Christian Thielemann, incoming Generalmusikdirektor of Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden, has presented his first season, together with incoming intendant Elisabeth Sobotka.
The new shows include Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette, Kurtag’s Endgame, Rattle conducting Janacek’s Mr Broucek, Bellini’s Norma, Bernard Foccroulle’s Cssandra and Thielemann conducting Straiss Die schweigsame Frau.
Photo: Staatsoper
The post Thielemann rolls out his Berlin parade appeared first on Slippedisc.
The lovely mezzo-soprano Margaret Cable died on Tuesday of complications following surgery. She was 82. Married to the LSO tuba virtuoso John Fletcher (who died in 1987), Cable sang at festivals across Europe and the […]
From our Nordic correspondent: Since the start of the war, two or three ballet groups have been touring Sweden and Finland under Ukrainian flags, collecting money for the national defence. It now appears all the […]
Maureen Carr, founding director of the Penn State School of Music, has died aged 85. She was an assiduous Stravinsky researcher, visiting the Paul Sacher archives in Basel no fewer than 27 times for manuscript […]
