Voices, Songs by Richard Hageman by Siobhan Stagg

Siobhan Stagg

Voices, Songs by Richard Hageman

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Format: CD
Label: Aliud
UPC: 8717775551713
Catnr: ACDOE 1252
Release date: 11 November 2022
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Label
Aliud

UPC
8717775551713

Catalogue number
ACDOE 1252

Release date
11 November 2022

"This album is an important release to present Hageman's song repertoire to a wider audience and is hopefully a start for a revival of his rich oeuvre."

Opera Nederland, 01-12-2022

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Richard Hageman
Born in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, on July 9, 1881, Hageman studied, as a protégé of Queen Regent Emma, at the Conservatoire Royal in Brussels from 1893-1895 and thereafter at the Amsterdamsch Conservatorium.

Hageman conducted the Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam from 1898 until he moved to Paris in 1903. There he met Yvette Guilbert, the popular diseuse, whom Henri Toulouse-Lautrec immortalized in several paintings. After accompanying Guilbert on two US concert tours, Hageman moved to New York in 1908, to start a 13-year association with the Metropolitan Opera as coach and conductor. After returning to Europe in 1930, he completed and promoted his only opera, Caponsacchi (1931) in Germany and Austria. In 1937, Caponsacchi was staged, for the last time, at the Metropolitan Opera.

Hageman moved to Hollywood in 1938, quickly establishing himself as an A-list composer. He scored films for directors such as John Ford and Frank Lloyd. Six of his film scores were nominated for an Academy Award, later known as an Oscar, winning with John Ford’s western, Stagecoach (1939). He conducted performances at the Hollywood Bowl and starred in several films, including The Great Caruso (1951) with Mario Lanza and Rhapsody (1954) with Elizabeth Taylor.

Richard Hageman
Geboren am 9. Juli 1881 in Leeuwarden, Niederlande, studierte Hageman als Schützling von Königin Emma von 1893 bis 1895 am Königlichen Konservatorium in Brüssel und danach am Amsterdamer Konservatorium.

Von 1898 bis zu seinem Umzug nach Paris im Jahr 1903 dirigierte Hageman die Niederländische Oper in Amsterdam. Dort lernte er Yvette Guilbert kennen, die populäre Diseuse, die Henri Toulouse-Lautrec in mehreren Gemälden verewigte. Nachdem er Guilbert auf zwei Konzerttourneen in den USA begleitet hatte, zog Hageman 1908 nach New York, wo er eine 13-jährige Zusammenarbeit mit der Metropolitan Opera als Coach und Dirigent begann. Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Europa im Jahr 1930 vollendete er seine einzige Oper, Caponsacchi (1931), und führte sie in Deutschland und Österreich auf. Im Jahr 1937 wurde Caponsacchi zum letzten Mal an der Metropolitan Opera inszeniert.

Hageman zog 1938 nach Hollywood und etablierte sich schnell als Komponist der ersten Stunde. Er schrieb Filmmusik für Regisseure wie John Ford und Frank Lloyd. Sechs seiner Filmmusiken wurden für einen Academy Award, den späteren Oscar, nominiert, wobei er mit John Fords Western Stagecoach (1939) gewann. Er dirigierte Aufführungen in der Hollywood Bowl und spielte in mehreren Filmen mit, darunter The Great Caruso (1951) mit Mario Lanza und Rhapsody (1954) mit Elizabeth Taylor.

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Nico de Villiers (piano)

South African pianist Nico de Villiers has performed as a concerto soloist and collaborative pianist at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre in London, the Terrace Theatre, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Kammermusiksaal, Bonn, and the Mozarteum Grosser Saal, Salzburg. Established as the authority on the life and music of Richard Hageman, Nico combines performances of Hageman’s music with scholarly research. His doctoral research was focused on Hageman’s songs and he published several articles, discussing Hageman’s songs and opera. Nico co-authored the groundbreaking critical biography Richard Hageman: From Holland to Hollywood (Peter Lang, 2020) with Kathryn Kalinak and Asing Walthaus.

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Siobhan Stagg (soprano)

Soprano Siobhan Stagg is one of the most outstanding young artists to emerge from Australia in recent years. Christa Ludwig has described Siobhan’s voice as “one of the most beautiful I’ve ever heard.” Siobhan began her career as a Young Artist at the Salzburg Festival (2013) and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (2013-2015). As word of her talent spread across Europe, Siobhan was quickly engaged for important debuts at the Hamburg State Opera, Berliner Philharmoniker, Bayerische Staatsoper, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam), BBC Proms and London’s Royal Opera House Covent Garden, among others. Siobhan opened the 2017/18 season to great acclaim as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: “Best of all was Siobhan Stagg”…” a glorious performance” … In the...

… In the current season 2018/19, Siobhan earned accolades for a “terrific U.S. debut” in the title role of Massenet’s Cendrillon (Cinderella) at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, critics praising her “absolutely stunning and powerful voice, coupled with her undeniably magnetic stage presence.” The same season, Siobhan made a “triumphant” Australian operatic debut as Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande for Victorian Opera, nominated for Best Female Lead in the 2019 Green Room Awards. “It’s not often a soprano comes along with the ability to sing with both thrilling frisson and total tranquility … Siobhan Stagg’s Mélisande was transcendent.”

In 2019 Siobhan is Artist-in-Association with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. She remains a principal soloist at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, performing Adele Die Fledermaus, Gilda Rigoletto and Micaëla Carmen. Other current highlights include Pamina at the Hamburg State Opera, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier at Opernhaus Zürich, a return to the Salzburg Festival and a debut at Festival Aix-en-Provence. This is her fisrt recording with Lieder.

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Richard Hageman

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This album is an important release to present Hageman's song repertoire to a wider audience and is hopefully a start for a revival of his rich oeuvre.
Opera Nederland, 01-12-2022