American-French lyric soprano Anne Alexander's repertoire includes many opera, light-opera and viennese operetta roles. She is especially renowned for her interpretation of Gounod's Mireille and other french opera or light opera roles. An accomplished recitalist, she also uses to sing german lieder and french melodies.
Links
Composers
Iosif
Andriasov
Official web site of Iosif Andriasov (1933-2000), composer and
philosopher.
Dunbar
Central
Portfolio of David Arthur Dunbar (born 1970): conductor, composer,
and photographer.
Charles
Gounod - His life, his works
The best site about Charles Gounod, conceived and maintained by his
great-great-great-grandson. Useful pages about Mireille, whose
title role is Anne Alexander's favorite.
Jules
Massenet - Passionately
Jules Massenet (1842-1912), one of the most significant composers
of the french patrimony, wrote 25 operas, 4 oratorios, orchestral
and piano music, and more than 280 songs. Anne Alexander uses to sing
Manon (title role).
David W Solomons
David W Solomons' (born 1953) music site includes a biography, MP3s,
sample pages of scores, Flash presentations, writings, and a lot of
british humour.
Eldad
Tsabary
A native of Israel, Montreal-based Eldad Tsabary (born 1969) composes
chamber, orchestral, electro-acoustic, and experimental-ambient music.
Conductors
Dunbar
Central
Portfolio of David Arthur Dunbar: conductor, composer, and photographer.
Hilary
Griffiths
A British conductor now living in Germany. He now works as a guest
conductor throughout Europe, Far East, Australia and South America.
Marco Romano
He's a conductor and he does things differently. Artistic Director
of the Sunderland Empire Proms, Founding director of Naked Opera.
John
Lawson Webber
A Seattle-native conductor, piano accompanist, and soloist. Webber
is married to the German mezzo-soprano Anja Securius (see below).
Singers, musicians
Choeur
Estival de Provence
Anne Alexander gives masterclasses and leads a vocal ensemble
every summer in August. Website in French.
James Edwards,
tenor
Born in Essex, England. He made his Royal Opera debut in 2002 and
joined the Vilar Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House
in 2003. In 2005-06 season James will be singing Novice (Billy Budd)
for English National Opera.
Anja
Securius, mezzo-soprano
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Together with her husband John
Lawson Webber (see above), they frequently give song recitals, with
a repertoire ranging from Mozart to Gershwin.
International
Singing Competition of Marmande (France)
This Competition now figures among the premier Competitions in Europe.
Since its creation in 1989 it has given to more than 3000 candidates
from five continents their opportunity to appear before a jury consisting
of 18 directors of Lyrical Theatres in France and elsewhere in Europe.
Multilingual website.
The
Marseilles Conservatoire
Located Place Carli in Marseilles, it provides a musical education
to 1 600 students. Web page in French.
Cadenza
Provides classical music resources and information for and about contemporary
and classical music and musicians.
ClassicOL.com
The online community for classical musicians and classical music enthusiasts.
Opera Stuff
Opera singers, opera companies, resources for classical singers, and
hundreds of opera-related links.