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Tristan und Isolde live broadcast TONIGHT

Reminder! Live broadcast TONIGHT (Thursday, December 7) of Tristan und Isolde from the Gran Teatre del Liceu, with Sarah Connolly in the role of Brangäne. Her co-stars include Iréne Theorin (Isolde), Stefan Vinke (Tristan), Albert Dohmen (Marke), and Greer Grimsley (Kurwenal). Josep Pons conducts. The broadcast starts at 7:00 p.m. Barcelona time, which is 6:00 p.m. in the UK and 1:00 p.m. EST in North America. You can listen online via World Concert Hall or navigate directly to the Catalunya Música website.

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Des concerts à Paris et alentour en gras : les derniers ajouts :-: in bold: the last news Octobre 03. JB Dunckel + Mariachi + Freeka Tet + Alexis Langevin-Tétrault & Pierre-Luc Lecours (Biennale Némo) – Le Trianon (gratuit sur résa) 03. Piotr Kurek + Papivores + Matthias Puech – Espace B 03. A.N.I. – Le Bal 04. Kontravoid + Hide + Soft Riot – Espace B 04. Cosmic Neman + Blackthread + Renaud Bajeux – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 04. Anthony Rother + Galaxian + Sync 24 + Foreign Sequence – Rex Club 04. Ascion b2b D. Carbone + Hypnoskull + Years of Denial + Common Poetry + Salem Unsigned – Protocol (Pantin)  04. Tommy Four Seven b2b Ancient Methods + Regis + The Driver + Dave Clark + SHDW & Obscure Shape + AZF + ABSL + Amato & Adriani + DJ Bone b2b Ben Sims + Charles Green +  Dax J + Dersee + DVS 1 + Félicie + Boston 189 + Louisahhh b2b Maelstrom (Pulse fest.) – Le Grand Dôme (Villebon/Yvette) 05. Stefane Perraud : “Sylvia” (Nuit blanche) – Collège des Bernardins (gratuit) 05. Meryll Ampe + Dinah Bird + Mr Moonlight + Irene Murphy + Mick O’Shea + Shruti Box Minimal Ensemble + Ian Wooldridge (Nuit blanche) – Paris Art Lab 05. Bernard Szajner + Marco Quaresimin + Monÿang + Vincent Heter & Lou-Maria Le Brusq + Mururoa + Richard Comte + Jules Wysocki & Natnada Marchal (Les Sonifères fest.) – DOC 05. Anetha b2b Randomer + Blush Response b2b Thomas P. Heckmann + Rebekah + Juan Atkins + Marcel Dettmann + Poison Point + Ben Klock + Andrejko + Bassam + Fabrizio Rat + Newa + Tripeo b2b Hemka + Analog Kitchen + Cleric b2b Stranger + Marko Nastic (Pulse fest.) – Le Grand Dôme (Villebon/Yvette) 05. Nuit de l'orgue avec des œuvres d'Éliane Radigue, Arvo Pärt, Olivier Messiaen, Philip Glass, Nico Muhly, Jonathan Fitoussi... (Nuit blanche) – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie (gratuit) 06. Aline Penitot + Nuits + Jean-Baptiste Zelal + Pali Meursault + Rodolphe Alexis + Aymeric de Tapol + Dasein (Les Sonifères fest.) – DOC 06. Forced into Feminity + Big Debbie + Sophie Torrell + L.T. Létext + Vestas + Divisas – Les Nautes 06. Fusiller – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) (gratuit) 06. Quator Bozzini joue : "Occam Delta XV" d'Éliane Radigue, "Five String Quartets" de Phill Niblock et "Koan" de James Tenney – La Marbrerie (Montreuil) 06. Daughters – La Maroquinerie ||COMPLET|| 08. Sleep + Pharaoh Overlord – Bataclan 09. Jozef Van Wissem : cinéconcert sur "Nosferatu le vampire" de Murnau – Cinémathèque 09. New Model Army – La Maroquinerie 09. Trumans Water – Espace B 09. Kollaps + Âme de boue + Alice Botté – L'International 09. Ty Segall & Freedom Band + Guadal Tejaz – La Cigale 10. Ty Segall & Freedom Band + Axis: Sova – La Cigale 10. Toecutter + Le Crabe + Tommpa Lanzakinen (Serendip Lab fest.) – Le Zorba 10. Dumb + Belmont Witch + À trois sur la plage – La Boule noire 10. Bruce McClure + Paul Smith joue "A Jim O’Rourke European premiere of a new 2019 Moog Synthesizer playback installation work" – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 11. Dominique Gillot + La Pisse + Flesh World + We Will Woo – Folie N4|Parc de la Villette (gratuit) 11. Bitpart + Mary Bell + Rive droite + Going away Party + Ours blond + Shit Rockets + Alison Backdoor – Espace B 11. Nova Materia + Scalping – La Station 11. Sonic Area + Shaârgot – Petit Bain 11. Kazumoto Endo + Spore Spawn + Vomir + Autocastration – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 11. Birds in Row + Lane (Jimi fest.) – Théâtre Antoine-Vitez (Ivry/Seine) 11. Frank Bretschneider + Robert Lippok – Protocol (Pantin) 11. Marc Acardipane aka Pop + Manu le Malin + [KRTM] + DJ Chuimix + Raw + Makornik + Fuerr – La Machine 11. AZF + Colin Benders + BLNDR – Dehors brut 11. Ansome & Ayarcana + H880 + Fred Terror b2b Panzer + Antenes – Protocol (Pantin) 11. New Order – Grand Rex ||COMPLET|| 12. Lucas Paris : "Emotional Synthesis" + Orson Hentschel + Sentimental Rave (Biennale Némo) – Le 104 12. Ben Shemie, John McEntire & Sam Prekop – Petit Bain 12. Osilasi + Tumulus + Kawaii & The Boulaouane Brothers + G de GNG & Julien Bobard + Nicolas Montgermont & Pali Meursault (Serendip Lab fest.) – Cirque électrique 12. Marion Guillet + Bear Bones, Lay Low + Full Quantic Pass + Pi Doom (Serendip Lab fest.) – Jazz y Jazz 12. Foudre! + Tiger Tigre + Front de cadeaux + Sierra Manhattan + Die Klar + Kwamē – La Station 12. I Hate Models + ABSL + Céline + Chafik Chenouf + Rommek – tba 12. Iggy Pop + Helena Deland (Arte concert fest.) – La Gaîté lyrique ||COMPLET|| 13. Andy Ortmann + Viki + Deeat Palace + Evil Moisture – Les Nautes 13. Foals + Ala.ni + Toh Imago (Arte concert fest.) – La Gaîté lyrique ||COMPLET|| 14. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Olympia 14. Shannon Wright – Trianon 15. Arno Bruil + Les pédales s'amusent + MMY – Espace B 15. Kate Carr + Valérie Vivancos – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 15/16. Metronomy – Olympia 16. Cycle péruvien + Laurene Ipsum + Robin Kobrynski (Serendip Lab fest.) – Cirque électrique 17. Vindicatrix + Descendeur + Lacustre + Gakona (Serendip Lab fest.) – Cirque électrique 17. City Dragon + Sunk Heaven – Le Zorba 17. Puppetmastaz – Trabendo 17. Automat : musique pour "Archeologia" d'Emmanuelle Huynh – Centre Pompidou 18. Dream Syndicate – Petit Bain 18. Total Victory + Leroy se meurt + Entracte Twist – Espace B 18. A_r_c_c + À travers + Simple Appareil + Blenno Die Wurstbrücke – église Saint-Merri 18. Arktau Eos + Zoät-Aon + Aeoga – Les Voûtes 18. Marie Guilleray + Justin Bennett + Jaap Vink + Gabriel Paiuk + Raviv Ganchrow + Kees Tazelaar + Gottfried Michael Koenig + Johan Van Kreij + Richard Barrett + Ji Youn Kang + Bjarni Gunnarsson (Akousma) – MPAA 18. Maud Geffray + Molecule + DNGLS (MaMA fest.) – La Cigale 18. Cloning + Leandro Barzabal + Léo Dupleix – tba 18. Sydney Valette + Le Prince Harry + Maenad Veyl – Protocol (Pantin) 18. Rendez-Vous + Marble Arch – Le Plan (Ris-Orangis) 18. Stanislav Tolkachev + Unhuman & AN-I + Oake + Nastia Reigel – Protocol (Pantin) 19. Shrouded and the Dinner + King Baxter + Vitaphone + À PLUSIEURS sous Raphaël Julliard + Enzo et Jacques – Folie N4|Parc de la Villette (gratuit) 19. Sisters of Mercy – Bataclan 19. Josin – Lafayette Anticipations 19. Françoise Barrière + Renaud Bajeux + Pali Meursault + Julia Hanadi Al Abed + Yan Maresz (Akousma) – MPAA 19. G4Z + Peru + Jean Turner + Monster X + Steven Marcato + Aly-x (Serendip Lab fest.) – Le Sultan 19. Jeanne Added + Regina Demina + Vale Poher + Theodora + Flore + Gonthier + Vikken (dj) + Rag (dj)... – La Station 19. Adam X + David Caretta b2b The Hacker + 14Anger + Phase Fatale + Terence Fixmer + Raffaele Atanasio + Darzack + De-Dust2 + Dersee – tba 19. Juan Atkins + Vril + Ceephax Acid crew + Antigone + Onur özer + Fasme (Le Champ des machines) – Le Ferme du Buisson (Noisiel) 19. Lingua Ignota – Espace B ||COMPLET|| 19. Pixies + Blood Red Shoes – Olympia ||COMPLET|| 20. Kim Gordon & Dimitri Chamblas – American Center Paris (gratuit sur résa) 21. Pawns + Youth Avoiders + Barren? – Espace B 21. Les morts vont bien + Rivière de corps + René Couteau + Razzle Dazzle (dj) (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 22. Carambolage + Deedee & Tha Abracadabras + Roger de Lille & The Gin Tonics + The Hare (dj) (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 22. Thurston Moore – Trabendo 22. David J – Petit Bain 23. Ecstatic Vision + Les Tigres du futur + Os Noctambulos – ESS'pace 23. Sly & The Family Drone + Stef Ketteringham + Decimus + Dust Breeders – Espace B 23. Plomb + Je t'aime + Electric Press Kit + dj Oxblood (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 23. Four Tet – Le 104 ||COMPLET|| 24. Last Night + Negative Space + Pedigree + Buzz Kull + dj Dave Rockin (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 24. The Necks – La Marbrerie (Montreuil) 25. A Certain Ratio – Petit Bain 25. Poutre + OK fdp + Bruant zizi – ESS'pace 25. Jozef Van Wissem – Crypte Notre-Dame de la Croix (sur résa : jvwparis[@]gmail.com) 25. Fiesta en el Vacio + Axell Larsen + Franz France + Sinead O'Connick jr + Paroi (Serendip Lab fest.) – Jazz y Jazz 25. Catastrophe + Sean O'Hagan + Form – La Maroquinerie 25. Curses + Sophie Morello + Tonn3rr3 + E for Ears & Grāv Jōnz + Trusspe – La Station 25. Bestial Mouth + Veil of Light – Protocol (Pantin) 25. DaGeist + Blind Delon + Outer Limit Lotus + Nick klein + UVB 76 + Dress Rehearsal (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 25. dj Varsovie + Paulie Jan + Blndr b2b Panzer + Mind Matter + End of Mortal Life – Glazart 25. Orphx + O/H + December + Unhuman + Limbus Puerorum – Protocol (Pantin) 26. The Monochrome Set + The Last Detail – Petit Bain 26. Nina Harker + Bianca Warlord – Le Zorba 26. Truckks + Terrier + Achab + Olive Pogo + Car Crash Control (dj) (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 26. The Wheal + Princesse Napälm + L'Orchidée Cosmique + Klymt (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 26. Mørbeck + Philipp Strobel + IV Horsemen – La Machine 26. Alignment + Hadone + UVB + Parfait + Repro – tba 26. Loto Retina + Jakub Lemiszewski + Somaticae + Le Compas dans l'oeil + Ahta Bat + Letal Ataraxia (Serendip Lab fest.) – Le Sultan 27. Stephen Mallinder + Laisse Moi + Hexenschuss (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 28. Kate Tempest – Le Trianon 29. Agent Side Grinder + DaGeist – La Boule noire 29. Pauwels + Mr Marcaille + BOB Cooper – L'ESS'pace 30. The White Screen + Techno Thriller + Novichok – Supersonic (gratuit) 30. Oiseaux-Tempête + Jessica Moss – La Maroquinerie 30. Jenny Hval – Centre Pompidou 30. Battles – Trabendo 31. Skepta + Mura Masa + Hamza + Zola + Ateyaba + Celeste + Duendita + Ezra Collective + Flohio + Kojey Radical + Master Peace + Slowthai + The Comet is Coming + Yussef Dayes + Charlotte Dos Santos + Kojaque (Pitchfork fest.) – La Grand Halle de La Villette 31. Arrington de Dionyso – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 31. Broken English Club + Cabaret nocturne + IV Horsemen + Gil. Barte – Petit Bain Novembre 01. Chromatics + Belle & Sebastian + Primal Scream + John Talabot + Weyes Blood + Barrie + Briston Maroney + Chai + Desire + Helado Negro + Jackie Mendoza + Nilüfer Yanya + Orville Peck + Sheer Mag + Squir + Loving + Nelson Beer + Sons of Raphael (Pitchfork fest.) – La Grand Halle de La Villette 01. Park Hie Jin + HAAI + Afrodeutsche + Nite Fleit (Pitchfork fest. after party) – Trabendo  01. Under Black Helmet b2b Hadone + Inhalt der Nacht b2b Echoes of October + Danilo Incorvala + Makornik + Félicie – Les Docks de Paris (La Plaine-Saint-Denis) 02. The 1975 + Charli XCX + 2manysdj (dj) + Aurora + Agar Agar + SebastiAn + Aeris Roves vs Jamila Woods + Jessica Pratt + Kedr Livanskiy + Korantemaa + BEA1991 + Caroline Polachek + Ela Minus + KhadyaK + Mk.gee + Oklou + Tobi Lou (Pitchfork fest.) – La Grand Halle de La Villette 03. Ensemble économique + CIA débutante – Le Chinois (Montreuil) 05. Body of Light – Supersonic (gratuit) 06. The Murder Capital – Nouveau Casino 06. Scattered Purgatory + Qian Geng + UVB76 + ruò tán – Le Cirque électrique 06. Glacial – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 07. Camilla Sparksss + Hyperculte [+ Xiu Xiu : ANNULÉ] – Petit Bain 07. Kælan Mikla – La Boule noire 08. Bedroom Community – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 08. Part Chimp + Gnod + Hey Colossus – Petit Bain 08. Sourdurent + Raymonde – Pan Piper 08. Jad Wio + Love in Prague – Gibus  08. Boy Harscher – Trabendo ||COMPLET|| 09. Molchat Doma + War Scenes – La Station 10. Amiina : cinéconcert sur "Fantomas" de Louis Feuillade – Le Studio|Philharmonie 10. Ôlafur Arnald + Hugar – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 10. Fontaine D.C. – Bataclan 12. Deerhunter + Moon Diagrams – Trabendo 13. Mick Harvey & JP Silo, Steve Shelley, Glenn Lewis – Les Trois Baudets 14. Dinah Bird & Jean-Philippe Renoult (Inaudible Matters) – La Gaîté lyrique 14. Girl Band + Silverbacks – La Maroquinerie 15. Kap Bambino – La Gaîté lyrique 15. Von Pariahs + Nursery – Point FMR 15. Chemical Brothers – Seine musicale (Boulogne-Billancourt) 17. Nitzer Ebb + Liebknecht – La Machine 17. Tropical Fuck Storm – Badaboum 18. Omni + The Gotobeds + Pleasure Principle – La Boule noire 19. Earth + Helen Money – Petit Bain 20. Lucy Railton + Sean Baxter + Jessica Ekomane – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 21. Cate Le Bon + Grimm Grimm – Petit Bain 22. Rubin Steiner + Dombrance + Ambeyance + Meteo Mirage – La Maroquinerie 22. Nursery + Casse Gueule + Tout de suite – Cirque électrique 22. Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead) – Les Étoiles 23. Billy Chyldish + Le Villejuif Undergroud + Petausaure (fest. BBmix) – Carré Bellefuille (Boulogne-Billancourt) 23. 999999999 + Jawbreakrs + Nico Moreno + Perc + Sentimental Rave + Softcoresoft + Trym + Parfait + UR trax – tba 24. TR/ST – Le Trianon 24. Mdou Moctar – La Boule noire 24. Midori Takada + Carla dal Forno + Felicia Atkinson (fest. BBmix) – Carré Bellefuille (Boulogne-Billancourt) 24. The Young Gods + Les Tétines noires – La Machine 26. Wardruna – Olympia 27. Poly-Math + Bruit ≤ + Maven – Supersonic (gratuit) 27. The Stranglers – Olympia 28. Derek Holzer + Cate Hope & Lisa McKinney + Antoine Schmitt & Hortense Gauthier (fest. Bruits blancs) – Le Cube (gratuit sur résa) 28. The Psychotic Monks – Trabendo 28. Artl + Powerdove – Petit Bain 29. Scanner – Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil 30. Mondkopf – Médiathèque musicale de Paris (gratuit) 30. Donato Dozzy + Max Cooper + Terry & Cyan Riley + Ensemble intercontemporain joue "Drumming" de Steve Reich + Ensemble Social Silence joue "Music for Airport" de Brian Eno + Apollo noir + Récital pour marimbas (Marathon fest) – La Gaîté lyrique Décembre 01. Motorama – La Maroquinerie 03. White Hills – Supersonic (gratuit) 03. Belgrado – Espace B 06. Phillip Glass Ensemble : cinéconcert sur "Koyaanisqatsi" de Godfrey Reggio – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 07. Phillip Glass Ensemble : cinéconcert sur "Powaqqatsi" de Godfrey Reggio – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 07. Kokoko! – La Gaîté lyrique 08. Phillip Glass Ensemble : cinéconcert sur "Naqoyqatsi" de Godfrey Reggio – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 11. Boris – Le Gibus  12. Mono + Jo Quail – Petit Bain 12. Kompromat (Vitalic & Rebeka Warrior) – La Cigale 13. Contrefaçon – La Gaîté lyrique 13. Regards extrêmes + Lisieux + Ascending divers – Les Voûtes 18. Amenra – Bataclan 2020 Janvier 04. Rokia Traoré + Ballaké Cissoko & Vincent Segal – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 16. Black Midi – Le Carreau du Temple 17. Edith Nylon – Petit Bain 18. Lee Ranaldo & Raül Refree – Le 104 18. Franck Vigroux : "Flesh" (Biennale Nemo) – Maison des arts et de la culture (Créteil) 29. Rendez-Vous – La Cigale 30. Editors – Salle Pleyel 31. Tindersticks – Salle Pleyel Février 02. Sunn o))) – La Gaîté lyrique 09. Explosions in the Sky – La Cigale 13. Ride – Le Trianon 16. Orchestral Manoeuvre in the Dark – La Cigale 21. Ensemble Links joue "Drumming" de Steve Reich + Cabaret contemporain : "Détroit" + Molécule – Le 104 24. Sleater Kinney – Le Trianon Mars 06. Frustration – Le Trianon 07. Ensemble intercontemporain joue Steve Reich : cinéconcert sur un film de Gerhard Richter – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 20. Ensemble Dedalus joue "Occam Ocean" d'Éliane Radigue – Le Studio|Philharmonie 21. Front 242 + She Past Away – Élysée Montmartre 21/22. Laurie Anderson : "The Art of Falling" – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 27. Lebanon Hanover – La Gaîté lyrique 28. Ensemble Links joue "Drumming" de Steve Reich + Cabaret contemporain joue Kraftwerk – théâtre de la Cité internationale  Mai 08. Max Richter : "Infra" + Jlin + Ian William Craig – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 09. Max Richter : "Voices" – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 10. Max Richter : "Recomposed" & "Three Worlds" – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 24. Damon Albarn – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie

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“Siegfried” is a triumph; ASO scores with Martinů’s “Julietta”

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Stefan Vinke in the title role of Wagner’s “Siegfried” at the Metropolitan Opera.

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The Metropolitan Opera’s 2019 “Ring Cycle” seems to improve with each installment. The “Siegfried” matinee on April 13…

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LICEU 2017/18: RETORN A TRISTAN UND ISOLDE

Strefan Vinke (Tristan) i Iréne Theorin (Isolde) Foto®A Bofill Avui no tenia previst parlar-vos de la representació de Tristan und Isolde (la cinquena de les nou previstes) que va tenir lloc ahir diumenge per la tarda al Gran Teatre del Liceu, però l’ocasió s’ho val perquè va ser millor que la del primer dia, ja comentada a IFL: Liceu 2017/2018: Tristan und Isolde…

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♫ Götterdämmerung in der Oper Stuttgart - Pläsier mal vier

Wer es

sich zeitlich leisten kann – außer der Götterdämmerung mit fünf Stunden Musik und zwei Pausen dazwischen – sollte unbedingt auch die Einführung besuchen, immer eine Dreiviertelstunde vor Vorstellungsbeginn. Ansi Verwey hat sich etwas besonderes einfallen lassen. Sie gestaltet die Einführung launig, humorvoll mit einem kabarettistischen Hauch und vor allen Dingen mit Musik. Sie erzählt die ganze Vorgeschichte des Ringes, angefangen vom Rheingold, über die Walküren bis hin zu Siegfried. Die Hauptarien singt sie und begleitet sich dabei auf dem Flügel. Sogar das Publikum animiert sie zum Mitsingen - „Hojotoho“. Ihr Vortrag endet mit der Oper Siegfried – zu mehr reicht die Zeit nicht, denn die Vorstellung beginnt.

Es ist also ratsam, sich die Geschichte der Götterdämmerung vorher durchzulesen, siehe -> ♫ Inhalt / Handlung: Götterdämmerung, ... Click to Post

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work in progress: Finshed

“Noorderkapel” Saint Stefan Church Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Sketched during exhibition “Painters Plaza” with paintings of Jos van Riswick, Wencke Vinks, Erik van de Beek, Ulruch Suberg, Riebo Rietema and Sjaak Kaashoek.

Ballpoint in sketchbook

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iVisit... Royal Opera House announces an evening of music and song with Tony and the Young Artists and a new Friday Premiere stream

The Royal Opera House is proud to continue its #OurHouseToYourHouse programme with Tony and the Young Artists, a celebration of music and song on Friday 19 February at 7pm GMT and their next Friday Premiere, The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty on Friday 26 February at 7pm GMT.

Tony and the Young Artists brings together Antonio Pappano, Music Director of The Royal Opera, and rising stars of the opera world from the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme in an intimate and uplifting evening set against the atmospheric backdrop of the Crush Room in their Covent Garden home. The specially recorded film will see mezzo-soprano Stephanie Wake-Edwards, soprano Alexandra Lowe and tenor Filipe Manu perform well-known arias and duets from operas such as Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Gluck’s Orfeo Ed Euridice and Verdi’s Falstaff as well as songs by Weill and Bernstein.

Director of Opera, Oliver Mears said: With restrictions continuing to impact our daily lives, we are delighted to be able to provide our audiences with a much-needed operatic escape. As The Royal Opera company, we are proud to invite audiences to experience this wonderful evening of uplifting music and song, reuniting Tony Pappano with our extraordinary and hugely talented roster of Jette Parker Young Artists.

Royal Opera House will continue their series of Friday Premiere streams, accessible to audiences around the world for just £3, with The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty. Saturday 20 February marks 75 years since the Company reopened the Royal Opera House after World War II with this classic ballet. They are excited to celebrate this anniversary by streaming their 2020 recording of this landmark production, restored to its original staging by Monica Mason and Christopher Newton in 2006. The ballet features choreography by Marius Petipa, additional choreography by Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon and a masterful score by Tchaikovsky. Fumi Kaneko stars as Princess Aurora, with Federico Bonelli as Prince Florimund, Kristen McNally as Carabosse and Gina Storm-Jensen as the Lilac Fairy. Simon Hewett conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.

Titles currently available to purchase via stream.roh.org.uk include Marguerite and Armand (The Royal Ballet, 2017), Cendrillon (The Royal Opera, 2011), La Fille mal gardée (The Royal Ballet, 2015), Il trittico (The Royal Opera, 2011) and Raymonda Act III (The Royal Ballet, 2019).

As part of their ongoing partnership with the BBC, Royal Opera House content continues to be available via radio and BBC iPlayer. Over four evenings from Wednesday 17 to Saturday 20 February, Opera on 3 presents another chance to hear The Royal Opera’s 2018 performance of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Keith Warner’s acclaimed production. Presented by Tom Service, these performances feature Antonio Pappano conducting the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and a stellar cast including soprano Nina Stemme as Brünnhilde; baritone John Lundgren as Wotan; mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly as Fricka; and tenor Stefan Vinke as Siegfried, among others. In addition, Royal Ballet All-Star Gala, Royal Opera All-Star Gala and Tobias Kratzer’s 2020 production of Fidelio are currently available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

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Critic’s Notebook: Two Major Met Opera Arrivals, Just 15 Hours Apart

Ms. Feola has a warm, full-bodied voice with natural bloom and a touch of darkening richness. She dispatched coloratura runs and filigree with ease and agility. There was nothing generic about the beauty of her singing. Depending on the dramatic urgency of the moment, she would inflect a phrase with an earthy, even steely sheen. She seemed at home in Michael Mayer’s garishly colorful production, which sets the story in 1960s Las Vegas, with the Duke (the tenor Matthew Polenzani, in excellent voice) presented as a sort of headliner on the strip. In fact, the contemporary trappings allowed Mr. Feola to tease out contemporary resonances from Gilda’s character.

From the start, you could sense how exasperated this restless Gilda was with her smothering father, the jester Rigoletto (the baritone George Gagnidze), who tries to keep her in seclusion at home. When the Duke, pretending to be a poor student, romances her, Ms. Feola’s Gilda practically trembles with pent-up longing. Even in the wrenching Act II scene when Gilda, having been kidnapped by the Duke’s men and brought to their boss, confesses all to her father, Ms. Feola’s Gilda was alternately consumed with shame and afire with helpless ardor.

Mr. Schager pretty much met expectations, which is saying a lot given the paucity of tenors who can sing Siegfried. (He shares the role with Stefan Vinke through May 11.) He has a hefty voice with clarion top notes and energy galore. He began his career singing lighter repertory, and remnants of that background came through in the lyricism he brought to Siegfried’s tender moments. Of course, given the vocal demands, Mr. Schager had his share of bellowed outbursts, gravelly low passages and raw sound. His heartiness and vigor were boundless, and, like a college athlete, he scampered up and down the planks of the mechanical set that dominates Robert Lepage’s production.

[How Mr. Schager became a star heldentenor.]

In a role that can easily make Siegfried seem like some rowdy, clueless, clunky youth, he conveyed genuine romantic longing for Brünnhilde (the soprano Christine Goerke at her best). And during the long stretch of the story at the hall of powerful Gibichung family, when Siegfried — under the spell of a potion that makes him forget Brünnhilde and fall for Gutrune (the gleaming soprano Edith Haller, in her Met debut) — Mr. Schager’s vulnerable Siegfried often seems poignantly confused, with flashes of memory when he appears to know something is not right. Until a dream-come-true Siegfried arrives, Mr. Schager will do just fine.

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Stefan Vinke

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Oper Leipzig

Wagner's Tannhauser

萊比錫歌劇院 華格納歌劇《唐.懷瑟》，2019,3,1、2日在香港文化中心大劇院，由萊比錫布業大廳樂團伴奏。

華格納寫於1845年的歌劇《唐懷瑟》，正如導演Calixto Bieito所說此劇賦予唐懷瑟”他的折磨 ，他的驕傲，他的自私，這些都是強而有力的動機，而且我們也能看出華格納對性��憎恨與著迷。所有這些和體驗的匯聚，才是這部歌劇的精髓所在。”

“華格納也迷戀這類主題：死亡，以及世界或時代的終結。“

我看了這兩場盛大的演出，現場座無虛席，香港持續4年的華格納的指環四連劇音樂會版剛剛在去年落下帷幕，今年第47屆香港藝術節又再度引發香港的華格納熱。

《唐懷瑟》的音樂與唱段，具備強烈的戲劇文學感，當然演唱難度也不小。萊比錫正是華格納的故鄉，而德國向來一直在培育和醞釀演藝華格納歌劇的專家。這兩晚演出分別由Stefan Vinke和Daniel Frank飾演唐懷瑟，前者氣息宏大，後者細膩深刻，都拿下這個複杂角色所需的能量和厚實。

唐懷瑟的人性一面，在於他的縱情、背叛，又遭致摧毁，這中間粘合他的情慾、掙扎和渴求的救贖，對於當下是極為貼切的映照。物欲橫流之際，人性的脆弱遭遇煎熬，在唐懷瑟���追逐與被摧毁間，很容易顧影自憐。

這場4個小時的歌劇，除了帶來純正的德語華格納歌劇的派頭，合唱團的表現也為現場點燃氣氛。萊比錫布業大廳樂團及指揮Ulf Schirmer也讓我更願意屏息聆聽，而歌劇最好的境界還是訴諸聽覺。

是晚演出舞美新派，歐洲的新製作總喜歡玩點新意思，與莊重的傳統形成區別。不過，也許沉浸在華格納的世界，也可以忽略一些形式。

這次在香港看《唐懷瑟》之前，我還專門看了1985年蘇黎世歌劇院的《漂泊的荷蘭人》，連同之前涉獵的《紐倫堡的名歌手》，《崔斯坦和伊索爾德》，以及重量級的指環四連劇的DG唱片和現場，還有最新的 梵誌登 指揮 港樂 的指環四連劇現場及唱片，構建成我的華格納視野。

《萊茵的黃金》，《諸神的黃昏》，《女武神》，《齊格飛》，四連劇總長15小時，據說廣州今年會有機會請來馬林斯基劇院和大師傑吉耶夫足本現場演繹，看來這是華格納迷的一場重要盛會。

華格納歌劇豐盛的人性體認，搭載超級炫酷的歌劇質感，成了當下慌亂之餘最好的心理慰藉和療愈，但見香港文化中心大劇院莊重的氣氛，滿場爆滿的架勢，我還真爲唱著者捏一把汗，果然，男中音Ante Jerkunica飆了第一、二幕，終於喉嚨出問題，第三幕由替角Randall Jakobsh在臺側演唱，所幸幾個主要角色都設置了替角。

演華格納歌劇所需的體力和情緒儲備之大自不待言，不過在現場飆歌劇，高音、低音、合唱都讓人興奮，而歌劇傳統的自然聲演唱，更增加難度，偌大的劇場，你得駕馭自如。

當然4小時對觀眾也是驗證——那些抽象的華格納意念、情慾和貪心的指涉、最後的人性救贖，是否讓你悸動，在恢宏的華格納旋律中，是否讓你瞬間抽離、升騰，變成一場靈魂的洗禮。

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Looking ahead to Triz und Iz

Item 1: For anyone who’s interested, there’s an essay by the director Àlex Ollé on the Spanish Ópera Actual website where he discusses the production of Tristan und Isolde currently under rehearsal at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, created in 2011 for the Opéra de Lyon. Opening night at the Liceu will be November 28. The stars include Iréne Theorin, Stefan Vinke, Sarah Connolly, Albert Dohmen, and Greer Grimsley.

Item 2: Tristan und Isolde is scheduled for live radio broadcast by Catalunya Música from the Liceu on the evening of December 7, starting at 7:00 p.m. local time. If you want to catch it, mark your calendar! I don’t think it will be available on demand after the live broadcast (though I’m not positive).

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If I were to come across Siegfried on a dating site (Tinder, I think, not Grindr), I’d swipe him left without a moment’s hesitation.

His profile might look like this:

  Name: Siegfried von Walsung

Gender: Teutonic

Languages: German, Woodbird

Occupation: Swordsmith, dragon-slayer

Sexuality: There was a moment on the mountain top when I thought Brunnhilde was a man, but on the whole I think I’m straight…

Body type: Athletic (though can look paunchy and middle-aged)

Fetishes: Armour’s nice

About me: Uneducated, ungrateful and unfeeling. Also cruel and violent if crossed. Courageous (I feel no fear – does that make me brave?). Like older women, especially if they’re family (I never met a woman before I met Brunnhilde, and it was kind of exciting to discover she’s my aunt).

  Nonsense aside, what’s there to like about Siegfried? He’s an oafish idiot, too stupid for fear (courage is surely the mastery of fear, not its absence). He’s only attractive if he can sing well, as last night’s Siegfried (Stefan Vinke) did (though not quite as well as Brunnhilde (Daniela Kohler)). The idea of Siegfried as the epitome of German manhood appals me, so let’s be grateful that the modern German adolescent venerates Conchita Wurst.

What did Wagner, and his devotees, see in Siegfried? The strong, free man, unburdened by expertise? The man of destiny?

Freedom lies in knowledge, in education and compassion, in the rejection of the seductive lies that underpin nationality. A proper fear of what can go wrong with the world is part of freedom too. Fear is good.

As it happens, Siegfried’s incinerated remains are buried beneath a monument on the outskirts of Leipzig. It’s a shrine to the marvels and mysteries of masculinity (vats of testosterone were mixed with the concrete used for its construction). The vast granite structure has lasted a thousand years. Some say Siegfried merely slumbers (members of the ADF on the whole) but they’ve waited in vain, so far, for his return. What’s more, his reassembly would be quite a task, far harder than Siegfried’s re-forging of his father’s shattered sword. There’s no more than an egg-cup full of cinders. Wrest Nothung from the granite block in which it’s rested since the curtain came down on Gotterdammerung and you might acquire the mantle of heroism yourself.

On the other hand, better don’t try. We’ve had enough of heroes.

    Hard to love If I were to come across Siegfried on a dating site (Tinder, I think, not Grindr), I'd swipe him left without a moment's hesitation.

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Iréne Theorin (Isolde) i Stefan Vinke (Isolde) Fotografia ®A Bofill

Albert Dohmen (Marke) Fotografia ®A Bofill

Vinke (tristan) -Grimsley (Kurnewal) Fotografia ®A Bofill

Connolly-Vinke-Theorin-Dohmen Fotografia ®A Bofill

Tristan und Isolde ACte 2 producció Àlex Ollé Fotografia ®A Bofill

Tan de bo m’erri perquè voldrà dir que el que en el que ens queda de temporada superarem el nivell d’aquest Tristan und Isolde, però em sembla que les representacions del títol wagnerià significaran el punt més alt de la 2017/2018 ja que trobar un equip vocal tan bo i unes direccions millorables però tan interessants ho trobo francament difícil.

Segurament si la programació d’aquest títol hagués estat més avançat el calendari de  la temporada, l’orquestra hagués estat millor, com també posaria la ma al foc que la representació del dia 15 de desembre (la darrere) estarà orquestralment millor que la d’ahir, això ja és un clàssic no només en el nostre teatre.

M’ha agradat la direcció del mestre Josep Pons, tot i que potser en algun moment m’ha semblat massa accelerada, com també en algun moment m’ha semblat que exagerava la intensitat decibèlica respecte a les veus, tot i que en aquest aspecte i pel que fa al balanç entre fossat i escenari caldria saber si l’espectacular escenografia d’Alfons Flores no perjudica i beneficia als cantants depenent de com es situen en l’escena.

La resposta orquestral ha estat irregular, amb una corda cohesionada, amb bons moments d’intens fraseig i amb un so pulcre, però amb unes fustes no del tot càlides i uns metalls desafortunats de qualitat i amb més d’una pífia que ha fet que la sensació global fos millorable. L’orquestra fa temps que clama inversions però incomprensiblement  sembla que això no sigui prioritari. El mestre, que sortosament no ha estat protestat com succeïa temporades enrere i l’orquestra, han rebut una resposta cortès per part d’un públic que volia premiar les veus. No hagués estat malament una mica més de reconeixement pel mestre Pons, perquè hi ha un concepte interessant tot i que el públic acostuma a associar resposta orquestral amb la direcció, i no sempre és ben bé així.

Orquestralment el millor ho vaig trobar en els moments pràcticament impressionistes de la gran escena d’amor del segon acte i el preludi del tercer, mentre que el més dolorós l’he trobat a l’inici del segon acte amb unes intervencions internes caòtiques i atropellades.

Pel que fa a la intervenció coral del primer acte, el cor masculí també comença a evidenciar, com el clam orquestral, que manquen inversions perquè algunes veus comencen a mostrar un cert esgotament. Fins l’any passat el cor d’homes mantenia una compacte solidesa, aquest any ja no.

L’equip vocal és molt sòlid, de primer��ssim nivell i envejable de qualsevol gran teatre de primer nivell.

Stefan Vinke mostra unes facultats prodigioses, fins i tot excessives en la seva agonia, on es fa difícil creure que un home a punt de morir sigui capaç de llençar aquells clams tan enèrgics i punyents., En el seu favor cal dir que fa veritables i lloables esforços per arreplegar el so en la gran escena d’amor però els intents no sempre han estat feliçment resolts perquè aquest replegament vocal ha posat l’afinació en risc. No fa patir i vista la precarietat vocal de heldentenors el situa com una de les garanties de la corda, ja sigui per l’excel·lent projecció, per la solidesa de tota l’extensió de registre i la resistència, amb un bon control del legato. Amb una mica més de sentit tràgic i agudesa dramàtica, alhora que ajustant l’afinació en els passatges més lírics, el seu Tristan seria excel·lent en lloc de notable, però de bon pa fas rossegons, que deia ma mare.

Aquesta, si no vaig mal comptat, és la tercera vegada que gaudeixo de lréne Theorin cantant Isolde al teatre (Berlín i Liceu) i aquesta tercera ha estat la que m’ha agradat menys, tot i que m’ha agradat molt, però no moltíssim. Malgrat que la veu és gran en molts moments del segon acte no és que apianés, és que xiuxiuejava per no dir que parlava fluixet, sobretot en tota l’escena inicial del segon acte amb Brangäne mentre espera l’arribada de Tristan. Semblava com si es reservés després d’un primer acte pletòric de força i facultats, amb una intensitat admirable que la situa al capdavant de les sopranos que interpreten aquest rol avui en dia, i no crec que n’hi hagi cap que faci una narració tan airada, intensa i incisiva. Potser és per això que sorprèn aquest canvi de registre tan sobtat en el segon acte, on la veu desapareixia o s’amagava no sé si amb la intenció de reposar de l’admirable esforç del primer acte o per causa d’un problema físic, en qualsevol cas no anunciat. Canta el Libestod de manera absolutament colpidora, amb una graduació de matisos que no s’acostuma a escoltar, amb un inici i final en pianissím veritablement d’impacte emocional. Ella ha estat la que més aplaudiments ha obtingut, tot i que no ha estat la que més m’ha agradat.

Qui  m’ha agradat més de tot l’excel·lent cast ha estat Albert Dohmen cantant el Rei Marke. No es pot fer millor, no es pot dir el text amb més  sentit musical i dramàtic. no es pot ser més intens, natural, noble i auster del que ho ha estat el baix baríton alemany, tant en el colpidor primer monòleg com en el més curt però tràgic del tercer . No té la veu rotunda dels grans baixos que han deixat petjada en aquest preciós rol, però el centre noble, l’agut sa i un bon i ben col·locat greu, fan que la veu es projecti amb grandesa sense necessitat d’entubar, engolar o falsejar-la per voler semblar el que no és. He vist Markes molt bons, i el de Dohmen està a la seva alçada. Fantàstic!

També ha estat a un gran nivell el Kurnewal d’un altre baix baríton, aquest nord-americà, Greer Grimsley. Si bé ha començat una mica cridaner, ràpidament s’ha posat a to i en el tercer acte ha donat el millor acompanyant l’agonia de Tristan amb tràgica convicció i un cant veritablement emotiu.

Sarah Connolly és una cantant molt distingida i reconeguda en el repertori barroc (el seu Giulio Cesare és sensacional), però com a Brangäne no m’ha deixat especial petjada. Canta bé òbviament, però no ha estat capaç de colpir-me en un mo ment fàcilment colpidor. Els seus advertiments han passat una mica sense pena ni glòria.

Molt bé els quatre rols menors a càrrec d’un sonor Melot de Francisco Vas, Jorge Rodríguez Norton com a jove mariner i pastor, i Germán Olvera com a Timoner, arrodonint de la millor manera un cast de gran nivell.

La producció provinent de l’Opéra de Lyon i deguda a Àlex Ollé (La fura dels Baus) és bona i a moments esplèndida, sempre sota un punt de vista més estètic que dramàtic.. Té un aire d’austeritat a la manera dels famosos muntatges de Wieland Wagner, però compta amb una escenografia potent d’Alfons Flórez  presidida per un espai esfèric, com si fos una gran vela de vaixell que es desplega en el primer acte, un absis de gran efecte en el segon, mentre en el tercer sembla una mena de refugi o torra de vigia a dalt d’un espadat, que amb una quasi sempre encertades projeccions aconsegueix uns efectes volumètrics molt suggeridors i climàtics, en l’escena d’amor del segon acte potser massa

La proposta en realitat és més estètica que dramàtica i hi ha alguns detalls que amb una mica més de sensibilitat operística per part del Sr Ollé  s’haguessin pogut evitar, sobretot en un dels moments musicals més bells de la gran escena d’amor, mentre hom suposa que Tristan i Isolda han d’estar en un dels moments preliminars al coit, se’ls fa pujar una espectacular i empinada escala per tornar-la a baixar després d’escoltar els advertiments de Brangäne. és un moment ridícul, teatralment buit i només justificable davant del temor que el director d’escena pugui tenir per l’estaticisme d’una acció dramàtica pràcticament nul·la, provoqui somnolència al públic, quelcom que òbviament diu poc del qui pensi així perquè la música i el cant són precisament en aquest moment, sublims.

Una nit important, amb una producció important, curosa en tots eld detalls i que en les properes representacions millorarà.

No us ho podeu perdre

LICEU 2017/2018: TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (VINKE-THEORIN-DOHMEN-GRIMSLEY-CONNOLLY;OLLÉ-PONS) Tan de bo m'erri perquè voldrà dir que el que en el que ens queda de temporada superarem el nivell d'aquest…

[demoura]

DOMINGO COM WAGNER NA RADIO GOTTERDAMMERUNG DE BAYREUTH 2017 NA ANTENA 2 E SEM CASTORF ! : hoje das 18 até agora numa gravação da Radiodifusão da Baviera o fim do ciclo das 4 óperas de Richard Wagner, do Der Ring des Nibelungen do Festival de Bayreuth 2017, no Programa Mezza-Voce com realização de André Cunha Leal . Encerrou com o Crepúsculo dos deuses (Götterdämmerung) COM o seguinte elenco: Siegfried: Stefan Vinke(T) Gunther: Markus Eiche (BT) Hagen: Stephan Milling (B) Alberich: Albert Dohmen (BT) Brünnhilde: Catherine Foster (S) Gutrune: Allison Oakes (S) Waltraute: Marina Prudenskaya (MS) Flosshilde/1ª Norna: Wiebke Lehmkuhl (CA) Wellgunde/2ª Norna: Stephanie Houtzeel (MS) 3ª Norna: Christiane Kohl (S) Woglinde: Alexandra Steiner (S) Coro e Orquestra do Festival de Bayreuth Direção: Marek Janowski Foi composta entre 1869 e 1874, e a sua estreia decorreu no Festival de Bayreuth, a 17 de Agosto de 1876, sob a direção de Hans Richter, no decurso da primeira apresentação completa do ciclo do Anel. Amanhã será dia de rever a histórica gravação do mesmo Janowski com a orquestra de Dresden !

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work in progress

“Noorderkapel” Saint Stefan Church Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Sketched during exhibition “Painters Plaza” with paintings of Jos van Riswick, Wencke Vinks, Erik van de Beek, Ulruch Suberg, Riebo Rietema and Sjaak Kaashoek.

Ballpoint in sketchbook

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Program Beethoven al Orchestrei Române de Tineret în Festivalul ”Enescu”(6 septembrie 2017, București)

Program Beethoven al Orchestrei Române de Tineret în Festivalul ”Enescu”(6 septembrie 2017, București)

Astăzi, miercuri, 6 septembire 2017, la ora 20.00, la Sala Mare a Palatului, program Beethoven al Orchestrei Române de Tineret, care îl va avea la pupitrul dirijoral  pe Domingo Hindoyan:  Concertul nr. 1 pentru pian și orchestră în Do major, op. 15 – solist: Sergio Tiempo; Simfonia a IX-a în re minor, op. 125. Soliști: Anna Samuil (soprană), Roxana Constantinescu (mezzosoprană), Stefan Vinke…