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The Match Game.(interviews with general director David Schiff)(Interview)
Seattle Opera general director Speight Jenkins answers questions from DAVID SCHIFF about the process of casting
When it comes to apt casting decisions, for the past decade or so, the rest of the world often has found itself looking to Seattle Opera. Speight Jenkins, the company's general director since 1983, has earned an enviable reputation for matching the right singer with the right role. (This may sound easy, but it's amazing how many of Jenkins's contemporaries can't do it.) Jenkins is an old-fashioned producer, for whom casting, from the star roles right down to the comprimarios, is a deeply personal process. If he's looking for a Rhinemaiden, he doesn't ...
- Jane Eaglen
- Magazine article from: Opera News Camner, James December 28, 1996 700+ words
Jane Eaglen BELLINI, WAGNER SCENES. Orch. of the Age of Enlightment/Royal Opera...Texts and translations. Sony 62032 For this rather schizophrenic CD, Jane Eaglen sings four arias by Bellini and three Wagner scenes, while the longest...
- Erwin Schulhoff: Flammen Kurt Westi, Jane Eaglen, Iris Vermillion Deutsche...
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London EDWARD SECKERSON / STEPHEN JOHNSON October 27, 1995 700+ words
...memorable, no. Too much hot air. But the voices are fine. Jane Eaglen is all woman in every sense: she is Donna Anna (wife of...fine singing from Kurt Westi as Juan, and especially from Jane Eaglen as his various conquests and Iris Vermillion as Death - it...
- Jane Eaglen gives voice to Wagner
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Richard Dyer, Globe Staff April 29, 1994 700+ words
Jane Eaglen made her American debut singing with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra in the Hatch Shell. It was July 3, 1992, and guest...
- The Ring: Jane Eaglen (Brunnhilde) and Phillip Joll (Wotan) in the Seattle...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Jordan, Robert December 22, 2001 700+ words
...the cycle's rich visual symbolism included Rhine Daughters who actually swam in the greenish depths of the Rhine River. Jane Eaglen was a vocally thrilling and exhilarating Brunnhilde, her eloquent face and telling use of small gesture compensating for...
- Shaking the rafters: two powerhouse sopranos bring back Brunnhilde. (Jane...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Ames, Katrine October 20, 1997 700+ words
...Brunnhilde DEBORAH VOIGT SPENT HER SUMMER vacation listening to Jimmy Buffett and tossing back the occasional margarita. Jane Eaglen didn't get a summer vacation, but traveled everywhere with her Meat Loaf tapes. Well, Jimmy and Meat, you might learn...
- JANE EAGLEN BENEFIT:.(Life and Arts)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) August 30, 2001 700+ words
The singer will give a benefit recital for Bailey-Boushay House next June 10 at Benaroya Hall. The English-born soprano, who now lives in Seattle, just finished singing Brunnhilde in three cycles of Seattle Opera's production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle, all of which have been widely acclaimed. She
- ADVISORY/Jim Morris Personal Appearance Tour -- The Inspiring True-Life Hero...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 26, 2002 700+ words
...28) --(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) WHO: Jim Morris, the teacher and Major League Baseball...Field Anaheim, CA 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Jim Morris will throw out first pitch and meet the...stars as real-life baseball player Jim Morris, a minor league pitcher who sees his...
- Jim Morris Named General Manager for Pixar Animation Studios; Andrew Millstein...
- Newspaper article from: Science Letter September 23, 2008 700+ words
...Studios, and renowned industry effects production veteran Jim Morris will take on a parallel role as general manager for Pixar...and expertise to all of our upcoming production efforts." Jim Morris joined Pixar Animation Studios in 2005, and most recently...
