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American composer (1886–1942)
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2022-04-09 05:10:00
Classical Music News of the Week, April 9, 2022
Tulsa Opera Announces 75th Anniversary SeasonGeneral Director Ken McConnell and Artistic Director Tobias Picker today announced Tulsa Opera’s 75th anniversary season, which opens October 28 & 30 with the company premiere of Rossini’s The Italian Girl (L’italiana in Algeri). The season continues with a gala concert performance of Verdi’s Aida on February 25 and the long-awaited company premiere of Tobias Picker’s Emmeline in a new production on May 12 & 14.“For 75 years, Tulsa Opera has been inspiring the people of our city through powerful productions of the best our art form has to offer,” said Mr. McConnell. “This landmark ‘diamond jubilee’ season will be a time of celebration, but also a time of appreciation for those who, over the years, helped make the company what it is today.”“This anniversary season, we present to Tulsa audiences something new, something familiar, and something long promised now finally delivered,” said Mr. Picker. “A little more […]
2022-03-02 14:53:12
Peter Selwyn One of my local orchestras, the Lambeth Orchestra, is celebrating its 50th anniversary and will shortly be announcing its celebratory 2022/23 season. The orchestra, founded in 1972 and under the direction of Dr Christopher Fifield since 1982, is one of London's foremost amateur orchestras. But besides all this, there is other big news. Peter Selwyn has been appointed the orchestra's new principal conductor and he conducts the orchestra on 9 April 2022 in a programme that includes Dvorak's Symphonic Variations and RVW's A London Symphony and music by Ravel at All Saints' Church, West Dulwich. Peter Selwyn is a local boy and first heard the orchestra when he attended concerts with his parents. He has since gone on to be Kapellmeister and Head of Music at the Staatstheater Nürnberg as well as included three seasons at Bayreuth as assistant to Adam Fischer and Giuseppe Sinopoli. Most recently we heard […]
2020-11-06 01:28:00
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