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German composer, pianist and conductor (1861-1911)
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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-12-19 16:22:40
Locke’s List for 2023: Notable Operatic Recordings Plus
[…] this reason, since opera lovers can hear another composer’s very capable and sometimes quite individual responses to the same sequence of dramatic events. It helps that Patrick Kabongo, a young tenor from the Democratic Republic of Congo (and now a French citizen) is on hand, embodying the peasant lad who finally realizes that he is worth being loved for his own merits. [caption id="attachment_57299" align="alignright" width="566"] Tenor Rinde Eckert, in a performance of Jonathan Berger’s 2015 powerful opera Mỹ Lai, now available on CD (or for download or streaming). Maria Alejandro Cardona photo)[/caption] Most notable in this early-nineteenth-century group are the best recordings yet of two works long recognized as major: Spontini’s 1807 La Vestale (with Marina Rebeka utterly superb in a title role that once belonged to Maria Callas; this recording just won the Premio Abbiati del Disco for best opera recording of the year) and Robert le […]
2023-12-17 09:39:00
Eugene Onegin, Komische Oper, 15 December 2023
Schillertheater Eugene Onegin – Günter PapendellTatiana – Ruzan Mantashyan Olga – Deniz Uzun Lensky – Gerard Schneider Mme Larina – Stefanie Schaefer Prince Gremin – Tijl Faveyts Filipievna – Margarita Nekrasova M. Triquet – Christoph Späth Zaretsky – Ferhat Baday Captain – Jan-Frank Süße Guillot – Alexander KohlBarrie Kosky (director)Werner Sauer (revival director)Rebecca Ringst (set designs)Klaus Bruns (costumes)Simon Berger (dramaturgy)Franck Evin (lighting) Orchestra and Chorus (chorus director: David Cavelius) of the Komische OperJames Gaffigan (conductor)Images: Iko Freese / drama-berlin.de I first saw Barrie Kosky’s Eugene Onegin, premiered in 2016, in 2019, a few months before the theatres closed. Then it was at the Komische Oper’s permanent home on Behrenstraße. Now, the building having closed for several years for renovation, this latest revival may be seen across town in Charlottenburg’s Schillertheater, conducted by the company’s new music director James Gaffigan. The cast is a mix of old and new, Günter Papendell, Stefanie […]
2023-10-31 12:20:00
Engaging & involving: Christophe Rousset & Les Talens Lyriques release Thésée as their 12th Lully opera album
Lully: Thésée; Mathias Vidal, Karine Deshayes, Deborah Cachet, Philippe Estephe, Benedicte Tauran, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset; Aparté One of Quinault's finest librettos and some of Lully's most varied and imaginative music in a performance that is wonderfully responsive and stylish, with a natural flow and elegance to the dramaLully and Quinault's Thésée was the third of their tragédie en musique, and it has particular significance in that it was the first such to be supported by King Louis XIV. Thésée was presented as part of the Carnival celebrations at court in 1675, its premiere delayed so that it could also be a celebration of the French victory at Turckheim in the war with the Dutch Republic. Following the premiere, at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, it went on to have 18 more performances before being given in Paris in April 1675 and there were regular performances during the later 1670s with revivals […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-08-31 18:48:06
Business Mentality in the Arts? Unkind Cuts?
[…] that smacks of the techno-utopianism of 15 years ago – before Silicon Valley realized that it might have to think about the ethical and historical questions in which artists and humanists are expert, before ChatGPT and generative AI pushed questions about the nature of human creation to the front page of every newspaper. This is an exceptionally strange time to declare so confidently that the arts and humanities don’t matter, but here we are Mark Berger, Assistant Professor of Practice; member of Lydian Quartet The one-year “hiatus” means that Brandeis will not accept any new incoming PhD students this year. All PhD candidates who are already in the program will continue with their coursework and research. What was relayed to all of us faculty from the provost is that they are going to recommend to the board of trustees that the PhD music programs not be continued, meaning the current […]
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