"The new opus “Wonder Women” by L’Arpeggiata and Christina Pluhar is dedicated to women. On the one hand, it is a homage to all the wonderful female composers of the 17th century, but also to all the talented female musicians of all times who too often had to hide their talent behind their husbands or give up their careers too early. On the other hand, Christina Pluhar also draws her inspiration from the traditional music of South America and Italy and looked for songs that tell stories about extraordinary, strong, courageous but also sad women. First and foremost is the wonderful Mexican song “La Bruja” (The Witch), which symbolizes the freedom of all women at all times and in all cultures. Celebrate women in all their facets and with all their talents together with Luciana Mancini, Céline Scheen, Benedetta Mazzucato, Vincenzo Capezzuto, Christina Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata." (arpeggiata.com)
"Berganza studeerde piano en zang bij Lola Rodriguez Aragón op het Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, waar ze bij haar afstuderen in 1954 de eerste prijs voor zangkunst won. Ze maakte haar concertdebuut in Madrid in 1955. Ze maakte haar operadebuut als Dorabella in Così fan tutte in 1957 op het festival van Aix-en-Provence. Ook in dat jaar trad ze voor de eerste keer op in het Teatro alla Scala in Milaan en het jaar daarna (1958) in Glyndebourne. In 1959 trad ze voor het eerst op in het Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Londen) als Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, die een van haar kenmerkende rollen werd. In 1967 trad ze voor het eerst op in de Metropolitan Opera in New York, als Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro. Berganza maakte haar debuut als recital-zangeres in Carnegie Hall in New York in 1964." (nl.wikipedia.org)
Derek Lee Ragin (1958) is an American countertenor. Derek Ragin was born in West Point, New York and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. He began his formal voice training with the Newark Boys Chorus, and studied as a piano and music education major at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. While at Oberlin, he also took secondary voice lessons with Richard Anderson, and began his operatic career at Oberlin in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream as Oberon. After leaving Oberlin, Ragin worked with singer Max van Egmond for a summer session at BPI and went to Europe to pursue his career in Baroque opera. (...) Shortly after his Salzburg performance of Orfeo ed Euridice, he sang the role of Orfeo on the Philips recording of the opera with Sylvia McNair as Euridice and Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducting the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir. Farinelli won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film in 1995, and the soundtrack won the Golden Record award the following year in Cannes.
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