Ketevan Kemo-who?
Yet, we have all heard at one Time or another about The Three Muses, those serene Goddesses who inspire and guide, amongst other Things, the Arts.
They may have a poetic Way of coming to aid at the absolute most opportune Moment...
So, as we wrote recently, while Plàcido Domingo was practicing Baritone in New York, James Conlon, the Conductor of the Los Angeles Opera, liberated from Mr. Domingo's „Directorate” was trying his absolute best in successive Performances of „La Cenerentola” by Gioacchino Rossini. He needed one Thing: a Voice to propel his Efforts over the Top.
Along come The Three Muses, ah...The Three Muses and they present to him for his last three Performances Ketevan Kemoklidze, a Mezzo Soprano from (the former Soviet Republic of) Georgia who delivers a stunning Performance of the Title Role.
Here is Ketevan Kemoklidze singing the Finalé of „La Cenerentola, „Nacqui all'Affanno” and „Non più Mesta.”
In this Recording (Live Performance, Berlin, 2009), you can see the Conductor actually stopping the Orchestra at the End, so Kemoklidze can hold the final Verse, „Il mio Lungo palpitar.”
Yet, we have all heard at one Time or another about The Three Muses, those serene Goddesses who inspire and guide, amongst other Things, the Arts.
The Three Muses (Louvre, Paris)
They may have a poetic Way of coming to aid at the absolute most opportune Moment...
So, as we wrote recently, while Plàcido Domingo was practicing Baritone in New York, James Conlon, the Conductor of the Los Angeles Opera, liberated from Mr. Domingo's „Directorate” was trying his absolute best in successive Performances of „La Cenerentola” by Gioacchino Rossini. He needed one Thing: a Voice to propel his Efforts over the Top.
James Conlon
Along come The Three Muses, ah...The Three Muses and they present to him for his last three Performances Ketevan Kemoklidze, a Mezzo Soprano from (the former Soviet Republic of) Georgia who delivers a stunning Performance of the Title Role.
Ketevan Kemoklidze
In this Recording (Live Performance, Berlin, 2009), you can see the Conductor actually stopping the Orchestra at the End, so Kemoklidze can hold the final Verse, „Il mio Lungo palpitar.”
