Introducing Vanessa West

july 7, 1990something very

special happened

VW0001_Booklet_v3.indd 1VW0001_Booklet_v3.indd 1 18/06/09 11:44 AM18/06/09 11:44 AM

What began as an entertainment idea for a fundraiser became a phenomenon watched by over 800 million viewers worldwide. A recording of the concert became the biggest selling classical album in history. It was of course the debut performance of the Three Tenors, and arguably the birth of ‘popera’.


“I love the thought that in one

performance I could be singing songs from Madame Butterfly and Bonnie Tyler

– I mean, who else gets to do that!

introducing

Opera singer, lover of 80s music and emerging ‘Queen of Australian Popera’.

perpfrom

–

OpeOpeOpe

f

This brochure details her latest project – an album in production reflecting a grand collision of 70s

and 80s songs and operatic style.

Vanessa’s bringing back iconic songs by artists and legendary groups of this era with her unique vocal talent and stirring orchestral arrangements.


popularity is not surprising. Opera was once entertainment for

the people, but somewhere along the way lost its common touch.

Audiences never lost their love of beautiful voices –

they just needed to feel the songs were theirs again.


We want to hear songs

we know and relate to.

They are the soundtrack

of our lives after all.

Consider Andre Rieu’s success.

Look into the eyes of any of his

greying and swaying audience

members and you will see

someone transported back in time

to a Saturday night dance.


Popera has long known the power of presenting the familiar to audiences. Some of the most successful Popera artists and groups have performed covers of artists such as

Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, Mariah Carey and Bryan Adams and with good reason. These singers are “power ballad power–hitters”.


Generation Y may be digitally downloading

new music but 40-somethings with disposable

incomes are still buying physical CD albums.

Why not develop music

tailored to them?


– – aa a tititiimemememm ooo oof f f f f exexexexexquququququq isisisi itee hhihihighghghghhs s ssss anaanananand ddd exexexcrcruuuuciatititingngngng l l l lowowowowowsss.s.s. TT Timimimmmeseseses w w w whhhehenn n yoyouu thhoughhghghht tt xx mmmm wwwwwwdd uuucciatititingnggg owowowowwowsss mesesesesquququququisisitee h yoyouu ththououggatinngng llloooo s m w

yoyoyoyoyoy uuu uu wowowowoulululululddddd lililliveveve o or r r didiie e e bybybybybyby y yououur fi fi firsrsrsrsrsttt t t t kkikissss, fifififi rst love, ororororo fi rst hhheeaeaeartrttbrbrb eeak.yyouou rst hhhee bb eearr fiy yy ell brbrbreaeakkkikikissssss, fififififi rsr t five, ooooo fi rrrr firivvv uur

VW0001_Booklet_v3.indd 8VW0001_Booklet_v3.indd 8 18/06/09 12:03 PM18/06/09 12:03 PM

A grand collision of 70s and 80s songs and operatic style.Bring back iconic songs by artists such as Blondie, Pat Benatar, Dusty Springfi eld, Bonnie Tyler, Donna Summer, and legendary groups like Air Supply, Spandau Ballet and Foreigner.80s music and opera may seem strange bedfellows. But like chilli and chocolate, sometimes great things come from the most unlikely partnerships.


WWWWWWWWhhhhoooo bbrroouugghht tttttttthhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiisssssss iiiiiddddeeaa ttoo lliiffee?

HHHHHHeeeerr nnaammee is VVVVVVVVaaaaaaannnnneeeessssssaa WWeest.

LoLoLoLoLoLoLongngngngngn b b efeforore e sisingnging opopopopopopopererererereree aaa,a,aa V Vananesessasa w was a

chchchchchchchilillililild d d dddd ofofofofofofo t t tthehehheh 8 880s0s. . ShShe e liived ananannanannnd ddd d d dd brbrbrbrbrbrbreaeaeaeaeaeaee ththththththedededde 8 80s0s m mususicc. If shshshhshshshs e e eeee wawawawawawawaw snssnsnsnsnsn’t’t’tt r rrololo leler r skskatatining g up ananananananaa d d d d dd d dododododododod wnwnwnwnwnwn h h hhhhereer d dririvevewaway y in a

fl fl flfl flfl flflowowowowowowowwininininininnng g gg gg g g whwhwhwhwhwhwhw itititititite eee ee drddrdrd esess s coconvnvinincedshshshshshshshe eee eeee wawawawawawaawas s ss s a a aa a a mumumumumumm sesesse f frorom m ‘X‘Xananada u’,

shshshshshhhe e e e eeee wawawawawawawaww s s ss s s plplplplplplleaeaeaeaeaeaae didididididingngngngngg w wwwitith h heher r momotht er fofofofofofooor rrr rrr a aaaaa a pepepepepepermrmrmrmrmrmr t t t tt tto o oooo lolololoookokoo m morore e lilikeke tthe

brbrbrbbbrb ununuununu etetettete f frorom m ABABBA.ThThThThTThhTThisisssiss a a aaaalblblblbbbbbbumumumumumum i i iii idedededededeea a aa a a gagagagagagaininnneded m momomenentutum

afafafafafafteteteteteter r r rr a a aaaaaa chchchchchchchanananananananancecececececece m m m m m meeeeeeeeeeeetititttitingngngngnng i in n a a FlFlororenentine pipipipipippip azazazazazaazzzzazazazazazaz i i iin n n nn n n 2020202020020202 050505050500505. . .. WhWhWhWhWhWhililillile e e e lilililivviviv ngng i inn FlFlororenence ononononononn a aaaaan n n n nnn opopopopopoppererererereree a a a aa a scscsccscschohohohohhhohh lalalalaaarsrsrsrsshihihihip,p,pp V Vananesessasa wwas dididdidid scscscscscsccscovovovovovovovvvererereerererededededededdd b b bb b bbususususususu kikikikikk ngngngngngg i i i in n n n ononoone e e ofof t thehe m main pipippipipip azazazzazazzzazazazazazazazas s ss s bybybybybybyb A A A AAAndnndndndn rerererrrea a a a BoBoBoBocecececelllllli’i’i s s FlFlororenentit ne

sisisisisiss ngngngngnnginininnng g g g g teteteteacacacacacheheheherr.r.r. H H HHe e exexplplaiainned a bebebebbebebebb auauauauauautitititiitifufufufuful l l ll vovovovovoicicicicice,e,e,e,e w w w welelele l-l-l-trtrtraiainened,d, c couo ld

trtrtrtrttrranananannana scscscscscceneneneneee d d d ddd anananananny y y y yy mumummumusisisisic c c c ststststylylylyle,e,ee a as s hih s s mom st fafafafafaafamomomomomoususususu sssstutututudedededentntntn h hasas p prorovev n.


“ In this unlikely union ofmusical styles, the innocence

of the 80s is captured andheightened with romantic

Italian translations and stirring orchestral arrangements.”


WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY VANESSA WESTDIRECTED BY CAMERON MENZIES


Australian arranger and operatic baritone Angus Grant has created the poignant yet powerful orchestral arrangements and shares the same creative vision for this album - a rapport built over 12 years performing and developing shows together with Vanessa, including ‘Puccini’s Women; The Life of Puccini through the eyes of his lovers’ and ‘What A Woman Wants’.


Australia’s emerging Queen of PoperaTrained in opera at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne-born soprano Vanessa West

debuted internationally in Italy in 2003 in Puccini’s epic classic, Turandot and Verdi’s masterpiece

La Traviata in Florence with the L’estate Fiesolana Opera Festival.

Vanessa returned to Italy in 2004 to perform in the ‘Australian Opera Gala’ Concert series with

Rome’s Festival Euro Mediterraneo, and in 2005 was based in Florence after being awarded

the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Award courtesy of the Acclaim Awards.

In 2005 Vanessa also performed in various concerts including the 51st Puccini Festival,

(Torre del Lago) and has worked extensively with Melbourne Opera Company, performing the

roles of Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Gilda in Rigoletto, 1st Lady in The Magic Flute and Donna Anna

in Don Giovanni. Vanessa also performed the role of Donna Anna more than 60 times

in Co-Opera’s Australian and Asian tours of Don Giovanni.

Vanessa debuted in the title role of Melbourne Opera’s 2007 touring production

of Madama Butterfl y and performed the role of the Countess in their 2008 production

of The Marriage of Figaro to excellent reviews.



contactVanessa West

M: 0409 129 893vanessawest.com.au

west_vanessa @yahoo.com.au

This brochure is for promotional purposes only. © Vanessa West

So if you’d like to take a step down memory lane, don your pixie boots, slip into your acid wash jeans and listen to the tracks on the enclosed demo CD.

I hope you enjoy them.

This brochure ishis is

So if you’d like to takd lS takSoon your pixie bootsto ts

eans and listen to thhlisemo CD. DDCD

hope you enjoy thepe you enenjoy ty

SSSdddjejd

I


Date post:	28-Jun-2015
Category:	Entertainment & Humor
Upload:	ddb-group-melbourne
View:	396 times
Download:	0 times

Introducing Vanessa West

Entertainment & Humor