Richard Jones’ production of R Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier for Glyndebourne Opera’s Open House is available on You Tube until 5 pm (UK Summer time) on Sunday 12 July.
Conducted by Glyndebourne’s Music Director Robin Ticciati, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, soprano Kate Royal, Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught, German bass Lars Woldt, and soprano Teodora Gheorghiu.
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss Jansons have charmed their audiences in Sydney with superlative skill. Regarded as one of the best conductors in the world, Jansons has been dogged by health problems in recent years, shadowed by the death of his father who suffered a heart attack whilst on the podium. He is fitted with…
All images courtesy of Opera Australia, and taken by Branco Gaica.
Australian composer Nicholas Vines has received a ringing endorsement by no less a journal than The New York Times, for his composition for clarinet and piano, Rustling the Deities. Performed by the “superb new-music ensemble counter)induction” (Allan Kozinn in The New York Times), this review happily supports the release last week of the debut recording of Vines’ music Torrid…
* More from the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s US tour: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/tognetti-adds-another-string-to-his-bow-20120504-1y46y.html * Composed in 2009 to commemorate the devastating bush fires that year, Brett Dean’s Fire Music was performed in Adelaide over the weekend. Read the review as well an interview in which Brett Dean talks to his publishers Boosey and Hawkes about Fire Music: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/visceral-masterpiece-conjures-up-fear-in-fire/story-fn9d2mxu-1226348104697…
This week from the Met, experience some of opera’s greatest love stories—from the passionate eroticism of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut to the transcendental rapture of Tristan und Isolde and the timeless La Bohème—with another week of free Nightly Opera Streams. To enhance your viewing experience, explore the curated collection of related content, including articles, videos, podcasts,…
The Guardian reports on confirmation of the cause of Chopin’s death in 1849 as observed from his heart which was preserved, even though his body was buried in Paris.
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