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2020-11-25 10:08:26
Jonas Kaufmann’s Christmas is cancelled
Dates on Jonas Kaufmann’s Christmas tour of Germany, promoting his current Sony album, are being rescheduled to December 2021. He was supposed to be appearing with the State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate, conducted by his regular partner Jochen Rieder. There has not been an official announcement that the whole tour is off. Stay home, stay safe.
2020-09-16 23:50:00
Sergio Mims: The New Yorker: Black Scholars Confront White Supremacy in Classical Music: The field must acknowledge a history of systemic racism
[…] attended the Bayreuth Festival, in 1936. Even though Wagner was notoriously racist, Du Bois said, “The musical dramas of Wagner tell of human life as he lived it, and no human being, white or black, can afford not to know them, if he would know life.” Several scholars have conjectured that King was sending a cultural signal when he inserted Donizetti into “Stride Toward Freedom.” Jonathan Rieder says that the story demonstrates “King’s desire to cast himself as a man of sensibility and distinction.” Godfrey Hodgson writes that such references were intended to “reassure northern intellectuals that he was on the same wavelength as they were.” Du Bois’s cosmopolitan tastes have elicited similar commentary. It is questionable, though, to assume that these two formidable personalities were simply trying to assimilate themselves to a perceived […]
2020-03-12 07:26:46
Mozart & more: in 'Arias for Josepha', Sarah Traubel explores the arias written for Mozart's Queen of the Night, Josepha Hofer
Arias for Josepha - Mozart, Jacob Haidel, Vincenzo Righini, Franz Xaver Süßmayr, Peter von Winter, and Benedikt Schack / Franz Xaver Gerl; Sarah Traubel, PKF - Prague Philharmonia, Jochen Rieder; SONY CLASSICAL Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 11 March 2020 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) An enterprising debut recital which explores the music written for Mozart's first Queen of the Night, much of it sung as part of Schikaneder's companyJosepha Hofer née Weber (1758-1819) must have been quite a singer, Mozart wrote the role of the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflote for her, and she seems to have specialised in the high lying roles but her performances also included the Countess on Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and Konstanze in Die Entfuhring aus dem Serail. On this new disc from Sony Classical, Arias for Josepha: Mozart's first Queen of the Night, soprano Sarah Traubel is accompanied by PKF […]
2019-03-22 00:00:00
Peter Mattei: Mahler - Lieder
Gustav Mahler:01. - 06. Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn - No.1 - Der Schildwache Nachtlied [6'03] No.4 - Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht [2'06] No.6 - Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt [3'47] No.10 - Lob des hohen Verstandes [2'32] No.11 - Revelge [6'54] No.12 - Der Tamboursgsell [6'38]07. - 10. Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen [16'34]11. - 15. Rückert-Lieder [19'41]Peter Mattei- baritone, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jochen RiederLadybird 79556834 (recorded June 2014; CD issued 2015)(Digital download - flacs, booklet and cover scans)Recording venue: De Geerhallen, NorrkopingRecording engineer: Michael Dahlvid; Producer: Lars NilssonSwedish baritone, Peter Mattei, perhaps better known in operatic repertoire, here offers a distinctive view of Mahler lieder on the small Swedish label, Ladybird, which predominantly offers more pop-oriented artists.No doubt his extensive stage appearances have resulted in the superb vocal acting heard here. His beautiful but lean voice is ideal for the repertoire and wonderfully supported by the Norrkoping […]
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