Category Archives: OPera

VERDI’S ANNIVERSARY: Muti Directs Verdi and Brahms in Chicago.

Muti Conducts Verdi and Brahms at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 8:00 PM Verdi, Brahms, Strauss Thursday, September 19, 2013 Music Director Riccardo Muti leads Giuseppe Verdi’s powerful ballet music from Macbeth in honor of the opera composer’s bicentennial and rounds … Continue reading

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FREUD MUSEUM LONDON DAY LECTURE: WAGNER, FREUD AND THE END OF MYTH

FREUD MUSEUM LONDON Day Conference, Saturday September 28th, 2013 9.30am – 5.00pm WAGNER, FREUD AND THE END OF MYTH Freud once asserted that his intention was to re-interpret myths and stories as products of the inner world, and thus ‘transform metaphysics … Continue reading

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Richard Wagner in Dresden.

The Semperopera is most important place in Dresden for Wagner’s works. Wagner himself called the orchestra, directed by him, the actual Staatskapelle as „Wonder Harpe“ Photo: Sylvio Dittrich Dresden marked an important stage in the life of this great 19th … Continue reading

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OPERA GALA in Malta to Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Verdi and Wagner,

  Opera Gala in Malta At the Grand Masters Suite at HILTON HOTEL Portomaso, St. Julians 27th september 2013 at 20,00 h.   This OPERA GALA is being organized to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Verdi and Wagner, through a … Continue reading

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Verdi’s Joan of Arc at the Chicago Opera Theater

Verdi’s Joan of Arc Wednesday 7:30 PM, Saturday 7:30 PM, Friday 7:30 PM, Sunday 3:00 PM Harris Theater for Music and Dance (205 E. Randolph St.) Verdi’s seventh opera is a bold and vivid portrayal of the iconic Joan of … Continue reading

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ON THE NOTES OF VERDI’S COSTUMES.

From Teatro alla Scala di Milano to the heart of Montefeltro. In Frontino (province of Urbino, Italy) at the Monastery of San Girolamo. From Sunday August 4th to Sunday September 22, 2013 Exhibit of the original costumes of some of … Continue reading

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Opera meets humor: Maestro Recchiuti presents Verdi at Rockford Concert.

At the Rockford  Concert titled “GIUSEPPE VERDI: HIS HEROES AND VILLAINS” (see previous blog), Maestro Michael Recchiuti demonstrated his showmanship went well beyond his composing and directing capabilities by presenting the evening with a fantastic wit and a great mixture of … Continue reading

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Verdi’s Bicentennial Celebration in Rockport, Massachusetts.

Free Community Live Opera Concert. The past August 11th, at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, in Rockport, Massachusetts, a free Community Live Opera Concert titled “GIUSEPPE VERDI: HIS HEROES AND VILLAINS” was offered to a large audience, proving once more … Continue reading

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Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival.

“La Traviata” launches the free 10-day series of outdoors screenings in Lincoln Center Plaza, in Manhattan. Met General Manager stated that “watching larger-than-life stars on a big screen on the facade of the opera house has become a quintessential New … Continue reading

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“La Bohème” in Kentucky

PRESENTS: Friday, September 20 – 8pm & Sunday, September 22 – 2pm La Bohème Giacomo Puccini Friday, September 20 – 8pm (Opening Night Gala) Sunday, September 22 – 2pm Love finds young bohemians in early 19th century Paris trying to … Continue reading

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