Nicola Miller

Composer Scott Miller releases Coincident, a collection of works exploring the potential of telematic collaboration (musicians playing together via remote technology) and graphic score notation.

JOYFULTALK returns with its third album for Constellation; another vibrantly divergent stylistic take on the analog materiality and sensibility of electronic composer-producer Jay Crocker, whose previous two records forged trance-inducing polyrhythmic intricacy, each from a distinct angle and sound palette, each enlisting a single instrumental collaborator.

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Sans doute aucun autre chanteur d'opéra dans l'histoire de la musique n'a atteint le même niveau de célébrité internationale que le ténor Luciano Pavarotti; sa voix robuste, profonde et immédiatement reconnaissable l'a lancé dans la stratosphère de la reconnaissance universelle, habituellement réservée aux icônes de Hollywood et aux stars de la pop. Il a également suscité un regain d'intérêt pour l'Opéra lui-même en lui redonnant une popularité auprès du grand public.

One of the most successful and admired opera singers of all time, Luciano Pavarotti was king among tenors from the late 1960s through the 1990s. His voice was noted for its exciting upper register, and tailor-made for the operas of Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, and Puccini, and as it darkened slightly over the years, for the verismo composers as well. His vocal longevity, which kept him singing youthfully well into his sixties, and still beautifully after that, was a credit to his commanding technique and artistry, and remarkable considering his nearly 40 years of performing. Pavarotti's father was a baker, and his mother worked in a cigar factory.

Primi anni Cinquanta, in un piccolo paesino del Meridione d'Italia. Maria e Nicola sono due fratelli appena ventenni: troppo giovani per rimanere soli al mondo, e giovanissimi per attraversare l'oceano fino al Nuovo Mondo. Eppure è proprio quello che la vita dà loro in sorte. Rimasti improvvisamente orfani, vengono affidati a uno zio che ha fatto fortuna in America. Ed è già durante il lungo viaggio sul transatlantico che la loro diversa indole si manifesta: Maria è una sognatrice, legge in ogni spruzzo d'acqua dorato dal sole una promessa, ma è di fatto indifferente al continente misterioso che le si spalanca davanti. Nicola, invece, è teso, febbrile, inquieto, avido di vita e di esperienze, e impiega poco per venire a patti con le sue origini e lanciare la sua sfida a New York, come Lucien de Rubempré la lanciò a Parigi nelle "Illusioni perdute" di Balzac…