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Basel Sinfonietta Announces Partnership with Music Biennale Zagreb

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The Basel Sinfonietta has announced a partnership with the Music Biennale Zagreb (MBZ) for the 2026-27 season, which will include a guest performance by the orchestra at the festival’s 2027 edition. As part of the collaboration, Executive Director Fiona Stevens and Orchestra Board President Fran Lorkovic will participate as speakers at the MBZ 2026 launch event, scheduled for April 16–17 {…}

Business

Basel Sinfonietta Names New Executive Director

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The Basel Sinfonietta has named Fiona Stevens to the position of Executive Director. The cultural manager, musicologist, and violinist will focus on bringing new audience engagement tools and socially relevant cultural work to the ensemble. “The programmatic boldness, openness to experimentation, and democratic ethos of this orchestra are unique in the music world. It is an honour to contribute to {…}

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Christina Daletska & Ilse Eerens to Perform in the Basel Sinfonietta’s 2024-25 Season

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(Photo credit: Sarah Wijzenbeek) The Basel Sinfonietta has announced its 2024-25 lineup. For the purposes of this article only opera-related events are included. Mezzo-soprano Christina Daletska performs Basel Sinfonietta’s newly commissioned pieces in “Them and Us.” The first piece is Sergej Newski’s work, “Göttin der Geschichte” for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, with text based on the work of Lithuanian composer Thomas {…}

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Titus Engel Appointed New Principal Conductor of Basel Sinfonietta

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(Credit: Kaupo Kikkas) The Basel Sinfonietta has announced the appointment of Titus Engel as its new Principal Conductor. The choice was made at the beginning of December in a democratically conducted vote among the members of the Basel-based orchestra. Engel will succeed Baldur Brönnimann in his new role, starting during the 2023-24 season. Engel has conducted in such opera houses {…}

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Nora Schmid Appointed New Intendant of Semperoper Dresden From 2024-25 Season

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(Credit: Werner Kmetitsch/Oper Graz) Barbara Klepsch, the Sächsische State minister for culture and tourism, announced that Nora Schmid has been appointed the new Intendant of the Semperoper Dresden starting 2024-25 season. “She convinced us with her inner connection and commitment to the Semperoper, whose prominent position and tradition will lead her into a promising future,” Klepsch said in a statement. {…}

News, Season Announcement

Concertgebouw Amsterdam Announces 2026-27 Season Featuring Magdalena Kožená, Nina Stemme, Cecilia Bartoli, Huw Montague Rendall, Julia Kleiter & Benjamin Bruns

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The Concertgebouw Amsterdam has announced its 2026-27 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. The Royal Swedish Orchestra and Alan Gilbert perform music by Wagner alongside Nina Stemme. Performance Date: August 17, 2026 The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and Keri-Lynn Wilson perform music by Frolyak, Mahler, and Beethoven alongside soprano Julia Kleiter. Performance Date: August 19, 2026 The Seoul Philharmonic {…}

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Festival Musica Strasbourg Unveils 2023 Slate

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Festival Musica Strasbourg has unveiled its plans for its 2023 season, which kicks off this September. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. “Dompter les rivières” will feature such vocalists as Fayssal Benbahmed, Pauline Leurent, Maxime Pacaud, and Marie Seux in music by Eve Risser and Antoine Spindler. Performance Date: Sept. 16, 2023 Joris Lacoste will produce {…}

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Staatsoper Stuttgart to Present Anna-Sophie Mahler’s ‘Pilgrimage with Messiaen’s Saint Francis’

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Photo credit: Matthias Baus Anna-Sophie Mahler’s new production of Olivier Messiaen’s “Saint François d’Assise” will make its premiere at the Staatsoper Stuttgart on June 11. The piece will be presented in an unconventional manner. The audience will be led on a journey from the opera house to the Killesberg open-air stage and back. The nearly four-hour opera becomes an “eight-hour {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Opera Rara 2017-18 Review – The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Michael Nyman’s Opera About Madness Makes a Lot of Sense in Krakow

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Since 2009 Opera Rara has been bringing obscure operatic works to the resplendent royal city of Kraków in Poland. Even though this year’s Opera Rara Festival included works by Charpentier, Gluck, Purcell and John Blow (the latter performed by John Butt and the superb Dunedin Concert) it is not just baroque bijoux which are presented to the receptive and appreciative {…}