Divas & Diamonds Danish National Symphony Orchestra, DR Big Band, Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Tuva Semmingsen & Klaus Tönshoff

• Jule Styne (1905 - 1994) , Leo Robin (1900 - 1984):
• 1 Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend 03:30
• Ken Darby (1909 - 1992), Lionel Newman (1916 - 1989):
• 2 One Silver Dollar 02:17
• Oscar Hammerstein (1895 - 1960), Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979):
• 3 My Favorite Things 02:33
• Henry Mancini (1924 - 1994), Johnny Mercer (1909 - 1976):
• 4 Charade 02:09
• Edgar Yipsel Harburg (1896 - 1981), Harold Arlen (1905 - 1986):
• 5 Over The Rainbow 04:47
• Tomás Mendéz Sosa (1927 - 1995):
• 6 Cucurrucucú Paloma 04:59
• Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer:
• 7 Moon River 02:39
• Maxwell Anderson (1888 - 1959), Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950):
• 8 September Song 03:30
• Alex North (1910 - 1991):
• 9 Blanche 02:21
• Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer:
• 10 Days Of Wine And Roses 03:13
• Franco Migliacci (b. 1930), Henry Mancini:
• 11 Meglio Stasera 03:24
• Hal David (1921 - 2012), John Barry (1933 - 2011):
• 12 We Have All The Time In The World 03:17
• Herman Hupfeld (1894 - 1951):
• 13 As Time Goes By 03:51
• Fred Ebb (1928 - 2004), John Kander (b. 1927):
• 14 Mein Herr 03:43
• Total Runtime 46:13

Info for Divas & Diamonds

This album features the greatest Broadway songs of all time. The most beloved melodies from the golden age of Hollywood.

Turn back time and dreams to the black and white cinema universe where divas like Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn and many more with their delicate voices and expressive faces let us keep on dreaming while listening to their unforgettable hits.

Listen to their famous hits and soundtrack highlights from Casablanca, The Sound of Music, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and The Wizard of Oz. The concert was recorded in DR Koncerthuset featuring Tuva Semmingsen, Klaus Tönshoff, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, DR Big Band, and members of the Danish National Vocal Ensemble.

Tuva Semmingsen, mezzo-soprano
Danish National Vocal Ensemble
DR Big Band
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Tönshoff, conductor

Tuva Semmingsen
trained at the Norwegian State Academy of Music (prof Ingrid Bjoner), and at the Royal Danish Opera Academy (prof Kirsten Buhl-Møller).

Tuva made her stage debut in 1999 at the Royal Danish Opera, as Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, a role she also performed at Teatro Fenice in Venice 2000. As a member of the soloist ensemble at the Royal Danish Opera she has sung roles as Sesto/Giulio Cesare, Rosina/il Barbiere di Siviglia, Angelina/la Cenerentola, Nerone/L’incoronazione di Poppea, Rosmira/Partenope, amongst others.

Outside Denmark, she as appeared with opera companies such as Opéra de Nancy (Barbiere di Siviglia & Orlando Furioso), Grand Opéra de Reims (Barbiere), Opéra de Lille (Giulio Cesare), Garsington (la Gazzetta), Glyndebourne Touring Opera (Cenerentola), the Norwegian Opera (Barbiere & Giulio Cesare), Royal Swedish Opera (Cenerentola), and Drottningholm Slotsteater (Ritorno d’Ulisse & Orlando Paladino).

Tuva’s love for early music has led to cooperation with Lars Ulrik Mortensen/Concerto Copenhagen, Emmanuelle Haïm/Le concert d’astrée, Alan Curtis/Il complesso barocco, and Wiliam Christie/Les arts florissants, leading her to concert podiums such as Theater an der Wien, Théatre de Champs-Elysées, and the Lincoln Center. Together with Bjarte Eike & Barokksolistene she has recorded the CD ”London Calling”, and the soundtrack for Lars von Trier’s movie ”Antichrist”.

In addition to classical music, Tuva enjoys singing jazz, and has recently recorded the CD ”Money” together with the Danish Big Band ”The Orchestra”. They appeared at Copenhagen Jazz Festival this summer, as a supporting act for Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling.

Recent performances include Ruggiero/Alcina at the Royal Danish Opera, Concepcion in Ravel’s ”l’Heure Espagnole” for Undergrunden (Copenhagen), and a performance of the cult classic ”Drumming” by Steve Reich at Copenhagen Jazzhouse, with the ensemble Ekkozone. Future engagements include Cherubino in a new production for Royal Danish Opera, a newly written opera ”Lysistrate” by Steingrimur Rohloff, and a tour of Denmark with a commissioned chamber musical, composed by the Danish pioneer Bent Fabricius-Bjerre.

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