Month: August 2022

At the Lerici Music Festival, Sir Bryn Terfel confirms he is the Falstaff of today

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ItalyItaly Lerici Music Festival’s Sir John and Sir Bryn – Verdi, Falstaff (excerpts, concert performance): Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) and soloists, Orchestra della Magna Grecia / Gianluca Marcianò (conductor). Teatro all’Aperto della Rotonda Vassallo, 6.8.2022 (CC)

Benjamin Cho, Sir Bryn Terfel, Gianluca Marcianò and Orchestra della Magna Grecia

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Opera Rara bring Offenbach’s La Princesse de Trébizonde to London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall in September

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Opera Rara & London Philharmonic Orchestra present OFFENBACH’S LA PRINCESSE DE TRÉBIZONDE  Cast: Anne-Catherine Gillet (Zanetta); Virginie Verrez (Le Prince Raphael); Christophe Gay  (Cabriolo); Antoinette Dennefeld (Régina); Josh Lovell (Le Prince Casimir); Katia Ledoux (Paola); Christophe Mortagne (Trémolini); Loïc Félix (Sparadrap); Opera Rara Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Paul Daniel (conductor) On Friday 16 September, Opera … Read more

At selected IMAX cinemas watch Paris and Venice host Renée Fleming’s Cities That Sing 

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IMAX LIVE AND STAGE ACCESS ANNOUNCE  RENÉE FLEMING’S CITIES THAT SING
FILM EXPERIENCE SHOWCASING THE VOCAL SUPERSTAR IN PARIS AND VENICE 

Renée Fleming’s Cities That Sing – Paris © IMAX® and Stage Access

Pair of Engagements to Premiere September 18th (Paris) and  October 30th (Venice) in Select IMAX Theaters Globally 

Fleming to Participate in an Exclusive One-Night-Only Live Conversation hosted by Kelsey Grammer across IMAX LIVE Connected Network

Tickets for RENÉE FLEMING’S CITIES THAT SING – PARIS  (available for purchase August 30th) 

For YouTube trailer click here

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Alisa Weilerstein in conversation with Harvey Steiman about FRAGMENTS, her fresh approach to Bach’s cello suites

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Cellist Alisa Weilerstein in conversation with Harvey Steiman

Alisa Weilerstein walked onto the stage Monday morning at Harris Concert Hall in Aspen, picked up her cello and played for a select audience who were there to provide feedback on her new idea for a concert experience.

Alisa Weilerstein © Graham Northrup/Northrup Studios

For the project, called FRAGMENTS, Weilerstein had commissioned short pieces from 27 living classical composers to intersperse between the 36 movements of Johann Sebastian Bach’s six suites for unaccompanied cello. The audience got no printed program and knew only that she was going to play all of the first cello suite and music from five contemporary composers. There would be a stage set and lighting.

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