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Danish Opera in the Alentejo

Danish opera could once again be heard echoing in the vineyards of Alentejo.   For the ninth consecutive year, we staged our  Annual Cortes de Cima Summer Vineyard Concert. Acclaimed artists from the Royal Copenhagen Opera Ulla Kudsk Jensen (Mezzo Soprano), Hans Laewetz (Baritone) and Jacob Beck (piano) performed well known arias and duets against a [...]

9th Annual Summer Vineyard Concert – June 17th

From the Royal Opera Copenhagen mezzo soprano Ulla Kudsk Jensen will be returning once again, this year with the tenor Hans Lawaetz and Jacob Beck at the piano, to perform a marvelous array of your favorite melodies including Mozart, Schubert, Richard Rodgers,  and Andrew L. Weber!
Chef Otto Bjarne will be serving his fabulous buffet dinner, [...]

Getting ready to welcome ‘Old and New Friends’ – Cortes de Cima 8th Annual Summer Vineyard Concert

The winery is a buzz of activity as we are busy preparing once again for our Summer Vineyard Concert, when the echo of Danish opera can be heard against the backdrop of the verdant summer vineyard.  The lovely mezzo soprana Ulla Kudsk Jensen will be returning this year accompanied for the first time by the tenor [...]

Bottling with Mozart

For pure entertainment, I mixed some bottling footage with a recording from our Summer Vineyard Concert 2009, with the performers from the Royal Opera Copenhagen Ulla Kudsk Jensen and Hans Lawaetz singing Papageno from the Magic Flute and Mats Knutsson at the Steinway, proving that bottling can be fun! Enjoy!

‘Thank you for the Music’ and a great Chaminé Launch Party!

To Ulla, Hans and Mats – ‘Thank you for the music!’-  for bringing your music all the way from the Royal Opera, Copenhagen to the verdant Alentejan plains!  An event which symbolized a unique marriage of classical music and wine, realized in a beautiful, green summer vineyard setting.
Mezza-Soprana Ulla Kudsk Jensen and Pianist Mats Knutsson have performed [...]

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