Francesca Lee

About the Artist
Though Francesca Lee is a relative newcomer to the world of commercial music, she's been surrounded by the art of music her entire life, having anaccomplished Tokyo born guitarist for a father and a folk singer-songwriter for amother who is from New York City. It's crystal clear from Francesca's self-titled debut release that she is a budding singer-songwriter who's been paying close attention to her roots from an early age. While attending Paul Mcartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Francesca performed both solo and in several bands, while developing the vision of kick-starting her own record label, The result was the birth of her own independent lable Blue Iris Records and the release of her first EP. Along with her solo work, and with a knack for musical diversity, Francesca, who grew up in Northern California and Dallas/Fort Worth, immersed herself in a variety of different musical mediums; from working with electronic music, to modern soul, folk,! and avant garde bands. She has written music for the theatre and has performed as backup for major recording artists such as Westlife, performing for European productions such as The Top of the Pop Awards in Manchester. She is an active participant in Women in Art collectives and has collaborated and performed for the annual Ladyfest in Austin. She is also amember of Womanrock.com NYC. In addition, she is a performing member of The American Federation of Musicians, performing this past summer at the Main Street Arts Festival in Fort Worth. Francesca's songs have been featured on Girl In The Band, on KVRX in Austin and La Otra Musica, in Cadiz, Spain. She has also been covered in such media publications such as F5 Media Magazine and the Alameda Journal. Her music was showcased on an MTV Networks production for The Real World and her song Light Falls was featured in 2003 on The Ladyfest TX compilation disc. Since, then Francesca has taken her music on the road throughout the ! US and Europe, performing in venues including the Caven Club, Paul Mcartney Auditorium, Emo's of Austin, The Magnet, Cafe de Paris, Bazaar Cafe, and Paar Street Studios. Her music isavailable worldwide at online retailers as well as a variety of selected indepedent retail stores throughout the US.

Product Description
San Francisco based singer-songwriter Francesca Lee's first album w/band. Recorded in 2002 featuring lyrically retrospective works from a truly gifted writer. Bathed by the warmth of her vocals in the twilight of this dynamic performance, the album is seasoned with soulful harmonies spun by folk songs with a swaggering rock edge, in the vein of Tori Amos and Laura Nyro.

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Average customer rating: marred by poor singing Wonderful opera, warbly execution

Paolo e Francesca Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00080LEHA Release Date: 2005-04-01

Tracks:

1. Paolo e Francesca

Product Description

Luigi Mancinelli was a noted Italian composer of works for the stage, concert hall and church as well as for the early cinema. After studying in Florence, he served as an orchestral cellist before becoming a conductor at the Teatro Morlocchi in Perugia. As if to anticipate the celebrated rise to fame of Arturo Toscanini, Mancinelli stepped from his role as cellist to the podium to conduct Verdi’s Aida, a feat which earned him an engagement as conductor at the Teatro Apollo in Rome where he appeared until 1881. Subsequently, his growing fame took him for conducting engagements to Paris, Milan, Bologna, Venice, London, Madrid and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. During his nine seasons as conductor there he led the first Met performances of Werther, Falstaff, Samson and Dalilah, Le Cid, The Magic Flute, La Boheme, Don Giovanni and Ernani, as well as his own opera Ero and Leandro. He also conducted in Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Lisbon – where he committed suicide in the aftermath of a bankruptcy. His works for the stage reflect a dramatic temperament. His first opera Isora di Provenza succeeded in Bologna in 1884, but failed in Naples in 1886. His next opera, Ero and Leandro, brought him international attention via premieres in London and New York, its libretto by the admiring composer and librettist, Arrigo Boito. Paolo and Francesca from 1907 failed – in part due to the unfashionable idealism and classicism of its libretto in an era when the ideals of verismo opera, championed by Mascagni, Leoncavallo and Puccini, were exciting audiences every where. However, the music of Paolo and Francesca is both rich in texture and has moments of real inspiration.

Customer Reviews:

marred by poor singing.......2006-10-26

not a good recording. The singing is really not at the level that one would expect on a professional recording. several of the singers have very noticeable wobbles. there is another recording of this opera that came out of bologna, i've never heard it, but i would give that one a try before this one.

Wonderful opera, warbly execution.......2005-05-25

Mancinelli's short opera has many wonderful moments, excellent orchestral execution and sound, but is marred by Rosa Vento's Francesca, and somewhat less by Nicholas Perna's Paolo. Both seem to be from the "vibrato he is good"-school, and the more of it, the better. Both are distinct distractions from an otherwise fine performance.

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The Canterbury Pilgrims: Music for Chaucer's Prologue Manufacturer: Herald ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Machaut | Machaut, Guillaume de | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ballads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Rondos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Virelais | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004LMC3 Release Date: 2000-02-22

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Francesca Lee Francesca Lee Manufacturer: The Orchard ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000650Q6M Release Date: 2004-09-28

Tracks:

1. Tricks
2. I Never
3. Light Falls
4. Goodbye
5. Only Human
6. Na Na Na
7. Mystical Fact
8. Na Na Na (percussion version)

Album Description

San Francisco based singer-songwriter Francesca Lee's first album w/band. Recorded in 2002 featuring lyrically retrospective works from a truly gifted writer. Bathed by the warmth of her vocals in the twilight of this dynamic performance, the album is seasoned with soulful harmonies spun by folk songs with a swaggering rock edge, in the vein of Tori Amos and Laura Nyro.

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Umberto Giordano: Siberia Manufacturer: Dynamic Italy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0001LYGKS Release Date: 2004-03-30

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Francesca Lee Manufacturer: Blue Iris ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAF5BW Release Date: 2003-10-28

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Vincenzo Righini: Il Convitato di Pietra Manufacturer: Bongiovanni ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000AYYTOO Release Date: 2005-09-27

Christian Music:

1. From The Dark
2. Harmony
3. Hayley
4. Hits Of The 60's (Karaoke)
5. I'm on Fire
6. I Want More
7. I want...You want
8. If That Were Me [UK CD] [CD-single] [Import]
9. In Heavenly Peace
10. Jerry Delmonico - Great Italian Love Ballads (Karaoke)

Christian Music

christian music

Christian Music

Extraordinary Machine [Import]

Classicworks: Classical Centuries

Guitar Slinger

A Night with Conway Twitty

Hip Spiritual Lounge: The Ultimate Trip of Cultural Exotica for Mind, Body & Soul

In My Life

Domingo Federico [Import]

God Connections [Import]

Future World Funk, Vol. 3

Classique Virtuos

El Pampero: Live in Montreaux, Switzerland [Live] [Import]

Corazon Vagavundo

Get Ready to Roll [Explicit Lyrics]

Caccini: Le Nuove Musiche

Sweet Saxations