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| Kevin Blickfeldt |
There's been a lot of attention given to Thomas Adès'
"The Tempest" at the Metropolitan Opera with barihunk Simon Keenlyside. But on the opposite coast, the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music is producing a barihunk-laden performance of Lee Hoiby's
"The Tempest."
Austin Thompson plays the major role of Prospero and Kevin Blickfeldt
plays Antonio. They are joined by a bevy of low voices, including David
Castillo as Ferdinand, Steve Pence as Alonso, Cole Cuomo as Sebastian,
Travis Sherwood as Trinculo and James Hayden as Stephano, and Abram
Poliakoff and Robin Wyatt Stone as courtiers.
There are two more performances Friday night and Sunday afternoon. You can get additional information on the USC
website.
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| Austin Thompson |
Shakespeare's story has inspired 50 operas including Fromental Halévy's
La Tempesta, Zdeněk Fibich's
Bouře, Frank Martin's
Der Sturm and Michael Tippett's
The Knot Garden. Incidental music based on
The Tempest has been written by Arthur
Sullivan, Ernest Chausson, Jean Sibelius, Malcolm Arnold, Lennox
Berkeley, Arthur Bliss, Engelbert Humperdinck, Hector Berlioz, Willem
Pijper and Henry Purcell. You can see the second HD broadcast of Adès' "The Tempest" in theaters on November 28th.
Our 2013 Barihunks Charity Calendar is available by clicking below:
Go Kevmeister!
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