| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 29-Nov-2012 Semperoper | A fresh take on Mozart's Idomeneo in Dresden |
Mozart wrote 20 operas during his relatively short life, the first being performed in Salzburg in 1767, when the composer was just eleven years old. However, it is Idomeneo, written and premièred when Mozart was the ripe old age of 25, which is usually considered to be his first mature opera.
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| 8-Sep-2012 La Maison Symphonique de Montréal | The OSM open their season with Mahler's Resurrection Symphony |
The second season of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal in the new Maison Symphonique was celebrated tonight with the performance of a singularly gargantuan work, Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony. Orchestras around the world have performed this symphony to mark somber or solemn occasions, but here in Montréal it is offered simply as an olympian display of musicality by virtually every artist on the OSM payroll.
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