Ivan Petrov News
Russian singer (1920-2003)
- bass
- Russia, Soviet Union
- actor, opera singer, music teacher
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2022-04-08 19:50:01
The 2022 senior finalists are: Pianist Robert Bily (Czech Republic) Violinist Ruslan Talas (Kazakhstan) Pianist Maria Narodytska (Ukraine) Violinist Iskandar Widjaja (Indonesia) Special prizes were also awarded to this year's semi-finalists, American cellist Johannes Gray and Mexican pianist Vladimir Petrov. The 2022 junior finalists are: Pianist Odesa Meti (Albania) Violinist Tao-Yuan Hsiaо (Croatia) […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2022-03-14 10:21:00
Opéra BastilleDon Giovanni – Christian van Horn Commendatore – Alexander Tsymbalyuk Donna Anna – Adela Zaharia Don Ottavio – Pavel Petrov Donna Elvira – Nicole Car Leporello – Krzysztof Bączyk Masetto- Mikhail Timoskenko Zerlina – Anna El-KhashemIvo van Hove (director)Jan Versweyveld (set designs, lighting)An D’Huys (costumes)Isabelle Horovitz (choreography)Christopher Ash (video)Jan Vandenhouwe (dramaturgy) Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris, (chorus master: Ching-Lien Wiu)Orchestra of the Opéra national de ParisBertrand de Billy (conductor) The problem with Don Giovanni, or rather with all too many contemporary approaches to it, whether by directors or audiences (perhaps less musicians), is secular liberals’ inability or refusal to acknowledge its nature as a deeply religious, indeed theological work. It does not tie one down to a single possibility, far from it, but simply to ignore that aspect, likewise its delicate, related balance on the cusp of mythology, serves at best to impoverish and delimit […]
2021-12-15 08:18:32
Meyerbeer's first opera, written when he was just 21, is finally available in a modern recording that enables us to begin to appreciate what we've been missing
Meyerbeer Jephtas Gelübde; Sönke Tams Freier, Andrea Chudak, Markus Elsäßer, Laurence Kalaidjian, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Dario Salvi; Naxos Music Library Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 13 December 2021 Star rating: 3.0 (★★★) Meyerbeer's first opera, written when he had just turned twenty, finally recorded in a performance that allows us to appreciate the imagination of the workGiacomo Meyerbeer was talented young and coming from a wealthy Berlin Jewish family, the Beers [see my review of Elaine Thornton's book, Giacomo Meyerbeer and his family: Between two worlds], he received great encouragement and support from his family. Having studied with Antonio Salieri and Carl Friedrich Zelter, at the age of 19 in 1810 he went for formal lessons with Abbé Vogler at Darmstadt, where fellow students included Carl Maria von Weber (who would become a friend and supporter), some five years older then Meyerbeer. The time with Vogler was important for […]
All the conducting master class
2021-08-29 18:25:00
21 – 27 Nov, 2021 Dear Collegues, We cordially invite you to Russia!In November 2021 there’s going to be a conducting masterclass with Frieder Bernius and Alexey Petrov (specialist in Russian music) in Moscow (Russia) Those who are interested can use the chance to work with and learn from Frieder and Alexei between the 21 […]
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