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Jonas Kaufmann is Prince Orlofsky’s guest at the Wiener Staatsoper

Prince Orlofsky receives a distinguished guest! At the Wiener Staatsoper, the performance of Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus on December 31 usually reserves a nice surprise. It is a tradition during Act II that Prince Orlofsky received a surprise guest. Tonight, the lucky audience will have the joy to applaud superstar tenor Jonas Kaufmann himself. Nice […]

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Great conductor Alain Altinoglu twice in the News !

Great conductor Alain Altinoglu is twice in the News because he has just been appointed chief conductor of the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt (from season 2021-2022) and his contract as music director of Monnaie/De Munt in Brussels has just extended till 2025. This is great news!   Photo : Alain Altinoglu © Marco Borggreve

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The great Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons passed away at 76

At 76, great Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons passed away this weekend. Great artist, he has been Principal Conductor of prestigious orchestras such as the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest and finally the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. This is a great loss for Classical Music.

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Omer Meir Wellber opens his 2020 season at the Palermo’s Teatro Massimo with Wagner’s Parsifal

Omer Meir Wellber, the newly appointed Musical Director of iconic Palermo’s Teatro Massimo opens his 2020 season with Wagner’s Parsifal (from 26 January to 2 February, 2020). The masterpiece completed in Palermo by Wagner is staged by renowned director Graham Vick. Dutch soprano star Eva-Maria Westbroek is making her big Italian comeback as Kundry.   […]