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2021-01-06 20:25:32
Also known as the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, the Spanish government announced 32 influential recipients in the cultural realm. Venezuelan-born Dudamel is the Music Director of the LA Philharmonic and serves as the Honorary Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony. Emilio Sagi served as the artistic director of the Teatro Real de […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2020-01-23 01:23:00
San Francisco Opera announced the 2020-21 season today. Some of the news was already out there, owing to giveaway biographies, news items in Opera Magazine, and the announcement of Eun Sun Kim as the incoming music director.Here's the short version, shamelessly copied from Joshua Kosman's Chronicle article on the season.FIDELIO (Ludwig van Beethoven) Sept. 12-Oct. 1. Elza van den Heever, Simon O’Neill, Falk Struckmann, Eric Owens, Alfred Walker. Eun Sun Kim, conductor; Matthew Ozawa, director; Alexander V. Nichols, set and projection designer; Jessica Jahn, costume designer; Jax Messenger, lighting designer; Ian Robertson, chorus director. RIGOLETTO (Giuseppe Verdi) Sept. 13-Oct. 4. George Gagnidze, Nina Minasyan, Pene Pati, Zanda Svede, Alfred Walker, Reginald Smith, Jr. Sir Mark Elder, conductor; Mark Lamos, production; Jose Maria Condemi, revival director; Michael Yeargan, set designer; Constance Hoffman, costume designer; Justin Partier, lighting designer; Lawrence Pech, choreographer; Ian Robertson, chorus director. COSÌ FAN TUTTE (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Oct. […]
2017-09-15 10:12:55
Anglais - Il viaggio a Reims at the Liceu: A light and easy appetiser
Liceu has resumed its activity with Il viaggio a Reims, an unusual title for a season opening. We need to consider however that these performances, despite being the first ones, do not have the ‘official’ opening character that will arrive at the beginning of October with Un ballo in maschera. But why is Il viaggio a Reims not an appropriate title to open the season? Because, to start with, dramatically it isn’t a proper opera but rather a sort of scenic cantata with minimal dramatic action. Secondly, – and mainly – because it requires 10 highly competent singers who will be facing a deeply demanding score from the most mature and experienced Rossini, and no theatre can nowadays afford the luxury of hiring 10 first level performers for this genuinely strange opera in one act. This piece, composed by Rossini in 1825 to celebrate the coronation of Charles X […]
2017-02-17 16:32:25
Born in the saddle
Born on this day in 1909 soprano Marjorie Lawrence. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVCnv8ATpt4 Born on this day in 1796 composer Giovanni Pacini. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQAH111_pA0 On this day in 1859 Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera premiered in Napoli. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OG2CSBMS4o Born on this day in 1888 conductor Vincenzo Bellezza. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=23O-J3Sj-NQ Born on this day in 1897 contralto Gertrud Wettergren. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi3hOnfmP54 On this day in 1904 Puccini’s Madama Butterfly had its disastrous premiere in Milan. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLtwCaYptdQ Born on this day in 1913 conductor and composer René Leibowitz. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=WziX6aRVuIo Born on this day in 1914 baritone Luis Sagi-Vela. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIgMGjY6qsc Happy 91st birthday composer Friedrich Cerha. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj4tuWVBLoE Born on this day in 1924 soprano and writer Margaret Truman. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQXbmADoC1w Born on this day in 1926 composer Lee Hoiby. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P50fgp6dUg Happy 72nd birthday soprano Ellen Shade. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA7lhrn6Nio
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