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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.1 Context Composed between winter 1887 and spring 1888, Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony went through a number of revisions after its premiere in 1888. Originally composed as a “symphonic poem in two parts”, Mahler composed the work during his time at the Leipzig Opera House. First constructed […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2019-10-07 15:36:00
Tristan und Isolde, Oper Leipzig, 5 October 2019
Leipzig Opera House Tristan (Daniel Kirch) and Isolde (Meagan Miller)Images: Tom Schulze Tristan – Daniel Kirch Isolde – Meagan Miller King Marke – Sebastian Pilgrim Kurwenal – Jukka Rasilainen Melot – Matthias Stier Brangäne – Barbara Koselj Shepherd – Martin Petzold Steersman – Franz Xaver Schlecht Young Sailor – Alvaro Zambrano Enrico Lübbe (director) Torsten Buß (co-director) Étienne Pluss (set designs) Linda Redlin (costumes) fettFilm (video) Olaf Freese (lighting) Nele Winter (dramaturgy) Leipzig Opera Chorus (chorus director: Thomas Eitler-de Lint) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Ulf Schirmer (conductor) Sailors and Kurwenal (Jukka Rasilainen) Leipzig’s relationship with its greatest son has never been easy, nor should it have been. Wagner, in all his glorious and inglorious contradictions, is too complicated, problematical, and interesting to be reduced to mere hero-worship; or, as Theodor Adorno put it, ‘progress and reaction in […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-03-07 03:04:00
Jakub Józef Orliński: "I have already jumped over all of my dreams"
Interview with Jakub Józef OrlińskiRevopéra – January 4, 2018Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński, Grand Finals winner of the 2016 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and winner of the 2015 Marcella Sembrich International Vocal Competition, is undoubtedly a very promising singer.The French audience had the chance to discover Jakub Józef Orliński last year at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, and will have the opportunity to welcome him for his first major recital in Paris at the end of the month (Salle Gaveau, 24th January 2017).What made you decide to become an opera singer?I started my singing adventure as a little boy in a choir "Gregorianum", in Warsaw, led by Berenika Jozaitis and Leszek Kubiak. I made my first musical steps there. I have to admit that those (I think around) ten years spent in a choir made a crucial impact on my later career. Over the years I have developed a certain understanding of music, […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-03-05 12:22:00
Enemies in Love | George Frideric Handel – Jakub Józef Orliński, Natalia Kawałek, Il Giardino d'Amore, Stefan Plewniak
Enemies in Love is a dazzling disc of Handel Arias and Duets performed by soprano Natalia Kawałek, countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński and Il Giardino d'Amore conducted by Stefan Plewniak.The album explores themes of love, jealousy, war, intrigue and religious conflict. The singers delight the listener with their virtuosic display, as one would expect from a recording from Evoe, a label specialising in vocal and orchestral Baroque music.Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński has gained a reputation as a singer of striking vocal beauty and daring stage craft. Trained at the Juilliard School, he is an avid interpreter of the roles created by Handel. Polish mezzo-soprano Natalia Kawałek studied at the Frederic Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. In the summer of 2016 she made her debut in Glyndenbourne singing Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro of Mozart. In 2016 she sang also in Verdi's Macbeth, together with Placido Domingo in Theater […]
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