Barbara Hannigan
Barbara Hannigan is a Canadian soprano and conductor, known for her performances of contemporary opera. She studied music at the University of Toronto, the Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
Burnt Toast
as ConstanceAn irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love...
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Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium
as Self/Conductor/SopranoWhen a woman steps onto the conductor's podium, she is always one of the first: the first to...
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Toothpaste
as WifeA humourous "domestic opera" about an upwardly mobile couple in their mid thirties who can't...
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C'est presque au bout du monde
as uncreditedIn “C’est presque au bout du monde”, I explore a mystery which fascinates me : where do these...
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Before It's Too Late
as Barbara HanniganThe Emerson String Quartet records their last album, Infinite voyage, in three days, after 47...
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John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels
as HerselfPart of a CD+DVD set released by Tzadik. Recorded at the powerful organ at Henry LeBoeuf Hall,...
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Fuoco sacro – Suche nach dem heiligen Feuer des Gesangs
as SelfWhat drives men and women to risk their own lives to save those of others? Fuoco Sacro tells the...
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Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle
as HerRunning through Bartók’s disenchanted tale, whose haunting music was initially condemned as...
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Glyndebourne: Hamlet
as OpheliaBrett Dean's multi-award-winning opera received its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival...
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Abrahamsen: The Snow Queen
as GerdaThe Snow Queen is Hans Abrahamsen's first opera, composed to a self-penned libretto, based on...
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Lulu - La Monnaie / De Munt
as LuluAlban Berg explores the power that Eros and Thanatos, in their rawest forms, have over our...
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Written On Skin
as uncreditedWhen Written on Skin had its premiere at the 2012 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, conducted by...
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Music is Music/Crazy Girl Crazy
as uncreditedIn a poetic composition of song, narration, and images, this film follows Canadian soprano and...
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Le Grand Macabre
as Venus / GepopoPremiered in Stockholm in 1978, the work is based on a play by Michel de Ghelderode (1898-1962)...
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Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
as IsabelOpera based on the story of Edward II and Piers Gaveston. Music by George Benjamin, libretto by...
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Taking Risks: Barbara Hannigan
as SelfBarbara Hannigan is a renowned soprano and exceptionally talented artist and musician from...
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Jarrell: Bérénice
as BéréniceTitus and Berenice love each other; under the watchful eye of Antiochus, the hopeless lover,...
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I'm a Creative Animal
as uncreditedThe audience in the upper crust concert venue KKL at the Lucerne Festival must have felt...
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One
as SopranoThe chamber opera One represents a new kind of music multimedia drama. Michel van der Aa's...
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