François-Xavier Roth discusses the music of Bernd Alois Zimmermann with Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

François-Xavier Roth, Musical Director of the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, will conduct Die Soldaten the legendary opera by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, in Cologne, Hamburg, and Paris. He discusses this extraordinary yet still too little-known composer.

François-Xavier Roth (left) with Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

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Can the Swiss tango? Ástor Piazolla’s Maria de Buenos Aires in Geneva

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Piazzolla, María de Buenos Aires: Soloists, Cercle Bach de Genève, Chorus and Orchestra of the Haute École de Musique de Genève / Facundo Agudin (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Genève, 27.10.2023. (ALL)

(front l-r) Raquel Camarinha, Inés Cuello, Melissa Vettore and Beatriz Sayad © Carole Parodi

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Sir Simon Rattle opens his Munich tenure with a radiant rendering of Haydn’s Creation

GermanyGermany Haydn, The Creation (Die Schöpfung): Lucy Crowe (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Chorus of Bavarian Radio (chorus master: Peter Dijkstra), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Herkulesaal, Munich, 21.9.2023. (ALL)

Sir Simon Rattle © Astrid Ackermann

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