Calvin Simmons coaches "Ebben, ne andro lontana" (Part 2 of 2)

Calvin Simmons coaches "Ebben, ne andrò lontana"
Singer: Carole Dray
From La Wally by Alfredo Catalani (1892)
Libretto by Luigi Illica, based on a novel by Wilhelmine von Hillern (1875)
Archive video from THE FESTIVAL OF LEARNING AND PERFORMING, c. 1978

Well, then, I will go far away, like the echo of the holy churchbell,
There, to the white snow, among the golden clouds.
There, where Hope is regret, and sorrow.
O, joyful house of my mother's, Wally will go far away from you,
And perhaps will never return to you, nor will you see her again.
Never again.... Never again.

I will go, alone, far away, as far as the echo of the holy churchbell,
There, to the white snow. I will go. I will go,
Alone, and far away, among the golden clouds.

Exsultate! Productions is proud to host the video archives of the FESTIVAL OF LEARNING AND PERFORMING. The Festival was created in the early 1970's by Susan Brenner to give young singers the opportunity to work with master artists, and apply their knowledge by performing in the community. Classes were open to the public and encompassed the interpretation of opera, art song, operetta and musical theater, as well as movement and physical conditioning. Classes with Charles Roe, Calvin Simmons, and Martial Singher were videotaped for the Festival's archives, allowing new audiences to be inspired and enriched by the great teaching that is the legacy of Susan Brenner.

After serving as assistant conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1975 to 1978, Calvin Simmons was named music director of a major U.S. orchestra (the Oakland Symphony). He was a frequent guest conductor at major opera companies and orchestras including the Metropolitan Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, San Francisco Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra, and of course the Los Angeles Philharmonic. His accidental death at the age of 32 was considered a tragedy on the scale of the loss of Mozart at 35.

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