Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Sánchez Gómez (in Algeciras, Cádiz on December 21, 1947), is a Spanish composer and guitarist. Recognized as a virtuoso flamenco guitarist all over the world, he is a leading proponent of the Modern Flamenco style, and is one of the very few flamenco guitarists who has also successfully crossed over into other genres of music. He enjoys, and has been a successful musician in, many styles such as classical, jazz and world music. He is the winner of the 2004 Prince of Asturias Awards in Arts and 2010 was awarded an honorary doctorate by Berklee College of Music in Boston
The following discography is a catalogue of the albums and singles released by the Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil.
The majority of these musical works are studio recordings of compositions from the original scores of Cirque du Soleil's nouveau cirque shows. Since the company's founding in 1984, various composers have been commissioned to write the music for Cirque du Soleil's many productions.
Described by the Gramophone Magazine as ‘virtuoso of power and poetry’, Eldar Nebolsin is considered one of the most versatile and interesting musicians of his generation.
Milano, teatro alla Scala, “Don Carlo” di Giuseppe Verdi L’INFANZIA, PARADISO PERDUTO Don Carlo debutta a Parigi nel 1867, cinque atti in francese, opera mai divenuta “popolare” per le oggettive difficoltà legate alla sua produzione, essendo monumentale nella durata, nella partitura e nell’allestimento, poiché richiede masse artistiche poderose e una compagnia di canto vasta e di eccezionale livello per i sei ruoli, principali e principeschi. Don Carlo è un insuperato punto di arrivo nell’evoluzione del linguaggio verdiano, un unicum che non trova corrispettivo in nessun altro lavoro, non in Aida (quasi coeva), la cui partitura è influenzata da stilemi wagneriani ed i cui protagonisti sono compattamente granitici come le statue dei faraoni, mentre presentano una varietà di sfumature psicologiche i protagonisti di Don Carlo, il cui libretto, tratto da Friedrich Schiller, è tra i migliori mai avuti a disposizione da Verdi… FRANCESCO RAPACCIONI