Vienna Johann Strauss OrchestraOrchestra Touring East Asia: The Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra, conducted by Johannes WildnerThe Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra, founded in 1966 following Johann Strauss’ tenets in order to honour the great composer, continues its…
New Year’s Concert, South Tyrol Edition: Erich Polz conducts the Bolzano and Trento Haydn-OrchestraLast year, the Bolzano and Trento Haydn-Orchestraalready invited the young Austrian maestro Erich Polz to conduct its New Year’s Concert. This year sees…
New Years’ Concert in Switzerland: Florian Krumpöck and the St. Gall SymphonyFor the next traditional New Years’ Concert, on January 1st, 2019, the St. Gall Symphony has chosen to invite conductor Florian Krumpöck from Austria…
Salute to Vienna: New Years’ Concerts in North AmericaAttila Glatz’, old-school European, and his wife Marion’s life-long ambition was and is to bring New Years’ concerts, as they…
Returning to the stage: Siyabonga Maqungo as Froh (“Rheingold)“ in ChemnitzSiyabonga Maqungo, the lyric tenor who recently joined the ensemble of the Chemnitz opera, already enchanted his new audience with…
Sophie RennertMezzo-soprano Lied recital: Sophie Rennert sings Richard Strauss in CardiffAs part of the “Big Song Weekend”, organised by BBC3 in Cardiff on January 11th, 12th, and 13th, mezzo-soprano Sophie Rennert and pianist…
Nora SourouzianMezzo-soprano Debut: Nora Sourouzian at the Seattle Opera, as AzucenaNora Sourouzian has presented her evocative interpretation of Azucena (“Il trovatore”) in cities such as Graz, Essen and Copenhagen. Now, she…
Alexander MedemDirector Alexander Medem directs: “Herr Mozart wacht auf” at the Theater Next Liberty, GrazWolfgang Amadeus Mozart awakens in a location unknown to him as well as in a time that is also not…
Tamara IvanišSoprano Première: Tamara Ivaniš in Salzburg as Lisetta in Rossini’s “La Gazzetta”A young Gioachino Rossini composed his spirited “La gazzetta” on the basis of Carlo Goldoni’s 1763 comedy “Il matrimonio per concorso”, satirizing…