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United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe: Soloists, Chorus of English National Opera (chorus director Martin Fitzpatrick), Orchestra of English National Opera / Chris Hopkins (conductor). London Coliseum, 5.10.2023. (JR)
American conductor Gerard Schwarz talks to Geoffrey Newman
The career of conductor Gerard Schwarz stretches over five very productive decades. He currently serves as Music Director of the Palm Beach Symphony, the Mozart Orchestra of New York and the Eastern Music Festival. He also heads a distinguished All-Star Orchestra for educational concerts designed for public television. He is Conductor Laureate of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Emeritus of the Mostly Mozart Festival and Distinguished Professor at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, where he also conducts the university orchestra.
The Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Gergana Rusekova talks to Gregor Tassie
Among the outstanding performances of the 2023 Wagner Festival in Sofia were those of the Brünnhilde in Die Walkure and the Kundry in Parsifal given by the young mezzo-soprano Gergana Rusekova. In my review of Die Walküre, I wrote, ‘Immediately, we are aware of the striking vocal gifts and personality of Gergana Rusekova, ‘Vater! Vater! Sage, was ist dir?’ And a couple of weeks later, in Parsifal, she was even more impressive, ‘The Kundry of Gergana Rusekova was world-class in both singing and characterisation – every word was clear and beautiful at times when revealing her plight and in other scenes of her lustful desire.’
United States Various, ‘Songs & Spirituals’: Joseph Parrish (bass-baritone), Francesco Barfoed (piano). Death of Classical, Church of the Intercession, New York, 3.10.2023. (RP)
Germany Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: Soloists, Children’s and Youth Choir (director: Luiz de Goday) and Chorus (director: Eberhard Friedrich) of the Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg, 4.10.2023 (MB)
Celebrating Maria Callas’s Centenary, her historical performance is fully restored for the first time in colour exclusively for the big screen
CALLAS – PARIS, 1958
Released in the UK and Ireland 11-12 November 2023
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(P)REVIEWED HERE
Director and Producer – Tom Volf
Production and Restoration – Samuel Francois-Steininger
International Distribution – Piece of Magic Entertainment
Runtime – 90 minutes
United Kingdom Beethoven, Capperauld, Tchaikovsky: Kirill Gerstein (pianist), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor), City Halls, Glasgow, 29.9.2023. (GT)
Germany Ebracher Musiksommer 2023 [2] – Bruckner: Philharmonie Festiva / Gerd Schaller (conductor). Ebrach Abbey, Ebrach, 1.10.2023. (KW)
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