Rita Loving http://www.ritaloving.com/rl Coach and Performer, Pianist and Singer Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:30:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en On-line at last! http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/frontpage/first_post/ http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/frontpage/first_post/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:33:22 +0000 admin http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/136/

“And he alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving.”

“Work is love made visible.”

Kahil Gilbran - ‘The Prophet’

Rita in Italy, Summer 2007

For a very long while, I have wanted to share my life in the arts, and…

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]]> http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/frontpage/first_post/feed/ Concert on Dec. 5th 2008 http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/concert-with-margarita-de-arellano-for-the-csu-in-eichenau-on-dec-5th-2008/ http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/concert-with-margarita-de-arellano-for-the-csu-in-eichenau-on-dec-5th-2008/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:27:24 +0000 admin http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/concert-with-margarita-de-arellano-for-the-csu-in-eichenau-on-dec-5th-2008/ I shared a concert with Margarita de Arellano for the CSU in Eichenau on Dec. 5th, 2008.

Happy Holidays!

]]> http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/concert-with-margarita-de-arellano-for-the-csu-in-eichenau-on-dec-5th-2008/feed/ Rita sings for Obama on Election Night 2008 http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/rita-sings-for-obama-on-election-night-2008/ http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/rita-sings-for-obama-on-election-night-2008/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:51:51 +0000 admin http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/rita-sings-for-obama-on-election-night-2008/ I entertained as pianist-singer; sang and played along with 3 colleagues from the Bayerische Staatsoper (Joan Campbell, Jason Alexander Smith and Sarah Yorke)  at an Election Party for Barack Obama at the Restaurant, Bushing Garten in Munich on the night of Nov. 4th.

We were later joined by Steve Hooks-saxophonist,  John Paiva-guitarist, and then Roberta Kelly, singer).

And have been in a state of euphoria ever since.

Munich 4 Obama 9  Munich 4 Obama 8 Munich 4 Obama 7

See:
munich4obama
Photos shown here from the Munich4Obama website

]]> http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/rita-sings-for-obama-on-election-night-2008/feed/ Playing on Dec 22nd, 2007 in Munich http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/playing-on-dec-22nd-2007-in-munich/ http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/playing-on-dec-22nd-2007-in-munich/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:07:52 +0000 admin http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/playing-on-dec-22nd-2007-in-munich/ I am playing at Piazza Linda, Elizabethstr. 12 on Sat. 22nd December from 20Uhr bis Mitternacht. (8pm - Midnight)

RISTORANTE PIAZZA LINDA Elisabethstraße12 80796 München
Tel.: 089 - 27 27 22 01 Fax.: 089 C 27 27 22 02
Öffnungszeiten: Di.-Sa. 18-1 Uhr
mail@piazzalinda.de
www.piazzalinda.de
Vorschau auf ‘Specials‘ im Dezember:
Samstag, 22.12.CLASSIC-CHRISTMAS PIANO LOUNGE
mit
RITA LOVING

Rita Loving aus New York City spielt seit ihrem 7. Lebensjahr Klavier. Sie hat am Konservatorium in Oberlin, Ohio und an der Manhattan School Of Music, NYC Klavier, Gesang und Komposition studiert. Als Korrepetitorin hat sie an den Opernhäusern von Milwaukee, Memphis und New York gearbeitet bevor sie nach Europa kam. Zwischen 1969 und 1978 war sie Korrepetitorin und Sängerin an den Opernbühnen von Flensburg, Wiesbaden, Enschede und Amsterdam. Zwischen 1978 und 2001 war sie Mitglied der Bayrischen Staatsoper in München. Neben ihrem Beruf als klassische Pianistin gehört ihre Leidenschaft der `leichten Muse`, besonders spezialisiert hat sie sich hierbei auf Amerikanische Musicals und die `Oldies` der 30er, 40er und 50er Jahre.

]]> http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/playing-on-dec-22nd-2007-in-munich/feed/ Rita & Judith http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/rita_judith/ http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/rita_judith/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:55:35 +0000 admin http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/rita_judith/ Judith and Rita as kids Judith Chernaik

Rita and Judith Chernaik grew up together, and are still in regular contact.

Judith, a well-known author and editor, lives in London and is a co-founder of the “Poems on the Underground” series of books and events.

Rita recently performed in an Event in London, in the “Poems from the Underground” series.

]]> http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/rita_judith/feed/ Fasching Concert at the Bavarian State Opera http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/fasching_concert/ http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/fasching_concert/#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:04:02 +0000 admin http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/fasching_concert/ 1990, on the occasion of the annual Fasching (Carnival) Concert, given that year at the famed rococco Cuvilliés Theatre, Rita was accompanied at the piano by Kammersänger Ferry Gruber, singing “Lili Marlene” (of course, under a lamppost), with great success and even recognition from the Press.

These photos show her in rehearsal and performance for that Concert.

In rehearsal for Lili Marlene On stage, with Ferry Gruber In performance

]]> http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/fasching_concert/feed/ Poem http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/thisnthat/poem01/ http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/thisnthat/poem01/#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:01:28 +0000 admin http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/thisnthat/poem01/
When your soul is in pain, I will give you my hand;
If this doesn’t reach you, I will give you an embrace;
If this doesn’t reach you, I will give you caresses;
If this is not enough, I will give you a kiss;
If this does not suffice, I will make love to you;
and if all this does not satisfy,
I will give you music.
I find this poem by Argentinian poet Mechi Alvarellos, very moving…
]]> http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/thisnthat/poem01/feed/ Mistaken Identity? http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/rita_or_debbie/ http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/rita_or_debbie/#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:55:25 +0000 admin http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/rita_or_debbie/ Mistaken IdentityLoving, Reynolds or Hayward??? Rita or Debbie? Loving or Reynolds?

]]> http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/rita_or_debbie/feed/ Dustin http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/dustin/ http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/dustin/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:18:47 +0000 admin http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/2007/08/19/dustin/ Among many friends in New York City, Rita was close to Dustin Hoffman in the years before his discovery by Mike Nichols and his casting in “The Graduate”. In fact Rita accompanied Dustin for a seemingly disastrous audition for a musical. Mike Nichols somehow remembered the impression Dustin made at the audition (he didn’t get the job) but called him in for a screen test for his upcoming film “The Graduate”, and the rest is history.

[I appeared in an article featuring Dustin in “Life Magazine”, some time after his ‘discovery’… we are searching for a copy of this article. - Rita]

Rita, the kids, Dustin and puppy on the bed, Jan. 1966 Dustin, Feb. 1967 at THE audition Dustin juggling, New York, Feb. 1967
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]]> http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/aside/dustin/feed/ Rita in Performance: 25 Sep. 2007, London http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/hello-world/ http://www.ritaloving.com/rl/latest/hello-world/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:34:53 +0000 admin Rita performed in London on September 25th, 2007:

“W.H. AUDEN • LOUIS MacNIECE • BRITTEN • ELGAR • STRAVINSKY”
Poems on the Underground Series
Readers Gerard Benson & Cecily Herbert
and the Apollo Chamber Orchestra (conductor David Chernaik)
with guest performer RITA LOVING.

‘A celebration of the works of five 20th Century writers and composers who transformed our world.’

Tuesday 25th September, 2007, 7.30pm • St. Giles Cripplegate (opposite Barbican Center)
Tickets: £12 (concessions £8) from Barbican Box Office 0845 120 7500 (www.barbican.org.uk)

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