Tage Alter Musik Regensburg Review 2025: Regensburger Domspatzen & La Cetra Basel

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(Photo Credit：Michael Vogl) Instead of the festive sparkle one might expect from a 40th anniversary, the 2025 opening concert of Regensburg’s Tage Alter Musik, given by the famous Regensburger Domspatzen (Cathedral choir) with La Cetra’s period brass players, took a more solemn route, leaning into the weight of its occasion. In the majestic setting of Regensburg Cathedral, where liturgical music {…}

News, Season Announcement

Jonas Kaufmann, Cecilia Bartoli, Marina Rebeka, Karita Mattila, Benjamin Appl, Rolando Villazón, & Elsa Dreisig Lead Elbphilharmonie Hamburg’s 2025-26 Season

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The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. The Symphoniker Hamburg, alongside Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Chor Hamburg and Knabenchor Hannover, perform Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. Mandy Fredrich and Isabelle Huppert are the soloists with Lucie Leguay conducting. Performance Date: August 22 & 23, 2025 Manuel Winckhler, Mauro Peter, Kathryn Lewek, Elsa Dreisig, Äneas {…}

DVD and CD Releases, News

Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Appl, Philippe Jaroussky, Gregory Kunde & Saimir Pirgu Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. As the holiday season arrives, this week also features several high-profile recordings by superstars including a Christmas album that features many classics. Schubert Lieder Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky releases a new album of Schubert Lieder. In a statement, he said, “Schubert’s music has been {…}

News

Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau, Magdalena Kožená & Anja Harteros Lead Philharmonie Essen’s 2022-23 Season

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The Philharmonie Essen has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal and operatic highlights. Magdalena Kožená and Yefim Bronfman perform a recital of music by Brahms, Dvořák, Martinů, Mussorgsky, and Bartók. Performance Date: Sept. 5, 2022 Regensburger Domspatzen, Knabenchor Hannover, and Essener Domsingknaben perform in concert. Performance Date: Sept. 17, 2022 Evelyn Ziegler performs alongside Udo {…}

News

Obituary: German Artistic Director, Author & Publicist Peter P. Pachl Passes Away

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On Nov. 15, 2021, Peter P. Pachl, a giant in the art world and in particular of the opera world died at the age of 68. Born on April 24, 1953, in Bayreuth, Germany, Pachl was a musicologist, conductor, author, and publicist. He trained at the Regensburger Domspatzen Secondary School of Music and then studied music, theater, and speech sciences {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

Kirker Music Festival on Lake Como 2018 Review: Benjamin Appl Sings a Celestial Liederabend in Arcadian Italy.

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Lago di Como is said to be the most beautiful place in Italy, which is a very big call indeed. Since Pliny the Younger, Lake Como has attracted discerning aristocrats, poets, politicians and potentates, artists and arrivistes, cultivated voyageurs and celebrity votaries. Stendhal and Mark Twain, George IV’s unwelcome wife Queen Caroline, Sir Winston Churchill, Gianni Versace, numerous Rockefellers, Richard {…}