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07/24/2012
Korngold’s Die tote Stadt in Australian Premiere at Sydney Opera House
On June 30, Erich Wolfgang Korngolds’ operatic masterpiece Die tote Stadt ( The Dead City ) was honored with its long-awaited Australian Premiere, presented by Opera Australia at the landmark Sydney Opera House. An intense psychological study in which a man's obsession with his dead wife threatens ...
07/18/2012
Joseph Schwantner and Fred Lerdahl at the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
On July 6 and 7, 2012, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble performed Fred Lerdahl’s Fantasy Etudes and Joseph Schwantner’s Taking Charge at the City Theatre in Pittsburgh, conducted by Kevin Noe. Schwantner’s work, Taking Charge , premiered in June 2012 at Northwestern University, a commission ...
07/18/2012
U.S. Premiere of Weill’s Magical Night (Zaubernacht) at the Ravinia Festival
James Conlon conducts Weill’s Magical Night (Zaubernacht) on July 19 at the Ravinia Festival, in the US premiere of the work’s critical edition. Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will be joined by soprano Janai Brugger, and Chicago mime artists T. Daniel and Laurie Willets will provide ...
07/18/2012
Tobias Picker's Fantastic Mr. Fox Opens at Opera Holland Park
Tobias Picker's operatic adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's tale Fantastic Mr. Fox begins its 2012 run at London's Opera Holland Park on July 17, marking the third consecutive summer that the opera has been featured at the festival. Holland Park presents eight performances from July ...
07/18/2012
Alexander Goehr’s 80th Birthday Celebration Continues with Premiere of Largo Siciliano
The summer of Alexander Goehr’s 80th birthday year features several festival performances and a world premiere in celebration of “Sandy.” On July 5, the Nash Ensemble presented the first performance of Goehr's new horn trio Largo Siciliano at the Cheltenham Festival. Commissioned by the ensemble, ...
07/18/2012
Huw Watkins’ In the Locked Room Debuts with Music Theatre Wales at Edinburgh Festival
On August 30th, the 2012 Edinburgh International Festival hosts the world premiere of Huw Watkins' new opera In the Locked Room . Presented by Music Theatre Wales and featuring stage direction by Michael McCarthy, the one-act chamber opera is a co-commission and co-production with the Scottish Opera. ...
07/18/2012
Robert Beaser’s Songs from the Occasions Available on New Innova Recording
Innova has released Open House: Songs by William Bolcom and Robert Beaser , a dual compilation of the song cycles Songs from the Occasions by Robert Beaser, and Open House by Bolcom featuring tenor Paul Sperry. Sperry writes of Beaser’s Songs from the Occasions : Every time I sang Songs ...
07/18/2012
Works by Frank Zappa Down Under
On August 15, 2012, the West Australian Symphony performs the Australian premieres of Frank Zappa 's The Perfect Stranger and G-Spot Tornado , two works by the iconic American composer which have been enjoying numerous repeat performances in recent years worldwide. This concert marks the first ...
05/03/2012
Peteris Vasks in New York and Los Angeles
Latvian composer Peteris Vasks’ music features on both coasts this month, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s performances of his violin concerto Distant Light , and a portrait concert by the Park Avenue Christian Church Choir led by Paul Vasile. Soloist Alina Pogostkina joins Gustavo Dudamel for ...
05/03/2012
The Music of Robert Beaser in Beijing and Munich
Robert Beaser continues his run of international performances and residencies in May, starting in Munich, Germany, where he is in residence at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. While in residence from May 13-15, Beaser leads master classes in composition, focusing on his work for Guitar ...
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