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2023-11-23 15:00:54
Johnson/Vermeulen/Platz/Walser/La Capella Nacional de Catalunya/Le Concert des Nations/Savall(Alia Vox)While there’s drama and joy, this new recording of Beethoven’s choral masterpiece has interest but not enough insights to make it compellingHaving recorded all the symphonies with the period instruments of Le Concert des Nations,
2023-03-07 11:11:00
Alternative Sibelius from the other Berlin orchestra
That photo above of Potsdamer Platz divided by the Berlin Wall was taken by me on an autumn day in 1975 before I crossed into East Berlin. In the foreground is the evil Wall, in the background is the centre of East Berlin with its TV Tower. The photo at the foot of the post was taken on the same day and shows the memorial to escapers killed trying to cross the River Spee from East to West Berlin. From 1960 to 1977 Kurt Sanderling (1912-2011) was chief conductor of the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester (Berlin Symphony Orchestra), which was founded in East Berlin in 1952 to rival the Berlin Philharmonic on the other side of the Wall. In the 1970s Sanderling and the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester recorded for the East German label Eterna. This was owned by VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, the official record company of the German Democratic Republic […]
2022-06-24 20:56:00
Staatsoper Berlin - Puccini's Turandot. June 22, 2022.
Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany. Parkette Links (Seat Reihe D, Platz 5. 162 euros.)Story. See prior entries.Conductor - Zubin Mehta; Turandot - Elena Pankratova, Timur - Rene Pape, Calaf - Yusif Eyvazov, Liu - Aida Garifullina.These are screenshots from the Staatsoper website. In the above middle frame, instead of hitting a gong, Calaf turns on the giant light bub. In the lower frame, Turandot's father appears in military gear; I am not sure that's the best idea.By this time the marionette has lost her legs, but grown two more pairs of arms. (Top frame). In the bottom frame, Ping, Pang & Pong dancing on a mound of skulls.In the middle frame, Liu stabs herself.Turandot coming out of Turandot.It was only on the day of the concert that we realized it would be Zubin Mehta conducting, and that Rene Pape would be singing the role of Timur. Other than that, […]
2022-06-22 23:28:00
Oper Leipzig - Das Liebesverbot by Wagner. June 21, 2022.
Opernhaus Saal. Parkett Links (Seat Reihe 16, Platz 37, 114 euros).Story. The English title provided on the Leipzig Opera website is "The Prohibition of Love" or "The Novices of Palermo." The setting of the story is in Palermo, where the King of Sicily leaves to visit Naples, and leaves a German Friedrich in charge. Friedrich uses his power to reform the capital into a moral state. The chief constable Brighella is the one tasked with the mission. Claudio is caught up in this, and is to be executed because of his indiscretion with his fiancee. His only hope is his sister Isabella, a novice in a convent, can convince the tyrant to change his mind. Isabella befriends Marianne, who is abandoned by a person in high position, who turns out to be Friedrich. As the trial of Claudio is about to come to an end, Isabella meets Claudio and eventually […]
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