The livestream series “Met Stars Live in Concert” of the Metropolitan Opera in New York is currently set to continue until February 2021. Below you will find the current dates and further information on the individual concerts with the leading opera stars. Further information can also be found here.READ MORE
Mari Kodama will release the new CD “MON AMI, Mon amour – French Repertoire for Cello and Piano” together with Matt Haimovitz on November 6, 2020 on PENTATONE. The works of Francis Poulenc, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Darius Milhaud.
The vibrant musical palette of cellist Matt Haimovitz and the graceful insight of pianist Mari Kodama exquisitely meld in MON AMI, Mon amour.
The Virtual Album Launch will take place on Friday November 13th at 16.00 – LIVE on Facebook.
Here you can also listen to the album.
Midori’s latest album with Beethoven’s violin concerto and two romances, recorded with Festival Strings Lucerne in March 2020, is “CD of the week” on NDR kultur. You can find the CD review here.
Omer Meir Wellber will lead the premiere of the new production of “Die Zauberflöte” on November 1, 2020. This grand opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was newly staged by Josef E. Köpplinger.
Beforehand Omer Meir Wellber spoke with the dramaturg Johann Casimir Eule, the interview can be found here.
“Die Zauberflöte” overview:
November 1, 2020, 18.00 Dresden, Semperoper
Staatskapelle Dresden
Mozart: Zauberflöte Premiere
More information can be found here.
Omer Meir Wellber, together with the BBC Philharmonic, soprano Claudia Barainsky and clarinetist John Bradbury, will release a recordings by Paul Ben-Haim at Chandos on October 30.READ MORE
As one of the world’s preeminent soloists, the violinist Midori has been performing on premier stages around the globe for over 35 years. Warner Classics will release a recording of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and his two Romances for Violin and Orchestra by Midori and the Festival Strings Lucerne on October 16th to celebrate the composer’s 250th birthday in December 2020.READ MORE
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra announced that Front Row: The PSO Virtual Experience will premiere on October 19, 2020, with the first of five episodes that will traverse the region and will offer classical music, popular music, and Holiday Pops as the series unfolds. All five episodes will be made available free to the public on the Pittsburgh Symphony’s website: pittsburghsymphony.org.
Next Saturday, September 12, Joyce DiDonato will give a performance at the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum. During her concert, sculptures by the artist Bosco Sodi will also be exhibited, the installation will be made by the Belgian art and antiques dealer Axel Vervoordt.
The concert is available until 25 September.
Further information about the program and tickets can be found here.
Soprano Lise Davidsen sings Strauss’s “Morgen!” and an aria from Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera in her August 29 performance, transmitted via satellite from Oslo as part of the Met Stars Live in Concert series. You can watch the concert on-demand at metopera.org/metstars.