Krzysztof Penderecki’s new opera Phaedra, commissioned by the Wiener Staatsoper can’t be realised. The great Polish composer announced he is not able to complete the composition and prefers to be released from his contract.
Music Pics
From 17 March at Paris’ Palais Garnier, brilliant production of Bartók’s Bluebeard Castle and Poulenc’s La Voix humaine from stage director Krzysztof Warlikowski is back on stage starring John Relyea, Ekaterina Gubanova and the fantastic Barbara Hannigan.
After a fantastic job done at the Opéra de Lyon, Serge Dorny has been named Director of one of the most brilliant Opera institution in the worls, the Bayerische Staatsoper from September 2021. The name of his Music Director has been announced also, Vladimir Jurowsky will succeed Kirill Petrenko.
A prodigious violinist but also an inspired performer, the young Daniel Lozakovich performs at Salle Gaveau on March 15 a Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven violin recital not to be missed to discover the fantastic artist.
The late Spanish conductor Jesús López Cobos was scheduled to conduct Verdi’s Aida in April-May at the Wiener Staatsoper, Evelino Pidó replaces.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra takes residency at the New York Carnegie Hall from 11 to 13 Avril conducted by great Andris Nelsons to perform Shostakovich’s No. 4 and Bernstein’s “The Age of Anxiety” (starring Jean-Yves Thibaudet) on 11 April, Act II of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde starring beloved tenor Jonas Kaufmann ! on 12 and […]
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra just announced the pregnancy of his Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla who will take a short maternity leave till mid-November.
From 18 March, during the Holy Week, Wagner’s Parsifal is performed at Antwerp’s Opera Vlaanderen in the revival production of Tatjana Gürbaca conducted by Cornelius Meister.
On 27 April, huge event at Brussels Palais des Beaux-Arts, Andris Nelsons conducts his German orchestra, the famous Gewandhausorchester Leipzig to perform two masterpieces of the symphony, Mozart’s No. 40 and Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique
Carousel the famous musical from Rodgers’ & Hammersteins will be premiered at Vienna’s Volksoper on 17 March staged by Henri Mason













