Oberon's Grove

Elīna Garanča @ the 2011 Vienna Opera Ball

The Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča sings at the 2011 Vienna Opera Ball.

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Trudeleise Schmidt as La Musica

Trudeleise Schmidt is La Musica in the prologue to Monteverdi's L'ORFEO.

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Amihai Grosz ~ Schumann's Fantasiestücke

Violist Amihai Grosz (above) plays Robert Schumann's Fantasiestücke, Op. 73, with pianist Ohad Ben-Ari.

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Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite

The orchestra and chorus of the St. Patrick Regional Secondary School, Vancouver, perform Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite - the finale of Handel's oratorio SAMSON. The performance took place in 2015.

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"Let their celestial concerts all unite,
ever to sound His praise in endless blaze of light!"

Tebaldi/Poggi/Guelfi ~ TOSCA

Renata Tebaldi (above), Gianni Poggi, and Giangiacomo Guelfi star in a televised performance of TOSCA from Tokyo 1961. Arturo Basile conducts. 

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Little Town

The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.

Let There Be Peace On Earth

The SUNY Oswego Virtual Choir performing Let There Be Peace On Earth.

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Oswego, New York, is my birthplace; it's within a few miles of where I grew up. I spent one year enrolled at SUNY Oswego before dropping out.

Happy Christmas Eve!
~ Oberon

Handel ~ Sarabande in D-minor

Handel's Sarabande in D-minor performed by Rodion Zamuruev (violin) and the Mobilis Ensemble; recorded at the Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in May 2015.

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Paweł Łukaszewski ~ Ave Maria

The Voices of Singapore Choral Society, directed by Darius Lim, sing 'Ave Maria' for Double Chorus, composed by Pawel Lukaszewski. The performance took place in March 2019.

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Waltz of the Snowflakes

Post:ballet presents a 'Waltz of the Snowflakes' from Tchaikovsky's THE NUTCRACKER for the time of the pandemic.

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This performance really gave me a lift during this unusual holiday season. I was especially happy to see Landes Dixon dancing; I met him a few years ago when he danced with Steps Repertory Company, and again when he danced with Michele Wiles/Ballet Next.

Credits:

Choreography by Robert Dekkers
Cinematography/editing by Ben Tarquin
Performed by Post:ballet dance artists Cora Cliburn, Landes Dixon, Emily Hansel, Caitlin Hicks, Jenna Marie
With Berkeley Ballet Theater dance artists Mai Corkins, Cameron Heanue, Elizabeth Inami, Monique Jonath, Nina Owen, Frances Pine-Rinella
Produced by Lance Hepler
Costumes courtesy Berkeley Ballet Theater and Post:ballet
Special thanks to Marge Funabiki
Filmed in Alameda, CA following corresponding state and municipal COVID-19 Safety Guidelines for Media Production
Presented by Post:ballet and Berkeley Ballet Theater

Merry Christmas to all!