Tenor Ian Bostridge
I thought it was just a coincidence. Ian Bostridge the witchcraft scholar, whose Oxford Historic Monograph, Witchcraft and its Transformations, 1650 to 1750, can be purchased on Amazon.com. could not be Ian Bostridge the tenor appearing this month in Mozart's Don Giovanni at The Royal Opera House Covent Garden (and on April 3 for the Celebrity Series with pianist Julius Drake), could it?
Well, shiver me timbers if it isn't the same fellow, a fact which is likely regarded as remarkable by both witchcraft scholars and operatic tenors alike. And did I mention that he routinely writes for The Guardian newspaper? What all of this really proves, in my estimation is that Mr. Bostridge is ridiculously, unconscionably talented and intelligent. Really, now, the exemplary diction and shockingly beautiful voice would have been enough . . .
Here is a sampling of Ian Bostridge-related links:
Video:
Schubert's Die Forelle with pianist Julius Drake (video)
Silent Noon from the English Songbook CD with Drake (video)
Is my Team Ploughing? from "On Wenlock Edge" with Bernard Haitink (video)
Villes from Britten's "Les Illuminations" (video)
Writings:
Bostridge's post on The Guardian's Music Blog: "Happy Birthday Barbican"
Bostridge on Benjamin Britten's Death In Venice in The Guardian
Bostridge on Handel in The Guardian
Ian Bostridge on the web:
IanBostridge.com
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