On Sunday I have been to the opera in Frankfurt again. This time it had been Rheingold. It was the third or fourth time I have seen this production. And again it has been excellent! The singers were brilliant, the […]
On Saturday I have been to the opera in Frankfurt. They played „La Sonnambula“ by Bellini. I had seen that production already two years ago and I really liked it! The last time the title role was sung by Brenda […]
Ich war gestern im Konzert in der Liederhalle in Stuttgart. Daniele Rustioni dirigierte das Stuttgarter Staatsorchester. Sie spielten Hans Werner Henze „Der verwunschene Wald“, Vier letzte Lieder von Richard Strauss und Mahler 1. Der Henze hat mir gut gefallen, insbesondere, […]
Bevor das nächste Konzert stattfindet möchte ich noch vom letzten Konzert letzten Sonntag berichten. Wir waren im wunderschönen Mozartsaal im Wiener Konzerthaus und haben uns von Stefan Mickisch Wagners Parsifal erklären lassen. Ich kannte ihn vorher nicht, allerdings ist er […]
Yesterday I have been to the opera in Frankfurt: La Cenerentola of Giacchino Rossini. Not a very complicated piece but something funny and lyrical in part with easy going music. The production was great. They had a replica of the […]
I have been to a concert today in the Vienna Konzerthaus. Martha Argerich and Lilya Zilberstein played a piano duet. First part was Robert Schumann. I was never a big fan of Schumann and also today I consider this the […]
Today I have have been in a concert at the Komische Oper Berlin. They played a fantasy overture for Romeo and Julia by Tschaikowski followed by the Kammersinfonie of Franz Schreker. It was the first time I heard something of […]
I have been to the Musikverein and listened to the Vienna symphony orchestra together with Jasminka Stancul playing Beethoven and Prokofjew. At first I was not too happy to go to this concert. Then I realized that I bought these […]
On Tuesday I have been to the ballet. They showed Peer Gynt, a Nordic tale by Henrik Ibsen with the famous music of Edvard Grieg. It was not a classical ballet production but much more fantastic. I thought it fit […]
Yesterday evening the Ring ended with „Brünhilde“. It consisted of the third act of Walküre and a lot of Götterdämmerung. Contentwise maybe the weakest part but of course not musicalwise. The singers were again very good and the orchestra as […]
Today we heard the second part of the Ring Trilogy, Siegfried. It consisted of large parts of the first Act of Walküre and obviously a lot of Siegfried. They straightened it a bit but it was nevertheless nearly 4 hours […]
I started a little concert marathon again. Today I heard the first part of the Ring Trilogy (!) at the Theater an der Wien, one of the smaller opera houses in Vienna (they have in total 4). The Ring Trilogy […]
Gestern war ich im alljährlichen Konzert des Dresdner Kreuzchores zum Volkstrauertag, dem Deutschen Requiem von Brahms, in der Kreuzkirche in Dresden. Ich liebe dieses Stück und habe es ja neulich erst im Musikverein in Wien gehört. Aber das ist einfach […]
I have just been to a concert at Musikverein Vienna: „Ein Deutsches Requiem“ of Brahms played by the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig and sung by the Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna and Hannah Morrison and Michael Nagy as […]
The opera yesterday was „Eugen Onegin“ from Tschaikowsky. A romantic russian piece sung in Russian. The music was very light and good to hear, production is nice, singers were good and the orchestra anyway. But the story of the opera […]
Today I have been to the Vienna Opera to watch and listen to the ballet: Giselle. I am not experienced enough to judge the whole piece. My main focus was on Scott McKenzie who had a solo here; it was […]
Yesterday I started a musical marathon. It started with an award presentation to Jens Scheuerbrandt. He is a young and brilliant pianist and between the speeches he showed a bit of his talent. I was very happy to hear the […]
