How To Watch Salzburg’s ‘Wozzeck’

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For audiences anticipating the Metropolitan Opera’s upcoming 2019-20 production of Berg’s “Wozzeck,” they are in luck as Medici.tv and the Salzburg Festival are teaming to present it. On August 27, the opera will be streamed through Medici.TV allowing audiences around the world to see the acclaimed production by William Kentridge. The opera, which premiered on August 8, scored rave reviews {…}

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Obituary: Cherished baritone of Chepstow, Karl Daymond, Dies at 52

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After collapsing at a town council meeting Wednesday night, Welsh baritone Karl Daymond was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital, where he passed away. A beloved member of his Chepstow community, Daymond is described by family friend Glyn Jones as “a shining light in Chepstow and the whole area and was the star leader of five singing clubs.” Daymond is {…}

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Social Media Beat (8/4-1) – A Look At The Scene From Salzburg And Pesaro

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It’s festival season and many artists are performing in high profile concerts and productions while other are simply enjoying vacation time. This week on social media we’ll focus on Salzburg and Pesaro. Salzburg While Michele Mariotti is working hard on “I Due Foscari,” his wife Olga Peretyatko is enjoying vacation time after a fabulous season. She visited rehearsals of “Foscari” {…}

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How To Watch Salzburg’s ‘Aida’ This Weekend

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“Aida” at the Salzburg Festival has been sold for months with many opera lovers left without tickets. However, this weekend those not at Salzburg or without a ticket are in luck because the performance on August 12, 2017, will be presented by radio and on TV around the world. “Aida” will be recorded by ORF, NHK, ZDF and UNITEL in collaboration {…}

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Critics Praise for Kentridge’s Gruesome Production for ‘Wozzeck’ at Salzburg Festival 2017

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Following its opening at Austria’s Salzburg Festival, William Kentridge’s production of Wozzeck will be coming to the Metropolitan Opera in 2019. And by the looks of it, Met audiences are primed for a major treat. Shirley Apthorp of Financial Times describes the artistic direction of Kentridge’s Wozzeck as “grim sketches and animations, a return to his earlier medium of charcoal {…}

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Obituary: Soprano Barbara Cook, First Broadway Cunegonde in Bernstein’s ‘Candide,’ Dies At 89

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Soprano Barbara Cook has passed away at the age of 89. Cook, best known for work on Broadway, won a Tony for “The Music Man” in 1957 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2011. And while she dominated the musical scene, she did make some interesting appearances on the opera stage, most prominently at the Metropolitan Opera, where she {…}

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‘Four Nights of Dream’ To Make North American Premiere This Fall

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“Four Nights of Dream” is the first full-length opera by Moto Osada. After premiering at Sweden’s Vadstena Academy in 2008, where it was praised for both its beauty and simplicity, the work will make its North American premiere on September 13, 2017, also marking the opening of Japan Society’s 110th Anniversary season and its newly-renovated theater. Adapting the libretto from {…}

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Bryan Hymel’s Career Through His Recordings

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Bryan Hymel, born on August 8, 1979, is one of the exciting artists living and breathing today. The American tenor, whose lyric voice makes him perfect for the French repertoire and some dips into the Italian, is one of the most sought-after around the world, putting his mark on such operas as “Les Troyens” and “Guillaume Tell.” He doesn’t have {…}

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Young Brit Wins Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award 2017

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Conductor Kerem Hasan is the winner of the Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award 2017. The 25-year-old Brit walked away with 15,000 euros and will conduct a Festival concert at the Felsenreitschule in August 2018. Other major winners of the award include, Aziz Shokhakimov (2016), Lorenzo Viotti (2015), Maxime Pascal (2014), Ben Gernon (2013), Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (2012), Ainārs Rubikis {…}

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How To Watch Salzburg’s ‘Wozzeck’

Obituary: Cherished baritone of Chepstow, Karl Daymond, Dies at 52

Social Media Beat (8/4-1) – A Look At The Scene From Salzburg And Pesaro

How To Watch Salzburg’s ‘Aida’ This Weekend

Critics Praise for Kentridge’s Gruesome Production for ‘Wozzeck’ at Salzburg Festival 2017

Obituary: Soprano Barbara Cook, First Broadway Cunegonde in Bernstein’s ‘Candide,’ Dies At 89

‘Four Nights of Dream’ To Make North American Premiere This Fall

Bryan Hymel’s Career Through His Recordings

Young Brit Wins Nestlé and Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award 2017