As the Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience continues to wow audiences around the world, we wanted to highlight composer Ben Moore’s Dear Theo song cycle based on letters of Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, which received its world premiere recording with tenor Paul Appleby and pianist Brian Zeger (DE 3437), with a new…
Dear Theo artist Paul Appleby didn’t grow up listening to classical music. Find out what brought him to the genre and why he’s become such a rising star in a new interview in Final Note Magazine: “I was very influenced by my father’s CD collection — the home music library — so my listening habits…
The Metropolitan Opera released its 2015-2016 Schedule on Wednesday, and it’s stocked with current and future Delos artists! The highlight of the announcement was that Sondra Radvanovsky will become the first singer in Met history to star as the three heroines of Donizetti’s “Tudor Queens” trilogy in one season, singing the roles of Anne Boleyn,…
With Paul Appelby, Brian Zeger and Susanna Phillips all being Juilliard alumni, the Juilliard Journal has a splendid review of their new Dear Theo recording: “This recording, a sampling of Moore’s recent output interpreted by some of today’s best artists, shows why singers admire his work so much. … Moore’s perceptive and sensitive choices are…
The Dear Theo song cycles by Ben Moore have Opera News critic, Steven Jude Tietjen, singing praises for composer and artists alike: “Each of these three song cycles — given their first recorded performances on this Delos disc — displays composer Ben Moore’s aptitude for psychologically probing yet undeniably appealing storytelling. … Paul Appleby’s interpretation…
Dear Theo Ben Moore, composer Artists: Paul Appleby, tenor; Susanna Phillips, soprano; Brett Polegato, baritone; Brian Zeger, piano; Three Song Cycles by Ben Moore “…an American songwriter with a knack for matching texts to lyrically generous, harmonically rich music.” — New York Times Ben Moore is a particularly eloquent exponent of the art song, noted…
Now Available for digital streaming and download: Dear Theo Three Song Cycles by Ben Moore Dear Theo • So Free am I • Ode to a Nightingale Artists: Paul Appleby, tenor; Susanna Phillips, soprano; Brett Polegato, baritone; Brian Zegler, piano; “…an American songwriter with a knack for matching texts to lyrically generous, harmonically rich music.”…
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