Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
T U R A N D O T – first performance Milano April 1926
Dramma lyrico in three acts; Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, after the play by Carlo Gozzi; First performed on 25th April 1929 in Milan; Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 13th September 2008
Sung In Italian with German sub-titels
Conductor Jesús López Cobos
Orchester der [...] Continue Reading…
Today the 6th of September he died in 1962 in Berlin and thus a special Hanns Eisler celebration week has been planned in his honour.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the composer, the International Hanns Eisler Society (IHEG) is organising the Eisler Days from 6 to 11 September with concerts, historic films, a symposium and a “Long [...] Continue Reading…
Evgeny Nikitin – jumped or pushed – does the right thing and vacates Bayreuther Festspiele’.
Where else but in Bayreuth, – with its very sinister dark past and Nazi symbolism, would a ‘sin of youth’ – as his Nazi tattoo has been described – stop a singer from participating in a major cultural event like the Bayreuther Festspiele’ . http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16118550,00.html
But the ‘sin of [...] Continue Reading…
Camille Saint-Saëns – foto Wikipedia
Always with the Christian holiday of the’ birth of Jesus’, there is music which is often only heard once a year and this is unfortunate because along with many great Christmas songs there are classical pieces like Georg Friedrich Handel’s Oratorio Messiah and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio which musically are always welcome.
One not so oft played piece, but more [...] Continue Reading…
‘Seefestspiele Berlin’ it is called.
On an outdoor stage, right next to the waterside of the famous Berliner Wannsee Lake, Mozart’s THE MAGIC FLUTE will be performed starting this evening August 11th with intermittant productions up until the 28th. http://www.seefestspiele-berlin.de/
The whole set will be produced on a pyramide-shaped structure as stage, and this will sit right-on the waterfront.
Katharina Thalbach is in overall command [...] Continue Reading…
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Program is -
Richard Wagner “Eine Faust-Ouvertüre”
Franz Liszt Piano Concerto Nr. 2 A-Dur
intermission
Richard Wagner “Siegfried-Idyll”
Franz Liszt Piano Concerto [...] Continue Reading…
This is a large poster presently placed on the siding of the Opera House ‘Staatsoper Unter den Linden’ as renovations take place.
Berlin’s municipal government – those responsible for culture in the city have announced a further delay to the re-opening of the ‘Staatsoper Unter den Linden Opera house.
Initially scheduled to be reopened in 2013 after extensive renovations it is now envisioning a further [...] Continue Reading…
Alban Berg’s opera ‘Wozzeck’, had its world premiere in Berlin, at what at that time was known as the ‘Berlin State Opera’ on 14 December 1925.
It caused a veritable scandal before during and after its performance– both because of its atonality and its modern and radical politcal story line. [ It was later banned in the 3rd Reich as so-called 'decandent-art' - this is sort of [...] Continue Reading…
With 60 live Berlin stage venues opening its doors from 19.00 until 01.00 the next morning, this years ‘ Lange Nacht der Opern und Theater’ /Long Night of Opera and Theatre in Berlin, promises to be as exciting as the idea itself.
There will be circa 200 live productions in various genres of opera and concert, dance and theater, songs and pop songs, [...] Continue Reading…
Tomorrow evening, the Berlin musical neighbours, conductors Sir Simon Rattle and Daniel Barenboim will perform together with the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra in a benefit concert for one of the three Berliner opera houses – the Staatsoper.
Berlin musical neighbours, the conductors Sir Simon Rattle and Daniel Barenboim will perform together with the Berlin Philharmonic in a benefit concert for one of the three [...] Continue Reading…
On 26th January 1911 in Dresden, Richard Strauss’s opera “ Der Rosenkavalier” saw its first light of day and had its first performance.
Wikipedia writes – “ The reaction to the 1911 premiere was nothing short of triumphant. The opera was a complete success with the public and was a great financial boon for the house; it is reported that at the time [...] Continue Reading…
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