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Dudamel hires Cate Blanchett for Beethoven

Dudamel hires Cate Blanchett for Beethoven

From the LA Phil:

The LA Phil today announced a major addition to its 2025/26 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall: Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett will appear as narrator in four performances of Beethoven’s Egmont in February 2026 conducted by the LA Phil’s Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel. In a bold reimagining of the work, Blanchett will portray Egmont in a new adaptation, created in collaboration with acclaimed playwright Jeremy O. Harris, featuring soprano Elena Villalón.

Nice that he’s overlooked her conductor hatchet job in Tar.

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