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Christopher Webber

January 01, 1970

For the American basketball player, see Chris Webber. For the German bobsledder, see Christopher Weber.

Christopher Webber (born 27 May 1953) is an English musicologist, dramatist, actor, theatre director and writer.

Christopher Webber

Biography edit

Webber was born in Bowdon, Cheshire (now Greater Manchester) and educated at The Manchester Grammar School and the University of Kent at Canterbury.[1] Starting his professional career with theatre directing work, for companies such as Orpheus Opera (of which he was Artistic Director 1980–87), Kent Opera, the new D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Britain and the USA, and various other English companies, he soon broadened his portfolio to include musical journalism, as Opera and Classical Music Editor for Richard Branson's Event Magazine, as well as Music and Musicians Magazine.[2]

As a writer, his early work included Bluff Your Way at the Races (Ravette) as well as many opera translations into English. Play commissions soon followed, beginning with a new English version of Sophocles's Philoctetes written for Offstage Downstairs. Later successes include Tatyana commissioned by Nottingham Playhouse, with Josie Lawrence in the title role, and Beverly Klein as her sister Olga;[3] Dr Sullivan and Mr Gilbert (Mull Theatre,[4] revived at Glasgow Citizens' Theatre and on tour throughout Scotland[5]); and Green Tea, shortlisted for a Guinness Prize.

He is an authority on the Spanish zarzuela,[6] and his book The Zarzuela Companion (Scarecrow Press 2002, Foreword by Plácido Domingo) is a standard English work on the subject.[7] He contributed the chapter on zarzuela to The Cambridge Companion to Operetta (Cambridge University Press 2019);[8] has written on Hispanic and Portuguese Music for The Oxford Companion to Music, Opera Magazine,[9] Opera Now,[10] Royal Opera Covent Garden[11] and many other publications; has provided programme notes and translations for many concert and festival organisations including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra,[12] Wexford Festival[13] and Edinburgh Festival;[14] and been Visiting Lecturer on the subject at various academic institutions, including the University of Tübingen[15] and University of Valencia.[16] For Oxford University Press's Bibliographies project, he wrote and curates the article on zarzuela (2016). In December 2022, he was appointed Editor (with Enrique Mejías García) of the Cambridge History of Spanish Opera and Music Theatre.

He is also an advisory editor and contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, having written over forty entries including those on his Manchester Grammar School contemporary Steven Pimlott,[17] Sir Jimmy Young[18] and Joyce Hatto.[19] Webber has since been featured on British TV's Channel 4 and BBC Radio 4, in documentaries about Hatto, "the fraudster pianist".[20][21]

As an actor, he has worked in England's West End and Repertory Theatre, creating the role of Owl in the first stage version of Winnie-the-Pooh (London Royalty Theatre and national tour) and taking part in world and/or international premières of plays by Alan Ayckbourn[22] and Alan Bennett[23][24] amongst others. He has also been an exponent in the field of corporate and medical professional actor-based roleplaying, especially noted for his work on development of feedback techniques, including his formulation of Advocate Feedback.[25]

Plays edit

  • Philoctetes (1987, based on Sophocles)
  • Green Isle (1989)
  • Love and Politics (1990, based on Schiller's Kabale und Liebe)
  • Tatyana (1990)
  • Birth of an Opera, Death of a Composer (1990)
  • Green Tea (1993, rev. 2000) (Couthurst Press 2000, ISBN 1-902819-01-2)
  • Dr Sullivan and Mr Gilbert (1993) (Couthurst Press 2001, ISBN 1-902819-00-4)
  • Mozart and Salieri (1993, after Pushkin)
  • A Flower and a Kiss (commissioned Welsh National Opera, 1995)
  • The Girl with the Roses (1999, after Pablo Sorozábal's La del manojo de rosas)
  • The Stronger (2010, zarzuela after Strindberg, with Derek Barnes composer)

Books edit

  • Bluff Your Way in Opera (Ravette, 1989, with Peter Gammond)
  • Bluff Your Way At the Races (Ravette, 1990)
  • The Zarzuela Companion (Scarecrow Press Inc., 2002) Lib. Cong. 2002110168 / ISBN 0-8108-4447-8
  • The Oxford Companion to Music (OUP, 2002 ed. Alison Latham; major contributor)
  • Zarzuela! (UME, from 2001 [4 vols.] ed.)
  • 'The alcalde, the negro and la bribona: género ínfimo zarzuela, 1900–1910' in De la zarzuela al cine. Los medios de comunicación populares y su traducción de la voz marginal (München, Martin Meidenbauer, 2010 ed. Max Doppelbauer and Kathrin Sartingen) ISBN 978-3-89975-208-3
  • 'Chapí, "el gran camaleón"' in Ruperto Chapí: nuevas perspectivas Vol.1 (Valencia, Institut de la Música, 2012 ed. Víctor Sánchez Sánchez et al.) ISBN 978-84-482-5798-9
  • 'Under the Influence: Pablo Luna and opereta española' in El teatro de arte (Madrid, Fundación Guerrero, 2016 ed. Alberto González Lapuente and Alberto Honrado Pinilla) ISBN 978-84-617-4100-7
  • 'Zarzuela', Chapter 8 in So You Want to Sing Light Opera (Washington DC, Rowman & Littlefield, 2017 ed. Linda Lister) ISBN 9781442269385
  • 'Spain and Zarzuela' in The Cambridge Companion to Operetta (Cambridge, University Press, 2019 ed. Anastasia Belina and Derek B. Scott) ISBN 9781107182165
  • '¿Fruta podrida? Nuevas perspectivas sobre la zarzuela ínfima en Madrid (1900-1912)' in Música, escena y cine (1896-1978): diálogos y sinergias en la España del siglo XX (Hispanic Music Series 5, Universidad de Oviedo, 2021 ed. Miriam Perandones and María Encina Cortizo) ISBN 9788418482229

References edit

  1. ^ The Oxford Companion to Music (OUP, 2002 ed. Alison Latham; major contributors, biographical section)
  2. ^ Biographical profile, Opera Magazine (London, July 1992)
  3. ^ "Derek Barnes". Chiuni.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  4. ^ Mull Theatre, July–September 1993
  5. ^ Glasgow Citizens Theatre May 1998, tour May–August 1998
  6. ^ "La zarzuela se hace inglesa · ELPAÍS.com". El País. Elpais.com. 29 August 1999. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  7. ^ "New Zarzuela book, December 2002". Zarzuela.net. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  8. ^ ISBN 9781316856024, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-companion-to-operetta/3DF7A4F1A63E892DA5E54273A507F44F
  9. ^ most recent, Opera Magazine (London, September 2019; October 2019 et al.)
  10. ^ 'Say Hola to Zarzuela' (London, March 2013)
  11. ^ Plácido Domingo, Royal Opera House Gala, London February 1999
  12. ^ . Nyphil.org. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  13. ^ "Don Quichotte".
  14. ^ "La verbena de la Paloma", Kings Theatre Edinburgh, August 1997
  15. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^ "Congreso Internacional Ruperto Chapí". Ivm.gva.es. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  17. ^ "Steven Pimlott". Oxforddnb.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  18. ^ "Sir Leslie Ronald (Jimmy) Young". Oxfordddnb.com. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  19. ^ "Joyce Hatto". Oxforddnb.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  20. ^ "The Great Piano Scam". Channel 4. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  21. ^ "Radio 4 Programmes – Who Was Joyce Hatto?". BBC. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  22. ^ "Alan Ayckbourn Plays: A Word From Our Sponsor". Awordfromoursponsor.alanayckbourn.net. 20 April 1995. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  23. ^ "Talking Heads", Mull Theatre (UK Repertory Premiere, June–September 1993)
  24. ^ "Talking Heads", English Theatre Berlin, January–March 2001
  25. ^ Andrew Baguley, . Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

External links edit

 
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For the American basketball player see Chris Webber For the German bobsledder see Christopher Weber Christopher Webber born 27 May 1953 is an English musicologist dramatist actor theatre director and writer Christopher Webber Contents 1 Biography 2 Plays 3 Books 4 References 5 External linksBiography editWebber was born in Bowdon Cheshire now Greater Manchester and educated at The Manchester Grammar School and the University of Kent at Canterbury 1 Starting his professional career with theatre directing work for companies such as Orpheus Opera of which he was Artistic Director 1980 87 Kent Opera the new D Oyly Carte Opera Company in Britain and the USA and various other English companies he soon broadened his portfolio to include musical journalism as Opera and Classical Music Editor for Richard Branson s Event Magazine as well as Music and Musicians Magazine 2 As a writer his early work included Bluff Your Way at the Races Ravette as well as many opera translations into English Play commissions soon followed beginning with a new English version of Sophocles s Philoctetes written for Offstage Downstairs Later successes include Tatyana commissioned by Nottingham Playhouse with Josie Lawrence in the title role and Beverly Klein as her sister Olga 3 Dr Sullivan and Mr Gilbert Mull Theatre 4 revived at Glasgow Citizens Theatre and on tour throughout Scotland 5 and Green Tea shortlisted for a Guinness Prize He is an authority on the Spanish zarzuela 6 and his book The Zarzuela Companion Scarecrow Press 2002 Foreword by Placido Domingo is a standard English work on the subject 7 He contributed the chapter on zarzuela to The Cambridge Companion to Operetta Cambridge University Press 2019 8 has written on Hispanic and Portuguese Music for The Oxford Companion to Music Opera Magazine 9 Opera Now 10 Royal Opera Covent Garden 11 and many other publications has provided programme notes and translations for many concert and festival organisations including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra 12 Wexford Festival 13 and Edinburgh Festival 14 and been Visiting Lecturer on the subject at various academic institutions including the University of Tubingen 15 and University of Valencia 16 For Oxford University Press s Bibliographies project he wrote and curates the article on zarzuela 2016 In December 2022 he was appointed Editor with Enrique Mejias Garcia of the Cambridge History of Spanish Opera and Music Theatre He is also an advisory editor and contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography having written over forty entries including those on his Manchester Grammar School contemporary Steven Pimlott 17 Sir Jimmy Young 18 and Joyce Hatto 19 Webber has since been featured on British TV s Channel 4 and BBC Radio 4 in documentaries about Hatto the fraudster pianist 20 21 As an actor he has worked in England s West End and Repertory Theatre creating the role of Owl in the first stage version of Winnie the Pooh London Royalty Theatre and national tour and taking part in world and or international premieres of plays by Alan Ayckbourn 22 and Alan Bennett 23 24 amongst others He has also been an exponent in the field of corporate and medical professional actor based roleplaying especially noted for his work on development of feedback techniques including his formulation of Advocate Feedback 25 Plays editPhiloctetes 1987 based on Sophocles Green Isle 1989 Love and Politics 1990 based on Schiller s Kabale und Liebe Tatyana 1990 Birth of an Opera Death of a Composer 1990 Green Tea 1993 rev 2000 Couthurst Press 2000 ISBN 1 902819 01 2 Dr Sullivan and Mr Gilbert 1993 Couthurst Press 2001 ISBN 1 902819 00 4 Mozart and Salieri 1993 after Pushkin A Flower and a Kiss commissioned Welsh National Opera 1995 The Girl with the Roses 1999 after Pablo Sorozabal s La del manojo de rosas The Stronger 2010 zarzuela after Strindberg with Derek Barnes composer Books editBluff Your Way in Opera Ravette 1989 with Peter Gammond Bluff Your Way At the Races Ravette 1990 The Zarzuela Companion Scarecrow Press Inc 2002 Lib Cong 2002110168 ISBN 0 8108 4447 8 The Oxford Companion to Music OUP 2002 ed Alison Latham major contributor Zarzuela UME from 2001 4vols ed The alcalde the negro and la bribona genero infimo zarzuela 1900 1910 in De la zarzuela al cine Los medios de comunicacion populares y su traduccion de la voz marginal Munchen Martin Meidenbauer 2010 ed Max Doppelbauer and Kathrin Sartingen ISBN 978 3 89975 208 3 Chapi el gran camaleon in Ruperto Chapi nuevas perspectivas Vol 1 Valencia Institut de la Musica 2012 ed Victor Sanchez Sanchez et al ISBN 978 84 482 5798 9 Under the Influence Pablo Luna and opereta espanola in El teatro de arte Madrid Fundacion Guerrero 2016 ed Alberto Gonzalez Lapuente and Alberto Honrado Pinilla ISBN 978 84 617 4100 7 Zarzuela Chapter 8 in So You Want to Sing Light Opera Washington DC Rowman amp Littlefield 2017 ed Linda Lister ISBN 9781442269385 Spain and Zarzuela in The Cambridge Companion to Operetta Cambridge University Press 2019 ed Anastasia Belina and Derek B Scott ISBN 9781107182165 Fruta podrida Nuevas perspectivas sobre la zarzuela infima en Madrid 1900 1912 in Musica escena y cine 1896 1978 dialogos y sinergias en la Espana del siglo XX Hispanic Music Series 5 Universidad de Oviedo 2021 ed Miriam Perandones and Maria Encina Cortizo ISBN 9788418482229References edit The Oxford Companion to Music OUP 2002 ed Alison Latham major contributors biographical section Biographical profile Opera Magazine London July 1992 Derek Barnes Chiuni ac uk Retrieved 19 October 2011 Mull Theatre July September 1993 Glasgow Citizens Theatre May 1998 tour May August 1998 La zarzuela se hace inglesa ELPAIS com El Pais Elpais com 29 August 1999 Retrieved 19 October 2011 New Zarzuela book December 2002 Zarzuela net Retrieved 19 October 2011 ISBN 9781316856024 https www cambridge org core books cambridge companion to operetta 3DF7A4F1A63E892DA5E54273A507F44F most recent Opera Magazine London September 2019 October 2019 et al Say Hola to Zarzuela London March 2013 Placido Domingo Royal Opera House Gala London February 1999 New York Philharmonic Placido Domingo and the New York Philharmonic Nyphil org Archived from the original on 6 April 2012 Retrieved 19 October 2011 Don Quichotte La verbena de la Paloma Kings Theatre Edinburgh August 1997 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 15 March 2012 Retrieved 30 July 2011 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Congreso Internacional Ruperto Chapi Ivm gva es Retrieved 19 October 2011 Steven Pimlott Oxforddnb com Retrieved 19 October 2011 Sir Leslie Ronald Jimmy Young Oxfordddnb com Retrieved 27 April 2023 Joyce Hatto Oxforddnb com Retrieved 19 October 2011 The Great Piano Scam Channel 4 Retrieved 19 October 2011 Radio 4 Programmes Who Was Joyce Hatto BBC 21 September 2010 Retrieved 19 October 2011 Alan Ayckbourn Plays A Word From Our Sponsor Awordfromoursponsor alanayckbourn net 20 April 1995 Retrieved 19 October 2011 Talking Heads Mull Theatre UK Repertory Premiere June September 1993 Talking Heads English Theatre Berlin January March 2001 Andrew Baguley RolePlays for training Archived from the original on 19 January 2012 Retrieved 30 July 2011 External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Christopher Webber Christopher Webber at IMDb 1 Zarzuela Net website founder editor biographical page 2 Archived 8 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine Sir Arnold Bax website major contributor Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christopher Webber amp oldid 1188837851, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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