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18.06.2019
Christoph Willibald Glucks „Antigono“ in Bayreuth
This summer, the International Gluck Festival 2019 will feature a special highlight: the German premiere of the dramma per musica "Antigono"; written for the Teatro Argentina in Rome in 1756. »more«
18.06.2019
Tension between the individual and the collective. Dieter Ammann’s Piano Concerto
Dieter Ammann’s „Piano Concerto“ receives its premiere in August in London. »more«
18.06.2019
Truth and lies. Premiere by Miroslav Srnka in Munich
The truth in digital times: Miroslav Srnka composes fragmented sentences about truth in "Speed of Truth". »more«
10.05.2019
Musical Crime Thriller
Philipp Maintz’ chamber opera „Thérèse“. German first performance at the Elbphilharmonie »more«
08.05.2019
Gluck’s “Le feste d’Apollo” in London
Christoph Willibald Gluck arranged or newly composed three one-act operas for the festivities for the wedding of Archduchess Maria Amalie of Austria to the Infante Ferdinand of Spain on 24 August 1769 in Parma. Collectively entitled “Le feste d’Apollo”, two of these are being performed at the end of May for the first time using the Gluck Complete Works edition in London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. The semi-staged performances of “L’atto d’Orfeo” and “Bauci e Filemone” on 29 and 31 May 2019 will be given by Classical Opera conducted by Ian Page. The director is Nick Winston.
07.05.2019
Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini in Jena
Over several years Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini has complemented each work in the Jena Philharmonic’s Mahler cycle with his own companion pieces. Following on from “Torso”, the second part – “Epitaph” – receives its premiere on 26 May 2019 in Jena with Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 conducted by Simon Gaudenz. Like the first part, “Epitaph” also draws on a lyric text by Rainer Maria Rilke. It is a memento mori, at the end of which the chorus recites the verses: “For we are only the shell and the leaf. / The great death, which everyone has in himself, / that is the fruit around which everything revolves.” »more«
07.05.2019
Handel Festivals in Göttingen and Halle
The Göttingen International Handel Festival opens this year on 17 May 2019 in the Deutsches Theater Göttingen with a new production of Handel’s first opera in and for Italy, the dramma per musica “Rodrigo”, which was first performed in autumn 1707 in Florence. On the podium directing the FestspielOrchester Göttingen is once again chief conductor Laurence Cummings, and the director is his compatriot Walter Sutcliffe. Halle follows suit on 31 May and 1 June 2019 with new productions of “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” and “Il pastor fido”. Both of these are the first performances to use the Halle Handel Edition. »more«
