For 1 day from 21st November 2013| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Thursday 21-Nov-13 05:00pm |
 National Theatre, MunichDie Frau Ohne Schatten |
Bavarian State Opera Kirill Petrenko, Conductor Krzysztof Warlikowski, Director Malgorzata Szczęśniak, Set Designer Elena Pankratova, Soprano: Barak the Dyer's Wife Adrianne Pieczonka, Soprano: Empress Eri Nakamura, Soprano: The Voice of a Falcon Deborah Polaski, Soprano: Nurse Okka von der Damerau, Mezzo-soprano: A Voice From Above Johan Botha, Tenor: Emperor Wolfgang Koch, Baritone: Barak, the Dyer |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Thursday 21-Nov-13 05:00pm The daughter of the King of the Spirits has been floating in an in-between state since the human Emperor conquered her: She is neither a spirit nor a human. A woman without a shadow – which means a woman who is infertile. A threat hangs over the Empress and Emperor like a punishment for a great guilt: If she does not become fully human, he will turn to stone. Her panic-stricken search for a shadow, accompanied by her scheming nurse, takes the Empress to a woman who refuses her husband's advances. She is prepared to sell her shadow for the seductive promise of eternal youth. However, the prospect of the transaction does not make the Empress happy.
Inspired by Oriental fairy-tales and with an admiring glance at Mozart's Zauberflöte, the successful partnership of Strauss and Hofmannsthal created a puzzling, massive work heavy with symbolism and powerful sounds which constantly demands interpretation: is it wallowing in magical worlds whilst the old era is destroyed in the First World War? The pathway of trials taken by two couples on which the women overcome their own natures through subjecting themselves to the merciless law of renewal and decay? A study of the female psyche shortly after Freud's postulation of sexual neuroses? Or perhaps the spiritual voyage of a woman through her fears and guilt feelings at the end of which everyone comes together again on the threshold of the eternal father. In German with German surtitles New production Image credit: © Wilfried Hösl Kirill Petrenko, Conductor Krzysztof Warlikowski, Director Malgorzata Szczęśniak, Set Designer Elena Pankratova, Soprano: Barak the Dyer's Wife Adrianne Pieczonka, Soprano: Empress Eri Nakamura, Soprano: The Voice of a Falcon Deborah Polaski, Soprano: Nurse Okka von der Damerau, Mezzo-soprano: A Voice From Above Johan Botha, Tenor: Emperor Wolfgang Koch, Baritone: Barak, the Dyer | ||
| Thursday 21-Nov-13 06:00pm |
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm Pictures at an Exhibition |
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| Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3, Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden Thursday 21-Nov-13 06:00pm Pictures at an Exhibition Tickets 110-395 kr | ||
| Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Leonce and Lena |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:00pm Leonce and Lena Leonce und Lena Music by Strauss II, Johann (1825-1899) / Zimmermann, Bernd Alois (1918-1970) / Donner, Martin / Schnittke, Alfred (1934-1998) Choreography by Christian Spuck Running time 1 hour 50 mins. Tickets 169 - 20CHF.
Christian Spuck has long been fascinated by the works of the German playwright Georg Büchner, whose work stands between German Romanticism and the emerging Modern Age. Taking a coolly analytical view, the author performed autopsies of the human soul, as it were, and as the poet Durs Grünbein put it, “registered the fissures that pass through the individual at an early stage, and certainly not coldly.” From 1836, Georg Büchner lectured in medicine in Zurich, and died here at the age of only 23. Christian Spuck created the full-length narrative ballet Leonce and Lena for the Aalto Ballet Essen in 2008.
The royal children Leonce and Lena have been betrothed without knowing one another. Both decide to escape the wedding. Leonce, who is tormented by boredom, intends to go to Italy with his companion Valerio and live there in indolence; Lena is persuaded to escape by her governess. The two encounter one another en route – and fall in love. Ignorant of one another’s identity, they appear masked at the court of Leonce’s father and are married.
Christian Spuck transforms Büchner’s subtly sarcastic comedy into a high-spirited, fast-paced and imaginative farce of automata, at the same time providing the danced caricature of the small German state. The airy, at times grotesque pieces of the king of waltz, Johann Strauss, inspire the tragicomic story and underline its burlesque elements, as do the modern sounds of Alfred Schnittke and Bernd Alois Zimmermann. | ||
| Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:00pm |
Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset): Stora Salen Mozart, Britten, Elgar |
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| Stockholm Concert Hall (Konserthuset): Stora Salen, Hötorget 8, Stockholm 10387, Sweden Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:00pm Mozart, Britten, Elgar Image credit: Jan-Olav Wedin | ||
| Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:15pm |
Venue Cymru, Llandudno Maria Stuarda |
Welsh National Opera Graeme Jenkins, Conductor Rudolf Frey, Director Madelein Boyd, Costume Designer Matthew Haskins, Lighting Designer Judith Howarth, Soprano: Elisabetta Christine Rice, Mezzo-soprano: Maria Stuarda Bruce Sledge, Tenor: Earl of Leicester Alastair Miles, Bass: Talbot Gary Griffiths, Baritone: Cecil |
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| Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Llandudno LL30 1BB, United Kingdom Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:15pm Graeme Jenkins, Conductor Rudolf Frey, Director Madelein Boyd, Costume Designer Matthew Haskins, Lighting Designer Judith Howarth, Soprano: Elisabetta Christine Rice, Mezzo-soprano: Maria Stuarda Bruce Sledge, Tenor: Earl of Leicester Alastair Miles, Bass: Talbot Gary Griffiths, Baritone: Cecil | ||
| Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Artscape Opera House, Cape Town The Barber of Seville |
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| Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, D F Malan Street, Foreshore, Cape Town 8001, South Africa Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm The nimblest barber in Seville, Figaro is the go-to man for a close shave. And there will be close shaves a-plenty when Figaro helps the lovestruck Count Almaviva abduct his sweetheart Rosina from her nasty guardian Don Bartolo in this hilarious opera buffa, our hair-raising contribution to the month of ‘Movember’. The Barber of Seville combines knockabout humour with music of great virtuosity and brilliance, from its cheeky overture to showstopping arias including ‘Largo al factotum’ and ‘Una voce poco fa’. Following her warm-hearted and witty stagings of L’elisir d’amore and Die Entführung aus dem Serail for CTO and UCT, Christine Crouse helms a whimsical new production of this sparkling, with Kamal Khan conducting the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. | ||
| Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Great Britten |
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| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm Great Britten Fresh, bold, and pulsing with emotion, Benjamin Britten’s music swept through post-war Britain like a blast of sea air. On the eve of his centenary, Vasily Petrenko, the Orchestra and the Choir present an anniversary tribute ranging from the volcanic Sinfonia da Requiem, through the atmospheric Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, to the joyous Hymn to St Cecilia.
Making her Liverpool debut, Vilde Frang joins the salute in the brooding wartime Violin Concerto – and to top it all off, we revel in the energy, colour and sheer joy of Britten’s exuberant The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, which was given its concert premiere by the Orchestra in 1946 under Malcolm Sargent. Share the fun as we say “Happy Birthday, Ben!”Image credit: Mark McNulty | ||
| Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Olavshallen, Trondheim Shostakovich with Han-Na-Chang |
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| Olavshallen, Trondheim, Kjøpmannsgt. 44, Trondheim 7011, Norway Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm Shostakovich with Han-Na-Chang | ||
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Grieg Hall (Grieghallen), Bergen Mozart's Requiem |
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| Grieg Hall (Grieghallen), Bergen, Edvard Griegs plass 1, Bergen 5015, Norway Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm Mozart's Requiem After Bach’s musikal benediction, we are left with music for thought: How can we gain a deeper understandingo f life and death on earth? Mozart, of course, felt confident to give an answer with his heavenly, redemptive Requiem. Concertmaster David Stewart makes a meaningful contribution to the discussion as soloist in Hartmann’s Concerto Funebre, composed in Germany in the dark beginnings of WWII. Dona nobis pacem. «Musicianship is, to be sure, Mr. Suzuki’s greatest strength…a subtle ear for color, a keen sense of harmonic direction, and an ability to make phrases breathe and rhythms live». The New York Times | ||
| Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm |
Kings Place: Hall One, London Robert Levin: The English Suites Bach Unwrapped |
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| Kings Place: Hall One, London, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG, United Kingdom Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm Robert Levin: The English Suites | ||
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Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY New York Philharmonic |
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| Lincoln Center: Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY, New York City, NY 10023, United States Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm New York Philharmonic | ||
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Konserthuset (Concert Hall): Stora Salen, Gothenburg Göteborgs Symfoniker |
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| Konserthuset (Concert Hall): Stora Salen, Gothenburg, Götaplatsen, Gothenburg, Sweden Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm Göteborgs Symfoniker | ||
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Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, NY Rigoletto |
Metropolitan Opera Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor Michael Mayer, Director Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Matthew Polenzani, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone: Rigoletto Štefan Kocán, Bass: Sparafucile |
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| Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, NY, New York City, 10023, United States Thursday 21-Nov-13 07:30pm Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor Michael Mayer, Director Aleksandra Kurzak, Soprano: Gilda Oksana Volkova, Mezzo-soprano: Maddalena Matthew Polenzani, Tenor: The Duke of Mantua Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone: Rigoletto Štefan Kocán, Bass: Sparafucile | ||
| Thursday 21-Nov-13 08:00pm |
Alte Oper: Großer Saal, Frankfurt Dudamel conducts Tchaikovsky/Schubert |
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| Alte Oper: Großer Saal, Frankfurt, D 60313 Frankfurt, Germany Thursday 21-Nov-13 08:00pm Dudamel conducts Tchaikovsky/Schubert | ||
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Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, Brussels DeFilharmonie |
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| Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR): Henri le Boeuf Concert Hall, Brussels, Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, B1000 Brussels, Belgium Thursday 21-Nov-13 08:00pm DeFilharmonie Tickets 40 - 10 €. | ||
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Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NY Orchestra of St. Luke's |
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| Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Thursday 21-Nov-13 08:00pm Orchestra of St. Luke's Jonathan Biss, “a young virtuoso and poetic pianist of the first order” (Chicago Sun-Times), has developed a stellar reputation with Carnegie Hall audiences for his poignant and personal interpretations of both classic keyboard works and contemporary compositions in recital and alongside premier orchestras from around the world. He is joined by one of these esteemed ensembles—the Orchestra of St. Luke’s—for what will surely be an exceptional evening of music making. | ||
| Thursday 21-Nov-13 08:15pm |
Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam Ralph van Raat |
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| Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Piet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam 1019 BR, Netherlands Thursday 21-Nov-13 08:15pm Ralph van Raat Ralph van Raat verkent met zijn overweldigende vertolkingskunst beroemde pianowerken van Arnold Schönberg en diens Weense leerlingen Webern en Berg. Gezamenlijk brengen ze de weg van de 19e-eeuwse harmonie naar de twaalftoonstechniek tot klinken. Met zijn enige pianosonate begeeft Bartók zich op een ander pad: dissonant, percussief en altijd vitaal. In het recente Liebesträume van Jan Vriend – opgedragen aan Ralph van Raat – komen al deze wegen samen.
Ralph van Raat geldt al tien jaar als Steinway Artist. Een bijzondere eer die hij deelt met uitzonderlijke pianisten als Martha Argerich, Alfred Brendel en Lang Lang. Vooral als het gaat om het hedendaagse repertoire is Van Raat een klasse apart. Zijn Muziekgebouw-recital met Cages Sonatas and Interludes werd vorig seizoen door NRC Handelsblad gerekend tot een van de beste concerten van 2012.
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