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The Guardian
‘I hope our artistic leaders will heed Sachs’s advice. The survival of ENO may depend on it’
Wagner’s Hans Sachs could teach today’s politicians a thing or two about the value of art, writes Iain Paterson, who makes his debut in the role at ENO this weekend
The Independent
Gods. Murderers. Dictators. Ghosts. Bryn Terfel is used to playing them all, and more.
The Strad
Julian Lloyd Webber to sell his Stradivarius cello
The cellist was forced to retire from performing last year due to a neck injury
BBC Music Magazine
The great pianist has died at the age of 89
BBC Radio 3 to celebrate International Women’s Day
Two weeks of programming will champion the work of female composers and performers
Classical Music Magazine
Barry Ife: ‘Let’s lift the lid on the myths and mysteries of the professional music world’
‘As principal of Guildhall School of Music & Drama, I have the good fortune to work with some of the most outstanding young musicians, actors and theatre technicians in the world.’
Süddeutsche.de
München ist entrüstet, weil es keinen neuen Konzertsaal bekommt. Verständlich. Aber es gibt noch viele weitere Gründe, warum die Musiklandschaft im Vergleich zu anderen Städten wie Freiburg so blass wirkt.
Berliner Zeitung
Der Karneval der Kulturen findet statt
Der bisher auf der Kippe stehende Karneval der Kulturen in Berlin wird laut dem RBB auch in diesem Jahr stattfinden. Integrationssenatorin Dilek Kolat (SPD) habe sich mit den beteiligten Gruppen geeinigt, zitierte der Sender am Mittwochabend Kolats Sprecher.
Die Welt
“Der Tod hat sich immer für mich interessiert”
Luc Bondy ist einer der bedeutendsten Regisseuren. Gerade läuft seine Version von Tschechows “Iwanow” in Paris. Ein Gespräch über Antisemitismus in Frankreich und seine Ideen fürs Berliner Ensemble.
The New York Times
‘Tristan’ to Open Met Season in 2016
The inventive Polish director Mariusz Trelinski, whose eerie, film noir-influenced double bill of Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” and Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” at the Metropolitan Opera is winning praise, has received an even bigger assignment form the company: a new production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” that will open the Met’s season in 2016.
pizzicato
Ten Seconds Of A Naked Salome Create Protest In Northern Ireland
A new production of Richard Strauss’s Salome has raised a storm of protest in Belfast.
artsjournal
The Berlin Philharmonic’s chief conductor and Finnish music journalist/Sibelius expert Vesa Sirén spend an hour talking about the composer’s music – and what the Philharmoniker find easy and difficult about it.
Sinfini Music @SinfiniMusic : NEWS: @MancCamerata principal cellist to play Elgar on loaned 17th-c Strad: http://bit.ly/16gy2Hh @RNCMvoice
Royal Opera House @RoyalOperaHouse:Just over a week to go for young composers (aged 11-16) to enter our Fanfare competition! http://www.roh.org.uk/learning/schools-and-colleges/fanfare … ^P
Culture Republic @culture_public :Interesting new app being piloted allows users to rate arts experiences http://bit.ly/1D1gH1L & #marketers can get anonymous data on users.
Bryn Terfel in ‘Der Fliegende Holländer.’ Photo” The Independent