Andrew Davis
Conductor
A Janacek masterpiece is reborn on the Lyric Opera stageKultur has released an excellent DVD of "Katya Kabanova" based on a Glyndebourne Festival production conducted by Lyric music director Andrew Davis. Also recommended is a CD set on Decca under the baton of Janacek specialist Charles... In this article: Leos Janacek, Katya Kabanova, Karita Mattila, Markus Stenz, Patrice Chereau, Judith Forst, and Civic Opera House |
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thestar.com | November 05, 2009
What's On: Weekday Planner
...p.m. ($24.50 at Rotate This or 416-870-8000). Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Exhibition Place. Toronto Symphony Orchestra with conductor Sir Andrew Davis and pianist Andre Laplante offer Beethoven, Berlioz and Strauss, Thurs. 8 p.m.; the TSO...
In this article: Dance Theatre, Clara Schumann, World War I, Theatre Passe Muraille, Bad Dog Theatre, and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
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Chicago Sun-Times | November 03, 2009
Second cast of 'Faust' heats up the Civic Opera House
...patron observed to me, Friday night's was a "hot" performance. Much of this is due to the superb work of music director Andrew Davis and the Lyric Orchestra in the pit. The orchestra drives and defines this production with cues and...
In this article: Piotr Beczala, Faust, Joseph Kaiser, Civic Opera House, Ana Maria Martinez, Rene Pape, Mephistopheles, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and March
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Wikipedia | October 19, 2009
Andrew Davis (conductor)
...for him not to conduct his scheduled Pittsburgh Symphony concerts in the 2007-2008 season, because of increased demands on Davis' schedule. Davis has performed quite a wide range of repertoire, though his support of contemporary British...
In this article: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, Michael Tippett, BBC, Grammar school, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Organ scholar, and Lyric Opera of Chicago
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San Diego Union-Tribune | October 07, 2009
Lyric Opera openers: tepid 'Tosca'; fine 'Faust'
...Marguerite and staggering drunk through the duel in which Mephistopheles guides his sword to victory over Valentin. Sir Andrew Davis, the Lyric's music director, conducted both operas. His deliberate pacing in "Tosca" didn't relieve...
In this article: Tosca, Faust, Faust, Mephistopheles, and Faust
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Chicago Tribune | October 06, 2009
Lyric Opera gives the devil his due
...Marthe. Corey Crider made the most of Wagner's song in praise of beer and wine. Tying together the musical whole was conductor Andrew Davis, whose close attention to the many refinements of the score was seconded by the fully engaged playing...
In this article: Faust, Mephistopheles, Faust, Ana Maria Martinez, Civic Opera House, and Lyric Opera of Chicago
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Lyric Opera 2009 preview
...Kwiecien and James Morris. Nor is the fine Lyric Orchestra apt to miss a beat under such experienced maestros as music director Andrew Davis, Renato Palumbo, Markus Stenz, Emmanuel Villaume, Stephen Lord, Bruno Campanella and Edward...
In this article: Tosca, Maria Callas, Faust, Emmanuel Villaume, The Marriage of Figaro, and The Merry Widow
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Want to speak fluent operatic? Lyric's crash courses can help
..."Tosca" stars Deborah Voigt and James Morris talk Puccini. Oct. 6: Singers Piotr Beczala and Ana Maria Martinez and conductor Andrew Davis discuss Gounod's "Faust." Oct. 28: Preview Lyric's new production of Verdi's "Ernani" with soprano...
In this article: Chicago, Tosca, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Emmanuel Villaume
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The Australian | August 30, 2009
Charm offsets the absence of subtlety
...highlight of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's 2009 calendar: it saw distinguished English opera and orchestral conductor Andrew Davis making his Australian orchestral debut alongside US soprano of note, Christine Brewer, in a program...
In this article: Christine Brewer, Richard Strauss, Four Last Songs, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and Gotterdammerung
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Davis's baton change
...Proms conductor is here on a working holiday, writes Matthew Westwood | August 21, 2009 TIME was that British conductor Andrew Davis would spend August in London, ensconced at the Royal Albert Hall. As conductor of the BBC Symphony...
In this article: Christine Brewer, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, London, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and Communism
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Times Online | July 23, 2009
Prom 8: The Cambridge Prom at the Albert Hall/Radio 3
...Cambridge event. Composer and chosen poet (George Herbert) both attended Trinity College, albeit three centuries apart. Sir Andrew Davis, the conductor, was once a King's College organ scholar. The choir of 200 exquisitely tuned and...
In this article: Cambridge, Albert Hall, King's College, University of Cambridge, Cantab, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Trinity College, and Stanford
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Sir Andrew Frank Davis CBE (born 2 February 1944) is a British conductor.
Davis was born in Ashridge in Hertfordshire and studied at the Royal College of Music, King's College, Cambridge where he was Organ Scholar, and in Rome with Franco Ferrara. Previously he attended Watford Boys' Grammar School. He studied classics in his sixth form years. He worked closely with the school orchestra.
The first major post he held was as associate conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, a job he took in 1970. In 1975, he took the job of principal conductor with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He stepped down in 1988, but has remained close to the orchestra as its Conductor Laureate.
In 1988, Davis became music director at Glyndebourne, where he met the American soprano Gianna Rolandi, whom he later married. Davis returned to the BBC in 1989 to become chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, where he held the post until 2000.
Queen Elizabeth II created Davis a CBE in May 1992. In January 1999, she appointed him a Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours List. In 2002, he conducted the Prom at the Palace concert, held in the gardens of Buckingham Palace as part of the celebrations for the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
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