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Guess who's top of the pops? 23 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm
After entering last week at number two, Anna Netrebko's new Verdi album has kicked schlager king Hansi Hinterseer off the top spot in the Austrian charts. That's the overall charts, not just the class...
Bondy to direct Kurtag's Beckett opera 21 Aug 2013 | 01:40 am
The premiere of György Kurtág's first-ever opera will be conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and directed by Luc Bondy. Fin de partie is based on Samuel Beckett's Endgame and named after the play's original...
For Friends of Italian Opera 20 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
Here's one of Verdi's you may enjoy if you weren't able to watch the live broadcast.
Elina Garanca hangs up her pants 17 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
Elina Garanča reveals to the Kurier that she plans to give up trouser roles. "I'm 36, these roles aren't right at my age". Instead, she wants to shift her voice in more of a soprano direction after t...
Ichiban with the news 17 Aug 2013 | 03:19 am
The Royal Opera House are to tour Japan in September 2015. This time round there's no chance of the diva drop-outs that depleted previous tour casts - only singers with a proven ability to perform wi...
Jonas Kaufmann's Siemens special 15 Aug 2013 | 03:33 am
Four Salzburg Festival operas - including the new Don Carlo with Jonas Kaufmann - are to be shown FREE on an outdoor screen in Docklands. The mini-fest is supported by Siemens, who have long experien...
Salzburg Don Carlo on TV 14 Aug 2013 | 12:59 pm
The Salzburg Festival Don Carlo will be live-streamed by Medici on Friday 16 August at 17:30 (4.30pm UK time). Good job I'll be seeing in live, as the stream isn't available in Austria. I am told that...
Trouser trouble for Kaufmann's Don Carlo 12 Aug 2013 | 01:56 pm
Costume designer Annamaria Heinreich tells the Salzburger Nachrichten why puffy shorts are out for Peter Stein's new Salzburg Don Carlo. Stein has set his production at the time of the story, when B....
A tinkle on the tuba 10 Aug 2013 | 07:15 pm
No, it's not the brass section taking the piss. These are the bell-ends of The Bell Inn, Ticehurst, where the music-themed Gents features a trio of Wagner tubas repurposed as urinals. Full frontal fo...
German orchestra undercut Aussies at Sydney Festival 9 Aug 2013 | 04:14 pm
The Sydney Festival has booked a German orchestra for its Dido & Aeneas next year because it works out cheaper than employing Australians, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The festival's artistic d...
