Review | Jonas Kaufmann Still Brings Down the House in Paris Tosca
Puccini’s Tosca is an opera built on irresistible contradictions: a thriller wrapped in velvet, a story of political terror carried on some of the most seductive melodic…
Browsing: Jonas Kaufmann
CD Review: Die Tote Stadt (Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings)
Korngold: Die Tote Stadt Jonas Kaufmann, Marlis Petersen. Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus/Kirill Petrenko Bayerische Staatsoper Recordings BSOREC2001 (Blue-ray disc). – ★★★★1/2 Erich Wolfgang Korngold composed…
Metropolitan Opera launches Met Stars Live in Concert pay-per-view series
New York, NY (July 11, 2020) – The Metropolitan Opera announced its entry into live pay-per-view concert events today, unveiling a lineup of 12 concerts…
The Met Announces It’s 2018 – 19 Season; Yannick Nézet-Séguin Become Music Director in September 2018
Yannick Nézet-Séguin to become met music director in september 2018, two seasons earlier than originally planned Neubauer Family Foundation Names Met Music Director position with…
Thoughts on Kaufman and his documentary My Italy
History has taught us that every generational talent in the music business has had one common feature: they possess idiosyncrasies that set them apart from…
Lebrecht Weekly – Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Sony)
This is one of those treasurable major-label releases, made with the best of intentions, in which everything turns out wrong. Mahler wrote The Song of…
Daily News Roundup : 2 February 2017
James Feddeck will lead OSM On February 9 and 12, Chef James Feddeck, who is 32, will take the lead of the OSM. He will…
“Die Walküre” Battles “The Machine”
by Paul E. RobinsonWhile opera fans are notoriously old-fashioned when it comes to stage directors bringing overarching new ideas to their favourite works, it is…
