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Next week the festival plays host to performances by Christiane Stotijn and Elizabeth Watts. They were chosen by festival Director, Meurig Bowen, not just for their musicality, intelligence and technical assurance, but because of their ability to communicate with their audience: for an event with a real connection with the performer, there is little better than a song recital!
Soprano Elizabeth Watts won the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Award in 2006, the Rosenblatt Recital Award at the 2007 Cardiff Singer of the World, and was nominated for a Classical Brit earlier this year. She is currently a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, and is making great strides internationally on the opera stage and in concert. Her programme at Cheltenham will ably demonstrate her fresh, joyous approach to music-making, and is not to be missed.
Dutch mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn is one of the great singers of her generation and shares with Liz a real generosity and warmth on stage. She recently performed in the prestigious Risør Chamber Music Festival in Norway and her Cheltenham programme includes Mahler, for which she is particularly renowned — sure to be a festival highlight.
Among young mezzo-sopranos, Christianne Stotijn is in a class apart; she stamps every note and word with character, and delivers her songs with a lyrical glow that considerably advances global warming…
“Whatever the song, Stotijn sings from the heart to the heart”.
The Times 2009
Click below to hear some music samples!
- Elizabeth Watts — Tuesday 14 July 11am: Schubert, Barber & Britten
- Stotijn & Drake — Thursday 16 July 7.30pm: Mendelssohn, Schoenberg, Zemlinksy & Mahler
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