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The violin was made in 1728 by the then 84-year-old Antonio Stradivari. It is named the “Artot” Stradivarius for once belonging to Alexandre Artot, a Belgian concert violinist who passed away at only 30 years of age. “Awful boarding process today with Delta for flight 5720 from LGA to MCI,” tweeted Christina Bouey, concertmaster […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2013-05-30 11:56:31
The collaboration between composer Richard Strauss and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal was one of the most brilliant and fruitful in operatic history, but it wasn't always a match made in heaven, as the gestation of Ariadne auf Naxos demonstrates.There are two versions of Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos. Although they share much of the same music, they are really two separate operas. The first, completed in 1912, was the second collaboration between Strauss and the Austrian poet and playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal (if one excludes the extra lines Hofmannsthal added at Strauss's request to the libretto of Elektra in 1908). The subject of Ariadne was chosen by Hofmannsthal as a thank-offering to the theatrical producer Max Reinhardt, who happened to be in Dresden in 1910 when the first Strauss-Hofmannsthal collaboration, Der Rosenkavalier, was in rehearsal. The local producer was all at sea and Reinhardt took over tactfully, anonymously and without […]
2012-01-01 23:18:00
JANUARY 2 Today in classical music history
[…] German composer Johann Ludwig Krebs, in Altenburg. b-Weimer, 1713. Search Johann Ludwig Krebs.1825 Opening of the Munich Opera House. 1837 (Julian Calendar, 31 DEC) Birth of Russian composer Mili BALAKIREV in Nizhny-Novgorod. d-St. Petersburg, 29 MAY1910. Search Mili BALAKIREV. 1843 FP of Wagner's Flying Dutchman opera, in Dresden. CD-Flying Dutchman-Complete Opera.1856 Birth of Finnish soprano Alma Fohstrom in Helsinki, Finland. Died 20 Feb 1936, Debut as Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 1878Teachers:- Desiree Artot de Padilla, Francesco Lamperti, Henriette Nissen-Salomon.1888 ('89?) Birth of Italian tenor Tito Schipa in Lecce. Died 16 Dec 1965, Debut as Alfredo in Traviata (Verdi) 1910Teachers:- Alceste Gerunda, Emilio PiccolaPupils :- Andrej Kucharsky, Cesare Valletti, Bruce BrewerCreated Ruggero in Rondine (Puccini)Sang in premiere of […]
2011-12-26 00:29:00
DECEMBER 26 Today in classical music history
[…] Eleanor McClellan, John Underner.1938 Birth of Italian Soprano Adriana MALIPONTE in Brecia. Debut as Mimi in Boheme (Puccini) 1958 Teachers:- Carmen Melis, Suzanne Steppen Created Sardula in Last Savage (Menotti). 1938 Death of German mezzo-soprano Irene von Chavanne. Born 18 Apr 1868 Graz Died 26 Dec 1938 Debut as Orsini in Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) 1885 Teachers:- Desiree Artot de Padilla, Johannes Ress, Mme Souvestre-Paschalis Created Herodias in Salome (Strauss) Sang in premiere of Feuersnot (Strauss). Alt: Irene von Chavanne, Inger Karén, Zarah Leander, Ursula Boese, Giulietta Simionato, Maureen Forrester, Maria Farantouri, Hanna Schwarz (German Edition).1940 Birth of American soprano Kay Griffel in Eldoro, Iowa. Debut as Mercedes in Carmen (Bizet) […]
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