo Puccini ‘Vissi d’arte’ from Tosca
Francesco Cilea ‘Lamento di Federico’ from L’arlesiana
Emmerich Kálmán‘Heia, heia in den Bergen’ from Csárdásfürstin
Ernest Charles When I have sung my song to you
Landon Ronald O Lovely Night
Paolo Tosti L´alba separa dalla luce l´ombra
Non t’amo piu
Ideale
Salvatore Cardillo Core’ngrato
Frederick Loewe I could have danced all night
Franz Lehár ‘Lippen Schweigen‘ from The Merry Widow
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Lise Davidsen Masterclass
Part of Lise Davidsen Artist Spotlight
Tue 31 May 2022, Milton Court Concert Hall, 10am
Tickets £10 plus booking fee
Lise Davidsen imparts her knowledge and experience to Guildhall School of Music & Drama musicians, as she leads a masterclass with the singers of tomorrow.
LISE
+ ScreenTalk with Lise Davidsen, hosted by Huw Humphreys, Barbican Head of Music
Part of Lise Davidsen Artist Spotlight
Tue 31 May 2022, Barbican Cinema 3, 6.30pm
Tickets £12 plus booking fee
LISE is a cinematic opera encounter – a hybrid between recorded concert and film – with soprano Lise Davidsen, Norwegian National Opera Orchestra and conductor Edward Gardner. Filmed by Einar Film in May 2021 at the Oslo Opera House and produced by film director Eivind Holmboe.
In the 40min-film viewers get to experience Lise Davidsen in the roles of three strong women from Richard Strauss’ operas: the Marschallin (from Der Rosenkavalier), Arabella and Ariadne, all created by the composer who is particularly famed for his writing for the soprano voice. The three women are at different stages of life, but all reflect on who they are, where they are going, and what they have become: ‘This I still must find: the young woman that I was’ says the mature Marschallin, while the young Arabella wonders what or who she is really longing for and Ariadne longs to lose herself in order to find what has been lost.
The screening will be preceded by a conversation between Lise Davidsen and Huw Humphreys, Barbican Head of Music.
Oslo Philharmonic / Klaus Mäkelä / Lise Davidsen
Part of Lise Davidsen Artist Spotlight
Fri 3 Jun 2022, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm
Tickets £15-55 plus booking fee
The renowned Oslo Philharmonic returns in June to perform together with Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen, as part of her Artist Spotlight at the Barbican. The programme includes Alban Berg’s Seven Early Songs, which Berg wrote between 1905 and 1908, during his studies with Schoenberg, and the orchestra also performs the Adagio from Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 10, as well as Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5. This concert will be part of the Orchestra’s first tour with Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä who is now in his second season as the Philharmonic’s Chief Conductor. Mäkelä has recently recorded a complete Sibelius symphony cycle with the Oslo Philharmonic as his first project for Decca Classics, which was released in April 2022.
Produced by the Barbican