Aleksandr Vedernikov News
Russian singer and opera singer (1927-2018)
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- Soviet Union, Russia
- opera singer, music teacher
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2024-03-29
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2022-02-03 14:00:22
French conductor Marie Jacquot succeeds the Royal Danish Theater's previous director Alexander Vedernikov, who sadly passed away with COVID-19 in October 2020. Jacquot is presently the First Kappellmeister at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg, where she has recently led productions of La Clemenza di Tito, Orpheus in the Underworld, and The Nutcracker. Initially […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2021-11-29 20:18:00
Anglais - Armenian Baritone Gevorg Hakobyan extending his career with his debut in Wiener Staatsoper
While Armenian baritone Gevorg Hakobyan will make his Vienna State Opera debut in December in Tosca, we caught up with him for an interview. We talk about her career, her vision of Scarpia and her plans for the future, but also music and theater – and the growing role of directors. *** After your successful appearance in Termi de Caracala in Rome you are accomplishing your international career with your debut at Wiener Staatsoper in December 2021 as Scarpia in Tosca. How would you describe yourself, your job and career as a professional opera singer? What do you like and dislike? Gevorg Hakobyan: The opera is a world where I feel fulfilled and satisfied. Here I can fully express and constantly improve myself. Thanks to the music of the great composers, as well as through complexand diverse roles, I discover new worlds, new way of thinking, new colors, […]
2021-05-03 06:11:35
Unlike his slightly older contemporaries and fellow Heinrich Neuhaus pupils Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels, pianist Anatoly Vedernikov (1920-1993) is all but unknown in the West. The same can be said for his sizeable discography. Denon brought out at least 26 Vedernikov CDs, which, of course, lasted in the catalog for about five seconds, and […]
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2020-12-15 10:47:16
Danes move fast to replace late conductor
Barely have the tears dried for Alexander Vedernikov, who died six weeks ago of Covid, than the orchestra of the Royal Danish Opera, where he was chief conductor, have announced a replacement. The Italian Paolo Carignani has been given the title of principal guest conductor for the next three years. Carignani, 59, was formerly chief […]
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