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Belgian conductor (1962-2020)
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- conductor, violinist
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2022-03-15 09:59:10
Auber - overtures, entractes & ballet music from Zanetta, Zerline; Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dario Salvi; Naxos Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 15 March 2022 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Naxos continuing series devoted to Auber's music reveals a composer of surprising style, elegance and imaginationIn 2012 we caught Auber's La muette de Portici at the Opera Comique in Paris, a rare outing for the opera with Patrick Davin conducting a cast including Michael Spyres. And if you think it strange that the Opera Comique should be performing Grand Opera written for the Paris Opera, it is worth bearing in mind that the pre-Palais Garnier opera occupied a building on the site of the present Opera Comique, so dimensions are probably very suitable. There has been a slow revival of French Grand Opera in the last 20 years, operas by Meyerbeer are becoming more frequent, it is possible to catch performances […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2020-09-11 09:44:00
Is this the end? is going ahead
The death of conductor Patrick Davin during this week’s rehearsals cast a pall on La Monnaie’s season opener, a new opera by Jean-Luc Fafchamps titled ‘Is This the End’. Questions were raised to to whether tomorrow’s premiere should be cancelled. Well, it’s theatre. You know the old maxim… Here’s a statement from La Monnaie: The […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2020-09-09 18:16:56
Is this the end? Opera conductor dies moments before rehearsal
La Monnaie in Brussels has just announced the death of Patrick Davin, who was in the house rehearsing a new opera by Jean-Luc Fafchamps. The opera’s title is Is this the end. The Belgian conductor, who was 58, is thought to have suffered a heart attack. La Monnaie statement: “Nous avons l’immense tristesse de vous […]
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2019-08-06 17:31:01
Rethinking Gentrification: Maybe It’s Not So Bad?
The researchers come up with some startling findings. In a paper published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Quentin Brummet and Davin Reed say that urbanites move all the time, for countless reasons, and that gentrification has scant impact on that constant flow. Those who stay put as a neighborhood grows more affluent often […]
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