A great Mahler specialist visits Dresden on January 18 and 19, 2020. At Kulturpalast, Jonathan Nott conducts the Dresdner Philharmonie to perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. Another reason to enjoy, the famous clarinetist Sabine Meyer joins the ensemble to perform Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto. Book your tickets on M&O. Photo : Jonathan Nott © […]
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.
The Staatsoper Hamburg (Hamburg’s Opera) preforms from March 8 to April 2, 2020 its Italian Opera Weeks Festival, the Italianische Opernwochen with six masterpieces such as Bellini’s Norma, Puccini’s Tosca and four Verdi’s brilliant works, Otello, Simon Boccanegra, Falstaff and a Messa da Requiem staged by Calixto Bieito. Many prestigious artists perform on stage such […]
To perform the divine Symphony concertante for violin, viola and orchestra, KV 364 of the genius Mozart, who else than top artists such as Isabelle Faust and Tabea Zimmermann ? With conductor Iván Fischer and the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, the dream come true. To enjoy this fabulous concert, three options : running on December 11th & […]
The 2020 summer season of Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has been announced. In the historical setting of the Baths of Caracalla, the Rome Opera performs five events with operas (Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia and Verdi’s Aida), Viennese operetta (Franz Lehár’s Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), a musical (Strictly Gershwin based on the music […]
The very latest edition of the Lucerne Piano Festival has just closed and received some 18,000 visitors. The Lucerne Festival is evolving and now offers two extended musical weekends in Fall and Spring with the major prestiguois festival in summer. The first weekend (April 1-4, 2020) is devoted to conductor Teodor Currentzis and his friends. […]
Two Platée or nothing! The irresistible Rameau’s heroine struts at the Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Elysées on December 2, 2019, performed by Anders J. Dahlin (in a concert version conducted by Alexis Kossenko). The apotheosis is expected at the end of the season at the Royal Opera of Versailles from June 26 to 30, 2020. Hervé […]
TRIP IN SALZBURG FROM FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2020 TO MONDAY 03 FEBRUARY 2020 Crossed by the river Salzach or “salt river” which gave it its name, Salzburg was originally destined to become the Northern Rome. The city is renowned for its music, its charming historical town centre and its lakes region. The Hohensalzburg fortress offers […]
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. […]
