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In today’s news, The Guildhall School of Music & Drama seeks adult non-singers for a research project, composer Daniel Felsenfeld answers questions about his current projects, and singers from the world of opera are cycling more than 500 miles as part of a fundraising event. Also, a recording of the 19-year-old Luciano Pavarotti has been discovered, and director Uwe Eric Laufenberg criticizes safety arrangements at Bayreuth Festival.
The New York Times
Could You Shorten That Aria? Opera Weighs Cuts in the Classics
After several decades in which the trend has been toward longer, uncut operas — drawing on the work of scholars to restore rarely performed passages, and putting a renewed emphasis on completeness that would be alien in, say, Shakespearean performance, where cuts are routine — some impresarios and directors think it is time for the pendulum to swing back a bit.
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Guildhall seeks adult non-singers for research project
The 33-month project, which involves psychological, educational and artistic research, launched in April 2016. It aims to investigate the best ways of helping non-singers to participate in singing and improve their skills, and to show what their developmental journeys look like.
Rare Pavarotti recording discovered
A recording of the 19-year-old Luciano Pavarotti has been discovered in the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod archives. It features two songs from the Chorus Rossini’s performance at the festival in 1955. The Modena ensemble won the male voice choir category.
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5 Questions to composer Daniel Felsenfeld
Composer Daniel Felsenfeld doesn’t do much on a small scale. Formerly an MTV devotee and piano-bar prodigy, Felsenfeld’s projects include planning a series of unconventional Masses at Trinity Church, an opera about the students of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, and running the annual New Music Gathering.
The Stage
Opera singers saddle up for SongCycle 2016
Singers from the world of opera are cycling more than 500 miles as part of a fundraising event, when they will ride on to the stage of the London Coliseum before a special concert.
Broadwayworld
Opera North Welcomes New Resident Artists
Opera North is pleased to welcome its 2016 Resident Artists to the Upper Valley. Seventeen young professionals from around the US were chosen from almost 700 applicants to participate in Opera North’s Resident Artist program.
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6. Internationale Musiktage am Plauer See
Die 6. Internationalen Musiktage am Plauer See 2016 bringen in diesem Jahr einige Neuerungen: Neben den Klavierabenden in der Kirche zu Stuer findet in der Kulturscheune des Gutshofes Woldzegarten auch ein Orchesterkonzert statt.
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Musikpreis des VDKD geht an Alexej Gerassimez
Der mit 10.000 Euro dotierte Musikpreis des Verbandes der Deutschen Konzertdirektionen e.V. (VDKD) geht in diesem Jahr an den Percussionisten Alexej Gerassimez.
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Laufenberg kritisiert Bayreuther Sicherheitsvorkehrungen
Die verschärften Vorkehrungen bei den diesjährigen Bayreuther Festspielen sind nach Ansicht von Regisseur Uwe Eric Laufenberg keine Sicherheitsgarantie. “Wenn sie hier unbedingt eine Bombe platzen lassen wollen, schaffen sie das”, sagte er dem “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger”.
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