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[…] fairies, like political dissent, did not officially exist.Even fairies could not have foreseen how Gheorghiu would turn out. The woman sharing a sofa with me in a windowless room in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, is one of the world’s leading sopranos. She is back in her beloved London to sing Mimi in Puccini’s La Bohème. She has sung Mimi, she reckons, several hundred times since her professional debut in the role at the Romanian National Opera in 1990. She is also promoting an album of Puccini’s songs, called A Te (To You). It’s a recording that shows, Gheorghiu tells me, that her voice “remains as fresh as ever. Otherwise I would have not sung it, since this is a permanent record.”
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2016-06-21 14:12:51
Six women make the cut for elite conducting course
Dallas Opera is setting the pace for young women conductors. Out of 156 applicants for the next course, six have been selected. They are: ELIZABETH ASKREN (USA) Elizabeth Askren has worked as Assistant Music Director in leading European venues (Théâtre des Champs Elysées, The Concertgebouw, etc.) and has guest conducted orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Débuts for the 2015-16 season include concerts with the Romanian National Opera in Cluj and the Opera Orchestra of Toulon. Ms. Askren is a laureate of France’s ADAMI, and has received fellowships from the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Royaumont Foundation, and the Aldeburgh Festival. A finalist candidate for the Mahler Competition, she was invited by Lorin Maazel as “Apprentice Conductor” for the inaugural season of the Castleton Festival in Virginia. She is the subject of several radio and press interviews, and is currently a […]
2016-04-27 18:20:57
Fears for national opera’s future after artistic director’s departure leads to cancellation of shows, pay protests and a ministerial scalpThere is chaos at the Romanian National Opera: a row that began when the ballet company’s Danish artistic director resigned has led to shows being cancelled, dancers refusing to perform, local artists protesting over pay for foreign stars and has even claimed a ministerial scalp.The tensions, which surfaced earlier this month, have escalated to the point where government ministers and even the prime minister have stepped in to try to find a solution. On Wednesday, the Romanian culture minister resigned amid the escalating row. Continue reading...
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2016-04-13 14:00:05
Post-Kobborg Uproar In Bucharest: Alina Cojocaru In Tears, 30 Dancers Threaten To Quit, Staffers Scream ‘Foreigners Out Of The Country!’
Tuesday evening, after Johan Kobborg formally resigned as artistic director of the ballet company at the Bucharest National Opera, about 30 dancers (many of them from abroad) joined Alina Cojocaru – the country’s leading ballerina and Kobborg’s fiancée – to protest the situation; all of them agreed that they would not stay with the company if Kobborg were not brought back. Meanwhile, some other opera house employees counter-demonstrated, booing the dancers and shouting, “Foreigners, out of the country! This is the Romanian National Opera!” (in Romanian)
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