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05/13/2013
Work of the Week - Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
When Ariadne auf Naxos is staged on 20 May 2013 in Stuttgart, a hundred years will have passed since its world premiere at the Stuttgarter Hoftheater. Spanning a bridge from its first run during the 1912/13 season to the present, stage designer Anna Viebrock uses the modern Großes Haus ...
05/06/2013
Work of the Week - Paul Hindemith: Im Kampf mit dem Berge
On 10 May 2013 Arnold Franck's film Im Kampf mit dem Berge ("In Combat with the Mountain") will be screened in its reconstructed version with the original soundtrack by Paul Hindemith. The 1920 hit film features spectacular images, shot during an ascent of the Lyskamm mountain ...
04/29/2013
Work of the Week - Chaya Czernowin: Lakes
On 3 May 2013, Chaya Czernowin’s new work for chamber ensemble, Lakes , will be premiered as part of a concert at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Lakes was commissioned by the Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music, and will be performed by Orchestra 2001, an ensemble ...
04/22/2013
Work of the Week - Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Richard Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer ('The Flying Dutchman') exists in two versions, the original version from 1841 and an edited version from 1842-1880. On 26 April, the original version of Der fliegende Holländer will be staged in the United States for the very first time in ...
04/15/2013
Work of the Week - Thierry Pécou: Orquoy
On 19 April 2013, the Orchestre National de Lorraine, with conductor Jacques Mercier, will premiere Thierry Pécou’s orchestral work Orquoy at the Arsenal de Metz. Pécou, whose works were recently added to the Schott catalogue, was commisioned to write the large orchestral work by the ...
04/09/2013
Work of the Week Kamran Ince: Judgment of Midas
On 12 April 2013 the Helene Zelazo Center for the Arts in Milwaukee will premiere Kamran Ince’s opera Judgment of Midas . Created jointly by Present Music and the Milwaukee Opera Theatre, the production will be presented in a semi-staged version conducted by the composer and stage directed ...
04/02/2013
Work of the Week - Igor Stravinsky: Symphonie en ut
On 4 April 2013 the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen will present a ballet production of Igor Stravinsky's Symphonie en ut ('Symphony in C'). After sixty years of absence, the New York City Ballet returns to Copenhagen to revive the legendary choreography created by close Stravinsky-collaborator ...
03/22/2013
Work of the Week - Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
On 22 March 2013, the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb will present the first night of their new production of Wagner’s Lohengrin in a staging by Kurt Josef Schildknecht, with designer Rudolf Rischer, and conductor Nikša Bareza. In honour of Wagner’s bicentenary, Schott is currently ...
03/18/2013
Work of the Week - Heinz Holliger: Lunea
With great anticipation we await the world premiere of Heinz Holliger’s song cycle Lunea in Zurich on 21 March 2013, performed by baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber. Holliger's new work joins a wealth of settings by well-known composers of texts by Nikolaus Lenau, whose ...
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03/11/2013
Work of the Week - Gerald Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest needs no introduction. When asked what the theme of the play was, Wilde answered "That we should treat all trivial things in life very seriously, and all serious things in life with a sincere and studied triviality". His last ...
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