Jacek Strauch

2022-07-18
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Jacek Strauch

Tags : 1950-1999 GB

(EN): Jacek Strauch was born as son of polish immigrants in London. He concluded his medical studies at Queens-College in Cambridge before he did his singing studies privately and at the National Opera Studio in London.
2001 he was entitled “opera singer of the year” of “opera world”. His debut was in Glyndebourne, then he had contracts in Würzburg/Germany and Saarbrücken. From 1984 to 1990 he performed in München, Nizza, London, Berlin (Komische Oper), Ferrara, Modena and Edinburgh (Scottish Opera). In the 90-ies he was at the opera of Graz/Austria and sang Wotan, Rigoletto and Scarpia. Since he is working as a free lance he performs in Berlin, München, Köln, Halle and Dresden. His favourite roll is Alban Bergs Wozzeck in Rome, Richard Wagners Holländer in Bremen and Mannheim, Verdis Amonasro („Aida“) in Tokio and Osaka. Other than that he records for BBC and German radio stations. His interest is focussed on russian songs and Hugo Wolf.

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2022-07-12
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European Doctors Orchestra

Tags : GB London

Category : OrchestraDocs

We are an orchestra made up of doctors from across Europe. We perform at least two public charity concerts a year, aiming to promote the public’s understanding in the performance and appreciation of music, and also to benefit other charity projects (usually related to health and well-being).

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2022-06-18
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Jonathan Miller

Tags : 1900-1949 GB London

Category : DirectorDoc , TV-doc , WriterDocs

Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in neurology in the late 1950s, he came to prominence in the early 1960s in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett.

Miller began directing operas in the 1970s. His 1982 production of a “Mafia“-styled Rigoletto was set in 1950s Little Italy, Manhattan. In its early days, he was an associate director at the National Theatre. He later ran the Old Vic Theatre. As a writer and presenter of more than a dozen BBC documentaries, Miller became a television personality and public intellectual in Britain and the United States.

DE: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Miller
EN: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Miller

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