Will Reid
История молодого выскочки из Глазго Алана Макги, изменившего лицо не только британского, но и мирового шоу-бизнеса. Его способность находить таланты в многочисленных английских пабах считали даром. Его новаторские решения сравнивали с открытиями гениев силиконовой долины, а он просто хотел предложить людям слушать то, чего они раньше никогда не слышали. Это история человека, всю жизнь шедшего к своей мечте и ставшего одним из творцов новой музыкальной эпохи.
Alfred
Against the backdrop of Hamlet, two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, take centre stage. As the young double act stumble their way in and out of the action of Shakespeare’s iconic drama, they become increasingly out of their depth as their version of the story unfolds.
The Barber of Seville (in Italian Il barbiere di Siviglia) is an opera in four acts by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini. Despite a disastrous opening night – the music teacher tripped over and had a prolonged nosebleed and an unexpected cat wandered on stage – it has gone on to be ‘perhaps the greatest of all comic operas’. Indeed, Rossini himself stayed at home for the second night, until he was awoken by the sound of applause and cheering and his opera has delighted audiences ever since. Based on a play called Le Barbier de Séville by French playwright Pierre Beaumarchais, this is the first of three plays about a character called Figaro. His second play, Le Mariage de Figaro, was the inspiration for another opera – The Marriage of Figaro by Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, therefore, is considered a prequel to the story of Mozart’s opera, although it was composed 30 years later.
