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Camilla Nylund Replaces Diana Damrau at Berlin Philharmonic Concert

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The Berlin Philharmonic has announced a cast change for its upcoming stream on Feb. 27, 2021. Soprano Camilla Nylund will replace Diana Damrau in a concert dedicated to Richard Strauss. In a statement, the organization noted, “due to the current Covid-19 regulations, Diana Damrau is unable to travel to Berlin for the concert on 27 February conducted by Christian Thielemann. {…}
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Michael Spyres, Ekaterina Semenchuk & Diana Damrau Lead Berlin Philharmonic Online Festival

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(Credits: © Marco Borrelli / OnP / © Alexey Kostromin / OnP / © Jiyan Chen) The Berlin Philharmonic Online Festival’s “The Golden Twenties” will be held from February 13 until February 27, 2021. For the purpose of this article, we will focus only on the vocal works. First up is Igor Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex.” The showcase will star Ekaterina {…}
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Thomas Søndergård Replaces Sir Donald Runnicles For Berlin Philharmonic Online Festival

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(Credit: Martin Bubandt) The Berlin Philharmonic has announced that due to the travel restrictions, General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin Sir Donald Runnicles will not be able to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in the online festival “The Golden Twenties” on February 20, 2021. As a result, Thomas Søndergård, the Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra,  {…}
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Diana Damrau & Kirill Petrenko Headline Broadcast from Berlin Philharmonic

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(Credits: © Jiyan Chen / (c) Wilfried Hösl) Rai5 will broadcast a 2019 concert from the Berlin Philharmonic featuring soprano Diana Damrau on Jan. 6 at 9:15 p.m. CET. The Berlin Philharmonic Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko conducted. The program for the concert includes the overture from “Girl Crazy” and “An American in Paris” by George Gershwin; “If I loved you” {…}
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Berlin Philharmonic to Allow Up to 1,000 Spectators

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(Credit: Berliner Philharmonie official website) The Berlin Philharmonic has announced that it will start its November program with a bigger audience. Per the company’s official statement, up to 1,000 spectators in the Great Concert Hall, and up to 567  spectators in the Chamber Music Hall will be allowed. Per the new hygiene concept, face masks will be compulsory during the {…}
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Baden-Baden Easter Festival & Berlin Philharmonic Extend Collaboration

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The Baden-Baden Easter Festival and ⁦Berlin Philharmonic have extended their collaboration.  Benedikt Stampa, director of the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and Andrea Zietzschmann, director of the foundation of the Berlin Philharmonic announced that the two would continue their collaboration beyond 2022. The announcement also noted that the 2023 festival will have a focus on Richard Strauss. The 2022 season will feature a {…}
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Elīna Garanča, Ekaterina Semenchuk & Olga Peretyatko Highlight Berlin Philharmonic’s 2020-21 Season

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Credit: Alexey Kostromin/Dario Acosta/Paul Schirnhofer-DG The Berlin Philharmonic has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of tours, vocal performances and world famous stars. For the purposes of this article we will only concentrate on vocal performances. The season opens with Musikfest, which was announced previously. Click here for more details. Philharmonie  Daniel Harding conducts countertenor Andrew Watts in music {…}
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Berlin Philharmonic Announces Cast Change For Verdi Requiem

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Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine has canceled the Verdi Requiem with the Berlin Philharmonic. The mezzo canceled the performance scheduled for Nov. 30, 2019 and as a result will be replaced by Annalisa Stroppa. The performance will mark Stroppa’s Berlin Philharmonic debut. The mezzo has performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro Real, Teatro Carlo Felice, and Salzburg Easter Festival, among {…}

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