Jaap van Zweden has been appointed Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. He will take on the position during the 2026-27 season, following Mikko Franck, who has been music director since the 2015-16 season. Van Zweden is the outgoing New York Philharmonic Music Director, where he began his tenure in 2018. He announced he would step down {…}
Radio France has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purpose of this article we will focus only on the vocal works. Here is a look. Operas Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les sortilèges” spotlights Jodie Devos, Clara Guillon, Adèle Charvet, Marie Lenormand, Élodie Méchain, Antoine Normand, Régis Mengus, and Paul Gay. Mikko Franck conducts. Performance date: Oct. 1, 2021, Philharmonie de Paris {…}
Credits: Styriarte official website / Symphoniker Hamburg official website / Lena Kern / Nordic Artists Management France Musique will broadcast Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on Jan. 6, 2021. The performance has been traditionally held as a celebration of the new year. The performance will spotlight soprano Chen Reiss, tenor Klaus Florian Vogt, bass Matthew Rose, and mezzo-soprano Tone Kummervold. Lahav {…}
(Credit: Marco Borggreve) BBC Proms has announced a cast change for its upcoming live performance. Conductor Omer Meir Wellber has had to withdraw from the performance on September 2, 2020 due to illness. John Storgårds will take his place. Due to the cast change, the program has been adjusted accordingly. Instead of the Aziza Sadikova’s “Marionettes” and Haydn’s Symphony No. {…}