Music of Remembrance Presents ‘Art From Ashes’ to Commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day

(Photo credit: Ben Van Houten) Music of Remembrance will present “Art From Ashes,” on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 22. Mezzo-soprano Karen Early Evans performs Bruce Rosenblum’s arrangement of “Pre-war melody: Auschwitz Tango,” by 12-year-old Irka Janowski and “Jozef Kropinski: Zál Tango,” which was written in Buchenwald concentration camp. The Northwest Boychoir and Seattle Girls Choir offer Viktor Ullmann’s “Yiddish {…}

Oct 27, 2023

Opera Profile: Franz Schreker’s ‘Irrelohe’

(Photo Credit: Opéra de Lyon) “Irrelohe” is the sixth opera of 20th-century Austrian composer Franz Schreker, begun in 1919 and premiered shortly after in 1924 at the Stadttheater Köln. Coming right after Schreker’s then latest opera, Der Schatzgräber. The opera is a three-act opera about the tribulations of love and sacrifice. This was a poignant theme for him, as during {…}

Feb 16, 2021

Sara Jakubiak, Aleš Briscein and Günter Papendell Headline Stream of ‘Die Tote Stadt’ from Komische Oper Berlin

(Credit: Iko Freese/drama-berlin.de) Komische Oper Berlin has announced that it will stream a production of Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt.” The opera will star soprano Sara Jakubiak, tenor Aleš Briscein, and baritone Günter Papendell. The cast also includes Maria Fiselier, Georgina Melville, Adrian Strooper, and Ivan Turšić. Ainārs Rubiķis conducts the production by Robert Carsen, which was filmed on Sept. 30, {…}

Oct 10, 2019

Royal Swedish Opera 2019-20 Review: Der Ferne Klang

(Photo credit: Monika Rittershaus) As the first new production of the new season, the Royal Swedish Opera offered up “Der ferne Klang” from Franz Schreker, a work not seen on this stage since 1927. Created in Frankfurt in 1912, “Der ferne Klang” is a complex work composed over almost the entire first decade of the 20th century. The success at its {…}