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What is Cynthia Erivo’s voice type and is she classically trained?
In the wake of the release of Wicked: Part 1, we look at the voice type of star singer Cynthia Erivo. Cynthia Erivo is the ...
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‘I just stole it from Beethoven’: Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz on how he wrote ‘Defying Gravity’
Stephen Schwartz sat down with Classic FM to break down the hit song ‘Defying Gravity’. American musical theatre legend and ...
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Wicked soundtrack: who composed it and what are the famous songs?
Stephen Schwartz’s bewitching musical vision has been brought to life for the silver screen. But what are all the songs in ...
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Six pieces of festive music that aren’t actually about Christmas at all
However, the actual opera has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas. Instead it’s an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy ...
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What does ‘concerto’ mean in classical music, and what is its history?
It’s one of the most enduringly popular classical music forms ever created, but what makes a piece of music a ‘concerto’, and ...