BACKIn today’s news: English Touring Opera’s autumn season. Oliver Knussen’s order and disorder. Opera director Petr Weigl have passed away. Karajan wax figure revealed at Madame Tussauds, Vienna. Celebrating the 70th birthday of violinist Pinchas Zukerman. Newly renovated Staatsoper in Berlin closes season with 94% audience turn out.
Rhinegold
English Touring Opera reveals autumn season
English Touring Opera (ETO) has revealed its autumn tour dates, running from 6 October to 28 November.
The Guardian
Letters: Oliver Knussen’s music was supremely ordered
The house that Oliver Knussen had at Snape, Suffolk, was once described on Radio 3 as a chaotic mass of scores, recordings, books and objects of all kinds. But his music was supremely ordered, consisting mostly of skilful but smallish pieces.
Music Week
‘Stop rewarding ego’: How top music industry names would change the biz
What’s the one thing you would change about the music industry? It’s a big question, and one that’s never too far from the thoughts of many in the business.
Kent Online
University of Kent launches music industry courses at Historic Dockyard Chatham
The University of Kent has launched its Centre for Music and Audio Technology (CMAT) based on Chatham’s Historic Dockyard. It is designed to meet the industry’s needs in three key areas – performance, technology and business.
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Er hat Musik geatmet, gelebt und buchstäblich verschlungen: Das Geiger-Genie Pinchas Zukerman wird siebzig Jahre alt.
klassik.com
Opernregisseur Petr Weigl gestorben
Der tschechische Film- und Fernsehregisseur Petr Weigl ist tot. Weigl verstarb am vergangenen Wochenende im Alter von 79 Jahren.
Pizzicato
Karajan gibt bei Madame Tussauds den Takt an
Im Madame Tussauds Wien wurde gestern Abend, wie angekündigt, die 200.000 Euro teure Wachsfigur des 1989 verstorbenen österreichischen Dirigenten Herbert von Karajan von Staatsoperndirektor Dominique Meyer enthüllt.
The New York Times
Prototype: An Opera Festival That Actually Earns Its Name
The festival, which has introduced New York audiences to many daring new operas, has announced the lineup for its latest edition in January 2019.
Platea Magazine
Tras años de retraso en su reapertura y con un gasto final que superó con mucho lo presupuestado, el pasado otoño la Staatsoper de Berlín regresó a su renovada sede en Unter den Linden.
“Parthenia” is the name of a set of 21 pieces for the virginal. It is the first printed collection of keyboard music in England.
This copy includes a note by the collector Francis Douce claiming that it was found in the ruins of the old palace at Enfield… #IWantToBelieve pic.twitter.com/X4we4ZQ4It
— 🎼British Library Music Collections 🎵 (@BL_Music_Colls) July 16, 2018
Karajan als Wachsfigur
Madame Tussauds Wien (c) Katharina Schiffl