Monthly Archives: September 2013

MOZART and More; Free Concert in Arizona

La Forza Chamber Orchestra offers free concert Friday, September 27, 2013 7:30 p.m. Valley Presbyterian Church 6947 E. McDonald Dr. Paradise Valley, Arizona   “Mozart and More” PROGRAM: The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) Overture – Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 … Continue reading

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Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opera de Paris

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR DRAMMA TRAGICO IN TWO PARTS (AND THREE ACTS) (1835)   MUSIC BY GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797-1848) LIBRETTO BY SALVATORE CAMMARANO AFTER WALTER SCOTT’S NOVEL “THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR” Performed in Italian From September 7 to October 9, 2013 … Continue reading

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Bellini opera fragment found in Spain

Bellini opera fragment found in Spain Rare fragment of an opera score handwritten by 19th century Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini found in Spain. Spain’s national library said today that it had discovered a rare fragment of an opera score handwritten … Continue reading

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Terrible news: Tragic death of young soprano while singing Verdi’s Requiem

Terrible news: Tragic death of young soprano while singing Verdi’s Requiem  by Norman Lebrecht, Arts Journal Blogs, Slipped Disc The Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires reports the death of soprano Florencia Fabris, who had suffered a brain aneurysm while singing … Continue reading

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Euphoria and Unease. Jewish Vienna and Richard Wagner

Euphoria and Unease. Jewish Vienna and Richard Wagner 25 September 2013 – February 2014 (the exact end date will be announced later) The year 2013 marks the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Richard Wagner, one of the most … Continue reading

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Wagner and the Jews, Symposium in London

Sunday 6 October 2013 Wagner and the Jews Event type: Symposium Venue: London Jewish Cultural Centre Time: 2pm No aspect of Wagner generates more heat than his anti-Semitism. This discussion will attempt to throw light  too, debating Wagner’s anti-Semitism in … Continue reading

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“Wagner’s Jews” Screening in Chicago

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Hilan Warshaw Filmmaker, Author, Lecturer Lecture and Screening of his documentary film   Wagner’s Jews Documentary, 55 minutes, 2013 Produced, directed, and written by Hilan Warshaw Includes a Q+A with the filmmaker Richard Wagner was notoriously … Continue reading

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The hateful side of Wagner’s musical genius

From: http://www.dw.de Famous German composer Richard Wagner was a vehement anti-Semite. But he also admired Jews like poet Heinrich Heine and had both Jewish patrons and fans. How does it all fit together, and where did his hatred come from? … Continue reading

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VERDI’S 200TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Viva l’Opera ’13/’14- Live in French Cinemas

Verdi’s Nabucco from La Scala in Milan, part of the 200th anniversary celebrations across Europe this year, will open the UGC cinema chain’s Viva l’Opéra 2013-2014 broadcast season around France.  In an echo of the hugely successful live broadcasts from the New York Met matinees … Continue reading

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VERDI’S 200th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: The Workshop Project “Verdi Web”

Verdi Web A second workshop project of the Ravenna Festival aimed at young people between the ages of 16 and 28 will be held in 2013 Verdi Web is a workshop project of the Ravenna festival aimed at young people … Continue reading

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