Underwhelming Strauss redeemed by blazing Beethoven in Toronto
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My review of Thursday night’s TSO concert featuring the Strauss Four Last
Songs and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 is now posted at bachtrack.com.
@bachtrack
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KEN RUSSELL 1927-2011
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Update 30/11/11): We have been informed that Alwyn Mellor has had to withdraw from this event. More news as we get it. A fine cast of ... Read on →
In Memoriam: Sena Jurinac
“The lad himself is played by Sena Jurinac, who has one of the most beautiful voices at the Vienna State Opera. She is charmingly natural b... Read on →
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WNO Spring 2012 season features a host of Wagnerians - if no Wagner till Summer 2012
WNO have announced their Spring 2012 season today - details below. Of especial interest are Beatrice and Benedict whose cast includes Sara F... Read on →
Amber Wagner: Wagner then Strauss and perhaps back to Wagner again?
John von Rhein Classical music critic Chicago Tribune 9:13 a.m. CST, November 22, 2011 The first time I heard Amber Wagner sing was on ... Read on →
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE: A Guide to the Opera - Lawrence Gilman
We noticed a few companies on amazon selling this (long in the pubic domain) book for kindle. With that in mind we provide the curious a fre... Read on →
Out Now: the November issue of The Wagner Journal
Out at last and with some especially interesting content to boot : The November 2011 issue (vol.5, no.3), now available, contains the fol... Read on →
Premiere: Siegfried, Kent Nagano, Den Nye Opera - 21 and 26 November
Sorry this is late but see what happens when you vanish for a little while. This production features what seems like half of LFOs Siegfried.... Read on →
Listen Now: Live at the Concertgebouw - Van Zweden conducts Bruckner's 3rd Plus Wagner's Faust Overture
You don't get the opportunity to hear the Faust that often, plus the Dutch premiere of Torstensson's Polarhavet. To listen and for ... Read on →
Longborough Opera announce new Brünnhilde for 2012 plus full Ring Cycle Dates for 2013
As predicted back in August (read more here ) LFO have today announced that Rachel Nicholls will take over from Alywn Mellor as their Brunn... Read on →
Mahler - Symphony No. 10 - Inbal, Royal Concertgebouw, 2011
I am presently listening to Levine's recording with the BSO. Alas, I couldn't find an extract of that online but found this during ... Read on →
Listen on-demand: Tannhäuser - ROH, Semyon Bychkov, Johann Botha, Eva-Maria Westbroek
From RTE Lyrica. Should be available for at at least the next 7 days Click HERE to listen . Overview from From Wagner Opera Net Blog ... Read on →
Andre Cluytens in rehearsal Tannhauser at Bayreuth 1965
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Listen Live & On-demand: New Production: Götterdämmerung - Latvian National Opera 19/11/11
"The auditorium of the old Stadttheater ...was a pretty gloomy place. A native of Riga (who later) compared it to a "barn" ... Read on →
Levine pulls of of METs new ‘Goetterdammerung’’ and news of the DVD release of the full cycle
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