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EPISODE 8
HONORING GIACOMO PUCCINI 100 YEARS ON
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Giacomo Puccini needs no introduction for lovers of opera. Born in Lucca to the west of Florence, like Mozart, another great composer of operas, Giacomo was from a family of professional musicians employed by the Church. Indeed going back to his great grandfather, also named Giacomo, the director of male line had held the position of Maestro di Capella in the Cathedral of Lucca.
This year on the 29 November though we celebrate the 100th anniversary of his death. He was a thoroughly modern man, enamoured of automobiles, the latest technologies, and contemporary lifestyle. It’s hard to believe it, but he composed only 12 operas, which are of such outstanding quality in terms of music and dramatic content, that his reputation as one of the greatest opera composers is secure on such a slender opus. No opera house it would seem can have a season without some of Puccini’s masterpieces being performed. And the ability he had, to combine words and music with emotional effect are exceptional. If Orpheus had the ability to tame wild beasts, cause rocks to move, and even influence the gods, then Puccini must surely come a close second in his ability to move the hardest hearts with his soul-piercing arias. It would be difficult to find a man that doesn’t want to sing nessun dorma or a woman who is not inspired to try to sing visi d’arte.
Once his financial security was assured, Puccini lived at Torre del Lago until his final years. Here he indulged his passions for hunting, the simple life, and wrote many of his most memorable opera scores. And here too, one may visit his villa on the shores of the lake and savour some of the gentle atmosphere of the place that he called home. And here too, each Summer there is a Puccini Festival which draws opera lovers, Puccini fans and musicians from all over the world.
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THE VOICE DETECTIVE SHOW EPISODE 4
WITH SALAVATORE EMANUELE SAMPERI
SICILIAN TENOR AND VINCENZO BELLINI AND BEL CANTO SPECIALIST IN CATANIA, SICILY, ITALY
The thirty-year artistic activity of the tenor Salvatore Emanuele Samperi begins in Catania, his city of birth. He began studying singing with Claudia Parada, then with the teacher Tito Capobianco (Julliard School in New York), Maestro Meinard Kraak, and finally he the refined the art of “bel canto” with the tenor William Matteuzzi.
He was a finalist in the first ever Giuseppe di Stefano International Competition for Young Opera Singers in Trapani, Sicily. There he was praised by Giuseppe Di Stefano himself, for his vocal beauty and interpretive style.
Salvatore Samperi has performed as a soloist in several operatic productions in Italy and abroad singing alongside internationally renowned artists such as Angela Gheorghiu, and Rolando Panerai.
He has sung for the Toscanini Foundation in Parma, the Galuppi Festival in Venice, the Luglio Trapanese Annual Festival, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Marin County Civic Centre in San Francisco and at the Barry Memorial Hall in Wales.
He has released two CDs for Niccolò Music with unpublished opera pieces by Vincenzo Bellini. His vocal versatility spans from Bellini to Bernstein, where at the Teatro del’Opera Giocosa
he sang many seasons of the role of Tony in Westside Story. Apart from his successful career as an opera singer he took part as a singer-actor in the television drama the Turn of the Century on the Italian Broadcaster RAI.
Salvatore Emanuele Samperi also is a prize winning author in national writing competitions. His most recent publication in January 2022, is a biography, “History of a Catanese: Vincenzo Bellini”. As a leading Bellini scholar he heads the Bellini Cultural Project and is the the Artistic Director of “Bellini for the Young”.
THE VOICE DETECTIVE SHOW EPISODE 5
WITH KEVIN SCHWAGER
CHIROPRACTOR IN NELSON BAY, AUSTRALIA
Kevin is not your usual chiropractor. He uses many therapeutic modalities and life skills gleaned over his 37 years of practice. From an early age he has had an interest in physical fitness and health. Growing up near one of Sydney’s southern beaches,surfing and body surfing became a life-long passion as well as other competitive sporting activities where he could test himself against his personal best.
With this background, it is no surprise to learn that he joined a long line with a family tradition practicing as a chiropractor, a profession which his daughter also now continues.
Excelling at everything he put his mind to, Kevin taught himself to speed read and became a voracious reader. He acknowledges that, he has been particularly influenced by Dr John Demartini’s teachings and the mind’s ability to accomplish the heart’s desires.
Kevin is a believer in one’s capacity to overcome adversities with our natural innate abilities and the body’s capacity to heal. From the outset, he always sees his patients as being whole and healthy and uses his skills in kinesiology to find the hidden healing paths to unlock the patient’s ability to get into contact with that wholeness themselves. He is very mindful of how non-violent communication with others and within ourselves, combining with the power of a positive thought will forge our daily lives. These attitudes have become the bedrock of his spiritual practices.
On his own healing path, Kevin has forged friendships with Aboriginal Elders and has been a humble student of the ancient Dreamtime ways and practises. He actively participates in passing on the knowledge, or learning down to younger generations in the form of mentoring and teaching.
Looking after younger generations is dear to Kevin’s heart having worked with street children and outback locations in Australia where such help is most needed and in short supply.
Today he divides his time between being with his young family and running the bustling Nelson Bay Chiropractic and Yoga in NSW, Australia with his life partner Maree Frawley, herself, an accomplished yoga master, teacher, author and inspirational coach.
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