Cristian Macelaru’s contract as principal conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester has been extended till the end of the 2024-2025 season. Macelaru, Solti Conducting Award laureate, is also expected in Paris from September 1st, 2021, to lead the Orchestre National de France as the new music director. Photo : Cristian Macelaru © Thomas Brill
Ennio Morricone, the most famous composer of film music, has just passed away at the age of 91. His name remains associated with film director Sergio Leone but he composed also for many movie directors such as Brian de Palma, John Huston, Bernardo Bertolucci or Quentin Tarantino. Morricone lived in Rome and composed so many […]
Before a great 2020-2021 season, the Dresden Semperoper unexpectedly ends its 19-20 season with excerpts from Verdi’s Don Carlo performed by superstar Anna Netrebko and tenor Yusif Eyvazov. A Beethoven concert conducted by Christian Thielemann is also scheduled for a restricted audience obeying the current hygiene regulations… Photo : Anna Netrebko et Yusif Eyvazov © Julian Hargreaves
A famous Russian violinist on Haydn’s land. Julian Rachlin, the internationally renowned artist, has been appointed artistic director of the Herbstgold, the Eisenstadt Festival. The charming Austrian city is famous to host the Princes Esterházy’s palace, patrons of Haydn, but also the famous hall (the Haydnsaal), one of the best acoustics in the world. […]
Let’s talk about 2023 in Leipzig? Gotthold Schwarz, the current Cantor of Leipzig will retire in June 2021. His successor will have a real challenge. Indeed, he will take over from another great Cantor, Johann Sebastian Bach who was appointed to this position on April 22, 1723, exactly 300 years in 2023. Celebrations are coming […]
Opera but not only … While digital platforms offer a generous supply of opera performances onlibe, orchestras are also offering their best. This week, the Philadelphia Orchestra honors its principal guest conductor, Stéphane Denève with a concert online and also a complete library of performances through Listen On Demand. Photo : Stéphane Denève […]
Excellent news, great conductor Mirga Grazinytė-Tyla (the music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) is expecting her second child in August 2020. The bad news is she won’t be able to conduct the first concerts of her 2020-2021 season. Photo : Mirga Grazinytė-Tyla © Frans Jansen
In these hard times the news has been quite unnoticed, however, our Australian friends can be happy to welcome back one of their own. Indeed, the conductor Simone Young has been appointed Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, from the 2022 season. After Charles Mackerras and Stuart Challender, she is only the third Australian […]
Jonas Kaufmann also concerned by the coronavirus! To help independent singers and all the staff of Musical Theaters in Germany, the superstar tenor recorded a short video calling for donations. A great initiative! You can visit this page for more details. Jonas Kaufmann © Gregor Hohenberg
Waiting for his return on the stage, the stunning Franco Fagioli is about to release a new CD (on May 8) where he will perform opera arias fom Leonardo Vinci, the composer who revealed his incredible voice to the world. After the impressive Artaserse (released by Virgin Classics) the counter tenor with Il Pomo d’oro […]
