William Shimell

William Shimell (lahir Brentwood, Essex, 23 September 1952) adalah seorang bariton Inggris yang memiliki karir internasional yang aktif tampil di opera dan platform konser sejak tahun 1980-an, dan baru-baru ini muncul dalam peran non-menyanyi dalam film. Shimell belajar di Sekolah Musik dan Drama Guildhall dan di Studio Opera Nasional. Untuk penampilan pelajarnya di Guildhall the Opera kritikus menyatakan "Figaro karya William Shimells menonjol dari yang lain. Suara baritonnya kaya dan bernada penuh, dan dia menggunakannya untuk efek musik dan dramatis yang hebat." Dia bergabung dengan paduan suara Kent Opera pada tahun 1978 dan menyanyikan lagu pengantar Rigoletto bersama mereka pada tahun 1980 dan Venus dan Adonis di Inggris dan Venesia. Di Sadler's Wells pada tahun 1981 dia muncul sebagai Gober Muda di Lagu Natal Musgrave. Dia menyanyikan Masetto di Don Giovanni pada bulan Februari 1980 di London Coliseum untuk Opera Nasional Inggris, melanjutkan menyanyikan Gregory dalam produksi baru Romeo dan Juliet pada bulan Maret 1981 dan a Herald dalam produksi baru Otello pada bulan September 1981, dan peran lain selanjutnya dengan perusahaan. Dia memulai debutnya di Opera Glyndebourne pada Mei 1984 sebagai Count Almaviva, dan di La Scala pada tahun 1991 sebagai Baron Dourlinski di Lodoïska. Perusahaan opera lain yang pernah tampil di awal karirnya termasuk San Francisco Opera (1988), Frankfurt Opera (1988), Grand Theatre Geneva (1989), Vienna State Opera (1990), Lyric Opera Chicago (1991). Di Covent Garden dia memulai debutnya sebagai Schaunard di La bohème pada tahun 1985, kemudian bernyanyi di Così fan tutte (1986 dan 1992 – sebagai Guglielmo), Werther (1987 – Albert), Capriccio (1991 – Olivier), La bohème (1996 – Marcello), The Rake's Progress (2010 – Nick Shadow), Così fan tutte (2010 – Don Alfonso), dan Manon (2010 - De Brétigny). Di Metropolitan Opera di New York Shimell memulai debutnya di La bohème pada tahun 1996 sebagai Marcello, dilanjutkan dengan Così fan tutte (1996 dan 2010 – Don Alfonso), Madama Butterfly (2000 – Sharpless), Manon (2005 – De Brétigny) dan Iphigénie en Tauride (2007 – Thoas). Dengan perusahaan besar, Shimell telah menyanyikan peran utama dalam Le nozze di Figaro dan Don Giovanni, Papageno, Dandini, dan Malatesta. Pada tahun 1983 Shimell memenangkan Shell International Opera Prize dan dia bernyanyi di Malam Terakhir Prom pada tahun 1984. Pada tahun 2008 Shimell bekerja dengan sutradara Iran Abbas Kiarostami dalam produksi Così fan tutte di Festival Aix-en-Provence, ketika Kiarostami menawarinya peran non-menyanyi dalam sebuah film. Shimell memiliki sedikit pengetahuan tentang sinema, tetapi kefasihan berbahasa Prancis dan Italia membantu selama pembuatan film (naskah awal telah diterjemahkan dari bahasa Persia ke bahasa Prancis ke bahasa Inggris). Film Certified Copy (Copie Conforme) dirilis pada tahun 2010. Shimell kemudian mengambil peran dalam film Amour (2012). Dia telah muncul di beberapa rekaman audio, termasuk peran utama dalam Don Giovanni di bawah Riccardo Muti, A Sea Symphony oleh Vaughan Williams, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Mass in B minor BWV232 oleh JS Bach, surat wasiat dan wasiat terakhir musim panas oleh Lambert, Kantata pemakaman atas kematian Kaisar Joseph II, dan Pulcinella. Sumber: Artikel "William Shimell" dari Wikipedia dalam bahasa Inggris, berlisensi CC-BY-SA 3.0.

William Shimell (born Brentwood, Essex, 23 September 1952) is an English baritone who has had an active international career performing in opera and on the concert platform since the 1980s, and more recently has appeared in non-singing roles in films. Shimell studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the National Opera Studio. For his student performance at the Guildhall the Opera critic noted "William Shimells's Figaro stood out from all the others. His is a rich, full-toned baritone voice, and he used it to great musical and dramatic effect." He joined the chorus of Kent Opera in 1978 and sang an usher in Rigoletto with them in 1980 and Venus and Adonis in the UK and Venice. At Sadler's Wells in 1981 he appeared as Young Scrooge in Musgrave's Christmas Carol. He sang Masetto in Don Giovanni in February 1980 at London Coliseum for English National Opera, going on to sing Gregory in the new production of Romeo and Juliet in March 1981 and a Herald in the new production of Otello in September 1981, and other roles subsequently with the company. He made his debut at Glyndebourne Opera in May 1984 as Count Almaviva, and at La Scala in 1991 was Baron Dourlinski in Lodoïska. Other opera companies with which he appeared in the earlier part of his career include San Francisco Opera (1988), Frankfurt Opera (1988), Grand Theatre Geneva (1989), Vienna State Opera (1990), Lyric Opera Chicago (1991). At Covent Garden he made his debut as Schaunard in La bohème in 1985, going on to sing in Così fan tutte (1986 and 1992 – as Guglielmo), Werther (1987 – Albert), Capriccio (1991 – Olivier), La bohème (1996 – Marcello), The Rake's Progress (2010 – Nick Shadow), Così fan tutte (2010 – Don Alfonso), and Manon (2010 - De Brétigny). At the Metropolitan Opera in New York Shimell made his debut in La bohème in 1996 as Marcello, continuing with Così fan tutte (1996 and 2010 – Don Alfonso), Madama Butterfly (2000 – Sharpless), Manon (2005 – De Brétigny) and Iphigénie en Tauride (2007 – Thoas). With major companies, Shimell has sung the title roles in Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni, Papageno, Dandini, and Malatesta. In 1983 Shimell won the Shell International Opera Prize and he sang at the Last Night of the Proms in 1984. In 2008 Shimell was working with Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami in a production of Così fan tutte at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, when Kiarostami offered him a non-singing role in a film. Shimell had very little knowledge of cinema, but his fluency in French and Italian helped during filming (the initial script had been translated from Persian to French to English). The film, Certified Copy (Copie conforme), was released in 2010. Shimell then took a role in the film Amour (2012). He has appeared on a few audio recordings, including the title role in Don Giovanni under Riccardo Muti, A Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Mass in B minor BWV232 by JS Bach, Summer's last will and testament by Lambert, Funeral cantata on the death of Emperor Joseph II, and Pulcinella. Source: Article "William Shimell" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.