Die amerikanische Mezzosopranistin Kate Lindsey zeigt in diesem Programm erneut die ganze Bandbreite ihres darstellerischen Könnens in dramatischen und gleichermaßen einfühlsamen Interpretationen. Sie kann sicherlich alle dramaturgischen Anforderungen erfüllen, um zu schillernden Charakterisierungen zu gelangen. Technisch ist ihrem Gesang nichts vorzuwerfen. Read More →
Esther Birringer hat Klaviertranskriptionen aus drei großen russischen Balletten für ihr Recital-Album ausgewählt. Dabei behält sie immer die Handlung der Ballette im Auge und benutzt die Musik nicht für eine Virtuosenshow. Read More →
The Spanish tenor Francisco Ortiz has died at the age of 82. Born in 1938, his debut took place in Prague, in 1968, in a production of Verdi’s Aida. A few months later, the Teatro de La Zarzuela hired him for a year as first tenor. Laster made his breakthrough in Europe and sung in London, Paris and other major international venues, inducing the Met in New York. Read More →
With the introduction of Hi-Res Audio, the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Digital will be the world’s first video stream on demand with audio track in lossless studio quality, the orchestra says. Read More →
Im viersätzigen Divertimento hören wir Wolf-Ferrari als unterhaltsamen Komponisten ‘gehobener Unterhaltung’. Die abschließende Fuge kann man als Referenz auf seinen Lehrer Joseph Rheinberger hören, den Komponisten mit dem Spitznamen Fugenseppl. Die Suite I gioielli della Madonna (Die Juwelen der Madonna) aus seiner fünften Oper im Stil des Verismo schildert das wimmelnde Straßenleben von Neapel. Read More →
Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682), über dessen Ermordung durch einen Attentäter die Musikgeschichte manche mögliche und etliche eher unwahrscheinliche Versionen überliefert hat, ist vor allem als Vokalkomponist bekannt. Dieses Doppelalbum wendet sich seiner Instrumentalmusik zu. Read More →
Polish conductor Marzena Diakun and Italian conductor Valerio Galli (*1980) have been appointed to lead the Toulon Opera Orchestra. The two conductors will take their position in September 2021. They will succeed Jurjen Hempel, who held this position since 2018. Read More →
The young Venezuelan conductor Glass Marcano, 24 has been named Principal Guest Conductor at the Orchestre Symphonique Région Centre-Val de Loire, alongside the General Director Laurent Campellone. She will take up her position in January 2022 and will conduct four symphony series per season.
The Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra (NFSO), resident at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center in Niceville, has appointed Todd Craven as Music Director. Todd Craven is the winner of the 2019 Los Angeles Conducting Competition and has held the positions of Assistant Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic, Assistant Conductor for the Florida Grand Opera. He is he co-Founder and Music Director of the Orlando Contemporary Chamber Orchestra.
New York City Opera has announced the appointment of Constantine Orbelian, 64, as the company’s Music Director and Principal Conductor. Orbelian will conduct his first NYCO production this summer when the company performs a newly created version of Rigoletto on Sunday, August 29 at the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice in Kingston, New York, followed by an encore performance of the opera on Friday, September 3 as part of Bryant Park’s annual Picnic Performance series. Read More →