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Music: A Fink to a Flop.(Sound Recording Review)
Shall we start with some singers? Not long ago, Bernarda Fink appeared in New York with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. She sang a Handel cantata and a Bach cantata -- and she sang them brilliantly. This is a singer with everything: voice, of course; and technique; and intelligence. Even some spirituality, as a bonus. Her singing almost made up for the aural and interpretive offenses of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
You may wonder about the nationality of Bernarda Fink. As her bio puts it, she "was born in Buenos Aires to Slovenian parents." She is not exactly a household name, but she has a strong cult following, and those ranks are growing. Her recordings are ...
- Actors Christine Schaefer as Theodora (L) and Bernarda Fink as...
- Picture from: Getty Images SCHAADFOTO July 21, 2009 700+ words
...Images 07-21-2009 Actors Christine Schaefer as Theodora (L) and Bernarda Fink as... Full Size JPG (2418 KB) Actors Christine Schaefer as Theodora (L) and Bernarda Fink as Irene perform in "Theodora" of Georg Friedrich Haendel during...
- Bernarda Fink/Roger Vignoles Dvorak: Lieder.
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) May 11, 2004 700+ words
Byline: STEPHEN PETTITT ARGENTINA-born mezzo soprano Bernarda Fink has Czech forebears and close associations with Prague. Her voice is beautifully suited to Dvorak, intimate, mellow, but with...
- Amid upheavals, a steady Salzburg Festival; Amid upheaval, a steady festival ;...
- Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune George Loomis August 19, 2009 700+ words
...lover Didymus, with fine contributions coming from Bernarda Fink (Irene) and Joseph Kaiser (the conflicted Roman...Septimius). Ivor Bolton presides over the excellent Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in a stylistically informed performance...
- Salzburg celebrates Handel year with new Theodora.
- Newspaper article from: Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman) August 11, 2009 700+ words
...instrument ensemble, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. So, it verges...voice and Argentinian mezzo Bernarda Fink is sheer luxury casting as...Bachchor and in the pit, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra played radiantly...
- MOZART: Idomeneo
- Magazine article from: Opera News Malafronte, Judith August 1, 2009 700+ words
...R. Croft, Tamer, Rivenq, Tittoto; RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Jacobs. Text and translations. Harmona Mundi...stillangry Neptune. Here the estimable mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink, as Idamante, and the equally Fine tenor Richard Croft...
- Antonin Dvorak.
- Magazine article from: Czech Music Stehlik, Lubos January 1, 2006 700+ words
...Dvorak Svata Ludmila - St Ludmila op. 71 B 144 Eva Urbanova, Bernarda Fink, Stanislav Matis, Ales Briscein, Peter Mikulas, The Prague...Eva Urbanova is an ideal Ludmila, and in the case of the Bernarda Fink with her celebrated voice we can only regret that Dvorak...
- Poignant tribute to the tragic genius of Schumann.
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) March 28, 2006 700+ words
Byline: NICK KIMBERLEY CLASSICAL Bernarda Fink/ Roger Vignoles Queen Elizabeth Hall ROBERT SCHUMANN died...voice: I could sing myself to death", mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink delivered a feeling performance (sensitively accompanied...
- Opera
- Newspaper article from: The Irish Times COLMAN MORRISSEY July 31, 2009 700+ words
This week's opera CDs reviewed Soloists: Bernarda Fink, Richard Croft, Sunhae Im, Alexandrina Pendatchanska...complete form. The soloists are fully committed, with Bernarda Fink as a memorable Idamante, Alexandrina Pendatchanska an...
Source: HighBeam Research, Music: A Fink to a Flop.(Sound Recording Review)