Posted inOpera Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming 5 Operas You Can Stream at Home This selection of works, available to rent and purchase, features some of today’s boldest directors and greatest vocal talents. Posted by By Seth Colter Walls
Posted inBerlin (Germany) Classical Music Culture (Arts) Die Fledermaus (Opera) Eastern Europe Katya Kabanova (Opera) Komische Oper Berlin Munich (Germany) Opera Prague (Czech Republic) Smetana, Bedrich (1824-84) Staatsoper Unter den Linden Strauss, Johann Jr Vienna (Austria) Vienna Philharmonic Volksoper (Vienna, Austria) Welser-Most, Franz West Side Story (Play) Wiener Konzerthaus Winter (Season) Musical Performances to See in Europe This Winter Concert halls and opera houses in Vienna, Berlin and beyond are offering fan favorites (“Die Fledermaus”) and surprises (an operatic “Animal Farm”). Posted by By A.J. Goldmann
Posted inClassical Music Danailova, Albena Opera Vienna Philharmonic Vienna State Opera The Vienna Philharmonic’s First Female Concertmaster Helps the Music Flow Albena Danailova, a violinist who became the orchestra’s first female concertmaster, is a leader and intermediary who helps preserve a signature sound. Posted by By Rebecca Schmid
Posted inBernstein, Leonard Candide (Opera) Maestro (Movie) Opera Steier, Lydia Theater In Vienna, the Adventures of ‘Candide’ Continue On the heels of the new film “Maestro,” an American director will stage Leonard Bernstein’s often-reworked operetta in its “concert version.” Posted by By David Belcher