It was only last June that Theater Hagen chose Hermes Helfricht as its next General Music Director, starting later this year. Helfricht, 33, is presently first Kapellmeister at Theater Bonn and the Hagen offer was a vertical career move.
But he’s just told Hagen that he’s had a better offer from Erfurt, and he’d like to cancel his contract.
Sounds like he’ll go far.
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The funeral will take place tomorrow of Marco Bergonzi, son of the great tenor Carlo, who spent his later years at Marco’s hostelry in Bussetto, Verdi’s birthplace. Marco’s hotel is named I due foscari. Marco […]
The Minnesota Orchestra has uploaded Gabriela Montero’s decidedly political concerto on those who ‘hold our continent hostage to tyranny’. The post A concerto against the Maduro regime appeared first on Slippedisc.
Habibi, Beethoven, Berlioz Javier Perianes (piano); Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal / Rafael Payare. Barbican Hall, 19.11.2024 Iman Habibi Jeder Baum spricht (2020) Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15 (1795, revised 1800) Berlioz Symphonie […]
