Orchestre de Paris

Klaus Mäkelä Plants His Flag in Opera With Strauss’s ‘Frau’

The New York Times – Music:

“Die Frau Ohne Schatten” is a difficult opera for any conductor. Klaus Mäkelä chose it for his first new production, in front of a global audience.

The New York Times – Music:

The innovative conductor is taking on new roles in Los Angeles and Paris, as a creative leader and a conductor. Just don’t call him a music director.

The New York Times – Music:

Not everything was an artistic or audience success at the 75th Aix-en-Provence Festival in France. But everything was worth discussing.

The New York Times – Music:

Having assumed the podium of three major orchestras and appeared on the world’s prestigious stages, he debuts next at the New York Philharmonic.

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Whether in works by Mahler, Mozart or Rossini, directors at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France evoke mass death and refugee crises.

The New York Times – Music:

“Ukraine’s glory hasn’t perished,” begins the anthem, which is being played by orchestras worldwide as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.