Archive for November, 2012
Monday, November 19th, 2012
By ANDREW POWELL Published: November 19, 2012 DRESDEN — Christian Thielemann made his opera debut here yesterday (Nov. 18), thirty-seven long months after agreeing to replace Fabio Luisi as Chefdirigent of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, effectively music director of the Semperoper company. The vehicle, Uwe Eric Laufenberg’s 12-year-old, quasi-faithful staging of Der Rosenkavalier — notable […]
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Tags: Christian Thielemann, Daniela Fally, Daniela Sindram, Der Rosenkavalier, Dresden, Dresden Staatskapelle, Hans-Joachim Ketelsen, Luisi, Review, Richard Strauss, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Semperoper, Soile Isokoski, Uwe Eric Laufenberg, Wolfgang Bankl
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Friday, November 16th, 2012
By Rebecca Schmid As Regietheater becomes the norm on opera stages in Germany, it is a pleasant, if not shocking, surprise to see a production of Die Zauberflöte that looks like a throwback to the time of its world premiere. The Staatsoper Berlin has revived a 1994 staging modelled after designs by the nineteenth-century Prussian […]
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Tags: Adriane Queiroz, Alina Anca, Anna Lapkovskaja, August Everding, Aurelius Sängerknaben, Carola Höhn, Daniel Barenboim, Die Zauberflöte, Emmanuel Schikaneder, Friedrich Wilhelm, Julien Salemkour, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Konzerthaus Berlin, Kyungho Kim, Narine Yeghiyan, Pavol Breslik, Rebecca Schmid, René Pape, Roman Trekel, Rowan Hellier, Schiller Theater, Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsoper Berlin, The Magic Flute, W.A. Mozart
Posted in Berlin Times, Uncategorized | Comments Off on ‘The Magic Flute’ regains its Classical Garb
Thursday, November 15th, 2012
By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. One of the questions I am asked most frequently when I meet with students at music schools and conservatories is: How important is it to have a website? I increasingly tell them that it is very important. The challenge for a musician who is […]
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Posted in Ask Edna, Communicating with Your Audience | Comments Off on Hearing the Artist’s Voice
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. No sooner had Super Storm Sandy begun crashing into the East Coast when my phone started ringing with cancellations. The most common question went something like this: “The presenter needs to cancel, but they already paid a deposit. Do we have to give it back? What the protocol?” The second […]
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Tags: act of god, acts of god, artist, Brian Taylor, cancellation, cancellations, Contracts, contractual provision, damages, flood, force majeure, Goldstein, injury, Liable, payment, poor ticket sales, presenter, unforeseen event
Posted in Acts of God, Artist Management, Arts Management, Contracts, Law and Disorder: Performing Arts Division, Touring | Comments Off on Not Even God Can Act Without A Contract!
Monday, November 12th, 2012
By Rebecca Schmid Fans of Joyce DiDonato may find it hard to fathom that one of today’s leading bel canto singers and Musical America’s Vocalist of the Year is just spreading her stardom to Germany. The Kansas native has sung only once at a Berlin opera house, performing Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia at […]
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Tags: Alan Curtis, Cesti, Dmitry Sinkovksy, Drama Queens, Handel, Il Complesso Barocco, Joyce DiDonato, Keiser, Konzerthaus Berlin, Porta, Virgin records, Vivaldi
Posted in Berlin Times | Comments Off on Drama Queen of the Year visits Berlin
Sunday, November 11th, 2012
The world premiere of Kyle Abraham’s Pavement, seen at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse on November 3, evokes a vision of urban youth careening through a dark world. Abraham begins Pavement by marking a spot with his downcast arm. Then he lassoes his body, drawing a circle with his outstretched limbs. He moves loose, full force and in searching manner, as if looking for a clear compass. When a white dancer enters, he stops Abraham, lies him face down on the floor, and brings his hands to the base of his spine. Abraham’s arrest is done without emotion. This lack of drama makes the event feel doubly devastating.
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Tags: Benjamin Britton, Boyz n the Hood, Donny Hathaway, Fred McDowell, Harlem Stage Gatehouse, Hurricane Sandy, J.S. Bach, John Singleton, Kyle Abraham, mozart, Pavement, peter grimes, Philippe Jaroussky, Rena Butler, Sam Cooke, Some Day We'll All Be Free, Souls of Black Folk, The Wasteland, W.E.B. Dubois, West Side Story, What's the Matter Now
Posted in The Torn Tutu | Comments Off on A Dance Labyrinth by Kyle Abraham
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
By ANDREW POWELL Published: November 8, 2012 MUNICH — Johannes Brahms came here in 1870, catching the completed half of Wagner’s Ring and hobnobbing with colleagues, Liszt among them. He basked in new celebrity, his German Requiem having appeared in print a year earlier. The visit ended with a few days’ repose at Lake Würm, […]
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Tags: Brahms, Brahms Days, Brahmstage, Christian Lange, Commentary, Elly Ney, Evangelische Akademie, Haydn Variations, Hermann Levi, Johann Nepomuk David, King Ludwig II, Lake Starnberg, Michael Volle, München, Munich, Nazi Germany, Renate Sperger, Review, Schloß Tutzing, Tutzing
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Thursday, November 8th, 2012
By: Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. For those who live along the eastern seaboard of the United States, this past week was filled with overwhelming challenges, including displacement from homes, freezing temperatures, loss of electrical power, extensive property damage and financial loss. Many of us have read about the telethon […]
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
by Sedgwick Clark Nearly three years ago, December 6, 2009, President Barack Obama said these inspiring words at the Kennedy Center Honors presentation: “In times of war and sacrifice, the arts — and these artists — remind us to sing and to laugh and to live. In times of plenty, they challenge our conscience and […]
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Posted in Why I Left Muncie | Comments Off on The Arts’ Lease on Life
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
GG Arts Law took a break from the blog to follow the election. We’ll resume next week. Keep your emails and comments coming!
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