The New York Times – Music:
Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence” was celebrated at its premiere. After her death in 2023, her collaborators continue to travel with it around the world.
Category: Audi, Pierre
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After Sudden Loss, Park Avenue Armory Hires New Artistic Leader
The New York Times – Music:
Deborah Warner, known for directing theater and opera, succeeds Pierre Audi, who died last year. Her own work is expected to be part of her programming.
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Ted Huffman to Lead Aix-en-Provence Opera Festival
The New York Times – Music:
The Aix-en-Provence Festival in France has named Huffman to succeed the visionary Pierre Audi, who died earlier this year.
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Jonas Kaufmann and Friends Take On Schubert at the Armory
The New York Times – Music:
The tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars in “Doppelganger,” a staging of “Schwanengesang” by Claus Guth, making his New York debut.
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A Conductor Who Wants to Put You ‘Inside the Sound’
The New York Times – Music:
Maxime Pascal, a latecomer to classical music, forged an unusual path to the podium that has paid off for him and for audiences.
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A Behind-the-Scenes Eminence Shapes a Festival’s Future
The New York Times – Music:
Pierre Audi, the artistic director of the Park Avenue Armory, is coming into his own as the leader of the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France.
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At the Opera, Humans Bear Witness to Atrocity, or Ignore It
The New York Times – Music:
Whether in works by Mahler, Mozart or Rossini, directors at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France evoke mass death and refugee crises.
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Tobias Kratzer Is Leading Opera’s Next Generation of Directors
The New York Times – Music:
With concurrent productions in France that are fresh yet faithful, Kratzer is “renewing opera, but renewing it intelligently,” says one colleague.
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A Beckett Play Comes Home to Paris, as an Opera
The New York Times – Music:
“Fin de Partie,” an opera of “Endgame,” will be sung at the Palais Garnier in French, the language it was written in.