Dezső Ernster News
Hungarian opera singer
- bass
- Hungary
- opera singer
Last update
2024-04-24
Refresh
2021-02-24 05:00:00
MOZART: DON GIOVANNI - FURTWÄNGLER 1954 (2 editions)
Mozart - Don Giovanni Don Giovanni – Cesare Siepi Donna Anna – Elisabeth Grümmer Donna Elvira – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Zerlina – Erna Berger Don Ottavio – Anton Dermota Leporello – Otto Edelmann Commendatore – Deszö Ernster Masetto – Walter Berry Chorus – Wiener Staatsopernchor Conductor – Wilhelm Furtwängler Orchestra – Wiener Philharmoniker Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival on August 3, 1954 [the date given by EMI Aug 6, 1954 is an error] Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Paul Baily 1991 EMI CLASSICS "REFERENCES" CHS 7 63860 2 Digitally remastered at King Sekiguchidai Studio by Hiroyuki Tsuji and Shigeki Matsuzaka 2020 KING INTERNATIONAL KKC-4236/8
2016-11-11 19:16:56
Classical pianist, conductor, teacher, composer, record producer and criticZoltán Kocsis, who has died aged 64 following a long illness, was a member of a distinguished troika of Hungarian pianists – with Dezsö Ránki and András Schiff – who emanated from the late 1960s class of Pál Kadosa at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. Schiff, although the youngest of the trio, was the first to embark on an international career, while Kocsis, like Ránki, remained closer to Hungary, engaging fruitfully with his compatriots, provocatively and often courageously towards officialdom. Kocsis’s contribution to the culture of his native country was all the more valuable in that he was not only a pianist and conductor, but also a teacher, arranger, musicologist, composer, record producer and critic.Underpinning that versatility was a sense of mission: a burning desire to pass on the insights and experience of previous generations. To that end he would […]
2016-02-17 13:00:08
Ein Ernster Tag, ein grosser Tag!
On this day the Metropolitan Opera will announce its 2016-2017 schedule. Be sure to check back on parterre.com around midday for complete details! ici On this day in 1859 Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera premiered in Napoli. ici On this day in 1904 Puccini’s Madama Butterfly had its disastrous premiere in Milan. ici Born on this day in 1796 composer Giovanni Pacini. ici Born on this day in 1888 conductor Vincenzo Bellezza. ici Born on this day in 1897 contralto Gertrud Wettergren. ici Born on this day in 1909 soprano Marjorie Lawrence. ici […]
2015-12-21 16:00:59
Monday, December 21, 2015 Birthdays Michael Tilson Thomas Happy 71st birthday Michael Tilson Thomas, born on this day in 1944 in Hollywood. His parents were Ted and Roberta Thomas, a Broadway stage manager and a middle school history teacher respectively. He is the grandson of noted Yiddish theater stars Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky, who performed in the Yiddish Theater District in Manhattan. Tilson Thomas studied at the University of Southern California, studying piano with John Crown and composition and conducting under Ingolf Dahl. As a student of Friedelind Wagner, Tilson Thomas was a Musical Assistant and Assistant Conductor at the Bayreuth Festival. Tilson Thomas lives in San Francisco with his partner of thirty years, Joshua Robison. They married on November 2, 2014. 1 András Schiff Happy 61st birthday András Schiff! Born on this day in 1953 in Budapest. He began piano lessons at age five, studying at the […]
or
- timeline: Lyrical singers (Europe).
- Indexes (by alphabetical order): E...