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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.273 |
| Birthday | 1971-05-08 |
| Place of Birth | Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Also Known As |
2013
Written On Skin
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When Written on Skin had its premiere at the 2012 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, conducted by George Benjamin himself, it received a standing ovation. Th...
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Written On Skin
2011
Le Grand Macabre
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Premiered in Stockholm in 1978, the work is based on a play by Michel de Ghelderode (1898-1962) and unfolds in an imaginary land inspired by the famou...
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Le Grand Macabre
2014
I'm a Creative Animal
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The audience in the upper crust concert venue KKL at the Lucerne Festival must have felt bemused: after singing classical Mozart arias, blonde soprano...
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I'm a Creative Animal
2018
Jarrell: Bérénice
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Titus and Berenice love each other; under the watchful eye of Antiochus, the hopeless lover, they try yet refuse to understand each other. Taking up t...
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Jarrell: Bérénice
2018
Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
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Opera based on the story of Edward II and Piers Gaveston. Music by George Benjamin, libretto by Martin Crimp. BBC broadcast of the 2018 premiere at th...
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Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
2017
Music is Music/Crazy Girl Crazy
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In a poetic composition of song, narration, and images, this film follows Canadian soprano and orchestra conductor Barbara Hannigan, accompanied by th...
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Music is Music/Crazy Girl Crazy
2002
Toothpaste
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A humourous "domestic opera" about an upwardly mobile couple in their mid thirties who can't resolve an argument about the cap being left off the toot...
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Toothpaste
2005
Burnt Toast
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An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television o...
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Burnt Toast
2015
C'est presque au bout du monde
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In “C’est presque au bout du monde”, I explore a mystery which fascinates me : where do these inhuman voices come from ? Where in the body is the sour...
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C'est presque au bout du monde
2018
Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle
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Running through Bartók’s disenchanted tale, whose haunting music was initially condemned as unplayable, and the expression of despair in Poulenc’s mon...
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Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle
2018
Glyndebourne: Hamlet
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Brett Dean's multi-award-winning opera received its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. The world premiere recording of Brett Deans new oper...
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Glyndebourne: Hamlet
2017
Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium
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When a woman steps onto the conductor's podium, she is always one of the first: the first to lead a world-class orchestra, the first to conduct the cl...
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Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium
2016
Pelléas et Mélisande - Aix-en-Provence
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Pelléas et Mélisande - Aix-en-Provence
2011
One
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The chamber opera One represents a new kind of music multimedia drama. Michel van der Aa's poetic production of technological virtuosity fuses librett...
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One
2019
Taking Risks: Barbara Hannigan
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Barbara Hannigan is a renowned soprano and exceptionally talented artist and musician from Canada, who recently has begun an international career as c...
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Taking Risks: Barbara Hannigan
2021
Lulu - La Monnaie / De Munt
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Alban Berg explores the power that Eros and Thanatos, in their rawest forms, have over our lives: Lulu, a femme fatale, will do anything to get ahead...
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Lulu - La Monnaie / De Munt
2022
Fuoco sacro – Suche nach dem heiligen Feuer des Gesangs
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What drives men and women to risk their own lives to save those of others? Fuoco Sacro tells the story of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian fire depar...
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Fuoco sacro – Suche nach dem heiligen Feuer des Gesangs
2014
I'm a Creative Animal - A Portrait of Barbara Hannigan
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The film follows Canadian singer, conductor and actress Barbara Hannigan backstage in an attempt to reveal the secret behind this wild, fearless and r...
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I'm a Creative Animal - A Portrait of Barbara Hannigan
2022
John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels
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Part of a CD+DVD set released by Tzadik. Recorded at the powerful organ at Henry LeBoeuf Hall, Bozar in Brussels, this is one of Zorn’s most beautiful...
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