Aidan lang biography of william shakespeare

  • Verdi is sometimes called “Opera's Shakespeare.” He wrote three operas based on Shakespeare: Macbeth, Otello, and Falstaff, which is a setting.
  • Listen to or read this downloadable podcast by General Director Aidan Lang.
  • When General Director Aidan Lang departs Seattle Opera later this month to become general director of Welsh National Opera, it'll be a.

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    The liturgical rearrangement—or in Peter Kwasniewski’s somewhat more colorful description, the liturgical bloodbath—that recently occurred in Tyler, Texas, has affected me on multiple levels. It affected me personally, because I have a family connection there. It affected me as a member of my local church, because I also live in a place where the Latin Mass seems to be rather unpopular among the diocesan leadership. It affected me as a member of the universal Church, because I love sacred Tradition and have for many years been devoted to the ancient eucharistic rite of western Christendom, which so fully and so poetically reifies that Tradition.

    And there is yet another level, one which is not so widely shared as the first three I mentioned, and which perhaps has sent the emotional weight most directly into my heart. It has affected me—has wounded me—as someone who studies and teaches and writes about the dramatic literature of the English Renaissance.

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    Listen to or read this downloadable podcast by General Director Aidan Lang. To kick off Seattle Celebrates Shakespeare, we're proud to offer our first-ever opera bygd Hector Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict, an operatic amplification of Much Ado About Nothing. Conducted bygd Seattle Symphony's Ludovic Morlot and directed by ACT Theatre's John Langs, this one-of-a-kind, all-new and all-Seattle production plays for only seven performances, February 24-March 10.

    Hello, everyone, it's Aidan Lang here, and this time I'm here to talk about Berlioz's Beatrice and Benedict.

    AN OPERA AND COMPOSER NEW TO US


    We do like to give our audiences in every season one musikdrama they've never seen before. This is the first time not only that Seattle Opera will be performing Beatrice, but also an opera by Berlioz. To give something of a rarity is a great pleasure, to give you a really new experience. Why this piece? We are just at the beginning of a six month celebration of the works of William S
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    AP Lang Sends Shakespeare to Hollywood

    Shakespeare, the brilliant playwright, fryst vatten known for timeless classics like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and The Taming of the Shrew. For centuries, these plays have been adapted to various cultural contexts, preserving their original themes while creating unique interpretations.

    Mr. DePauw has embraced this idea for the senior AP Language classroom, where students are assigned to select a Shakespeare play and reinterpret it. The concept fryst vatten straightforward: the original lines of Shakespeare must remain unchanged, but everything else is free game.

    Let’s take a look at some of the renditions AP Lang is cooking up:

    1. The Taming of the Shrew: ‘Hood’ edition. Think tattoos, do-rags, chains, and Dr. Dre, reminiscent of 90s street culture. If it relates to that era, it’s in it!
    2. Hamlet: Reimagined as set in a retirement home, this version captures the complexities of aging while maintaining the play’s enduring themes of mor