Dmitri Hvorostovsky
(c) Pavel Antonov
Russian-Ukrainian composer Igor Krutoy has shared some worrying news about Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s heath situation. The bass-baritone is fighting a brain tumour since 2015. He has cancelled a number of upcoming opera performances, yet two recitals are announced for September, in Bucharest and Moscow. Read More →
Alberto Ferro
(c) Remy Franck
Three candidates will compete in the finals round of the Clara Haskil competition in Vevey, Switzerland, tomorrow evening at 7:30 pm. Candidates selected for finale are Alberto Ferro, Italy, Mao Fujita, Japan, and Aristo Sham, Hong-Kong. The final round will be broadcast live on TV Arte Web, RTS Espace 2 and www.clara-haskil.ch.
In January 2019 the Finnish National Opera will host the world premiere of a new opera from Finland based on Ulla-Lena Lundberg’s bestselling novel Ice. The novel was awarded the Finlandia prize, Finland’s most prestigious literary award, in 2012. The opera will be composed by Jaakko Kuusisto and the libretto in Finnish will be written by Juhani Koivisto. The director of the production will be Anna Kelo. Read More →
Trotz heftiger Proteste in Russland und im Ausland hat die russische Justiz hat den am Dienstag wegen Betrugsvorwürfen festgenommenen Regisseur Kirill Serebrennikov gestern unter Hausarrest gestellt. Der Beschluss einer Richterin gilt bis zum 19. Oktober. Read More →
(c) Remy Franck
Rund 1.500 junge Operntalente hatten sich beim internationalen Gesangswettbewerb ‘Neue Stimmen’ der Bertelsmann-Stiftung beworben. Die Jury die 42 besten Bewerber für die Endrunde vom 7. bis 14. Oktober in Gütersloh nominiert. Sie repräsentieren 26 Nationen von fünf Kontinenten. Read More →
Der regierungskritische russische Theater- und Opernregisseur Kirill Serebrennikow, 47, ist in Moskau festgenommen worden. Gegen ihn werde wegen Betrugsverdachts ermittelt, teilte das staatliche Ermittlungskomitee am Dienstag in Moskau mit. Als Leiter des Moskauer Gogol-Theaters werde er verdächtigt, zwischen 2011 und 2014 staatliche Gelder von 68 Millionen Rubel (rund eine Million Euro) veruntreut zu haben. Read More →
The winner of this year’s Queen Sonja International Music Competition is tenor Seung Ju Bahg, a young talent from South Korea. Second prize went to tenor Giovanni Sebastiano Sala from Italy, and Third prize to Belarussian bass Alexander Roslavets. The Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship of NOK 75 000 was awarded to the best Norwegian participant, who this year was 25 year old Christian Valle from Trondheim. Read More →
German composer Wilhelm Killmayer has died on Sunday, 20 August, one day before his 90th birthday. Killmayer studied conducting and composition from 1945 to 1951 in Munich. He was also a private student of Carl Orff from 1951 and was admitted to his master class at the Staatliche Musikhochschule in 1953. Read More →
The nationalist Polish Government will not like it: Fidelio, Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera – an homage to freedom and a strong expression of opposition to enslavement and political oppression – will be played by the Expat Philharmonic Orchestra in Gdansk, Poland, on 1 September. Read More →
Die Seefestspiele Mörbisch haben eine positive Bilanz der diesjährigen Festspielausgabe gezogen. Insgesamt besuchten 112.300 Besucher die 23 Vorstellungen des Operettenfestivals, das in diesem Jahr sein 60-jähriges Jubiläum feierte. Im Zentrum der Festspiele stand die Operette ‘Der Vogelhändler’. Read More →
