Posts Tagged ‘Poulenc’
Friday, August 18th, 2017
By ANDREW POWELL Published: August 18, 2017 MUNICH — BelAir Classiques and Mezzo TV have succeeded in getting a ban overturned on their sale and airing, respectively, of a 2010 filmed staging of Dialogues des Carmélites made here at Bavarian State Opera. The ban, or arrêt, had been imposed in 2015 by the Cour d’appel […]
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Tags: Bavarian State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, BelAir Classiques, Dialogues des Carmélites, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Georges Bernanos, Mezzo TV, München, Munich, Naxos, News, Poulenc
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Tuesday, April 25th, 2017
By ANDREW POWELL Published: April 25, 2017 BOLOGNA — Teatro Comunale’s busy direttore musicale Michele Mariotti, 38, ventured his 33rd and 34th operas* this month with a foray in verismo, the terse tribulations of Cavalleria rusticana, and, incongruously, La voix humaine, a vehicle for the Bologna-schooled soprano, former mezzo, Anna Caterina Antonacci. He chose big […]
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Tags: Andrea Faidutti, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Bologna, Carmen Topciu, Cocteau, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Emma Dante, Gezim Myshketa, La voix humaine, Marco Berti, Mascagni, Michele Mariotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Poulenc, Recensione, Review, Teatro Comunale
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Thursday, January 7th, 2016
By ANDREW POWELL Published: January 7, 2016 MUNICH — Bavarian State Opera will defy the heirs of Francis Poulenc and proceed with revival performances of its literally explosive staging of Dialogues des Carmélites later this month, the company said today. The 2010 production by Dmitri Tcherniakov departs from the scheme of the composer and the […]
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Tags: Bavarian State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, BelAir Classiques, Commentary, Dialogues des Carmélites, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Mezzo TV, München, Munich, News, Nikolaus Bachler, Poulenc, Roland Schwab
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Thursday, November 19th, 2015
By ANDREW POWELL Published: November 19, 2015 MUNICH — Eleven years ago the late Marcello Viotti quit as chief conductor of the Münchner Rundfunk-Orchester because he foresaw existential cuts in its budget. Happily the MRO survived, and today thrives. Tasked with exploring rare repertory, it is artistically the livelier of BR’s two orchestras, forcibly more […]
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Tags: BR Chor, BR Klassik, Herz-Jesu-Kirche, Le tombeau resplendissant, Les offrandes oubliées, Lorenzo Viotti, Marcello Viotti, Messiaen, München, Münchner Rundfunk-Orchester, Munich, Poulenc, Review, Sept répons des ténèbres, Simona Brüninghaus, Ulf Schirmer
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