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Salzburg Mozartwoche (1) – Mozart and Salieri, 27 January 2024
Salzburg Marionette TheatreImages: Bernhard MuellerSalieri: Axur, re d’Ormus: Piccolo sinfonia to Act IV; La secchia rapita: ‘Son qual lacera tartana’; Il ricco d’un giorno: ‘Eccomi più che mai – ‘Amor, pietoso Amore’; La grotto di Trofonio: ‘La ra la ra’ Rimsky-Korsakov: Mozart and Salieri Director, designs – Matthias Bundschuh Lighting – Matthias Bundschuh, Alexander Proschek Production manager – Philippe Brunner Isora – Ekaterina Krasko/ Svetlana Schönfeld/Maximilian Kiener Mozart – Konstantin Igl/Ursula Winzer Salieri – Brett Pruunsild/Eva Wiener Blind violinist – Philipp SchmidtStudents from the Mozarteum University SalzburgKai Röhrig (conductor)After a few years concentrating on Mozart alone, Rolando Villázon, Intendant of Salzburg’s Mozartwoche, has turned to Mozart and Salieri. There is so much more, so much more of interest, to Salieri than the preposterous charge that ‘everyone’ knows, but it has been greatly influential, whether we like it or not, and that of course includes its artistic legacy. Most celebrated of […]
2023-12-20 18:01:00
As usual, there won't be a list of best or favorite recordings of 2023, because I don't make any kind of attempt to keep track of new releases - there are so many - or listen to some percentage of them. But it's been an interesting year, for sure.As you can see from the page where I link to all of my music writing, this year I wrote 25 reviews, covering 16 operas, six orchestra concerts (including one of the SFSoundBox concerts), three string quartet concerts, a concert of new and old vocal music by Trio Medieval, and Pan, a theater piece by Marcos Balter for solo flute and community chorus, brilliantly played by Claire Chase. One of those reviews covered four of Santa Fe Opera's five operas. Weirdly, my first and last reviews of the year were of works based on the story of Dido and Aeneas. In addition to the […]
2023-12-16 14:00:53
The Magic Flute
Patrick Furrer conducts Janai Brugger, Kathryn Lewek, Piotr Buszewski, Rolando Villazón and Brindley Sherrat in a broadcast of the Met’s holiday presentation
2023-12-08 17:00:10
The Magic Flute
Patrick Furrer conducts Janai Brugger, Kathryn Lewek, Piotr Buszewski, Rolando Villazón and Brindley Sherrat in a broadcast of the Met’s holiday presentation
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