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Lezhneva Records Vivaldi
Available today is a new recording of Vivaldi’s vocal music Gloria, from the brilliant soprano Julia Lezhneva, with Argentinian counter-tenor Franco Fagioli and Swiss organist and conductor Diego Fasolis conducting the Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera and I Barocchisti, today’s Vivaldi interpreters par excellence. These stars of the Baroque have collaborated to record Vivaldi’s Gloria in D major RV 589, his…

Deutsche Grammophon: 8 Legendary Albums From The Originals
From the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue comes an 8 CD set of recordings The Originals, by some of the greatest legends of classical music (DG 4794110). Recorded at various times between 1965 and 1980 in venues like the Vienna Musikverein Grosser Saal, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Hanover Beethovensaal and the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin, the recordings were originally…
Winners Of 2016 ENO Mackerras Fellowship Announced
Sir Charles Mackerras, AC, CH, CBE (1925 – 2010) Australian conductor, was one of the nation’s most revered and loved musicians. He was the first Australian chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and also had a glittering career around the world. The English National Opera (ENO) is just one ensemble with which he had a long and enduring…

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra announces its Chief Conductor
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has announced that English conductor, organist and harpsichordist Sir Andrew Davis has been appointed to the position of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director from January 2013. Sydney audiences can take in a preview of this artistic collaboration when the MSO performs at the Sydney Opera House with its Chief Conductor elect at the end…

Sir Simon Rattle to leave the Berlin Phil in 2018
Hard to believe, but the youthful Sir Simon Rattle will be nearly 62 in 2018, when he plans to leave the Berlin Philharmonic, which he joined as Chief Conductor in 2002, heralding the beginning of a search for a worthy successor: http://www.classical-music.com/news/sir-simon-rattle-leave-berlin-phil-2018

This Week From The Met
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,…