This was a semi-staged version of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos; Laurent Pelly is the director at Glyndebourne (see my review here: Ariadne auf Lewes), and, while I enjoyed his Donizetti La fille du régiment, […]
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 […]
Neue Bahnen – Schumann’s final article for the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik in 1853 Schumann’s magazine, Neue Zeitschrift für;Musik, is best known for the composer’s own, often important, pronouncements about contemporary music. It was where […]