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17th November: ‘An education in the arts is limited to the economically privileged’, Katherine Jenkins: ‘I’m no diva – but I can be impatient and a bit bossy’ and John Adams: the composer whose opera was hijacked

Monday 17th November 2014

Classical News

Guardian

The Nazi war criminal, the Nuremberg prosecution expert… and a shared love of Bach

A new collaboration between human rights lawyer Philippe Sands and opera director Nina Brazier sheds light on the parallels between Hans Frank, a key player in the Holocaust, and Hersch Lauterpacht, one of the prosecution team at his trial

Telegraph

Katherine Jenkins: ‘I’m no diva – but I can be impatient and a bit bossy’

Under fire for running the London Marathon in make-up and for being ‘dropped’ by her record label, Katherine Jenkins found solace in Wales

Times

John Adams: the composer whose opera was hijacked

The composer is unveiling a radical new religious piece but it’s an old work that has hit headlines — again

tesconnect

‘An education in the arts is limited to the economically privileged. It is an unjust waste of national talent’

In an article for Create – a journal of perspectives on the value of arts and culture published by the Arts Council – Sir Anthony Seldon, master of Wellington College, writes.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“Es geht in Bayreuth schon lange nicht mehr um Kunst“

Am Freitag hieß es, Jonathan Meese solle doch nicht den „Parsifal“ bei den Richard-Wagner-Festspielen inszenieren, Bühnenbild und Kostüme seien nicht finanzierbar. Der Künstler sieht das anders. Und wettert gegen Bayreuth.

Die Welt

Wie Countertenöre den Frauen die Jobs wegnehmen

Vor den Countertenören scheint keine Hosenrolle sicher. Franco Fagioli allein hat schon drei Mozart-Mezzo-Rollen gesungen. Aber: Will man das auch hören? Alles über das Londoner „Idomeneo“-Experiment.

Berliner Zeitung

Geld für Kultur

Berlin erhält im nächsten Jahr 300 Millionen Euro aus dem Bundeskulturetat

El País

Una gran ovación para Pollini

La Sinfónica dedica un monográfico a Beethoven con el maestro italiano al piano y su hijo Daniele a la batuta

Le Parisien

Radio France inaugure son nouvel Auditorium „en fanfare“

Tambours et trompettes ont marqué l’inauguration du nouvel Auditorium de Radio France vendredi soir, avec la “fanfare de Slava” du grand compositeur contemporain français Henri Dutilleux en ouverture d’un concert gratuit de plus de deux heures.

Twitter

medici.tv ‏@medicitv: Lang Lang honored with German award @lang_lang @ChinaDailyUSA #MediciClassicalNews http://sco.lt/6VbvOL

Intermusica @IntermusicaLtd: Hear @tenorbenjohnson sing Szymanowski’s Love Songs of Hafiz with @BBCSO & Edward Gardner on @BBCRadio3 at 2pm today http://ow.ly/EhM4R 

Royal Opera House @RoyalOperaHouse: Having arts at the heart of the curriculum is key to student’s success say @GreatOrmondSt School http://bit.ly/1wIIu44 ^L

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Composer John Adams. Photo: The Times