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Vienna

A Typically Stimulating Exploration of Contemporary Repertoire by the Arditti Quartet

15/11/201513/11/2015 by Mark Berry

 AustriaAustria Wien Modern (3) – Zorn, Lim, Tonia, Parades, Kessler: Arditti Quartet [Irvine Arditti and Ashot Sarkissjan (violins), Ralf Ehlers (viola), Lucas Fels (cello)]. Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 12.11.2015 (MB)

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Mahler with Hampson and Vogt in Vienna is cloaked in Schoenberg

15/11/201508/11/2015 by Seb Smallshaw

AustriaAustria Schoenberg, Mahler: Thomas Hampson, Klaus Florian Vogt, Wiener Virtuosen. Große Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, 1.11.2015. (SS)

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Sciarrino’s Carnaval: A renaissance of the Renaissance?

09/11/201507/11/2015 by Mark Berry

AustriaAustria Wien Modern (2) – Sciarrino: Joonas Ahonen (piano), Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Klangforum Wien/Tito Ceccherini (conductor). Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 6.11.2015. (MB)

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Pli selon pli: The Ideal Opening to Wien Modern

09/11/201506/11/2015 by Mark Berry

AustriaAustria Wien Modern (1) – Boulez: Marisol Montalvo (soprano), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cornelius Meister (conductor). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 5.11.2015 (MB)

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Vienna State Opera Offers Stylish Production of Hindemith’s Wonderful Cardillac

05/07/201527/06/2015 by Mark Berry

AustriaAustria  Hindemith, Cardillac: Soloists, Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus master: Thomas Lang), Orchestra and Stage Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Michael Boder (conductor). Vienna State Opera, 22.6.2015 (MB)

Picture of Tomasz Konieczny as Cardillac Photo credit to Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn.

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Anna Netrebko Triumphs Once Again As Anna Bolena

13/08/202011/04/2015 by José Irurzun
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Anna Netrebko as Anna Bolena (c) Michael Pöhn

AustriaAustria Donizetti: Anna Bolena, Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Andriy Yurkevich (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 10.4.2015 (JMI)

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Vienna’s Classic and Always Rewarding Rosenkavalier

19/04/201510/04/2015 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria  Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Adam Fischer (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 9.4.2015 (JMI)

Photo: Michael Pöhn
Photo: Michael Pöhn

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A Rewarding Though Imperfect Parsifal

04/05/201509/04/2015 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria Wagner: Parsifal, Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Adam Fischer (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 8.4.2015 (JMI)

Parsifal Photo: Michael Pöhn
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Photo: Michael Pöhn

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