Gaspare Spontini: Olimpie

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Now we have the same composer’s Olimpie, a work first performed in Paris in 1819 but heard here in an extensively revised version that Spontini made for performances in Berlin (in a German translation by E. T. A. Hoffmann, renowned author of the tales on which Offenbach would base his last opera). The Berlin version was then refitted in French—and further revised—for a Paris production in 1826. (The work is sometimes listed with the spelling Olympie; for performances in Italian, it becomes Olimpia.) Statira and Olimpie reveal their true identities to one another and to Cassandre. Olimpie defends Cassandre against Statira's accusations, claiming that he once saved her life. Statira is unconvinced and is still intent on revenge with the help of Antigone and his army. Tony Cooper reports on this year’s BBC Proms, the world’s biggest classical-music festival - article

Commemoration & celebration: Sir James MacMillan conducts the BBC Singers at the St John's Smith Square Holy Week Festival (★★ ★★½) - concert review HMS Olympus (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Dymott, RN) arrived at Dartmouth for a short work-up period and A/S exercises.Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). " Olimpie, 28 February 1826". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian). Piano day: two venues, three pianists, two pianos - Sunday morning at Wigmore Hall and Sunday evening at Conway Hall - concert review Gerhard, Anselm (1992). " Olimpie". In Stanley Sadie (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Vol.3. London. pp.664–665. ISBN 0333734327. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link). Also Oxford Music Online (subscription required).

a b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016 . Retrieved 7 September 2021. hours - Fired one torpedo from 900 yards. It hit. The ship was seen to sink in about 40 seconds. ( 17) The cast list is from the 1826 libretto and Casaglia 2005c. Everett 2013, p.183, says that the role of Statira was sung by "Mme Quiney (soprano)" and that of Olimpie by "Caroline Branchu (soprano)", however, the review of the performance in the Journal des débats ( 3 March 1826, p. 4), reports: "Mlle Cinti a chanté avec plus de goût que d'expressiou [ sic] le rôle d'Olympie." Amy titled her five star review " Great Olympea Dupe!" and added: "Instead of forking out loads of money for Olympea, try this instead! It smells exactly the same and although the smell doesn't last as long as the real thing, it's still a good price considering!" To the north of the sanctuary can be found the Prytaneion and the Philippeion, as well as the array of treasuries representing the various city-states. The Metroon lies to the south of these treasuries, with the Echo Stoa to the east. The hippodrome and later stadium were located east of the Echo Stoa. To the south of the sanctuary is the South Stoa and the bouleuterion, whereas the palaestra, the workshop of Pheidias, the gymnasion, and the Leonidaion lie to the west.Around 0130B/21 convoy WS 9C passed the Straits of Gibraltar. The convoy at that moment consisted of six merchant ships; City of Pretoria (8049 GRT, built 1937), Deucalion (7516 GRT, built 1930), Durham (10893 GRT, built 1934), Melbourne Star (11076 GRT, built 1936), Port Chalmers (8535 GRT, built 1933) and Sydney Star (11095 GRT, built 1936).

Around 0800Z/27, the destroyer HMS Legion (Cdr. R.F. Jessel, RN), Léopard (Lt.Cdr. J. Evenou) and Piorun (Cdr. E.J.S. Plawski) joined the convoy.

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Casaglia 2005a and Everett 2013, p.138 ("the resident conductor of the Opéra)." Everett gives the date of the premier as 20 December 1819, but Lajarte 1878, p. 94, states that, although 20 December appears on the printed libretto, it is erroneous, and the premier actually took place on 22 December. Around 1700Z/27, the destroyers HMS Watchman (Lt.Cdr. E.C.L. Day, RN), HMS Sardonyx (Lt.Cdr. R.B.S. Tennant, RN), HMS Scimitar (Lt. R.D. Franks, OBE, RN), HMS Burwell (Lt.Cdr. S.R.J. Woods, RNR), sloop HMS Fleetwood (Cdr. R.W. Moir, RN), A/S trawlers HMS Northern Gem (Skr.Lt. W.J.V. Mullender, DSC, RNR), HMS Northern Wave (T/Lt. W.G. Pardoe-Matthews, RNR) and rescue ship Zaafaran (1559 GRT, built 1921) joined. Map of the location of the temple of Zeus at Olympia (in Abel Blouet et Amable Ravoisié, Expédition scientifique de Morée, ordonnée par le Gouvernement Français. Architecture, Sculptures, Inscriptions et Vues du Péloponèse, des Cyclades et de l’Attique., Firmin Didot, 1831.)

HMS Olympus (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Dymott, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Gibraltar together with 19th Destroyer Flotilla. ( 21) Greek archaeologists unearth bronze bull idol in ancient Olympia". Reuters. 19 March 2021. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021 . Retrieved 29 March 2021. HMS Olympus (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Dymott, RN) torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Monteponi (742 GRT, built 1917) about 10 nautical miles north of Cape Comino, Sardinia, Italy in position 40°40'N, 09°50'E. Spontini's operas, despite the iconic status of La Vestale, still have not made the impact on the modern opera house that they deserve. A composer much admired by Berlioz, the neo-classical nature of his style seems somewhat difficult to re-capture in modern performance.

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Pougin, Arthur (1880). "Valentino (Henri-Justin-Joseph". Biographie universelle des musiciens et Bibliographie générale de la musique par F.-J. Fétis. Supplément et complément. Vol.2. Paris: Firmin-Didot. pp.597–598. At 1645B/23 five more torpedo planes led by a seaplane came in from the northward. Three Fulmars caught them about 20 miles away. They managed to shoot down two planes and drove the remainder away.