The New York Times – Music:
The viola player Brett Dean took a risk that paid off when he left the orchestra to become a full-time composer.
Category: Bavarian State Opera
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Vladimir Jurowski Believes That No Artist Can Be Apolitical
The New York Times – Music:
At Munich’s prestigious opera house, the Russian-born Vladimir Jurowski has broadened the repertoire while rooting his work in political awareness.
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Aribert Reimann, Masterful German Opera Composer, Is Dead at 88
The New York Times – Music:
His works, which were radically individual, were among the most celebrated of the late 20th and early 21st century.
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Russian Soprano Anna Netrebko Sings in Berlin, Amid Protests
The New York Times – Music:
The Russian star soprano appeared in her first staged opera in Germany since the Ukraine invasion, still under fire for her past support for President Vladimir V. Putin.
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Review: A Met Opera-Bound ‘Semele’ Takes Its First Bows
The New York Times – Music:
Claus Guth’s entertaining and often sexy new staging of Handel’s opera-oratorio hybrid in Munich is a coproduction with the Metropolitan Opera.
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Review: The Time for Prokofiev’s ‘War and Peace’ Is Now
The New York Times – Music:
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this opera adaptation of Tolstoy seemed unperformable. But in Munich, it has become an urgent antiwar cry.