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Lisa Neher & Kendra Leonard present strong women in micro-opera festival
For over a year, theatres and opera houses have been closed. The American singer and composer Lisa Neher and librettist Kendra Leonard therefore organized the One Voice Project Virtual Micro Opera Festival. With few resources they realized a varied series … Continue reading
Ritratto Willem Jeths: a luscious soundworld that vies with Puccini
On 11 March 2020 the Dutch government decreed a lockdown to curb the spreading of the Covid-19 virus: all theatres were to be closed as of the next day. Tough luck for Willem Jeths, the premiere of whose opera Ritratto … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Geoffrey Paterson, Martin Mkhize, Paride Cataldo, Polly Leech, Verity Wingate, Willem Jeths
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Alma Mahler: Memories of Gustav Mahler in the preamble of World War II
With the publication of Briefwechsel Alma Mahler – Allert de Lange Verlag (Correspondence Alma Mahler – Allert de Lange Publishers) the Gustav Mahler Foundation shows true spunk. The full correspondence concerning the process of writing a book does not bring … Continue reading
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Tagged Alma Mahler, Briefwechsel Alma Mahler - Allert de Lange Verlag, Gustav Mahler
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Aida goes Black Lives Matter
It is night. Behind the windows of an immense hall, some scanty cars and cyclists pass by. The deserted space is filled with what seem to be rows of beds waiting for patients. An improvised covid-19 hospital? Then the camera … Continue reading
L’enfant et les sortilèges Vopera: Enchanted world behind broken laptop screen
Covid-19 makes creative, it has almost become a cliché by now. But the British Vopera outshines them all with their debut, an online production of L’enfant et les sortilèges by Maurice Ravel. Singers from all over the world rehearsed via … Continue reading
‘May’ Louis Andriessen: impressive swan song
‘Essential to my way of composing is the notion that music is always about other music. (…) This attitude makes one constantly shift one’s interests. I don’t relate to composers who only ever search in one direction, such as Schoenberg. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cappella Amsterdam, Frans Brüggen, Louis Andriessen, Monica Germino, Orchestra of the 18th Century
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God en Duivel spelen een spelletje met de mens – Vliegende Hollander van Holland Opera: een lust voor oog en oor
De tribune van de Veerensmederij in Amersfoort beslaat de hele zijwand van deze thuisbasis van Holland Opera. Bij elk van de ver uit elkaar geplaatste zitjes staat een flesje champagne met twee glazen. Een man (bij navraag blijkt hij de … Continue reading
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Tagged De vliegende Hollander, Eisabeth Hetherington, Holland Opera, Joke Hoolboom, Martijn Cornet, Niek Idelenburg
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The Lamp – Huba de Graaff writes compelling opera on Srebrenica genocide
How to make theatre out of the genocide that took place 25 years ago in Srebrenica, librettist Erik-Ward Geerlings and composer Huba de Graaff wondered. They soon realised that the murder of some 8000 Bosnian Muslims was too wide-ranging. They … Continue reading
#Corona-classics 2: Maxim Shalygin: growling & screeching saxophones on CD ‘Todos los fuegos el fuego’
A rainy day in #corona quarantine seems the ideal moment to listen to a CD about fire. So I slide Todos los fuegos el fuego by the Ukrainian-Dutch composer Maxim Shalygin into my laptop. ‘All fires the fire’ is named … Continue reading
