Posts Tagged ‘Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’
Thursday, October 17th, 2013
By ANDREW POWELL Published: October 17, 2013 MUNICH — Spirograph needlemaniac defaces legendary (and conveniently deceased) Brünnhilde. And so on. Bavarian State Opera’s anticipated additions to its portrait gallery went public yesterday, their twenty-one victims — er, honored subjects — being depicted in various media by twenty-one visual artists. Scattered docent notes: • Anja Harteros […]
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Tags: Anja Harteros, Astrid Varnay, Bavarian State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Brigitte Fassbaender, Christian Gerhaher, Commentary, Diana Damrau, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edita Gruberová, Fritz Wunderlich, Hermann Prey, Hildegard Behrens, Júlia Várady, Klaus Florian Vogt, Kurt Moll, Lucia Popp, Margaret Price, Maurizio Anzeri, München, Munich, National Theater, Nationaltheater, News, Peter Seiffert, René Kollo, Waltraud Meier, Wolfgang Brendel, Wolfgang Koch
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Sunday, October 13th, 2013
By ANDREW POWELL Published: October 13, 2013 MUNICH — Next Wednesday (Oct. 16) new portraits go on display in Bavarian State Opera’s lobby. Twenty-one new portraits. Astrid Varnay, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kurt Moll, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Edita Gruberová, René Kollo, Hildegard Behrens and Waltraud Meier are among the worthy singing subjects, company troopers all. But […]
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
By Rebecca Schmid The theme of this year’s Dresdener Musikfestspiele, “Herz Europas” (the Heart of Europe), inventively returns the East German city to its roots as a thriving cultural hub. While today’s united Germany is roiled by the end of the ‘Merkozy’ era and Eurobond controversy, the emphasis of the festival (May 15-June 3) on […]
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Tags: Academy of Ancient Music, Allen Boxer, Alte Gemälde Galerie, Anja Zügner, Baltic Youth Orchestra, Bartok, Britten, bruckner, Canaletto, Christian Thielemann, Cimarosa, Concentus Musicus Wien, Daniel Liebeskind, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dresden, Dresdener Musikfestspiele, Dresdner Kapellsolisten, Gläsener Manufaktur, Großer Garten, Helmut Branny, Herald Tribune, Honegger, Ian Bostridge, Il Giardino Armonico, Ilhun Jung, Jan Vogler, Kristian Järvi, Marinsky Orchestra, Matthias Henneberg, MDR Symphony Orchestra, mozart, Music Critics Association of North America, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Princess Amalie, Raphael, Ravel, Rossini, Staatskapelle Dresden, Steven Devine, Strauss, Tehila Nini Goldstein, Valery Gergiev, Volkswagon
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