Welcome to the Voice
Opera
Barbara Bonney...when Fleming canceled her appearance at a Verbier Festival concert. In 2006, Bonney recorded the "singspiel/dramatic oratorio" Welcome to the Voice, composed by Steve Nieve, with Sting , Amanda Roocroft, Robert Wyatt, Nathalie... In this article: Barbara Bonney, Der Rosenkavalier, University of Salzburg, Richard Strauss, UNH, Renee Fleming, London, and Salzburg Festival |
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Elvis Costello
...they acted as his backing group for "Radio Radio." In 2000 Costello appeared at the Town Hall Theatre, New York, in Steve Nieve's opera Welcome to the Voice, alongside Ron Sexsmith and John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants. In 2001,...
In this article: Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, United States, George Jones, Burt Bacharach, The Delivery Man, Brodsky Quartet, Radio Radio, Less Than Zero, and Playboy
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Wikipedia | October 29, 2009
Robert Wyatt
...Haruki Murakami for Max Richter 's album Songs from Before. In 2006, Wyatt collaborated with Steve Nieve and Muriel Teodori on the opera Welcome to the Voice. Wyatt interprets the character 'the Friend', both singing and playing pocket...
In this article: Robert Wyatt, David Gilmour, Soft Machine, Henry Cow Concerts, Rock Bottom, Phil Manzanera, Matching Mole, John Peel, and Kevin Ayers
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Wikipedia | May 19, 2009
Welcome to the Voice
Welcome to the Voice is a bilingual opera (French and English) based on an original story and libretto by Muriel Teodori with music composed by Steve Nieve. A first draft was given a workshop performance at the Atlantic Bell Jazz Festival...
In this article: Steve Nieve, Carmen, Brodsky Quartet, Norma, Madama Butterfly, Juilliard School of Music, Elvis Costello, Ned Rothenberg, and Ron Sexsmith
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New Yorker: Arts & Culture | March 29, 2009
Goings on About Town: Night Life
...classical, and jazz styles, and Nieve has been a significant collaborator throughout. In 2007, he released a CD of his opera, "Welcome to the Voice," which juxtaposes jazz and rock singers with classically trained ones. Here, Nieve will be...
In this article: Steve Nieve, Jack Bruce, Sebastien Tellier, Elvis Costello, Linda Ronstadt, George Porter, Jr., Jackson Browne, Chris Cornell, and Austin
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all about jazz | December 01, 2008
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: A Night at the Opera with Sting and Elvis
...Well, no one is going to offer Elvis and I parts in Tosca, right?" Costello added, Except 'Spear-Bearer' maybe." Indeed, the opera Welcome to the Voice, which premiered Nov. 20, doesn't demand feats of coloratura of the pair. Rather, they...
In this article: Elvis Costello, New Wave, The Fly, Steve Nieve, and Deutsche Grammophon
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Fox News Entertainment | November 21, 2008
FOX411: Rosie Will Get the Last Laugh
...a tour of Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and other far flung locales. Like I said, he could have just gone home. But the opera, called "Welcome to the Voice," has been percolating for some time since Nieve and Teodori began workshopping it...
In this article: Rosie O'Donnell, Sting, Elvis Costello, Angelina Jolie, Joe Sumner, Barbara Walters, Madama Butterfly, and Broadway
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | November 19, 2008
Welcome to the Voice: a night at the opera with Sting and Elvis
...at the historic Theatre Du Chatelet in Paris, they make their debuts as operatic singers in the premiere of the extraordinary Welcome to the Voice. advertisement "It is important sometimes to get outside your comfort zone just to see...
In this article: Sting, Elvis Costello, Steve Nieve, Paris, New Wave, and Deutsche Grammophon
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Rolling Stone | August 21, 2008
Smoking Section: Bill Withers, Mark Ronson, The Police : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
...to watch the grapes grow," he told us. Next musical project? "I'm doing an opera with Elvis in Paris in November. " (It's called Welcome to the Voice and was written by Steve Nieve.) And what were his plans after walking offstage at the...
In this article: Mark Ronson, Sting, Steve Nieve, Ricky Wilson, Elvis Costello, Andy Summers, Cornell Dupree, and Stewart Copeland
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Billboard News - Daily | June 06, 2008
The Police Pick Madison Square Garden For Final Gig
...and "Demolition Man," which were not on the set lists last year. In related news, Sting will join Elvis Costello as performers in "Welcome to the Voice," an opera written by longtime Costello keyboardist Steve Nieve and Muriel Teodori.
In this article: The Police, Billboard, New York, Madison Square Garden, Elvis Costello, Led Zeppelin, WNET, Demolition Man, Black Ice, and RIAA
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MarketWatch | August 21, 2007
Media indifference disappoints a rock and roll hall of famer
...to getting respect and accolades from critics. But lately he's been perplexed and disappointed by the media's apathy toward "Welcome to the Voice" (Deutsche Grammophon), an opera he created with his wife, the French writer Muriel...
In this article: Steve Nieve, Elvis Costello, Sting, Royal College of Music, Message in a Bottle, Robert Wyatt, and Deutsche Grammophon
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Welcome to the Voice is a bilingual opera (French and English) based on an original story and libretto by Muriel Teodori with music composed by Steve Nieve. A first draft was given a workshop performance at the Atlantic Bell Jazz Festival in 2000. The performance cast was Elvis Costello, Ron Sexsmith, John Flansburgh and students of the Juilliard School of Music. Musicians were Brodsky Quartet, Steve Nieve, and Ned Rothenberg. Following this exploratory first attempt, "Welcome to the Voice" was expanded.
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