Today, I had the chance to sit down and chat with Melbourne-based composer Lee **Bradshaw.** Exactly on this day, one year ago (2024), the premiere of his first opera—which I had the honour of engraving—took place. It was not just “another opera”, rather the first grand-opera of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, titled _Zarqa Al-Yamama,_ a 90-min, two-acts masterpiece entirely sung in Arabic language.
To celebrate this historic anniversary, I felt it appropriate to catch-up with Lee on his multiple open fronts (definitely a kindred soul in this!).
Grab a drink, sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride!
Tag Archives: Opera
La Bergamasque — Episode 4
Announcing Gaetano Donizetti’s Larghetto “Una furtiva lagrima” for Piano Solo What follows is an extract from M° Fabrizio Capitanio’s notes at the beginning of this edition. Find the full edition here and watch the promo video here. NOTE EDITORIALI “Larghetto” [Una furtiva lagrima] Coming back to the composition of the playful melodrama Elisir d’amore, everythingContinue reading “La Bergamasque — Episode 4”
L’Amore Trionferà
Bentornati!
[La volta scorsa](https://artisticscoreengraving.com/2024/06/22/la-storia-va-in-scena/) abbiamo analizzato a fondo come la storia sia diventata un libretto e come il libretto si sia trasformato in un’opera. Abbiamo incontrato i protagonisti della storia e passato in rassegna la sinossi dell’intera opera.
Oggi esamineremo la sua musica, scena per scena, descrivendo ciò che si può percepire all’ascolto e come questo sia collegato al dramma che si svolge sul palco.
Knock, knock!?
an Artistic Score Engraving update from July 2024 Dear all, Welcome back to the monthly update. Here in Italy, summer has just arrived, leaving behind a rainy Spring. This instalment will be very brief: only one edition was published, and May was a very busy month. Besides, I’ve been running this series of newsletters forContinue reading “Knock, knock!?”
Love prevails
Welcome back!
[Last time](https://artisticscoreengraving.com/2024/06/15/staging-history/), we analysed in depth how the story became a libretto and how the libretto became an opera. We encountered the characters of the story and went through the synopsis of the whole opera.
Today, we will analyse its music, going scene by scene to describe what you hear and how this may be connected to the drama unfolding on the stage.
Brace up, we’re going to start!
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