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In today’s news Jon Vickers dies, Glyndebourne Festival plans to mark Shakespeare’s death and Sollazzo Ensemble win YEMF Young Artist Competition.
The Guardian
Mendelssohn’s missing opera: the course of true love was never smooth
He worshipped Shakespeare, and Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream is among the most perfect musical responses to any of his plays – so why did Mendelssohn never write a complete Shakespearean opera?
Classic FM
Opera legend Jon Vickers dies, aged 88
Imposing Canadian tenor stormed the world’s stages in heroic roles.
Classical Music Magazine
Glyndebourne to mark Shakespeare anniversary in 2016 and 2017
The 2016 Glyndebourne Festival will mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death with productions of two operas based on his work: Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict and Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Sollazzo Ensemble win YEMF Young Artist Competition
The Sollazzo Ensemble has won the York Early Music International Young Artists Competition. They received a cash prize of £1,000, opportunities to work with Radio 3, a performance in the 2016 York Early Music Festival, and a CD recording produced by Linn Records.
British Library
Recording discovered of 1938 world premiere performance of Britten Piano Concerto
For his first appearance at the Proms, the twenty-four year old Benjamin Britten gave the premiere of his Piano Concerto Op. 13 on 11th August 1938.
Der Tagesspiegel
Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt
Zwei deutsche Frauen leiten die wichtigsten Festivals im österreichischen Burgenland in Mörbisch und St. Margarethen – und trotzen bei ihren Premieren widrigen Bedingungen.
Musik-heute
Stuttgarter Oper: Leitlinien für Sanierung verabschiedet
Die Sanierungspläne für die Oper Stuttgart nehmen Gestalt an. Erste Leitlinien verabschiedete der Verwaltungsrat der Stuttgarter Staatstheater am Montag.
Klassik.com
Österreichischer Tenor Josef Hopferwieser ist tot
Der österreichische Kammersänger Josef Hopferwieser ist im Alter von 77 Jahren in seiner Heimatstadt Graz gestorben. Dies teilte die Wiener Staatsoper mit, an der Hopferwieser über viele Jahre als Ensemblemitglied wirkte.
The Washington Post
Jon Vickers, acclaimed Canadian operatic tenor, dies at 88
Jon Vickers, a Canadian tenor whose voice — titanic and yet delicate — was regarded as one of the finest sounds to fill an opera house in the past half-century, died July 10 in Ontario, Canada. He was 88.
Le Monde
La garde républicaine escorte Branford Marsalis à Strasbourg
Plus de 2 000 saxophonistes sur les places de Strasbourg, les marches de la cathédrale, dans les rues, les winstub, les salles, le conservatoire, le Palais des congrès, la Maison de la musique et de la danse, partout…
Classical Music @ClassicalMusic: @marinalsop is to conduct the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba in a historic concert later this year http://bit.ly/1K5nzhf
Rich Mix @RichMixLondon: Looking forward to seeing students from @cmsounds take the stage @ tonight’s Music Space Live! http://bit.ly/1gpLBJU
Classic FM @ClassicFM: Coming up with @johnsuchet1: Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 as you’ve never heard it before! http://classfm.co/live
Jon Vickers dies
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