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25. February 2021

The OSM appoints Kent Nagano Conductor Emeritus (February 2021)

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) is pleased and proud to announce that today, Kent Nagano receives the honorary title of Conductor Emeritus of the Orchestra. Appointed by the Board of Directors, he becomes the third Music Director of the OSM to receive this recognition after Wilfrid Pelletier and Zubin Mehta.

“It is with deep feeling and great pride that I welcome the decision by the OSM’s Board of Directors to appoint me Conductor Emeritus of this great Orchestra. I am deeply moved by this decision. I wish to thank Lucien Bouchard, Madeleine Careau, all other members of the Board of Directors, as well as all my brilliant OSM colleagues for this honour, which even further strengthens my attachment toward Montreal and the province of Quebec.” — KENT NAGANOREAD MORE

24. February 2021

Sonya Yoncheva on 27 February at 7PM CET from Kloster Schussenried with Met Stars Live in Concert (February 2021)

Soprano Sonya Yoncheva will perform a live concert on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 7:00pm CET/1:00pm ET, from the Schussenried Cloister in southwest Germany as part of the Met Stars Live in Concert series. The program features a tour-de-force of arias from Verdi’s Aida and Il Trovatore; Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, La Bohème, and the rarely performed Le Villi; Dvořák’s Rusalka; and Handel’s Rinaldo. The full program is below. The recital will be streamed live via the Met website and will then be available on demand for 14 days. Yoncheva will perform from the Baroque library of the Schussenried Cloister, accompanied by Julien Quentin on piano.READ MORE

22. February 2021

Omer Meir Wellber with Verdi’s “Ernani” at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo (February 2021)

On February 26, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the Teatro Massimo’s production of Verdi’s four-part opera “Ernani” in Palermo. The semi-staged production will be broadcast live on Teatro WebTV. For more information, click here.

February 26, Verdi: Ernani
Omer Meir Wellber
Orchestra dell Teatro Massimo
Coro dell Teatro Massimo

Mise en espace Ludovico Rajata
Costume Designs and Visual Project Francesco Zito
Visual Project Andrea Fiduccia
Digital Animation Fabiola Nicoletti
Lighting Designs Giuseppe Di Iorio
Chorus Master Ciro Visco

22. February 2021

Jan Vogler and Dresden Music Festival plan to play under pandemic conditions – live and digital (February 2021)

With heart, caution and a high degree of flexibility, the Dresden Music Festival is currently preparing for its 44th festival season from May 14 to June 12, 2021. The aim is to provide world-class musical live events under the motto »Dialogues« in Dresden – while giving top priority to the protection of the health of the audience and organizers. For this reason, director Jan Vogler and his festival team are in constant dialogue with politicians, artists and the festival partners.

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15. February 2021

Omer Meir Wellber, the Teatro Massimo and Palermo in the FAZ (February 2021)

“Unlike many theaters and opera houses in Europe, however, the “Massimo” cannot be kept quiet. “Il crepuscolo dei sogni” – “Traumdämmerung” is what German opera director Johannes Erath and Massimo’s music director Omer Meir Wellber called their concert, which they simply added to their program. In an interview, Erath calls it a symphonic condensation of states in order to give the music a voice that was taken from it by Corona. The longing for music, for consolation is enormous, the premiere the next day will be followed by 30,000 people in the live stream, never before has the Massimo reached so many people.”

Omer Meir Wellber and his work in Palermo with the Teatro Massimo are having an impact throughout the city. Thilo Komma-Pöllath spoke with the conductor and experienced the city. The entire article can now be read here in the Frankfurter Allgemeine.

 

12. February 2021

Mari Kodama in a Livestream Concert (February 2021)

Mari Kodama, together with pianist Momo Kodama, violinists Sarah Nemtanu and Debora Nemtanu, and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) under Alexandre Bloch will play a livestream concert from Katowice on 12 February. The program will feature Poulenc’s Concerto in D Minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra and Martinů’s Concerto in D Major for Two Violins and Orchestra.READ MORE

9. February 2021

David Philip Hefti’s “Snow Queen” now also digitally (February 2021)

The CD with David Philip Hefti’s music theater “The Snow Queen” released in November 2020 is now also available digitally on all channels. At the world premiere of the work in November 2018, during which this recording was made, the composer himself conducted the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich as well as soprano Mojca Erdmann, speaker Delia Mayer and speaker Max Simonischek.

Listen to “The Snow Queen” on Spotify and Apple Music.

 

29. January 2021

Anna Netrebko at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna with Met Stars Live in Concert (January 2021)

Russian soprano Anna Netrebko will perform a live concert from the historic Spanish Riding School in Vienna on Saturday, February 6, at 7:00 p.m. CET/1:00 p.m. ET, as part of the Met Stars Live in Concert series. The program will consist of works by Rachmaninoff, Rimski-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky, as well as Debussy, Dvořák, Fauré and Strauss. She will be accompanied by Pavel Nebolsin on the piano and by mezzo-soprano Elena Maximova for duets from Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann and Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame.READ MORE

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