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05.09.2021
“La Traviata” under the magnifying glass - “L’ultimo sogno” by Carlo Ciceri
Verdi’s “La Traviata” newly interpreted. The Italian-born composer and conductor Carlo Ciceri, now based in Switzerland, has created a new interpretation of Verdi’s opera in a reduced orchestration which allows space for unusual and individual sound colours. In this version everything is concentrated on the character of Violetta Valéry. This focussing casts new light on the work as a compelling and tension-laden narrative. Carlo Ciceri’s “L’ultimo sogno. Un'immagine di Traviata” is now available in a new edition from Bärenreiter. »more«
03.09.2021
Musical obituaries - On the 90th birthday of Rudolf Kelterborn
Rudolf Kelterborn would have celebrated his 90th birthday today, on 3 September 2021. Only a few months before, on 24 March, the Swiss composer, music educator, teacher and mentor of contemporary music passed away in Basel. On this special birthday, the Bärenreiter publishing house honours one of the most important and influential artists of his generation and a composer who sustained his creativity until his death. »more«
07.07.2021
Erotic, mystical, nightmarish - Jules Massenet's opera “Thaïs” available for the first time in a scholarly-critical edition
Alongside Gounod's “Faust”, Bizet's “Carmen” and Saint-Saëns' “Samson et Dalila”, “Thaïs” by Jules Massenet is one of those 19th-century French operatic masterpieces whose success on the stage remains undiminished to this day. Together with “Manon” (1884) and “Werther” (1892), it is also one of the composer's most popular and original works. This new edition which appears as part of the “L'Opéra français” series enables all three versions of “Thais” to be drawn upon for the first time. »more«
01.06.2021
Miroslav Srnka’s Space Opera in Munich
A glimpse into the not-too-distant future: In their new opera "Singularity," composer Miroslav Srnka and author Tom Holloway dramatize mind games about computerized people, updates, and human and technical malfunctions. Their opera is a fast-paced play with set pieces of the cyber world, combining vision with farce and a glimpse into human abysses. »more«
31.05.2021
Charles Gounod’s “Faust“ in the dialogue version of 1859 at Oper Köln
Charles Gounod’s undisputed masterpiece “Faust” achieved international renown in its “opéra” version, fully-sung throughout. Since then, it has been completely forgotten that the work, which was of no interest to the director of the Paris Opéra, was first composed with spoken dialogues for the Théâtre Lyrique, the third opera theatre in the French capital after the Académie impériale de musique and the Opéra-Comique. »more«
12.04.2021
Tireless progress - The death of Rudolf Kelterborn
A few months before his 90th birthday, Rudolf Kelterborn passed away in Basel. On 3 September 2021, the Swiss composer, music educator, teacher and mentor of contemporary music would have celebrated this special birthday. The Bärenreiter publishing house mourns the loss of one of the most important and influential artists of his generation and a composer who sustained his creativity until his death. »more«
11.02.2021
Camille Saint-Saëns - Commemorative Year
Camille Saint-Saëns: born on 9 October 1835 in Paris, eight and a half years after Beethoven’s death – died on 16 December 1921 in Algier, eight and a half years after the premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s “Le Sacre du printemps“. A compositional oeuvre which encompasses approximately 700 works of all musical genres. There is hardly another renowned composer whose creative output spans a similarly long period of time and shows a comparable variety. »more«
