26 de Maio de 2008

EFEMÉRIDES

Inge Borkh (1917) Teresa Stratas (1938)

Teresa Stratas on September Songs
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wrh5GkOD4LE
Stratas singing "Surabaya Johnny" from September Songs.

Inge Borkh - Macbeth
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aGGBwPqCDsk
Early '90s film about the German soprano. Here singing a brief extract from Macbeth.

PORGY AND BESS

"Porgy and Bess" de Gerswhin version hip-hop
LE MONDE 26.05.08 17h39 • Mis à jour le 26.05.08 17h39

DESEMPENHO DE BATTLE NO RIO DE JANEIRO


FESTIVAL DE SPOLETO

Opera Meets Animation to Tell a Chinese Tale
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
“Monkey: Journey to the West” is a newfangled sort of opera that is making its American debut at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A.
Audio Slide Show

FESTIVAL DE INVERNO DE CAMPOS DO JORDÃO - 2008

25 de Maio de 2008

ZEMLINSKY

El Maestranza estrena dos óperas de Zemlinsky
Pedro Halffter quiere "normalizar" el repertorio de principios del siglo XX
MARGOT MOLINA - Sevilla - 22/05/2008

BEVERLY SILLS



Aniversariava hoje.

Saudades
Foto: Iris batizada com o nome da cantora

24 de Maio de 2008

DAS RHEINGOLD

San Francisco Chronicle Fri, 23 May 2008 8:21 AM PDT- Wagner's "Das Rheingold" (opening June 3) isn't really a stand-alone opera. It's the first installment of the entire "Ring" cycle, and both audio and video recordings tend to come as part of a complete set. Even with the passage of time, I still find...

MARK PADMORE, TENOR


Mark Padmore's Schubert recital: grand as well as poignant
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 20/05/2008
Ivan Hewett reviews Mark Padmore's first Schubert recital at Wigmore Hall in London

NOVIDADES EM CD

Classical CDs of the week: Handel, Brahms and more...
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 24/05/2008

MORRE SIEGMUND NISSEL, EX INTEGRANTE DO QUARTETO AMADEUS

Siegmund Nissel, 86, of Amadeus Group, Is Dead
By MARGALIT FOX
Mr. Nissel was the second violinist of the Amadeus Quartet, an internationally renowned ensemble that had its roots in the internment camps of wartime Britain.

ELLIOTT CARTER

Music Review

Another Big Night in a Centenarian’s Big Year
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
On Thursday night for the season’s final concert by the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, James Levine conducted a seminal Elliott Carter score, the Variations for Orchestra, completed in 1955.

CLAUDIO ABBADO EM BERLIM

MARIA CALLAS

CLASSICAL MUSIC
L.A. Opera accessorizes 'Tosca' revival with Maria Callas' jewelry

23 de Maio de 2008

NOTÍCIAS DIVERDI.COM

“Turandot” inaugura mañana el I Festival del Mediterrani viernes, 23 may 2008

"Orphée et Eurydice" con Flórez en versión concierto en el Real viernes, 23 may 2008

Grup Instrumental de València estrena obras españolas en el Ensems viernes, 23 may 2008

Ensemble Residencias actuará el lunes en el Auditorio 400 viernes, 23 may 2008

Aparecen tres nuevas partituras de Mozart viernes, 23 may 2008

Cuarteto Arditti, homenajes a Francisco Guerrero y Elliott Carter en el Ensems jueves, 22 may 2008

El Príncipe de Asturias, “gigantesco estímulo” para Dudamel jueves, 22 may 2008

Bartoli y Gheorghiu en la próxima temporada del Palau de Barcelona jueves, 22 may 2008

Concierto de la Filarmónica de Berlín al aire libre jueves, 22 may 2008

Renée Fleming y Pink Floyd ganan el prestigioso Premio Polar Music jueves, 22 may 2008

AS ÓPERAS AMERICANAS

American opera rules for Orth
May 22, 2008

By
DOROTHY ANDRIES Classical Music Critic
He's been Richard Nixon, Frank Lloyd Wright and Harvey Milk, the city supervisor in San Francisco who was assassinated because he was gay. He's also been larger-than-life characters such as Figaro in "The Barber of Seville," Eisenstein in "Die Fledermaus," and Danilo in "The Merry Widow."

AMANDA ROOCROFT

From The Times
April 25, 2008
At last Amanda Roocroft is having a laugh in the show Merry Widow
Amanda Roocroft, quintessential tragic heroine, has found a way to lighten up — with Roy Hudd

ROBERTO ALAGNA




I’m a singer not a warrior: Roberto Alagna's voice must be heard
His bust-ups with the great opera houses are infamous. Now Roberto Alagna puts his side of the story to Neil Fisher

PIERRE BOULEZ

From The Sunday Times
May 11, 2008
Pierre Boulez looks to the future
Boulez looks to the future with a triumphant flourish at the Barbican
Paul Driver

PIERRE BOULEZ

From The Sunday Times
May 11, 2008
Pierre Boulez looks to the future
Boulez looks to the future with a triumphant flourish at the Barbican
Paul Driver

FUNDAÇÃO GULBENKIAN DIVULGA TEMPORADA 2008/2009

A MORTE EM VENEZA, DE BRITTEN

"La Mort à Venise" de Britten, une beauté terrible
LE MONDE 22.05.08 16h20 • Mis à jour le 22.05.08 16h20

21 de Maio de 2008

NOTÍCIAS DIVERDI.COM

Comienza el jueves el Festival Mozart de A Coruña martes, 20 may 2008

El Albéniz estrena un espectáculo con música de Tomás Marco martes, 20 may 2008

Jan Van den Bossche, director del Festival de Música Antigua de Barcelona martes, 20 may 2008

Seis conciertos veraniegos de Savall en Fontfroid lunes, 19 may 2008

El sello Neos anuncia colección clásica lunes, 19 may 2008

Neopercusión estrena mañana en el Ensems obra de Sánchez-Verdú lunes, 19 may 2008

FILARMÔNICA DE BERLIM

Fuego en el Olimpo de la música
Un aparatoso incendio puso ayer en peligro la sede de la Filarmónica de Berlín.

Controlado el incendio en la Filarmónica de Berlín
20-05-2008
Los bomberos han asegurado que los daños ocasionados por las llamas serán "considerables"

L'ORFEO NOS CINEMAS

'L'Orfeo' en cine, sí, pero sin imagen ni sonido
AURORA INTXAUSTI
Un fallo impide la proyección de la ópera en 15 salas

Orquestas Infantiles y Juveniles de Venezuela

Premio a la esperanza de la música
El Príncipe de Asturias de las Artes recae en las Orquestas Infantiles y Juveniles de Venezuela.
EL PAIS

MITSUKO UCHIDA E AMIGOS

Music Review

The Clarinet, Speaking in Many Voices and Accents
By BERNARD HOLLAND
Bartok’s “Contrasts,” as played at an evening called “Mitsuko Uchida and Friends” at Zankel Hall on Saturday, has the appearance of a European composer’s catering to the ambitions of an American jazz musician.

VALERY GERGIEV

Music Review

A Dark and Stormy Night, Played for All Its Drama
By ALLAN KOZINN
If you want to hear the players of the Met Orchestra in music that howls, roars and drags you through one or two dark nights of the soul, Valery Gergiev is your man.
Times Topics: Valery Gergiev

PETER GELB

Music
New Era Brings Buzz (and Big Budgets) to the Met
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Peter Gelb, who completed his second season as general manager on Saturday night, has inaugurated outreach campaigns and digital-media ventures that are the envy of the opera world.
Times Topics: Metropolitan Opera

19 de Maio de 2008

LOHENGRIN

Daniel Slater's new production of `Lohengrin' wins deserved cheers after opening-night boos
By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER , Associated Press
Last update: May 15, 2008 - 3:13 PM

ENTREVISTA COM GERGIEV

Metropolitan Opera: Conversation - Valery Gergiev
By Philipp Brieler 19 May 2008
Valery Gergiev, the Met's Principal Guest Conductor since 1997, talks to Philipp Brieler about some of the highlights of the past 10 years.

NOTÍCIAS DOS EUA

Music Review Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Inspirations by Neruda, the Minutiae in Mahler
By BERNARD HOLLAND
Kelley O’Connor sang Peter Lieberson’s “Neruda Songs” with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Bernard Haitink.
Music in Review
By STEVE SMITH and VIVIEN SCHWEITZER
Reviews of the Moscow Virtuosi and Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert.

18 de Maio de 2008

UMA NOVA "LA GAZZA LADRA" EM DVD

Autore: Gioachino Rossini
Titolo: LA GAZZA LADRA
Esecutore: Fabrizio PAOLO BORDOGNA

Lucia K. PAPATHEOLOGOU

Giannetto DMITRY KORCHAK

Ninetta MARIOLA CANTARERO

Fernando ALEX ESPOSITO

Gottardo MICHELE PERTUSI

Pippo MANUELA CUSTERI

Sacco STEFAN CIFOLELLI

Antonio COSIMO PANOZZO

Giorgio VITTORIO PRATO

Ernesto MATTEO FERRARA

CORO DA CAMERA DI PRAGA

ORCHESTRA HAYDN DI BOLZANO E TRENTO Direttore: Lü Jia

Regista: Damiano Michieletto
Supporto: 2 DVD

OS FESTIVAIS DE VERÃO


LEYLA GENCER: AINDA SOBRE OS FUNERAIS DA TURCA

Istanbul State Opera Orchestra and Chorus performed "Lacrimosa" fromMozart's "Requiem" and three parts from Adnan Saygun's "Yunus Emre Oratorio"during the ceremony. For those of you who want to watch the live broadcast of the whole ceremony by Turkish news channel, NTV:



Here is the moment while the ashes were being scattered:


And these are some photos before and during the ceremony:

KATHLEEN BATTLE EM RECITAL NO RJ

Kathleen Battle, soprano
Coro Infantil da UFRJ
Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira
Roberto Minczuk
Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
16.V.2008
O concerto:
http://rapidshare.com/files/115568373/BattleRioA01.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/115557879/BattleRioA02.zip
Duas fotos e dois vídeos:
http://rapidshare.com/files/115551472/BattleRioA03.zip

WALTER FELSENSTEIN, DIRETOR DE ARTE

Music
Aria! Action! Making Opera a Director’s Art
By PETER G. DAVIS
Published: May 18, 2008
A DVD offers a fascinating glimpse of an important moment in operatic history now vanished.

NYPHILHARMONIC E RICCARDO MUTI

Philharmonic and the Man Who Got Away
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Some musicians feel jilted by Riccardo Muti, even with Alan Gilbert on the way.