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What's New
with Paula Murrihy
January 24, 2012
"A masterpiece of mixed emotions"
HARBISON Symphony No. 6 (world premiere)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano
“A masterpiece of mixed emotions” --
Boston Classical Review
The Boston Globe
“Last night mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy sang with radiant tone.” --
Jeremy Eichler
Boston Classical Review
“A masterpiece of mixed emotions, still showing signs of the
confident, robust tribute to James Levine that Harbison intended to
write,....The Irish mezzo Paula Murrihy delivered Harbison’s
well-crafted phrases in a voice that reminded one of ivory—firm,
smooth, subtly colored, and readily shaped. And powerful enough to
drown out the orchestral accompaniment in the movement’s opening
bars....by the time she strode off stage left, Murrihy had given an
account of the poem that would resonate throughout the work.” --
David Wright
The Tech
“...Murrihy captivated with her lyrical vibrato, poised singing
style, and sparkling-clear diction. Her mastery of Harbison’s often
challenging vocal lines was evident as her beautiful singing seemed
to echo long into the subsequent movements of the symphony.” --
Bogdan Fedeles
Photo credit: Stu Rosner
HEAR Paula Murrihy sing Harbison Symphony No. 6 (begins at
65:00)
January 6, 2012
BSO Premieres Harbison
Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano
HARBISON
Symphony No.6 (world premiere)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, conductor
John Harbison’s Symphony No. 6, commissioned by the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, will feature acclaimed mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy as
soloist. These world-premiere performances are the culmination of
the BSO’s two-season survey of Harbison’s symphonies.
January 12, 2012 8:00PM
January 13, 2012 1:30PM
January 14, 2012 8:00PM
January 17, 2012 8:00PM
Boston Symphony Hall, Boston MA
http://www.bso.org/performance/detail/22966/
Click here for more about Paula Murrihy.
March 10, 2011
Paula Murrihy as Mercédès?
Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano
Paula Murrihy as Mercédès in "Carmen in 3D"
Irish mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy has appeared at
London’s Royal Opera House, Teatro Comunale, Santa Fe Opera, Opera
Theatre of St. Louis, Chicago Opera Theater and Oper Frankfurt, in a
range of roles including the title role in Handel’s Ariodante,
Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Annio/La Clemenza di
Tito, 2nd Lady/Die Zauberflöte, Cherubino/Ghosts of
Versailles, Tebaldo/Don Carlo, and Messagiera/Orfeo.
During the 2010-11 season Paula returns to Oper Frankfurt as
Dorabella/Cosi fan Tutte, Medoro/Orlando Furioso, and
Kreusa in the German premiere of Reimann’s Medea. She can
also be seen in cinemas worldwide as Mercédès in the first
co-production of RealD & London's Royal Opera House of CARMEN in
3D.
Ms. Murrihy’s extensive concert repertoire includes
Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s B Minor Mass, St Matthew
and St John Passions, Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn’s
Elijah and Haydn’s Harmoniemesse and Paukenmesse.
She is a frequent soloist with the Handel & Haydn Society, and has
also appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina and
Utah Symphonies and the Gabrieli Consort.
VISIT
Paula on the web:
http://www.paulamurrihy.com/PM2011/Intro.html
March 2, 2011
Carmen in 3D
April 13, 2010
“Limpid Tone”
Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano
HANDEL Ariodante
Emmanuel Music
“[Paula Murrihy in the title role] was outstanding
in her first-act aria and duet with Ginevra....As for ‘Scherza
infida,’ she sang it with precise articulation, limpid tone,
musicality, and touching sadness.”
--The Boston Phoenix
Irish mezzo-soprano Paula Murrihy
has appeared at London’s Royal Opera House, Teatro Comunale, Santa
Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Chicago Opera Theater and Oper
Frankfurt. She returns to the Royal Opera in 2010 as Mercedes/Carmen,
and to Oper Frankfurt as Dorabella/Così fan Tutte, Medoro/Orlando
Furioso, and Kreusa in the German premiere of Reimann’s Medea.
Ms. Murrihy’s extensive concert repertoire includes Mozart’s
Requiem, Bach’s St Matthew and St John Passions,
Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Haydn’s
Harmoniemesse and Paukenmesse.
HEAR Paula sing Ariodante
Read more about Paula
Murrihy
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