Barbara Hannigan
Birthday: 1971-05-08
Place of Birth: Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
Biography: 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.
Movies
Lulu - La Monnaie / De Munt
Alban Berg explores the power that Eros and Thanatos, in their rawest forms, have over our lives: Lu...
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Fuoco Sacro - A Search for the Sacred Fire of Song
Opera confronts us with extremes of emotion, sometimes delivering unforgettable, life-changing exper...
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I'm a Creative Animal - A Portrait of Barbara Hannigan
The film follows Canadian singer, conductor and actress Barbara Hannigan backstage in an attempt to ...
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John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels
Part of a CD+DVD set released by Tzadik. Recorded at the powerful organ at Henry LeBoeuf Hall, Bozar...
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Written On Skin
When Written on Skin had its premiere at the 2012 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, conducted by George Be...
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Le Grand Macabre
Premiered in Stockholm in 1978, the work is based on a play by Michel de Ghelderode (1898-1962) and ...
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I'm a Creative Animal
The audience in the upper crust concert venue KKL at the Lucerne Festival must have felt bemused: af...
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Jarrell: Bérénice
Titus and Berenice love each other; under the watchful eye of Antiochus, the hopeless lover, they tr...
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Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
Opera based on the story of Edward II and Piers Gaveston. Music by George Benjamin, libretto by Mart...
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Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle
Running through Bartók’s disenchanted tale, whose haunting music was initially condemned as unplayab...
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Toothpaste
A humourous "domestic opera" about an upwardly mobile couple in their mid thirties who can't resolve...
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C'est presque au bout du monde
In “C’est presque au bout du monde”, I explore a mystery which fascinates me : where do these inhuma...
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Burnt Toast
An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and ...
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Music is Music/Crazy Girl Crazy
In a poetic composition of song, narration, and images, this film follows Canadian soprano and orche...
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Maestras: The Long Journey of Women to the Podium
When a woman steps onto the conductor's podium, she is always one of the first: the first to lead a ...
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Glyndebourne: Hamlet
Brett Dean's multi-award-winning opera received its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. Th...
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One
The chamber opera One represents a new kind of music multimedia drama. Michel van der Aa's poetic pr...
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Barbara Hannigan - Ein Opernstar auf neuen Wegen
Barbara Hannigan is a renowned soprano and exceptionally talented artist and musician from Canada, w...
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Abrahamsen: The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen is Hans Abrahamsen's first opera, composed to a self-penned libretto, based on Hans C...
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Before It's Too Late
The Emerson String Quartet records their last album, Infinite voyage, in three days, after 47 years ...
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Barbara Hannigan Conducts Stravinsky and Weill Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan conducts and sings with the French Radio Orchestra i...
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Casanova Variations
Alone in a secluded mansion, Giacomo Casanova cries out then collapses. When the mysterious and beau...
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