Found for you in the newspapers: THE THURSDAY PRESS (5 SEPTEMBER 2024)
Wien
State Opera – Cast changes:
On September 6 and 9, 2024, Étienne Dupuis will sing the role of Giorgio Germont in “La traviata” instead of Ludovic Tézier.
Salzburg
Salzburg value creation: How loudly does the economic engine of the Salzburg Festival hum?
Culture only costs tax money and brings benefits to few – the Salzburg Festival does not have to put up with this accusation. Many companies benefit not only during the festival itself. The reputation of the location increases in general. And the added value is hundreds of millions of euros hoch.
industry magazine, business news
Lucerne-Festival
Canon and Discoveries – Chineke! Orchestra at the Lucerne Festival
Podcast by Jörn Florian Fuchs (6 minutes)
deutschlandfunk.de
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg
Electrifying happiness with fragrant love songs at the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg 2024
Electrifying, infectious happiness is a guaranteed promise on this evening in the love song frenzy. Because when so many young, heart-warming talents surrender themselves to the love song waltzes in Brahmsian infatuation, there is no denying that this has an extraordinarily positive effect on the soul of the listeners.
operaversum.de
Dresden
Classic Open Air ends with an impressive opera gala in Dresden
The Dresden Classic Open Air fascinated with music from Verdi to Tchaikovsky. The young violinist Dmytro Udovychenko was particularly impressive.
saxony – television-de
Linz
Ars Electronica Festival starts: “Best atmosphere of the year in Linz”
An 18-meter-high tower on the main square, a silver aerial structure in the courtyard of the medical university: it’s festival time again until Sunday.
chronik.oberoesterreich.at
Graz
Arsonore invites you to a musical party
The Arsonore music festival begins for the tenth time on Wednesday in Graz’s Eggenberg Castle.
Traun
Elite birthday present: Bruckner’s 4th Symphony in jazz garb
Christian Groffner Quartet delights in Traun with a successful new version
Volksblatt.de
Berlin
The plans of the Deutsche Oper Berlin: When tears flow in Bismarckstrasse
How do I make people curious about what I have in mind artistically? The Deutsche Oper’s season preview for 2024/25 shows perfectly how it’s done.
Tagesspiegel.de
London
Brexit consequences for British musicians: fewer concerts in the EU
More than half of British musicians no longer tour the European Union – this is the result of a recent survey by the British Musicians’ Union.
BR-Klassik.de
Cultural policy
Germany: Concern about planned cuts in the independent scene
NeueMusikzeitung/nmz.de
anniversary
How Anton Bruckner wrote giant symphonies – and remained an eccentric
DerStandard.at.story
Conductor Markus Poschner on Bruckner’s Fifth: “One of the most exciting works” (Podcasts)
swr.de.Kultur
Genius between smoked meat and clergy
The Austrian Anton Bruckner left behind eleven monumental symphonies – today his 200th birthday is celebrated.
The composer Anton Bruckner, an innovator – Inexhaustible vastness of the world
FrankfurterRundschau.de
So that fear does not have the last word (Paid items)
His music reaches into supernatural dimensions. It is a compendium of cosmological designs. The composer Anton Bruckner was born 200 years ago.
FrankfurterRundschau.de
»For tormented hearts and souls purified by fire« What to listen to for the 200th birthday of Anton Bruckner?
A brief overview of the symphonies and recordings
nd.aktuell.de
Anton Bruckner on his 200th birthday: The revolutionary on the prayer stool (Paid items)
DiePresse.com
Musicology: Conflict research on Bruckner’s symphonies
In these scores, forces are in conflict with one another: the struggle for balance characterizes the events in Anton Bruckner’s symphonic works.
Frankfurter Allgemeine.net
Book review
A seemingly unremarkable life – Anto Bruckner, A Biography
DrehpunktKultur.at
Links to English articles
Innsbruck
Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2024 Review: Musica Hispanica
An Immersive Liturgical Experience of Two Musical Masters from 18th Century Sp
Berlin
Passion and precision: Aimard plays Schoenberg and Ives in Berlin
bachtrack.com.de
Bremen
A truly impressive celebration of Puccini in Bremen with Jonathan Tetelman
seenandheard.international.com
London
The Marriage of Figaro review – revival sparkles with young cast
David McVicar’s detailed staging of Mozart’s comedy opens Covent Garden’s new season, with conductor Julia Jones bringing energy and drive and Ying Fang, making her house debut, as an exquisite Susanna
TheGuardian.com.music
Review: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Royal Ballet and Opera
A classic production of a classic opera marks two fine Covent Garden debuts
broadwayworld.com.westend
Farewell, Sir Andrew: the Proms pays tribute in fitting style
bachtrack.com.de
Near perfect Bruckner from the Berliner Philharmoniker at the BBC Proms
bachtrack.com.de
New York
Xabier Anduaga, Michael Spyres, Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges, Rachel Willis-Sørensen Headline 2024 Richard Tucker Gala
The Richard Tucker Foundation has announced its 2024 gala, scheduled for Oct. 27, 2024.
operawire.com.xabier
Chicago
Sunday in the Park with Lyric
Sydney
Opera review: The Turn of the Screw, Hayes Theatre Director Craig Baldwin and the Hayes Theatre Co breathe new life into a Benjamin Britten classic.
artshub.com.au
Obituary
American Tenor in Paris Dies. Aged 77
We have been notified of the death of Howard Crook, a lyric tenor from Rutherford, New Jersey.
Ballet / Dance
Romeo & Juliet (West Australian Ballet)
A riveting exploration of Shakespeare’s tragedy in dance, with duets made lustrous with anguish and desire.
Exhibitions/ Art
Vienna/ Albertina
Robert Longo in the Albertina: The magician with the charcoal pencil Paid items
Dark and incredibly fascinating: 48 oversized pictures (until January 26). At first glance, the drawings look like photographs. Monumental, powerful and dynamic: The Albertina presents Pop Art in anthracite by Robert Longo (until January 26), a protagonist of the “Picture Generation”.
Kurier.at
Film
Forest: Symphony. Documentary | Germany 2023 | 73 minutes. Director: Meri Koivisto
The essayistic documentary film is a sympathetic portrayal of people from the remote Finnish town of Kuhmo, which comes to life once a year during a chamber music festival. The focus is on the preparations and the surroundings of the concerts, rather than on the music. However, the idiosyncratic film, which often revels in impressive nature shots, does not shed light on what makes the town predestined for such a festival and why chamber music is received more emphatically there than elsewhere. – From 14.
By Kirsten Liese
To know
TTT
The Tower of Babel: Origin of our languages?
Some people scoff at the Bible’s explanation of the origin and spread of languages. “The myth of the Tower of Babel is truly one of the most absurd stories ever.” Theory of language origins: modern languages originate from a single original or mother tongue, around 100,000 years ago. Another explanation: today’s languages go back to several original languages, at least 6,000 years ago.
Why Selensky is changing his government in the middle of the war
A government reshuffle is intended to make it easier for the Ukrainian president to gain access to key positions. The reshuffle is intended to be seen by the public as a new beginning. Most of the resignations were probably already in the drawer and only given the current date. On Wednesday, several Ukrainian ministers and senior officials announced their resignations.
Die Presse.com
Austria
Anger over climate bonus. Double green rip-off: taxing CO₂ tax
“Taxing the tax credit – that only happens in Austria.” With comments like these and similar ones, many Austrians are outraged that high earners have to pay full tax on their climate bonus this year. But there is also discontent about the fact that people on minimum income with many children receive hundreds of euros extra in the form of school start-up money and the climate bonus.
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Bottom line
TTT: Unreflected election results + disastrous theater: missing reference values insult intelligence! Media representations reveal simultaneous self-image of politicians and theater makers. AFD in Saxony / Thuringia relativizes 1.5%!
The topics of the next issue of “Halving theatre subsidies!” are suitable for this. Regeneration to a new blossoming of soulless world culture! Drive out degenerate lethargy, apathy! Hybrid bastardisation, overwriting, deconstruction, destructive autocrats in the century – remove the mustiness! Compressed quality from the reduction of exorbitant quantity! Close theatres so that others can sprout!
OnlineMerker.com
Austria
Pilnacek’s widow: “My husband was abandoned by everyone”
Caroline List, the widow of Christian Pilnacek, criticizes the commission appointed by Alma Zadić, considers the long suspension of her late husband to be wrong and questions the role of Peter Pilz.
Die Presse.com
Austria
Industry disappointed: Sports spectacles did not bring a run on TV sets
The Summer Olympics and the European Football Championship did not bring the hoped-for sales boom to the consumer electronics industry in Germany. This is evident from market figures published by the digital association Bitkom in the run-up to the IFA technology trade fair. In the past, major sporting events have always led to consumers buying new and larger television sets, said Bitkom CEO Bernhard Rohleder.
Power-Drinks
Sleep slim: These drinks help you lose weight at night
The desire to lose weight overnight sounds almost too good to be true. But there are actually some drinks that boost fat burning while you sleep and help you shed the pounds.
oe24.at
