Star-Dirigent Christian Thielemann should return to the Green Hill. As the German Press Agency learned, the Bayreuth Festival is planning to use the 64-year-old again. This was announced at the most recent meeting of the Festspiel-GmbH board of directors. Thielemann “will return, yes,” said festival spokesman Hubertus Herrmann when asked. Current: Headlines Mundhalle Cooperative : … Read more
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The Leipzig Gewandhaus wants to create a new orchestra for the Shostakovich Festival 2025. The festival orchestra will consist of members of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and students from the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater, said the director of the Gewandhaus, Andreas Schulz, on Tuesday at the presentation of … Read more
As of: 08/21/2023 6:02 p.m Once a year, the Burgplatz in the center of Braunschweig is transformed into an open-air stage with a special charm. This year the Staatstheater Braunschweig is showing Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Tosca” there, which premieres on Saturday. by Bita Shafi Neya The rehearsals for Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Tosca” can be heard … Read more
19. August 2023, 13:00 Featuring music by Lou Reed, Gustav Mahler, Miles Davis, Gil Scott-Heron, de la Soul, Henry Cowell, Morton Feldman and more It starts with a little New York conversation, one on the phone. He was at home when the bell woke him up from his nap. And then a bit of “gossip” … Read more
The Angels. The death of Canadian musician and The Band co-founder Robbie Robertson has caused grief and deep sadness around the world. “The music of The Band and Robbie’s own later solo music seemed to come from the deepest heart of this continent – from its traditions, tragedies and joys,” said director Martin Scorsese (“Taxi … Read more
It was the last premiere for artistic director Johannes Wildner, who, together with director Philipp Harnoncourt, brought the work to the “opera stage of the Waldviertel”. The President of the National Council, Wolfgang Sobotka Wildner, thanked everyone for his ten years of service. And he also clarified the question raised by the artistic director, because … Read more
The stage of the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium is ready to vibrate to the rhythm of jazz with the long-awaited new season of The Jazz Corner. This emblematic cycle, which has captivated the hearts of jazz lovers for of the decadesis consecrated as the best jazz club from the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. … Read more
An opera as a cinema film with a mix of song, dance and acting: Axel Ranisch gives the Orpheus myth a cinematic update. Opera Manager Höllbach (Heiko Pinkowski) Photo: Missing Films “Music is the unspeakable” was a saying in the Romantic era. And when call center employee Nele (Miriam Mesak) is bullied by her nasty … Read more
Silence reigns in the foyer. Johannes Leiacker built it on the stage in the Haus für Mozart, white above, dark brown below, wood paneling. It is reminiscent of the Karl-Böhm-Saal next door, but here it is an art location, nonetheless because it is a concert hall foyer, a natural habitat for the mythical singer Orpheus, … Read more