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2023-06-10 12:11:00
Leipzig Opera. Bizet's Carmen. June 9, 2023.
Leipzig Oper. Opernhaus Saal, Leipzig. Rang rechs (Row 5, Seat 14, 51 euros).Curtain Call. Carmen and Micaela to the leftt of the conductor, Don Jose and Escamillo to the right. The two walls form the basis for the sets in all 4 acts.Story. See previous post.Conductor - Matthias Foremny. Don Jose - Andrea Shin, Escamillio - Tuomas Pursio, Zuniga - Sejong Chang, Carmen - Khartuna Mikaberidze, Micaela - Olena Tokar, Lillas Pastia - Alexander Range.View from the Opera House into the square Augustusplatz. Again a lot of construction.We are in Leipzig for a few days with the objective of going to a few of the Bach Fest 2023 events. This clearly isn't part of that "program."For last year's Wagner Festival, English surtitles were provided. When I looked into the situation this year, I found out English is provided for a limited number of performances. Since Leipzig is becoming an international city, […]
2021-04-22 07:06:32
Rediscovered: British Clarinet Concertos by Susan Spain-Dunk, Elizabeth Maconchy, Rudolph Dolmetsch, Peter Wishart from Peter Cigleris, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ben Palmer;
[…] with composers being surprisingly willing to rewrite works to suit circumstances - feature Go, not knowing where: I chat to pianist Elan Sicroff about Russian composer Thomas de Hartmann and the Thomas de Hartmann project - interview A journey to Anatolia through the ears of The Turkish Five, pioneers of western classical music in Turkey - record review Charmes: an alternative century of song from Olena Tokar and Igor Gryshyn with music by Alma Mahler-Werfel, Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot-Garcia and Vitezslava Kapralova - record review Home
2021-04-21 07:25:35
A disc to enjoy: William Towers and Armonico Consort in Handelian Pyrotechnics
[…] with composers being surprisingly willing to rewrite works to suit circumstances - feature Go, not knowing where: I chat to pianist Elan Sicroff about Russian composer Thomas de Hartmann and the Thomas de Hartmann project - interview A journey to Anatolia through the ears of The Turkish Five, pioneers of western classical music in Turkey - record review Charmes: an alternative century of song from Olena Tokar and Igor Gryshyn with music by Alma Mahler-Werfel, Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot-Garcia and Vitezslava Kapralova - record review 60th birthday celebration: Faroese composer Sunleif Rasmussen's works for recorder player Michala Petri survyed in this engaging and imaginative disc - record review Home
2021-04-20 09:09:59
Flight at the museum: Seattle Opera's new film imaginatively re-locates Jonathan Dove's opera
[…] with composers being surprisingly willing to rewrite works to suit circumstances - feature Go, not knowing where: I chat to pianist Elan Sicroff about Russian composer Thomas de Hartmann and the Thomas de Hartmann project - interview A journey to Anatolia through the ears of The Turkish Five, pioneers of western classical music in Turkey - record review Charmes: an alternative century of song from Olena Tokar and Igor Gryshyn with music by Alma Mahler-Werfel, Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot-Garcia and Vitezslava Kapralova - record review 60th birthday celebration: Faroese composer Sunleif Rasmussen's works for recorder player Michala Petri survyed in this engaging and imaginative disc - record review Music of sundrie sorts, and to content divers humours: Byrd's 1588 Psalmes, Sonets & songs of sadness and pietie in its first complete recording from […]
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