From a historical perspective, Jules Massenet’s art songs have been given short shrift compared with his larger-scale operatic undertakings like Manon, Werther and Cendrillon. Baritone…
View More The Songs of Jules Massenet: An Under-Appreciated RepertoireКатегория: World Music News
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Mathieu Lussier and Pentaèdre: Bassoon Party
In 2017, the woodwind quintet Pentaèdre launched its Carte Blanche series, a project which saw individual members plan an annual concert, choosing repertoire and partners.…
View More Mathieu Lussier and Pentaèdre: Bassoon PartyJürgen Flimm died today, aged 81
One of the most influential theatre and opera directors, he worked 15 years mostly in Hamburg before being swamped with offers from aroud the world.…
View More Jürgen Flimm died today, aged 81Composer and commentator in one album
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: When asked to review compositions by a living musicologist, my inclination would be to catch the night train…
View More Composer and commentator in one albumBSO Does Justice to Wagner in Concert
Andris Nelsons led the BSO through an unforgettable traversal of excerpts from Wagner’s Tannhäuser, an opera based on two German legends: Tannhäuser, a mythical medieval…
View More BSO Does Justice to Wagner in ConcertNetrebko delays an inflamed Italian date
The soprano has withdrawn from a controversial upcoming February 7 performance on behalf of the Guido d’Arezzo Foundation in central Italy. The official reason: ‘an…
View More Netrebko delays an inflamed Italian dateThe week in classical: Tannhäuser; Isata Kanneh-Mason & Maxwell Quartet; Gesualdo Six: Secret Byrd
Royal Opera House; Queen Elizabeth Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, LondonMajestic Lise Davidsen and Gerald Finley carry the Royal Opera’s illness-hit Wagner revival; Isata Kanneh-Mason and co…
View More The week in classical: Tannhäuser; Isata Kanneh-Mason & Maxwell Quartet; Gesualdo Six: Secret ByrdUnexpected creativity: cellist Margaret Maria and soprano Donna Brown talk about the joys of collaboration on the words and music of their album Between Worlds
Donna Brown and Margaret Maria Cellist and composer Margaret Maria and soprano Donna Brown, both Canadian, have been collaborating on an album, Between Worlds, which…
View More Unexpected creativity: cellist Margaret Maria and soprano Donna Brown talk about the joys of collaboration on the words and music of their album Between WorldsBEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO: Tuesday, February 4, 1823
Anton Schindler stops by Beethoven’s apartment this morning, after having talked with Count Gallenberg, supervisor of the Kärntnertor Theater’s music library. The Count sends his…
View More BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO: Tuesday, February 4, 1823Italy pledges to restore Verdi’s last home
The Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano has announced fund-raising plans to restore the house near Piacenza where Giuseppe Verdi lived and worked in the last…
View More Italy pledges to restore Verdi’s last home