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Christian Gerhaher, Joyce DiDonato, Józef Orliński, Benjamin Bernheim Among Nominees for Gramophone Awards 2020

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Credit: Gregor Hohenberg/Sony Gramophone has announced the recordings that have advanced to the final round of the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2020. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on vocal, choral, and opera categories. The first contestant in the opera category is the Barber’s “Vanessa,” performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndebourne Chorus, under the musical {…}

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Christian Gerhaher, Rachel Harnisch, Ramón Vargas & Marina Viotti Highlight Stadtcasino Basel 2020-21 Season

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(Credits: Gregor Hohenberg/Sony / Rachel Harnisch official website / LA Opera official website / Deutsche Oper am Rhein official website) Stadtcasino Basel has announced its 2020-21 season. For the purpose of this article we will focus only on the vocal works. Here is the full rundown. Baritone Christian Gerhaher will perform works by Schoeck, Moser, and Schubert.  Heinz Holliger conducts {…}

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Simon Keenlyside, Sarah Connolly, Elizabeth Llewellyn & Christian Gerhaher Highlight Wigmore Hall’s Fall 2020 Season

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(Credits: ROH/Bill Cooper / Christopher Pledger / Shirley Suarez / Gregor Hohenberg/Sony) Wigmore Hall has announced the full slate for the 2020 fall season. For the purpose of this article, we will focus on the vocal works only. All the concerts will be live-streamed on the Wigmore Hall’s website in HD. Here is the rundown. Baritone Christian Gerhaher and the {…}

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Christian Gerhaher, Sabine Devieilhe, Gerald Finley to Reopen Wigmore Hall in September

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(Photo Credit: Thomas Egli) Wigmore Hall, one of the leading UK cultural venues, has announced that it will reopen on September 13, 2020. The program will consist of a series of 80 concerts, and will last until Nov. 1, 2020. Each concert will be approximately 60–90 minutes in length with no intermission and will all be live-streamed in high-definition video {…}

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Golda Schultz, Brenda Rae, Christian Gerhaher Headline Schubertiade’s 2021 Season

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The Schubertiade has announced its 2021 season which features performances from April through October 2021. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal performances. It all kicks off with a concert of arias and duets by Schubert. Golda Schultz, Sophie Renner, Martin Mitterrutzner, Björn Bürger, and Daniel Heide. Performance Date: April 29, 2021 Tenor Christoph Prégarden {…}

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Anne Schwanewilms & Christian Gerhaher Highlight Musikfest Berlin’s 2020 Season

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The Musikfest Berlin in Germany has announced its 2020 Festival. For this article we only focus the vocal highlights of the season. Anja Petersen joins the Bamberger Symphoniker with Jakub Hrůša conducting music by Hermann and Josef Suk. Performance Date: August 31, 2020 John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and Monteverdi Choir in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with {…}

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Magdalena Kožená, Camilla Nylund & Christian Gerhaher Highlight Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks’s 2020-21 Season

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The Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks has announced its 2020-21 season featuring a number of vocal performances. For this article we will focus on the vocal highlights of the season. Stéphane Denève conducts Christian Gerhaher in a program with music by Berlioz, Roussel, and Ravel. Performance Dates: Oct. 8 & 9, 2020 John Adams‘ “Harmonium” for choir and orchestra is set to be {…}

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Christian Gerhaher, Anja Kampe, Magdalena Kožená Headline 2020 Aix-en-Provence Festival

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(Credit: Sasha Vasiljev / Mathias Bothor, Deutsche Grammophon) The Festival Aix-en-Provence has just announced the program for 2020 season, which will include  a total of six works. The season will open with Berg’s opera “Wozzeck,” starring Christian Gerhaher, Anja Kampe, Daniel Brenna, Peter Hoare, Brindley Sherratt, Evan LeRoy Johnson, J’Nai Bridges, Alexander Kiechle, Tomasz Kumięga, and Graham Clark. Sir Simon {…}

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San Francisco Performances 2019-20 Review: Christian Gerhaher Sings Mahler

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(Credit: Clive Barda) Internationally renowned baritone Christian Gerhaher sang Mahler on Tuesday evening at the Herbst Theater, San Francisco alongside noted German pianist Gerold Huber. It was intimacy in a public space, and superb. The range, the expressivity, the pairing of words, music, and thought encapsulated Mahler’s genius beautifully. We go to Mahler’s songs for an intimate exploration of life {…}