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William Burden (tenor) William Burden as Frank Harris in Oscar at Opera Philadelphia, 2015, with Heidi Stober as Ada Leverson. William Burden is an American opera singer (tenor). Since his professional debut at the San Francisco Opera in 1992, he has performed in lead roles in North America and Europe.
In 1942, "Blues in the Night" was one of nine songs nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. [10] Observers expected that either "Blues in the Night" or " Chattanooga Choo Choo " would win, so that when " The Last Time I Saw Paris " actually won, neither its composer, Jerome Kern , nor lyricist, Oscar Hammerstein II , was present ...
Charles Kennedy Scott and the Oriana Madrigal Society. Performed. 28 June 1921 (1921-06-28): London. Scoring. mixed six-part choir. Two Songs to be sung of a summer night on the water, Op. 91, were composed by Frederick Delius in 1917. He set the wordless works for choir a cappella. The songs were published in 1920 and first performed in 1921.
A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the 1955 Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples. Its title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozart 's Serenade No. 13, K. 525, Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
"Down by the Riverside" (also known as "Ain't Gonna Study War No More" and "Gonna lay down my burden") is an African-American spiritual.Its roots date back to before the American Civil War, [1] though it was first published in 1918 in Plantation Melodies: A Collection of Modern, Popular and Old-time Negro-Songs of the Southland, Chicago, the Rodeheaver Company. [2]
The 1970 Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production of A Midsummer Night's Dream was directed by Peter Brook, and is often known simply as Peter Brook's Dream. It opened in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon and then moved to the Aldwych Theatre in London 's West End in 1971. It was taken on a world tour in 1972–1973.
One Summer Night. " One Summer Night " is a song by American doo-wop group the Danleers. Their one big hit single (and their debut single), "One Summer Night" reached number four on the Billboard Black Singles chart, and number seven on the Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores chart in 1958. [2] The single sold over one million copies.
San Franciscan Nights. " San Franciscan Nights " is a 1967 song performed by Eric Burdon and The Animals. Words and music were composed by the group's members, Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, and Danny McCulloch. A paean to San Francisco, it was the biggest hit that the new band – as opposed to the first-incarnation ...