Simon Keenlyside dedicates his recital of ‘Les Arts és Lied’ to Schubert and the French ‘mélodie’

Simon Keenlyside dedicates his recital of 'Les Arts és Lied' to the work of Franz Schubert and the French 'mélodie'. Accompanied on piano by Caroline Dowdle, the prestigious English baritone will make his Arts debut here, February 1, at 7:00 p.m.

Cavaller of the Regne Unit for his service to the music and Kammersänger of the Vienna Staatsoper, Simon Keenlyside is considered one of the most complete and versatile singers in the world.

Criticism and the public cry so much for the new vocal and scenic abilities for the opera, in which it supplies from the late baroque repertoire to the contemporary lyric, with the unique facet of 'liederista' for the style of diction, technical mastery and rigor of its new interpretations.

For the first presentation of the Arts public, the British artist proposes a program that brings together the essence of Schubert's German literature with the works of the great masters of French music such as Debussy, Fauré, Poulenc and Ravel.

Simon Keenlyside is one of the usual names in the distributions of the great opera houses of the world, especially linked to the programs of the Metropolitan in New York, the Covent Garden in London, as well as the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and the Staatsoper in Vienna.

Among the notable distinctions and recognitions of the London baritone, the Musical Vocalist of the Year awards from the American publication 'Musical America', the German ECHO Klassik for the best performer of any, as well as the Laurence Olivier Award for his exceptional successes in opera stand out.

This season, Simon Keenly's engagements are at the Vienna Staatsoper to perform Posa ('Don Carlo'), Ford ('Falstaff') and Giorgio Germont '(La traviata'); Rigoletto, Amfortas ('Parsifal') and Germont at the Bayerische Staatsoper; 'La Traviata' to Covent Garden; Golaud ('Pélleas et Mélisande') to Hamburg, and 'Parsifal' to the Deutsche Oper in Berlin.

He will sing in concert with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Harding, the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien conducted by Alexander Joel, and the Paris Orchestra conducted by Daniele Rustioni.

Now, he will give recitals together with Thomas Adès at the Vienna Staatsoper and with Malcolm Martineau at the Wigmore Hall and the Lille Opera.

Caroline Dowdle

Caroline Dowdle has performed both in Great Britain and on the European continent, and has given recitals with singers and instrumentalists in London (South Bank and Wigmore Hall), Paris (Radio France) and Moscow. L'any passat will perform at Weill Recital Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Assíduament, they offer recitals together with the prestigious baritone Thomas Allen, who combines his work with the singers of the young artists program Jette Parker from Covent Garden in London. Furthermore, he is a member of the Faculty of the Royal College of Music in the British capital.

Outside of Regne Unit, Dowdle is also invited as a musical coach for the New York Metropolitan's 'Lindemann' program, and is an opera director at the Atelier Lyrique of the Verbier Festival, and has performed regularly for the last several years.

Les Arts és Lied

'Les Arts és Lied', the first cycle that the center d'arts dedicates to this genre, will conclude next March 15 with the recital of the Gipuzkoan soprano Ainhoa Arteta.

The coliseum reminds interested parties that the price of tickets ranges between 20 and 40 euros and that they can be purchased at the theater box office or through the website www.lesarts.com .