The agency TASS has made public the death of the Russian violinist Dmitry P. Kogan who died in Moscow at the age of 38. He died from cancer, according to his assistant. Dmitry Kogan was born in 1978. His father was Pavel Kogan, a conductor, his grandfather was the violinist Leonid Kogan and his grandmother, Yelena Gilels, came from the family of the pianist Emil Gilels. Dmitry Kogan was a confidant of Vladimir Putin.
Houston Grand Opera - Wortham Center
Due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey, all performances of the Houston Symphony’s Ella at 100 concerts on September 1, 2 & 3 have been cancelled. The orchestra further says that the Patron Services Center is closed indefinitely. Read More →
Catherine Foster, die Sängerin der Brünnhilde in der Wagners ‘Götterdämmerung’, verletzte sich am Montag am Ende des ersten Aufzugs am Fuß und konnte nicht weiterspielen. Ein Regie-Assistent zog ihr Kostüm an und agierte auf der Bühne als Brünnhilde, während Foster von der Seite aus die Partie sang.
Das grosse Festspielhaus in Salzburg
Nach 195 Aufführungen an 15 Spielstätten gingen die Salzburger Festspiele mit einer Auslastung von 97% zu Ende (+ 1% gegenüber 2016). 261.500 Tickets wurden an Besucher aus 79 Nationen verkauft (darunter 40 außereuropäische). Die Einnahmen beliefen sich auf ca. € 29,9 Mio (brutto). Read More →
Emily D'Angelo
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The young 22-year-old mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo won First Prize and the Audience Award in the Cesti Singing Competition in Innsbruck. Second Prize went to Eléonore Pancrazi from France followed by Giulia Bolcato from Italy. Read More →
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Close to Buffalo Bayou River, Houston Opera is flooded and the two stages are under water. The Opera’s website is offline and on Twitter you can read: « Due to power outages stemming from the severe weather in Houston, our website is down. We will provide an update as soon as possible. » Read More →
The very first edition of Concours Fondation Polycarpe, a competition for opera conductors organized by the Royal Opera of Liège, Belgium, ended last weekend with no First Prize. Instead, two Second Prizes have been awarded (ex aequo) to Michele Spotti (* 1993, Italy) and Pierre Dumoussaud (*1990, France). Antoine Glatard (*1983, France) won Third Prize.
First Prize of the Clara Haskil Competition in Vevey has been awarded to 18-years-old Japanese pianist Mao Fujita. He also won the Audience Award, the Modern Times Award and the Coup de Cœur Award.
Italian basso buffo Enzo Dara died on Friday in Mantua. Born in 1938, Enzo Dara made his debut in 1960 as Colline in Puccini’s La Bohème. He quickly became famous for his buffo roles, Dulcamara (Donizetti’s Elixir of Love ), Mustafà and Bartolo (L’Italiana in Algeri and Il Barbiere di Siviglia e by Rossini), Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola and Don Pasquale in Don Pasquale. In 1971 he sung Don Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Claudio Abbado.
Das Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival beendet am kommenden Sonntag die diesjährige Saison mit einer Rekordbilanz: 171.000 Besucher wurden bei 191 Konzerten, fünf Musikfesten auf dem Lande und zwei Kindermusikfesten. 4000 Musikfreunde besuchten die öffentlichen Proben der Orchesterakademie und der Meisterkurse. Das teilte der Veranstalter heute mit. Die Auslastung betrug 90 Prozent. 131 Veranstaltungen waren ausverkauft.
