(Photo: Fabian Schellhorn) George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” has never fitted comfortably into a single category. Opera, Broadway, jazz, spirituals and popular song coexist in a score whose musical language remains unmistakably Gershwin’s. For its return to Berlin, Cape Town Opera joined forces with the London-based Chineke! Orchestra under Enrique Mazzola for a semi-staged performance at the Philharmonie, with Magdalene {…}
(Photo: Fabian Schellhorn) The name Yvonne Loriod (1924-2010) is most likely not one you are familiar with. But if you are at all interested in the music of the 20th century, you will certainly know the name of her husband — Olivier Messiaen. Loriod was his pupil and an acclaimed pianist in her own right. But no one knew that {…}
The Musikfest Berlin has announced its 2024 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances for the season. The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and Ingo Metzmacher perform a program of music by Richard Wagner, Luigi Nono, and Anton Bruckner. Performance Date: August 30, 2024 Lester Lynch joins the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Sir Simon Rattle. The program includes music by Paul {…}
Musikfest Berlin has announced its 2022 season featuring international orchestras and soloists. Here is a selection of the vocal highlights of the season. Lucy Crowe, Ann Hallenberg, Giovanni Sala, and William Thomas perform Beethiven’s Missa Solemnis with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. John Eliot Gardiner conducts. Performance Date: August 31, 2022 Magdalena Kožená and Yefim Bronfman perform a {…}
(Credits: www.opera-online.com / © Katrin Penschke) The Musikfest Berlin has announced its 2021 slate. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on the vocal works only. The Inaugural concert will feature the Bundesjugendchor performing choral works by Brahms, Schumann, di Lasso, Harvey, Hofmeyr, Rihm, Denner, and MacMillan. Anne Kohler conducts. Performance date: Aug. 28, 2021 Famed American soprano {…}
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 {…}
