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The Telegraph
Opera star breaks her leg – but completes the performance
Soprano Christiane Karg dislocated her knee during Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera.
Classical-Music.com
Six hundred voices to mark the centenary of the First World War
Young singers from the UK, Germany, France and Belgium will join forces.
The Guardian
John Hurt and Rory Kinnear to be part of BBC Proms
Hurt to narrate text of Henry V to William Walton’s seminal score, while Kinnear will play speaker in Oedipus libretto.
Classic FM
Pictures, videos and interviews from this year’s Bristol Proms.
LA Times
Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera calling off fall season
The Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera will be scrapping its fall seasons this year as the joint company works its way through financial issues. Leaders are deciding when regular performances will resume and are expected to make an announcement within three months.
Concerti
Vormals die größte Ziegelei Norddeutschlands – heute hat Olav Killinger aus der Villa Papendorf einen Konzertsaal gemacht.
Crescendo
Jetzt hat es der Erfolgssong endlich auch in die Klassikwelt geschafft.
klassik.com
Interview mit Catherine Gordeladze
Geronnene Improvisation – die Pianistin Catherine Gordeladze erkundet den Grenzbereich zwischen Klassik und Jazz.
El Mundo
‘El ballet es menos peligroso que el toreo… aunque algunas bailarinas sí pueden serlo’
Estrella del New York City Ballet desde hace más de diez años, el bailarín español ofrece una única gala en El Escorial
Abbotsford Convent: @TheConvent Music in the Round returns to the Convent. #ClassicalMusic http://ow.ly/zXcRQ pic.twitter.com/oGUc1IIbOt
BBC Proms Team: @bbcproms Tonight at the #bbcproms, the wonderful @EUYO and @LDNvoices perform a repertoire of Berio and Shostakovich: http://bbc.in/1ot0VWz
ClassicalToday: @ClassicalToday Met musician, sworn to silence, tells how opera colours instrumental sound http://bit.ly/1soOzzj
Christine Karg and Gyula Orendt, La Finta Giardiniera
Photo: Alastair Muir