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PROM 39: New Sitar Concerto Fails to Unite East and West

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 39: Holst, Nishat Khan, Vaughan Williams Nishat Khan (sitar); BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Atherton (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2013 (CC)

Nishat Khan performs with David Atherton and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the BBC Proms Copyright: BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Nishat Khan performs with David Atherton
and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the BBC Proms
Copyright: BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Mostly Mozart (5): Excavating Human Communication and Finding Disquieting Moments

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United StatesUnited States David Lang, the whisper opera: International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Tony Arnold (soprano and conductor), Claire Chase (flutes), Ross Karre (Percussion), Kivie Cahn-Lipman (cello), Joshua Rubin (clarinets), Clark Studio Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, 12.8.2013. (JE)

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Mostly Mozart Festival(5): Being Present, Quietly, But Not in Control

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United StatesUnited States Mostly Mozart (5): David Lang, the whisper opera: Tony Arnold (soprano), Jim Findlay (director/designer), International Contemporary Ensemble, Clark Studio, Lincoln Center, New York City. 10.8.2013 (DS)

 

Left-to-right: Ross Karre, Tony Arnold and Claire Chase in "the whisper opera." (Photo: Nathan Keay, ©MCA Chicago)
Left-to-right: Ross Karre, Tony Arnold and Claire Chase in “the whisper opera.”
(Photo: Nathan Keay, ©MCA Chicago)

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Mostly Mozart Festival (4): Le nozze di Figaro All Dressed Up

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Mostly Mozart Festival (4), Le nozze di Figaro (Mostly Mozart première), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor), Rose Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, 11-8-2013 (SSM)

Photo: MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro ; Budapest Festival Orchestra with Iván Fischer, conductor and director; performance photographed: Sunday, August 11, 2013; 5:00 PM at Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center; New York, NY. Photograph: © 2013 Richard Termine. Photo Credit: Photo by Richard Termine
Photo: MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro ; Budapest Festival Orchestra with
Iván Fischer Photograph: © 2013 Richard Termine.
Photo Credit: Photo by Richard Termine

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La Traviata: Shared Production in San Sebastián

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 Verdi: La Traviata, Euskadi Symphonic Orchestra, Easo Chorus, Pietro Rizzo (conductor), Quincena Musical de San Sebastián, Kursaal, 11.8.2013 (JMI) New production in association with Festival El Escorial, Opera Oviedo, Pamplona’s Baluarte and Cordoba’s Gran Teatro. Cast: Violetta: Desirée Rancatore Alfredo: José Bros Germont: Ángel Ódena Flora: Pilar Vázquez Grenvil: Miguel Ángel Zapater Annina: Marta Ubieta … Read more