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W & P Principal characters[edit]
| 1945 11 scene concert performance |
1946 8 scene stage première |
1953 11 scenes Florence |
1955 11 scenes Leningrad |
1957 13 scenes NBC TV |
1957 13 scenes (cut) Moscow |
1959 13 scenes Moscow | ||
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| Natalya (Natasha) Rostov | soprano | M Nadion | Tatiana Lavrova | Rosanna Carteri | Tatiana Lavrova | Helena Scott | Valentina Kayevchenko | Galina Vishnevskaya |
| Count Pyotr (Pierre) Bezukhov | tenor | F Fedotov | Oles Semenovych Chishko | Franco Corelli | Glebov | David Lloyd | Vladimir Petrov | |
| Prince Andrei Bolkonsky | baritone | Andrei Ivanov | Sergei Shaposhnikov | Ettore Bastianini | Sergei Shaposhnikov | Morley Meredith | Shchabinsky | Yevgeny Kipkalo |
| Field-Marshal Prince Mikhail Kutuzov | bass | Alexander Pirogov | Butyagin | Italo Tajo | Butyagin | Kenneth Smith | Alexander Pirogov | Alexei Krivchenya |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | baritone | Modestov | Leon Lishner | Pavel Lisitsian | ||||
| Count Ilya Rostov (Natasha's father) | Bass | Italo Tajo | Chester Watson | |||||
| Hélène Bezukhova (Pierre's wife) | Mezzo-soprano | A Vassilieva | Cesy Broggini | Baskova | Gloria Lane | Irina Arkhipova | ||
| Prince Anatole Kuragin (her brother) | tenor | F Oganian | Androukovich | Mirto Picchi | Androukovich | Davis Cunningham | Alexei Maslennikov | |
| Maria Dmitrievna Akhrosimova | alto | Fedora Barbieri | Beatrix Krebs | Larissa Avdeieva | ||||
| Platon Karataev | tenor | Brenno Ristori | ||||||
| Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky (Andrei's father) | bass-baritone | N Pantchekhin | Jouravlenko | Fernando Corena | Arthur Newmann | Anatoly Vedernikov | ||
| Balaga | bass | Fernando Corena | Paul Ukena | |||||
| Sonya (Natasha's cousin) | mezzo-soprano | Vittoria Calma | Linda McNaughton | |||||
| Dolokhov | baritone | Renato Capecchi | Michael Kermoyan | |||||
| Colonel Vasska Denisov | baritone | Anselmo Colzani | Joshua Hecht |
Opera sub-projects[edit]
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/User and project boxes
- A list of translated English names
- Opera Work List
- Article ranking
in York cats (excl people)[edit]
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Selected recordings (table style)[edit]
| Year | Cast (Radames, Aida, Amneris) |
Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Chiara, Ghena Dimitrova |
Lorin Maazel, La Scala orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Image Entertainment ASIN: B00002NDLW |
| 1989 | Plácido Domingo, Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon ASIN: B000050X2Z |
Ragnar Ulfung[edit]
Ragnar Ulfung ( born 28 February, 1927) is a Norwegian tenor, originally singing principal roles before turning to character parts.
Ulfung was born in Oslo and studied there and then in Milan with Angelo Minghetti. He made his début in Oslo in 1952 as Magadoff in The Consul. He sang mostly at Gothenburg for the next few years, where his roles included Jeník in The Bartered Bride, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Duke of Mantua, Don José. Went to the Royal Opera in Stockholm and created the role of the Deaf Mute(!) in Aniara. Also in Stockholm, Canio, Hoffmann, Alfredo, Cavaradossi, Tom Rakewell, Gustavus, Otello.
He created the title-role in Maxwell Davies's Taverner (opera) at the ROH, also sang in Hamburg (Turiddu, Erik, Steva), San Francisco (Riccardo - presumably in Ballo - Valzacchi, Mime, which he also sang at the Met). Elsewhere, Fatty in Mahagonny, Loge, Aegisthus, the Captain in Wozzeck.
Herod and Mime at the ROH 2003 Glyndebourne Fledermaus Doctor Blind, 76 at the time! A friend I was with told me that he'd seen Ulfung as Don Carlos at Covent Garden in 1963. And he'd sung Tamino at Glyndebourne that same year.
The Magic Flute (1975 film) Seattle Opera Ring - directed, 1984 NOVEMBER 16th, 1979: New York, Metropolitan Opera; John Dexter, dir., James Levine, cond.; with Teresa Stratas (Jenny), Astrid Varnay (Begbick), Richard Cassilly (Jimmy), Cornell MacNeil (Moses), Ragnar Ulfung (Fatty), Paul Plishka (Joe)
Synopsis setup[edit]
- Place: In and around Corradino's gothic castle in Spain
- Time: The Middle Ages
Act 1[edit]
Scene 1: Outside the castle
At the saloon, Sheriff Rance
Scene 2: A magnificent old gallery in the castle
At the saloon, Sheriff Rance
Scene 3: Outside the castle
At the saloon, Sheriff Rance
Act 2[edit]
Scene 1: The countryside near Corradino's castle
At the saloon, Sheriff Rance
Scene 2: The gallery in the castle
At the saloon, Sheriff Rance
Scene 3: A steep mountain-side near Raimondo's castle
Roles 1[edit]
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 9 January 1947 (Conductor: Maurice Abravanel) |
|---|---|---|
| The Maurrant family | ||
| Frank Maurrant, a violent, disagreeable brute | bass-baritone | Norman Cordon |
| Anna Maurrant, his warm wife | dramatic soprano | Polyna Stoska |
| Rose Maurrant, their teenage daughter | lyric soprano | Anne Jeffreys |
| Willie Maurrant, their mischievous little boy | child, non singing | Peter Griffith |
| The Jones family | ||
| Emma Jones, a gossipy neighbor | mezzo-soprano | Hope Emerson |
| George Jones, her alcoholic husband | baritone | David E. Thomas |
| Mae Jones, their promiscuous teenage daughter | mezzo-soprano | Sheila Bond |
| Vincent Jones, her brutish elder brother, a cab driver | speaking role | |
| The Olsen family | ||
| Olga Olsen, a Swedish neighbor | contralto | Ellen Repp |
| Carl Olsen, her husband | bass | Wilson Smith |
| Visitors To The House | ||
| Dick McGann, a romantic interest of Mae Jones | baritone | Danny Daniels |
| Harry Easter, Rose Maurrant's sleazy boss | baritone | Don Saxton |
| Steve Sankey, a milkman, supposedly having an affair with Anna Maurrant | speaking role | Lauren Gilbert |
| Nursemaid #1, a young nursemaid | lyric alto | Peggy Turnley |
| Nursemaid #2, another young nursemaid | contralto | Beverly Janis |
| Dr. John Wilson, the doctor for Daniel Buchanan's pregnant wife | speaking role | |
| Officer Harry Murphy, a policeman | speaking role | |
| James Henry, City Marshall | speaking role | |
| Fred Cullen, his assistant | speaking role | |
| Ambulance Driver, an ambulance driver | speaking role | |
| The Kaplan family | ||
| Abraham Kaplan, a radically-opinioned elderly Jewish man | baritone | Irving Kaufman |
| Sam Kaplan, his meek teenage grandson, in love with Rose Maurrant | tenor | Brian Sullivan/Richard Manning |
| Shirley Kaplan, his elder sister, a school teacher | speaking role | |
| The Fiorentino family | ||
| Greta Fiorentino, a German neighbor | coloratura soprano | Helen Arden |
| Lippo Fiorentino, her feisty Italian husband | tenor | Sidney Rayner |
| The Hildebrand family | ||
| Laura Hildebrand, a struggling single mother | speaking role | Juliana Gallagher/Ellen Lane |
| Jennie Hildebrand, her teenage daughter | mezzo-soprano | Beverly Janis |
| Charlie Hildebrand, her little boy | child | Bennett Burrill |
| Mary Hildebrand, her little girl | child | Helen Ferguson |
| Other Residents | ||
| Daniel Buchanan, a nervous neighbor | tenor | Remo Lota |
| Henry Davis, the janitor | baritone | Creighton Thompson |
| Grace Davis, his little girl | child | Helen Ferguson |
Roles 2[edit]
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, March 27, 1819 (Conductor: Nicola Festa) |
|---|---|---|
| Ermione (Hermione), daughter of Helen and Menelaus | soprano | Isabella Colbran |
| Andromaca (Andromache), widow of Hector | alto | Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni |
| Pirro, (Pyrrhus) son of Achilles and king of Epirus | tenor | Andrea Nozzari |
| Oreste (Orestes), son of Agammemnon | tenor | Giovanni David |
| Pilade (Pylades), Oreste's companion | tenor | Giuseppe Ciccimarra |
| Cleone, Ermione's confidante | mezzo-soprano | Maria Manzi |
| Fenicio, Pirro's tutor | bass | Michele Benedetti |
| Cefisa, Andromaca's confidante | alto | Raffaella De Bernardis |
| Attalo, Pirro's confidant | tenor | Gaetano Chizzola |
| Astianatte (Astyanax), Andromaca's son | silent | |
| Lords of Epirus, Trojan prisoners, Oreste's attendants, Spartan maidens | ||
Walmgate[edit]
Walmgate is a street and area in central York, England. It has been occupied since at least Viking times, and contains a number of listed buildings, including two medieval churches.
Location[edit]
The Walmgate area is approximately rectangular in shape, and lies within the south-eastern quarter of the city walls. Its boundaries, in a clockwise direction, are the River Foss between Castle Mills Bridge and Foss Islands Road, Foss Islands Road between the River Foss and the Red Tower on the city walls, and the city walls between the Red Tower and Fishergate Postern. The street called Walmgate bisects the area, running south-east from Foss Bridge to Walmgate Bar, one of the gates in the city walls. The other main road in the area is Piccadilly, which runs from Piccadilly Bridge over the Foss to Fishergate Postern and Castle Mills Bridge.
History[edit]
York city walls (redirect from Walmgate Bar) much restored over the years. They continue south and west around the Walmgate area, terminating in another tower (Fishergate Postern), near York Castle 15 KB (1,801 words) - 00:21, 23 January 2015 Medieval parish churches of York (section St Denys, Walmgate) circle which has used some of the stones from the church. South of Walmgate, near Walmgate Bar and first mentioned in 1279. Excavtions in 1827 and 1945 uncovered 33 KB (4,504 words) - 13:56, 14 November 2014 Strays of York (redirect from Walmgate Stray) Micklegate Stray (which includes the Knavesmire and Hob Moor), Monk Stray and Walmgate Stray. The Strays are the remains of much greater areas of common land 10 KB (1,542 words) - 13:04, 30 July 2014 Barbican Centre, York located in York, England. Named after the nearby barbican attached to Walmgate Bar, the centre hosts various music events, family shows and community 4 KB (446 words) - 23:03, 8 July 2014 Lamel Hill northern part of Walmgate Stray. It is best known for having been the location of a Parliamentary gun-emplacement aimed at Walmgate Bar in the City Walls 1 KB (127 words) - 20:41, 5 September 2013 St Denys's Church, York 0762°W / 53.9567; -1.0762 The Church of St Denys, Walmgate, is a Grade I listed building in Walmgate, York, Yorkshire. It was built on the site of a Saxon 2 KB (214 words) - 22:18, 17 October 2014 York Early Music Festival University of York and the National Centre for Early Music, St Margaret's, Walmgate. In 2008, events also took place at Harewood House and the National Railway 1 KB (144 words) - 15:00, 2 September 2014 York Conservation Trust Conservation Trust. The Trust owns properties throughout York in streets such as Walmgate, Micklegate, Low Ousegate, Goodramgate, Gillygate and Stonegate. Among 2 KB (258 words) - 14:19, 1 November 2013 National Centre for Early Music converted and extended, Grade I listed medieval church of St Margaret, Walmgate. Designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects, the Centre was opened 3 KB (303 words) - 15:13, 14 November 2014 Walker Iron Foundry June 1853) 'Iron & brass founder, bell-hanger & smith', at Dixon's Yard, Walmgate. The son of William and Elizabeth Walker, of the Aldwark-Hungate area, 8 KB (1,201 words) - 03:02, 11 July 2014 The Press (York) Steve Hughes Founded 1882 Political alignment Centre Headquarters 76-86 Walmgate, York Circulation 25,989 (December 2010 – June 2011) Website www.yorkpress 2 KB (163 words) - 00:16, 26 September 2014 Burwell, Lincolnshire Tattershall, along with its chapels at Authorpe, Carlton, Muckton, and Walmgate, and other lands around Burwell. The manor house, Burwell Hall, was situated 7 KB (561 words) - 23:37, 16 October 2014 List of York sites of interest National Railway Museum River Ouse, with boat rides St Denys's Church, Walmgate St George's York St Mary's Abbey St. Michael le Belfrey, where Guy Fawkes 3 KB (285 words) - 17:11, 21 November 2014 Layerthorpe the York Inner Ring Road) was constructed between Layerthorpe Bridge and Walmgate Bar. In 1824, the York Gas Light Company began production on a site between 6 KB (769 words) - 22:32, 6 November 2014 Terry's apothecary in Stonegate. On gaining his certificates, he set up as a chemist in Walmgate. But after marrying Harriet Atkinson in 1823, he met her elderly uncle 9 KB (908 words) - 02:06, 28 January 2015 York many medieval houses outside the city walls were lost. The barbican at Walmgate Bar was undermined and explosives laid, but, the plot was discovered. On 116 KB (11,088 words) - 12:17, 30 January 2015 York Council election, 1999 (section Walmgate Ward) Walmgate (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour D. Wilde 779 Labour D.W. Smallwood 748 Conservative P. Thompson 342 Conservative S.E. Anson 334 36 KB (37 words) - 10:25, 29 December 2014 Siege of York sectors. To attack Walmgate Bar, they set up a battery of guns on a nearby rise, Lamel Hill, and also dug a mine beneath the Walmgate Bar barbican. The 16 KB (2,190 words) - 09:13, 1 February 2015 Victoria foundry Foundry, Chesterfield. Predecessor to Markham & Co. Victoria Foundry, Walmgate, York. 1850s establishment of the Walker Iron Foundry Victoria Foundry/works 633 B (82 words) - 05:06, 22 April 2012 Henry Isaac Rowntree 1860, Henry Rowntree went to work for the Tuke family at their shop in Walmgate. In June 1862 Henry Isaac bought out the chocolate, cocoa-making and chicory 3 KB (232 words) - 18:34, 5 August 2013
Thomas Glemham and Glemham was credited with destroying a Parliamentarian mine under Walmgate Bar, by digging a counter-mine through which the attackers' mine was flooded 8 KB (921 words) - 05:42, 29 October 2013 River Foss is the Foss Bridge (1811–12), which links the streets of Fossgate and Walmgate. Origin Near Oulston Reservoir, Yearsley 54°09′38″N 1°07′54″W / 54 15 KB (1,373 words) - 14:24, 6 December 2014 Fulford Road and including York Cemetery. Between Fulford and the university is Walmgate Stray. Low-lying land near the River Ouse is prone to flooding.[citation 8 KB (827 words) - 02:41, 27 November 2014 St. Lawrence Parish Church church in York, England. It is situated in Lawrence Street, just outside Walmgate Bar. It is dedicated to St Lawrence, possibly in deliberate reference to 7 KB (737 words) - 08:20, 20 January 2015 Grade I listed buildings in the City of York 956703; -1.076247 (Church of St Denys) 1256313 Church of St Margaret Walmgate York Church C20 01954-06-14-000014 June 1954 SE6095251566 53°57′24″N 1°04′21″W 29 KB (103 words) - 22:12, 10 October 2014 University of York several other properties including Catherine House, Constantine House, 54 Walmgate, and Fairfax House. The University publishes an annual code of practice 61 KB (6,307 words) - 18:14, 25 January 2015 Bridges of York Georgian gritstone arch with balusters, links the streets Fossgate and Walmgate. It is believed that the earliest bridge on this site was constructed during 14 KB (1,697 words) - 15:45, 31 January 2015 John Bowes Morrell registered charity, York Conservation Trust Limited. Bowes Morrell House, 111 Walmgate, York The JBM Library How York Governs Itself: Civic Government As Illustrated 5 KB (506 words) - 18:35, 2 September 2014 St Wilfrid's, York The funds, however, were diverted to build a much needed Church in the Walmgate area for the large number of Irish Catholics who settled there during the 6 KB (949 words) - 02:15, 12 October 2014 List of United Kingdom locations: Wa-Wal Walmersley Bury 53°37′N 2°18′W / 53.61°N 02.30°W / 53.61; -02.30 SD8013 Walmgate Stray York 53°56′N 1°04′W / 53.94°N 01.07°W / 53.94; -01.07 SE6150 Walmley 54 KB (26 words) - 07:24, 3 January 2015 Grade II* listed buildings in the City of York 960988°N 1.08295°W / 53.960988; -1.08295 (31 Stonegate) 1256520 77 Walmgate York Shop 15th century 01954-06-14-000014 June 1954 SE6084351533 53°57′23″N 58 KB (109 words) - 11:42, 21 July 2014
Opera North[edit]
Some singers who have appeared with Opera North:
- Sopranos: Josephine Barstow, Rebecca Caine, Kristine Ciesinski, Kim Criswell, Rita Cullis, Janie Dee, Jane Eaglen, Anne Evans, Beverley Klein, Lois McDonall, Margaret Preece, Joan Rodgers, Natalia Rom, Patricia Rozario, Pauline Tinsley, Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez
- Mezzo-sopranos: Sally Burgess, Karla Burns, Sarah Connolly, Alice Coote, Della Jones, Gillian Knight, Felicity Palmer
- Counter-tenors: Michael Maniaci, Daniel Taylor
- Tenors: Tito Beltran, Nigel Douglas, John Graham-Hall, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Alan Oke, Rafael Rojas, Christopher Ventris
- Baritones: Jeffrey Black, Sergei Leiferkus, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Donald Maxwell, Alan Opie, Jonathan Summers
- Basses and Bass-baritones: Donald Adams, Norman Bailey, Conal Coad, Bruce Hubbard, Andrew Shore, John Tomlinson, Richard Van Allan, Jeremy White, Willard White.
Sister cities and twin towns[edit]
Chernivtsi has seven sister cities/towns, as follows:
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United States | 22px | Salt Lake City | 
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Castlegate House[edit]
Castlegate House is a Georgian townhouse in York. The house is a Grade I Listed building, and its railings and gate piers are Grade II*. Castlegate was originally the main road to York Castle, and Castlegate House is located at No. 26. Nearly opposite is another Grade 1 listed building (Fairfax House at No. 27), but, unlike Fairfax House, Castlegate House is not open to the public.
History[edit]
The house was designed by the famous architect John Carr in 1762-3 for Peter Johnson, a Recorder at York's Assize Court. In 1765, Carr had also prepared plans for the Assize Court within York Castle, giving Johnson a very short walk to his work, but the Court was in fact not completed until 1773-7. Carr's Assize Court, renamed as a Crown Court in 1971, still exists. Johnson, who was born in 1719, died in 1796.
A Quaker School for girls, which had started in the original 1785 Friends Meeting House between Castlegate and Friargate, later moved to Tower Street. In 1831, Castlegate House became a continuation of the Friends Girls School, which was finally relocated in 1857 as The Mount School, York, at Dalton Terrace. Freemasons...
[[2]] Alcuin Lodge (York) Freemasonry
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