Category Archives: Music

“Viva Verdi” in Bulgaria….

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“Il Barbiere di Siviglia” opens at the Teatro Real in Madrid

Il Barbiere di Siviglia opens at the Teatro Real in Madrid Teatro Real,  Madrid 28013, Spain Monday 23-Sep-13 08:00pm Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) (Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868))     Teatro Real Tomas Hanus, Conductor Emilio Sagi, Director … Continue reading

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VERDI’S 200th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Aida at the Opera de Paris

AIDA OPERA IN FOUR ACTS (1871) MUSIC BY GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)   LIBRETTO BY ANTONIO GHISLANZONI AFTER AUGUSTE MARIETTE Performed in Italian From October 10 to November 16, 2013 Commissioned to celebrate concord between the nations, Aida is essentially about … Continue reading

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VERDI’S 200th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Rigoletto with the London Symphony Orchestra (Review)

Rigoletto – review Barbican, London High-voltage intensity and fierce insight powered this superb concert performance of Verdi’s masterpiece By Tim Ashley, The Guardian, Tuesday 17 September 2013 In his element in Verdi … conductor Gianandrea Noseda     The London … Continue reading

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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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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’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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