Riccardo Muti
(c) CSO
Riccardo Muti will end his 13-year career as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with concerts June 23-25 and a performance of Beethoven’s Missa solemnis. A concert in Millennium Park for the entire city of Chicago will follow on June 27. Now, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) has announced that Riccardo Muti has been named Music Director Emeritus for Life beginning in the 2023/24 season. Read More →
Christina Scheppelmann, currently General Director of Seattle Opera, has been appointed to the Théâtre de La Monnaie in Brussels. She will replace Peter de Caluwe, who has held the post since 2007 and whose term of office ends on July 1, 2025. Having previously worked in Milan and San Francisco, German Christina Scheppelmann was director of the Muscat and Barcelona opera houses before joining Seattle in 2019.
Renée Fleming
(c) Andrew Eccles / Decca
The recipients of the 46th Kennedy Center Honors have been announced. The award for lifetime artistic achievement will recognize, among others, soprano Renée Fleming. The Kennedy Center says: « Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time, performing on the stages of the world’s great opera houses and concert halls. Read More →
Der 32-jährige bela-russische Dirigent Vitali Alekseenok wird mit Beginn der Spielzeit 2024/25 neuer Chefdirigent der Deutschen Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg. Alekseenok ist derzeit an dem Haus als Kapellmeister engagiert. Read More →
Pietari Inkinen
Chefdirigent Pietari Inkinen formulierte seine Freude so bei der Vorstellung der Saison 2023/24 der Deutschen Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern: « Wir können endlich wieder aus dem Vollen schöpfen!“ Read More →
Lisa Batiashvili
©-Chris Singer
Seit gut zwei Jahren besteht die Lisa Bathiasvili Foundation, mit der die Namensgeberin und das Stiftungsteam junge und hochbegabte Musiker aus Georgien unterstützen. Uwe Krusch verfolgte für Pizzicato das Konzert mit den jungen Musikern, die als Interpreten und auch Komponisten zu erleben waren. Read More →
From June 23 through July 1, the Oyster Bay Musical Festival returns to Long Island’s North Shore for 12 concerts. On the program are three names of winners of this year’s International Classical Music Awards, ICMA Classeek Award winner Marc-André Teruel, double bass, as well as pianist Maxim Lando and violinist Tassilo Probst, winners in the Chamber Music category. Read More →
Michelle Merrill
After an 18-month search, the Winston-Salem Symphony (North Carolina) announced 30-year-old American conductor Michelle Merrill as Music Director. Merrill replaces Timothy Redmond, who unexpectedly resigned in August 2021, after a little more than two years. Read More →
In a message to those who bought or wanted to buy tickets for the ballet L’Histoire de Manon at the Palais Garnier on Tuesday June 20, the National Opera in Paris informed that due to a strike by the ballet artists, the performance is cancelled.
Die aus Mannheim stammende Sängerin Gabriele Schnaut ist gestern im Alter von 72 Jahren gestorben. Die Künstlerin studierte zunächst Violine, später Gesang und war vorerst als Mezzosopranistin erfolgreich. 1985 wechselte sie ins hochdramatische Sopran-Fach und konnte vor allem mit Wagner- und Strauss-Partien begeistern, aber auch als Turandot.
