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Das japanische Ensemble gastierte mit Chefdirigent Paavo Järvi im Konzerthaus.
Something other than politics in Washington, D.C.
Das japanische Ensemble gastierte mit Chefdirigent Paavo Järvi im Konzerthaus.
Der Opernstar begeisterte im Konzerthaus, Gatte Yusif Eyvazov sang auch mit.
George Benjamins Oper "Written on Skin" im Wiener Konzerthaus.
Filed under Contemporary Music, George Benjamin, Ionarts at Large, Ionarts from Vienna, jfl, Opera, Wiener Zeitung
Sarah L. Kaufman, A ‘Giselle’ that whirls with unusual lyricism (Washington Post, February 12) ---, Ballet dancers have weird and quirky pre-show rituals that would put any sports star to shame (Washington Post, February 6) Carolyn Kelemen, Former Howard County ballerina is back at the Kennedy Center, this time as a soloist in ‘Giselle’ (Baltimore Sun, February 12) Gia Kourlas, Skylar Brandt: A Ballerina Invests in Herself (New York Times, February 6) |
Die Wallmann-"Tosca" zum 616. Mal an der Staatsoper.
Filed under Giacomo Puccini, Ionarts at Large, Ionarts from Vienna, jfl, Opera, Wiener Zeitung
The news of the death of beloved Italian soprano Mirella Freni reached my desk just now. In paradisum deducant te angeli...
In some ways La Freni is responsible for my obsession with opera. In 1990, as a young music major from Michigan, I drove with a friend on my first ever trip to New York City during spring break. We stayed with his father in Brooklyn and spent the week taking in as much of the culture of the big city as we could. One morning I showed up at the Metropolitan Opera box office, hoping to buy a ticket for that day's performance of Puccini's Manon Lescaut.
The employee at the box office took one look at me and said the balconies were all sold out. What if price were not an issue, I asked, thinking of the credit card my parents had sent with me on the trip. He plopped down a fancy-looking ticket for a seat in a box, and I bought it. After all, Des Grieux bankrupted himself and ended up in debtor's prison, all for love of the frivolous Manon. What is money for, except to procure pleasures? I would not have to worry about paying off the cost until I got back to Michigan, and I didn't.
Puccini, Manon Lescaut, M. Freni, P. Domingo, Philharmonia Orchestra, G. Sinopoli |