Washington D.C.’s National Symphony Orchestra has extended its music director Gianandrea Noseda’s contract. Noseda will continue with the orchestra for an additional two seasons, through the 2026-2027 season, his tenth at the helm of the NSO. The conductor began his tenure in September 2017 when he conducted his inaugural gala concert as Music Director, featuring artists Yo-Yo Ma and Cynthia {…}
The Teatro dell’Opera di Roma has announced May programming for a live audience. Gianandrea Noseda will conduct a concert dedicated to Brahms on May 15. The concert will feature Symphony No. 2 and will also include the company’s chorus. The second concert of the month will be held on May 22 and will feature Oksana Lyniv in her Rome debut. The {…}
The Teatro alla Scala has announced streaming concerts for May. The first concert will be conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and will feature Ildebrando D’Arcangelo. The program will include music by Mozart, Brahms, and Beethoven. Streaming Date: May 8, 2021 The second concert of the month will be conducted by Daniel Harding and will feature music by Weber and Dvořák. Streaming Date: {…}
The Teatro Regio di Torino has announced its December, January, and February program. The newly announced showcase will begin on Dec. 23 with the theater’s Christmas Concert. Gianandrea Noseda returns to the Teatro Regio to conduct the annual concert which will include music by Bach, Mozart, Lutero, and Stravinsky. The concert will feature the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro {…}
In simplified terms, Wagner’s music, especially in “Tristan und Isolde,” can be visually compared to a continuous stream of waves coming and going, each growing in size and power, exploding, and then receding back to where they came from. In the best performances, a singer rides these orchestral waves of sound, the voice standing above the music, but also impossible {…}
Gianandrea Noseda has been named the next General Music Director of the Zurich Opernhaus. The conductor will take over in 2020-21. His predecessor, Fabio Luisi, will actually be leaving his post a season early to allow the transition to be more comfortable for his fellow countryman. “To me, Opernhaus Zürich is one of the world’s great theaters,” stated Noseda. “To {…}
Gianandrea Noseda has decided to break his relationship with the Teatro Regio di Torino. The conductor put out a statement noting that the recent actions of the board were not in accordance with how he viewed the future of the company. Here is the full statement: “The recent actions taken by the board of the Teatro Regio Torino are disappointing {…}
Maestro Gianandrea Noseda is slated for a busy winter season in the US, performing for the first time as the new Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra and also taking on some performances with the New York Philharmonic. The maestro was granted the post of Music Director back in Jan. 2016 and officially kicked it off in September 2017 {…}
Gianandrea has canceled his upcoming summer performances after enduring back surgery this past week. He published a letter apologizing for what is ultimately his first cancellations in 20 years. He recently canceled the remaining performances of “Macbeth” in Torino, but now has decided that in order to make a full recovery and resume some of the latter summer performances, he {…}
Maestro Gianandrea Noseda has canceled performances at the Teatro Regio Torino due to a herniated disc that he recently suffered. He was conducting Verdi’s “Macbeth,” which he will, unfortunately, hand over to conductor Giulio Laguzzi, who was recommended by Noseda to finish out the run. “Maestro Noseda suffers from low back sciatalgica syndrome of lumbar disc herniation that occurred yesterday {…}
This review is written for the performance on Wednesday, January 4, 2017. Romeo and Juliette are undeniably the most famous couple in all of western literature and quite possibly the world. In hands of the famous bard, the two star-crossed teens fighting for their love in the midst of a family feud is one filled with tremendous emotional weight and {…}