Metropolitan Opera in New York presents MET STARS LIVE IN CONCERT (August 2020)

MET STARS LIVE IN CONCERT

The Met Launches Unique Pay-Per-View Series Featuring Some of Opera’s Biggest Stars Singing Mainstream Operatic Repertoire in Striking Locations Across Europe and the U.S.

Weekend series of 12 live concerts opens Saturday, July 18, with Jonas Kaufmann performing from a historic abbey in Polling, Bavaria

Summer and fall concerts also include Roberto Alagna, Piotr Beczała, Angel Blue, Joseph Calleja, Javier Camarena, Diana Damrau, Lise Davidsen, Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming, Aleksandra Kurzak, Anna Netrebko, Sondra Radvanovsky, Bryn Terfel, Pretty Yende, and Sonya Yoncheva

Locations include a terrace in Èze, France, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, a castle in Oslo, palaces in Vienna and Malta, a historic mansion in Washington, D.C., and churches in Barcelona and Wales

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Kent Nagano presents updated season 2020/21 in Hamburg (August 2020)

Hamburg, August 7, 2020: Kent Nagano, Hamburg General Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra and Georges Delnon, Director of the Hamburg State Opera, Prof. John Neumeier, Ballet Director and Chief Choreographer of the Hamburg Ballet, presented the updated 2020/21 season and concert season for the months of September, October and November 2020 at today’s press conference. Ralf Klöter, Managing Director of the Hamburg State Opera, informed about the general conditions of this special season opening.READ MORE

Midori’s PSAs on the UN’s Website (June 2020)

Midori’s PSA videos with helpful tips for you and your children can now be viewed on the United Nations website. As part of her commitment as a UN peace ambassador, she sets a good example and communicates about the current situation in a child-friendly way.

For more information, also about Coronavirus COVID-19, click here to go to the UN website

 

Concerts around the end of the year (December 2019)

Let the year 2019 end with Kent Nagano and the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg at the New Year’s Eve Concert and works by Beethoven and Bach, among others. Find more information here.

31. December Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie
Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg
New Year’s Eve Concert
Gabriele: Symphoniae sacrae
Bach: „Kunst der Fuge“ (Excerpts from the orchestra version by Nodaira)
Ustwolskaja: Symphony No. 5 „Amen“
Beethoven: Große Fuge für Streichquartett op. 133
Bach: Kantate BWV 80 „Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott“
Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphony No. 5
Nadezhda Karyazina – Speaker

Start the year 2020 with Omer Meir Wellber and the Orchestra del Teatro Massimo at the New Year’s Concert and works by Wagner, Verdi, Puccini. Find more information here.

1. January Palermo, Teatro Massimo
Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
New Year’s Concert
Joseph Calleja – Tenor

4. January Palermo, Teatro Massimo
Orchestra del Teatro Massimo
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

Kent Nagano on tour in Japan (November 2019)

From 31 October to 8 November 2019, Kent Nagano and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra are on tour in Japan. Together with the Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, the Philharmonic present works by Beethoven, Liszt, Mahler, Brahms and Widmann.

Omer Meir Wellber and the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester (September 2019)

On 13 September 2019, Omer Meir Wellber, the new Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, will conduct works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Schönberg and Schuhmann.

Previously, on 12 September, he leads the launch of BBC Education’s music education campaign Bring the Noise, which aims to bring children closer to the joy of making music.

13 September Manchester, MediaCityUK
BBC Philharmonic Studio Concert
Vivaldi: Four Seasons (Summer)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 K.414
Schoenberg: Five Orchestra Pieces Op. 16
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Jacob Reuven – Mandolin

Further information can be found here!

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