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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Seen and Heard InternationalBellini, Norma: Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia, Opera Holland Park Chorus / Peter Robinson (conductor), London, 25.7.2014 (RB) Cast: Norma: Yvonne Howard Adalgisa: Heather Shipp Pollione: Joseph Wolverton Oroveso: Keel Wats...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & Ballet
Meet Tobias Kratzer (left) who is scheduled to direct Tannhäuser for Bayreuth in 2019. -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & BalletRarely have I been so moved by each character in an opera, and rarely the whole cast, chorus and orchestra have reached such a level of beauty and accomplishment. It was my first Forza live. I cannot explain in length how I g...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & BalletConcert in Regensburg, Germany July 27 Angela Gheorghiu Hofer Symphoniker Orchestra Tiberiu Soare, conductor All the photos @Getty Images Photo @Rainer Pleischmann
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & Ballet
Despite the continued popularity of Der Freischütz in German-speaking countries, are the magical mature operas of Carl Maria von Weber otherwise really so problematic, their libretti so unwieldy to explain their continued absence from th... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & Ballet
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Joshua KosmanRapture, after all, is Ginsberg's chief subject - the erotic rapture of the body, the spiritual rapture of Buddhist mysticism, the ferocious rapture of madness - and his principal poetic vein. "Hydrogen Jukebox" comprises 20 songs based ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from ArtsBeat» Classical MusicOn Wednesday, selected singers, orchestra members and various technicians will perform wearing Google Glass to transmit the opera live from their individual points of view to audiences online.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukAstonishing flautist Emmanuel Pahud performs in premiere of Simon Holt's concerto, Morpheus Wakes Royal Albert Hall, London Simon Holt's collaboration with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, since he became its composer-in-association ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Seen and Heard InternationalWagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Bayreuth, Germany. 27.7.2014. Cast Wotan: Wolfgang Koch Donner: Markus Eiche Froh: Lothar Odinius Loge: Norbert Ernst Fricka: ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukIford Manor, Bradford-on-Avon Audiences are transported back in time for Monteverdi's opera, performed with breathtaking musical intensity Experiencing opera at Iford is always an intimately involving affair, but early Italian opera suit...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from CLASSICAL ICONOCLASTBR Klassik is again broadcasting live from Bayreuth.Very similar casts to last year. Coming up: Die Walküre - 5th August Siegfried - 12th August Götterdämmerung - 16th August Lohengrin - 19th August Al...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & BalletGrab your goggles! In one European study, researchers followed athletes who switched from doing just one kind of exercise to triathlons—swimming, running and biking. After multi-area training, the athletes actually performed better in th...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Seen and Heard InternationalThree Choirs Festival (3) Dvorák: Eleanor Dennis (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Paul Nilon (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geraint Bowen (conductor), Worcester Cathedral, 27.7.20...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Seen and Heard International. Sångfest (Song Festival) Vackert, makabert, poetiskt (Beautiful, Macabre, Poetic) 11.7.2014 at Vattnäs, Dalecarlia. (GF) Sanna Gibbs (soprano), Tobias Westman (tenor), Henning von Schulman (bass), Sofia Wilkman (piano), Henrik Måwe (pi...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from CLASSICAL ICONOCLASTOne hundred years ago today, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. From relatively small beginnings, thus was ignited the "Thirty Years War" of the 20th century. In Vienna, saccharinely rebranded the "City of Dreams", people gathered t...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Seen and Heard InternationalPROM 10. Walton, Moeran, Horne, Elgar: Tasmin Little (violin), BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.7.2014 (RB) Walton: Variations on a Theme by Hindemith Moeran: Violin Concerto ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & BalletTwelve years after Opera Holland Park's first production of Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, the opera made a welcome return.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Classical NotesEvery Monday morning at 9:15, I visit the Classical MPR studio to talk about some of the stories we're featuring on our website. Here are the stories Melissa Ousley and I will be discussing this morning.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Violinist.comBy Amy Beth Horman: This is my third installment in a blog series intended to help me gear up for another competitive calendar in my private studio. As I reflect on what has worked for us, I hope it sparks some discussion with other teac...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukA broken cello string at last year's Bristol Proms proved that it's possible for classical music to recover the raucous spontaneity of past centuries. Artistic director Tom Morris explains why this year's edition is looking to technology...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & Ballet
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Sinfini
The great Verdian tenor has died aged 90 -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & Ballet
This week, Our Own Jungfer Marianne Leizmetzerin turns her vigilant ears to the recent past to take in a performance of Il trovatore featuring Anna Netrebko and Plácido Domingo . -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
José González / yMusic Modern-day troubadour González’s poignantly delicate voice, masterfully eloquent classical guitar, achingly emotional melodies, and thought-provoking lyrics will be reframed by new chamber orchestra arrangements by... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & BalletWe love opera! We love movies! Help use select […]
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Classical Voice North AmericaBy Marvin J. Ward LENOX, Mass. – The 2104 edition of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, featuring 120 of the nation's top teenage musicians, began its U.S. tour at the Tanglewood Festival and is heading west th...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & Balletby Christie Connolley I love to arrive early to […]
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & Balletby Melissa Wimbish Oh, Pav. To hear the admiration in y […]
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & Ballet(via BBC) – Italian opera singer Carlo Bergonzi, […]
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & BalletAilyn Pérez, born and bred in Chicago, returns to her h […]
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & Ballet
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Classical Music on Huffington Post
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & Ballet
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Sinfini
What Hi-Fi?'s Simon Lucas chooses a range of quality headphones -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Music Genre: ClassicalOne hundred years after the start of World War I, hear a range of pop and classical music from artists of the era. Some music reflects the war's violence, some gives solace.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicThis Bristol Proms starts today (Monday 28 July) with a range of events through the day (see our preview on this blog). They have also released a preview video which you can see after the jump . Elsewhere on this blog: 1930s style: Adria...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicJoyce DiDonato ©Simon Pauly The 2014/15 season at the Wigmore Hall starts with a whole clutch of treats in the first two months including Joyce DiDonato, Thomas Allen, Renata Pokupic, Ian Bostridge, Franco Fagioli, Anna Caterina Antonacc...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Slipped Disc
Friends and colleagues have reacted with shock and dismay at the death of Tommaso Zuccon Ghiotto, a talented violinist from Vicenza, who was found dead over the weekend at his home in via Napoli. He was 27. Tommaso had won an audition to... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicCheryl Barker and Peter Auty photo credit Fritz Curzon Cilea Adriana Lecouvreur , Cheryl Barker, Peter Auty, Manlio Benzi; Opera Holland Park Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Jul 26 2014 Star rating: 4.0 Stylish 1940's setting for Cilea's ly...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Slipped Disc
Samuel Tan, from Singapore, took first prize in the 2014 Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition in Italy. He beat 130 violinists from 39 countries, aged up to 35. His parents explain how, in first interview here. His success... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Slipped Disc
During the catastrophic stage glitch that forced her to clear the Festpielhaus 20 minutes into opening night, Katharina Wagner sought to placate the media with details of her next few seasons. 2015 Nothing new. 2016 The director Jonathan... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & Ballet
The Dancers Company is taking town after town by storm! After playing to sold-out houses in Frankston, we’re moving west through regional Victoria to Western Australia. The most dramatic part of our Classical Triple Bill is Act III... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Slipped Disc
Eleonore Büning, the doyenne music critic of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, has blasted Bayreuth with a shock discovery. For the first time, there are empty spaces in the Festspielhaus. It’s not just Chancellor Angela Merkel w... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Slipped Disc
A revolutionary procedure at the Mayo Clinic for a very courageous schoolgirl, Mara Reed, from Minnesota. KMSP-TV -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukSydney Opera House This cool interpretation of Mozart's classic is aloof but revelatory with a dark central performance from Teddy Tahu Rhodes as the serial seducer During the late 17th century, Europe saw a cultural movement that brough...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & Ballet* Notes * West Edge Opera is currently performing a summer festival at the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley. Today was the opening of Philip Glass' chamber opera Hydrogen Jukebox, with text by Allen Ginsberg. The space is not a...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Classics TodayThis 26-CD set containing CPE Bach’s complete solo piano works represents a landmark of the highest importance and, more significantly, listening pleasure. Ana-Marija Markovina has made a specialty of playing these works. She previously ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from BREAKING NEWS: Opera & Ballet
Have you ever read John Barth’s novel The Sot-Weed Factor? I mention this because there is a bit in it where the main character, poet-laureate of colonial Maryland Ebenezer Cooke, finds that he cannot find a rhyme to the phrase ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Seen and Heard InternationalMorley, Bennet, Byrd, Reger, Bruckner and others: International A Capella School Concert / Stephen Connolly (director), Cheltenham Minster St Mary’s, Cheltenham, 25.7.2014. (RJ) There are many who subscribe to the notion that the ...
