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Monica Groop at Glyndebourne
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Opera singers who are equally at home in concerts and song recitals are rare and Glyndebourne were fortunate in being able to bring the Finnish mezzo-soprano Monica Groop to give a memorable recital on 28 April. Anybody who may have wondered how she would be in the more intimate world of Lieder would have been satisfied by the very fact that her piano partner was the wonderful Andris Schiff, another artist who seems to be capable of every possible kind of music making. Nor were we disappointe...
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Monica Groop at Glyndebourne
Musical Opinion
; Opera singers who are equally at home in concerts and song recitals are rare and Glyndebourne were fortunate in being able to bring the Finnish mezzo-soprano Monica Groop to give a memorable recital on 28 April. Anybody who may have wondered how she would be in the more intimate world of Lieder
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Monica Groop
Opera News
; Monica Groop * "ARIE AMOROSE" Arias and songs by Handed Purcell Gluck et al. Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Kangas. Texts and translations. Finlandia 3984-29713-2 The smooth, secure voice of Monica Groop is on display in this sonically lovely CD from Finlandia records, with Juha Kangas conducting
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Songs by John Paulsen, op. 58. 9 Songs, op. 18. Elegiac Songs by John Paulsen, Op. 59. Soldaten. Taaren. Vesle Gut. Faedrelandssang. Gentlemen-Menige
Fanfare
; GRIEG Songs by John Paulsen, op. 58. 9 Songs, op. 18. Elegiac Songs by John Paulsen, Op. 59. Soldaten. Taaren. Vesle Gut. Faedrelandssang. Gentlemen-Menige * Monica Groop (mez); Roger Vignoles (pn) * BIS 1657 (62:47*) This is Volume 6 of BIS's cycle of the complete songs of Grieg with the Finnish
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Culture: Stunning music as Mozart saves the day; Welsh National Opera Birmingham Hippodrome.(Features)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; Byline: David Hart Despite its gorgeous costumes and unfussy allegorical set, WNO's revival of Yannis Kokkos' 1997 award winning production of La clemenza di Tito is not a huge theatrical experience. The problem with opera seria is that everything happens offstage; characters have little dramatic
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Mezzo-soprano Monica Groop puts finishing touch on `Der Cornet' with SPCO.(FREETIME)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; 1/3 England sends us actors, the French provide chefs and the Finns, with a population of only 5 million, give us and the rest of the world a remarkable number of things musical: singers and choral music and new operas. The most recent in a long line of Finnish singers to make a mark in the United
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Reviews of new jazz, classical, pop and country/roots releases.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; Jazz: MARK TURNER Dharma Days (Warner Bros., 3-{ stars) Tenor saxophonist Mark Turner has produced a sly recording that doesn't initially knock a listener out. Rather, its cool presence insinuates itself into the subconscious. Complex in details and strongly telepathic, Turner's work still glides
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SPCO's not-so-big Mahler delicate, lovely; CLASSICAL REVIEW: "Song of the Earth" is pared down to 14 players.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; Byline: Michael Anthony; Staff Writer What do you think? Is this to be endured at all? Mahler asked the conductor Bruno Walter, concerning the final, despairing movement of his just-completed Das Lied von der Erde ( Song of the Earth ). Will not people do away with themselves after hearing it? On
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Monica Groop: Schubert Songs / Iris Vermillion: Reger Songs
Opera News
; LI SCHUBERT SONGS. With male choir; Jansen (piano). Texts & translations. Ondine 886
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Box Office
The Independent - London
; Now Booking WE DON'T see nearly enough of Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert, so this Proms appearance playing Handel's great oratorio, Messiah, with soloists including Monica Groop and Nathan Berg, is especially welcome. Royal Albert Hall, London SW7 (020-7589 8212) 5 Aug Last Chance IT'S THE
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Groop gives her all to superb Sibelius
Evening Standard - London
; Groop/Jansen Wigmore Hall CONCEDING something, perhaps, to the state of mind of many in her audience at the beginning of the working week, the Finnish mezzo- soprano Monica Groop began her BBC lunchtime concert rather gently. Four early and predominantly lighthearted songs by Mahler, three of them
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