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Roland Kluttig has been the principal conductor of Graz Opera and the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra since the 2020-21 season and succeeded conductor Oksana Lyniv in the role. Following three seasons with Graz Opera, Kluttig will venture into freelance conducting. “[This] step is conscious and I’m curious about what’s coming,” he told Archyde news in […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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2021-08-17 06:15:00
Juan Diego Flórez sings arias by Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Georges Bizet and Giacomo Puccini, with Vincenzo Scalera (HD 1080p)
As part of the Dmitri Hvorostovsky Festival 2019, tenor Juan Diego Flórez presents a recital in honor of the legendary Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Performing alongside pianist Vincenzo Scalera, he offers us well-loved arias from masterworks by Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, and Massenet. He is also performing three traditional pieces by Quirino Mendoza y Cortés, Francesco Paolo Tosti, and Agustín Lara. In two of them, Juan Diego Flórez will even accompany himself on the guitar. The encore is the aria "Nessun Dorma" from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" – the highlight of any opera evening. Juan Diego Flórez is one of the most famous and most popular opera singers of our time. Born in 1973 in Lima, Peru, he began to study music at the conservatory in his hometown, and soon after became a soloist with the Coro Nacionál de Lima. From 1993 until 1996, he studied at the […]
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2020-09-21 09:08:55
Bayreuth finally lets a woman conduct a first night
The restored Katharina Wagner has named Oksana Lyniv to conduct Flying Dutchman next summer. Bayreuth says the Ukrainian will be the first woman to lead a new production. Lyniv, 42, is music director of Graz Opera. Ms Wagner has also been explaining her own summer-long absence. Sje told local media that she had been in […]
2020-09-18 17:59:09
The Beethoven Orchestra, in Bonn, Germany, announced the extension of General Music Director Dirk Kaftan’s contract, through to 2027. The 49-year-old German conductor previously served as the chief conductor of the Graz Opera and the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra. “With Dirk Kaftan at the helm, the Beethoven Orchestra has developed further and continues to delight music […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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