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Happy Thanksgiving?
“Let us cultivate our garden.”
I am @ElonMusk this is not parody #thisisaparody #not #waitisthisparody #unclear #notparody #botparody #botparity #antiantiparody #thistimeimeanitthisisparody #maybenot #maybebot #mynameismusk
SERENADE FOR APPLEBY, RALSKE, AND STRINGS (OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE), OP. 31 by Benjamin Britten.
Tomorrow, Sunday October 23 at Carnegie Hall in Weill Recital Hall. Tell your friends!
#carnegiehall #metopera #chambermusic #nycevents #benjaminbritten #serenade #maroons #hornplayer #tenor #musiciansofig #newyorkgram #operahouse #operagram #musiclover
So wonderful to see you, Paul. Let us know when you are singing again. We just can't get enough of your voice. I still think of JPW when I asked you if you ever thought of pursuing a career in music. Boy, was I ever right! ❤
You guys sound amazing!! So looking forward to this performance 😃
Great gentleman's....
Can’t wait to see and hear you!!!
THAT’S ALL FOLKS! This project is a highlight—maybe THEE highlight—of my career. I believe ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA is a piece that will be performed and admired for centuries, and the magnitude of that belief is only just starting to hit me. But that’s for other generations to deal with…
Right now I am grateful to the great artists that I had the honor of creating this piece with @sfopera, @sfoperaorchestra, and especially Maestros Adams and Kim (@eskconductor).
📷: @drewaltizerphotography
#musicmakers #gratitude #cleopatrasf #caesar #johnadams #eunsunkim #memoriesforlife #operasingersofinstagram #composer #conductor #tenor #collaborate #newmusic #backstagelife #operanews #operalover #operahouse
congratulations to all!
As we approach our final performance of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, I wanted to share some photos highlighting the incredible production led by our director Elkhanah Pulitzer who’s brought together a team of designers to create a piece of art whose remarkable expressivity rest atop so much complex technical knowledge invisible to the audience. Truly memorable production from a special team.
Direction: @elkhanahpulitzer
Set Designer: Mimi Lien (@mi2lien)
Lighting Designer: David Finn
Costume Designer: Constance Hoffmann (@curchin2)
Projection Designer: Bill Morrison (@bimo65)
📷: @cory_weaver_photographer
#worldpremiere #opera #collaboration #stagephotography #photographyart #operasingersofinstagram #operalife #teamwork #operalover #shakespeare #cleopatrasf #handmodel #caesar #octavian #classicalmusicphoto
🎵 Schubert died on this day in 1828 at the age of 31. Max Reger arranged a few of Schubert’s masterpieces for orchestra. Here is an excerpt of his arrangement of Schubert’s Die Gruppe aus dem Tartarus.
From May 2021 with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (@cincysymphony) conducted by Juanjo Mena (@mena_juanjo).
#otd #schubert #maxreger #orchestra #classicalmusicians #livestreams #operasingersofinstagram #lieder #artsong #franzschubert #tenor #tenore #symphony #musiciansdaily #latergram
⭐️ Season Announcement
For more information, visit ‘calendar’ at www.paulapplebytenor.com
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ANTONY & CLEOPATRA @sfopera
September 10 - October 5, 2022
MET OPERA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE @metorchestra
October 23, 2022
CANDIDE @operadelyon
December 16 - January 1, 2023
GIRLS OF THE GOLDEN WEST @laphil
January 27 & 29, 2023
ST. MATTHEW PASSION 2023
@hkphilharmonic • February 3 & 4
@nyphil • March 23-25
@musicofbaroque • April 2, 3 & 7
ECHOING OF TENSES @92ndstreety
@amoc • May 18, 2023
DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN
@santafechambermusic • July 19, 2023
#paulappleby #operasingersofinstagram #comingsoon #tenor #tenore #operalover #instamusician #musicfestival #operahouse #bach #bernstein #schubert #singerlife #travelinspiration #recital #performances
Don Giovanni was premiered at the Estates Theater in Prague #otd in 1787.
It’s my favorite Mozart opera and I love singing Don Ottavio. Everybody keeps calling him “pusillanimous” but I never got that—I think he’s a bad ass.
Speaking of bad-asses, #fabioluisi is my favorite Don G interpreter and he leads the best band in the land @metorchestra here with me from Ottavio’s Act 1 aria…
#dallasuaPAULce #paulappleby #operasinger #operalife #operalover #tenor #aria #operasingersofinstagram #mozart #classicalmusic #vocalists #dongiovanni #highnotes #235 #onthisday #classicalmusicians #operaandchill #tenore
• @metopera Join @paulapplebytenor, @erikralske, principal horn, and the @metorchestra Chamber Ensemble at @carnegiehall TODAY, October 23, at 2PM!
Watch this rehearsal clip of Britten’s “Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings,” under the direction of Gareth Morrell.
Visit the Carnegie Hall website to learn more.
Videography by Nicholas V. Hall and Rubén Sosa / Met Opera
#CarnegieHall #ChamberMusic #MetOpera #Britten #BenjaminBritten #classicalmusicians #operasingersofinstagram #behindthescenes🎬 #rehearsals #tenor #hornplayer #operalover #musicianportrait #classicalmusicians #songoftheday
SERENADE FOR APPLEBY, RALSKE, AND STRINGS (OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE), OP. 31 by Benjamin Britten.
Tomorrow, Sunday October 23 at @carnegiehall in Weill Recital Hall. Tell your friends!
#carnegiehall #metopera #chambermusic #nycevents #benjaminbritten #serenade #maroons #hornplayer #tenor #musiciansofig #newyorkgram #operahouse #operagram #musiclover
You won’t hear the horn in “Sonnet,” the final song of Benjamin Britten’s SERENADE FOR TENOR, HORN, AND STRINGS because the horn player is meant to skulk off stage at that moment to position himself to play the lonely postlude on natural horn somewhere in the distance. But you will get to hear this excerpt as well as @erikralske on horn, Gareth Morrell at the podium, and the glorious strings on the @metorchestra performing my most-frequently-performed-concert-repertoire by one of my favorite composers to sing.
Join us @carnegiehall in Weill Recital Hall on Sunday OCTOBER 23 at 2pm.
LINK IS IN THE BIO
#britten #benjaminbritten #tenor #horn #strings #classicalmusicians #operasingersofinstagram #chambermusic #nycevents #operasinger #operaworld #classicalmusic #artsong #songlover
THAT’S ALL FOLKS! This project is a highlight—maybe THEE highlight—of my career. I believe ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA is a piece that will be performed and admired for centuries, and the magnitude of that belief is only just starting to hit me. But that’s for other generations to deal with…
Right now I am grateful to the great artists that I had the honor of creating this piece with @sfopera, @sfoperaorchestra, and especially Maestros Adams and Kim (@eskconductor).
📷: @drewaltizerphotography
#musicmakers #gratitude #cleopatrasf #caesar #johnadams #eunsunkim #memoriesforlife #operasingersofinstagram #composer #conductor #tenor #collaborate #newmusic #backstagelife #operanews #operalover #operahouse
As we approach our final performance of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, I wanted to share some photos highlighting the incredible production led by our director Elkhanah Pulitzer who’s brought together a team of designers to create a piece of art whose remarkable expressivity rest atop so much complex technical knowledge invisible to the audience. Truly memorable production from a special team.
Direction: @elkhanahpulitzer
Set Designer: Mimi Lien (@mi2lien)
Lighting Designer: David Finn
Costume Designer: Constance Hoffmann (@curchin2)
Projection Designer: Bill Morrison (@bimo65)
📷: @cory_weaver_photographer
#worldpremiere #opera #collaboration #stagephotography #photographyart #operasingersofinstagram #operalife #teamwork #operalover #shakespeare #cleopatrasf #handmodel #caesar #octavian #classicalmusicphoto
View from the orchestra pit
…and the uncommon instruments you can find in the pit tonight!
Featuring
@multipercussive on cimbalom
@kenzielangefeld on tuned gongs
with the @sfoperaorchestra
#SFOpera #CleopatraSF #BehindtheScenes #musiciansofinstagram #classicalmusic #cimbalom #gongs #percussionists #musicianlife #operahouse #sanfranciscolife #musicianportrait
Caesars throughout history…
#SFOpera #CleopatraSF #shakespeare #operalover #operasingersofinstagram #operasingerlife #sanfranciscolife #caesar
And here we go…
#SFOpera #CleopatraSF #operasingersofinstagram #IGTakeover #JohnAdams #antonyandcleopatra #sanfranciscolife #operalover
🎬 LIVESTREAM “Antony & Cleopatra”
📅 Tomorrow, September 18
2:00 PM Pacific Time
🎞 A replay of this performance will be available for 48 hours beginning September 19 at 10 AM.
For more information, check out the link in the bio. See you there!
#cleopatrasf #livestream #classicalmusic #operasingersofinstagram #reelsoftheday #operalover #newopera #musicvideos #johnadams #livestreaming #ópera #operasingers @sfopera
#tbt with @geraldfinleyofficial
Opening Night of Antony & Cleopatra
Antony & Cleopatra in September 2022 at @sfopera (📷: @cory_weaver_photographer)
The Rake’s Progress at @metopera in May 2015. (📷 : Richard Termine, NYTimes)
“When I grow up, I wanna be like Gerry.” Debate remains as to whether I have yet grown up, nevertheless @GeraldFinleyOfficial remains a role model not just for the artistry of his singing, but the example of balance of song, opera, and concert work he has established in his career. He has mastered music of both old and new and as such brings the best of both to everything he sings.
I’m so grateful for this next opportunity to study his work up close, and hope you take advantage of your opportunity to see his legend in action this Sunday, September 18 at 2PM in John Adams’ “Antony and Cleopatra” for a live stream of our matinee performance. See link in bio for details!
#whenigrowup #finleyfanatic #cleopatrasf #operasingersofinstagram #operalover #baritone #tenor #livestream #newopera #classicalmusicians #instaopera #operafan #instamemories #johnadams #stravinsky
Tonight we kick off @sfopera’s centennial season with the world premiere of John Adams’ genius “Antony & Cleopatra.” This is my third role at the War Memorial Opera House, the second John Adams role I’ve created, and the single highest honor of my career to create this rich role which the great composer wrote for me.
Opera takes so many hands and so much work to make possible, so I send my gratitude, admiration, and praise to all the artists and employees of San Francisco Opera who made tonight possible.
@eskconductor
@elkhanahpulitzer
@geraldfinleyofficial
#AlfredWalker
@egdeshong
@brenton_ryan
@taylorelaineraven
@nz_hads
#PatrickBlackwell
#GabrielleBeteag
@timothymurraybaritone
@philipgskinner
@sfoperaorchestra
Music Staff
@sfopera Chorus
Stage Crew
Stage Managers
Artistic and Rehearsal Depts
#openingnight #cleopatrasf #worldpremiere #celebration #operasingersofinstagram #operalover #operalife #newmusic #tenordiaries #thankyouthankyouthankyou
The countdown begins…
Meet Augustus, né Octavius: Triumvir, Emperor, Villain?!? In this weekend’s world premiere of "Antony and Cleopatra” @sfopera I get to create John Adams’s take on Shakespeare’s cunning Caesar.
This opera is a work of immense compositional and dramaturgical skill, and this role is among the richest characters vocally and psychologically I’ve had the luck to portray. And with our fearless and unfathomably talented @eskconductor leading the @sfoperaorchestra, this will be a premiere for the music history books!
I recently sat down to discuss this character and the opera in which this ambitious “young Roman boy” prevails over his erstwhile ally, Antony @geraldfinleyofficial, and the mighty queen of the Nile herself @amina_edris.
#cleopatrasf #worldpremiere #operasingersofinstagram #operalover #newmusic #johnadams #interview #williamshakespeare #sanfrancisco #operalife #tbt #instamusician
🔻#tbt to January 2022
From @cal_performances:
What a magical afternoon! As @paulapplebytenor said to the audience before the encore… a live audience is nothing to take for granted these days.
Thank you for your beautiful artistry @conorlhanick and @paulapplebytenor. And thank you to each of you that came to watch!
The beautiful, powerful and heart wrenching encore was Nina Simone’s “If You Knew.”
#schubert #schumann #beethoven #berg #germanlieder #artsong #tenor #piano #lied #singer #opera #operasinger #recital #performingarts #livemusic #liveaudience #classicalmusic #calperformances #pianistsofinstagram #operasingersofinstagram #musiclover #concertphotos #applause #latergrams
🙏 Thank you to
@parkavearmory
@metopera
@nyfestivalofsong
@pcmsconcerts
@cal_performances
#NewMilleniumConcertSeries
@conorlhanick
@operkoeln
@ojaifestival and @runningamoc
@indy_symphony
@loreleiensemble
@tanglewoodmusicfestival
for a wonderful 2021-2022 season!
And a special “thank you” to my colleagues on stage — and especially backstage — who worked so tirelessly to create a safe and successful season in these unprecedented times.
#blessed #gratitude🙏 #performances #operasinger #ópera #operasingersofinstagram #musiciansofig #thankyou #traveldiaries #reeloftheday #artsong #recital #collaboration #operalover #musicianlife
▫️ I’ve been listening to Graham Johnson’s recordings and reading his copious program notes on song programs ever since Prof. Susan Youens played DFL (D. 933) in music history my junior year of undergrad. It was a thrill to finally hear him perform live for the first time recently…Winterreise with @benjaminapplbaritone at @klavierfestival.
Happy birthday Maestro and thanks for the beautiful music and the education!
#grahamjohnson #schubert #winterreise #backstagelife #classicalmusician #livinglegend #liederabend #pianistsofinstagram #operasingersofinstagram #birthday #otd #artsong #latergram
An excerpt from our dress rehearsal of The Diary of One Who Disappeared (Janáček) from Seiji Ozawa Hall at the @tanglewoodmusicfestival.
I had the honor in 2018 to perform Schumann’s Widmung with Emanuel Ax as an encore after his performance with the @pittsburgh_symphony_orchestra. Four years later, it was wonderful to reunite for this very special project at Tanglewood with the @loreleiensemble.
#operasingersofinstagram #reelsinstagram #chambermusic #rehearsal #collaboration #classicalmusicians #operalife #operalover #janacek #czechmusic #dressrehearsal #tenor #piano #steinway #musicfestival
🔹 Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg by Richard Wagner was premiered on June 21, 1867 at the National Theater in Munich, which is known today as the Bayerische Staatsoper.
Here is an excerpt from the Act III Quintet, "Selig, wie die Sonne.” • November 2021 at @themetopera.
@lisedavidsen #claudiamahnke
@michaelvolleofficial #klausflorianvogt @metorchestra
#operasingersofinstagram #operalover #meistersinger #operaandchill #metopera #tenor #soprano #mezzosoprano #richardwagner #david #classicalmusic #musiclover #nycartists #otd
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