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FLORENCE Opera program, spring 2014
1/12/14 •
FLRENZE/ITALY: In the first months of the year there will be two operas on stage: Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi and Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini. And a contemporary opera, Le metamorfosi by Italian componist Silvia Colasanti. Presented by Fabio Bardelli
NIXON IN CHINA – John Adams – Chatelet
1/12/14 •
Nixon in China by John Adams, libretto by Alice Goodman, for the first time in Paris, was a demanding experience for the ensemble,the outstanding cast and for the Theatre du Chatelet, and I am happy to say that. Functioned very well, Review by Henning Høholt. Performance photos: Marie-Noëlle Robert.
Strassbourg – Opera program spring 2014
1/11/14 •
STRASBOURG/FRANCE: The wonderful operahouse in Strassbourg, who is also playing in Colmar and Mulhouse, all close up to the boarder of Germany, is for the spring 2014 presenting a new production of The Flying Dutchmann by Richard Wagner, conducted by Marko Letonja. Le Roi Arthus by Ernest Chausson, and operas by Verdi, Milhaud, Gounod, Rameau, By Henning Høholt
Hooman Sharifi ny teatersjef i Carte Blanche
1/10/14 •
Styret i Carte Blanche har ansatt norsk-iranske Hooman Sharifi som ny teatersjef i selskapet, med tiltredelse 1. august 2014.
Venice: Opera – program spring 2014
1/10/14 •
VENICE/ITALY: Gran Teatro La Fenice an Teatro Malibran Both stages in Venezia is in use during the busy VENICE season (which started in November) Mozart, Puccini, Rossini and Verdi are on the bill together with two Ermano Wolf-Ferrari´s CAMPIELLO and Hans Werner Henze´s ELEGY FOR YOUNG LOVERS, – two outstanding 20th-century composers. The Elegy by Henze, who died in October 2012, is conducted by Jonathan Webb and regi by Pier Luigi Pizzi, it starts 29th. March,. By Henning Høholt
En omvendt nytårskoncert
1/09/14 •
Aarhus Symfoniorkesters nytårskoncert(er) udvikler sig til noget andet, end man forventer ved blot at se programmet, nemlig til charmerende selvironisk morskab med god musik som ballast
Skuespillerinden og sopranen sang Mozarts forfører Don Juan. Dirigenten steg ned fra podiet og sang den charmerende bondepige Zerlina, som faldt for forføreren, mens tenoren benyttede lejligheden til at springe op og dirigere symfoniorkestret. Og det havde koncertens tre hovedaktører faktisk også sans for. Det kan man da kalde en omvendt koncert. Anmeldt av John Christiansen,
BOLSHOI BALLET in Paris
1/08/14 •
PARIS/FRANCE:The Bolshoi Ballet from Moscow is guesting at the Palais Garnier in Paris, and are getting good reviews for its presentation of Alexei Rathmansky´s whole evening ballet Lost Illusions. In this piece Rathmansky creates visions of the past. By Henning Høholt
Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo touring in Sweden
1/08/14 •
The Ballets Trockadéro de Monte-Carlo is a unique company in the world of Ballet and deserves the success it meets everywhere it produces itself. Thanks to their great artistic talent and technique, the dancers manage to make this art more accessible to a wider audience, not necessarily familiar with classical dance. This is a real exploit and in this sense the world of Ballet can be grateful.
By Henning Høholt
ALCINA in Oslo
1/07/14 •
OSLO: Georg Friedrich Händels Alcina var glemt i over 200 år, før den i likhet med sin komponist fikk en renessanse i det 20. århundre. I dag er den et av Händels mest populære verk og settes jevnlig opp i operahus over hele verden. Alcina er et klassisk eksempel på en sjanger som var særlig populær i barokken: den allegoriske fortellingen som speilet den virkelige verden gjennom myter og fabler, og utforsket det menneskelige, utlevert i sine mest ekstreme tilstander.
“The Last 5 Years” – musical premiere 5. feb in OSlo
1/07/14 •
Musikalen er skrevet av Jason Robert Brown og basert på hans mislykkede ekteskap, hvorpå hans ekskone truet med å saksøke ham. Hovedrollenes historier blir fortalt i omvendt kronologisk rekkefølge – han fra starten og hun fra slutten.
FORTUNIO – 50 Years Jubilee at Opera de Limoges
1/06/14 •
Opera de Limoges celebrates this year its 50 Years Birthday.With the same opera they opened the house with in 1963, but in a new fresh and amusing version, staged by Emmanuelle Cordoliani and conducted by Claude Schnitzler. Review by Henning Høholt. fotos: Laurent Lagarde
Dialogues des Carmelites – premiere in Paris
1/05/14 •
PARIS: One of the very beautiful works by Francis Poulenc, his opera Les Dialogues des Carmélites, in a staging by Olivier Py, and conducted by Jérémie Rhorer, the Philharmonia Orchestra, with Sophie K0ch as Mère Marie, Patricia Petibon – as Blanche de la Force, Veronique Gens as Madame de Lidoine, and at the premiere Anne-Catherine Gillet as Sister Constanze, (as Sandrine Piau was ill) in the leading female roles.. Review by Henning Høholt
Sydney Opera – spring program 2014
1/04/14 •
SYDNEY/AUSTRALIA: Puccini´s La Bohéme opened New Years evening the Sydney spring 2014 season at the JOAN SUTHERLAND THEATRE, Sydney Opera House, and will be performed there through 4—21 January. Gale Edwards’ lavish production inhabits 1930s Berlin, a hub for young impoverished creatives contending with the high cost of round-the-clock hedonism in a city seething with glitzy excess. By Henning Høholt
ANGELA HEWITT with Mozart in Italy
1/03/14 •
PISTOIA: Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt, who is well known as a Bach specialist, comes back to Pistoia for an all-Mozart concert, with three Piano Concertos and Rondò KV 382 which was written by the composer for his Vienna debut in 1782 as third moviment of Concert KV 175. Her Mozart is really beautiful, the pianist shows an ideal touch for these pages, her interpretation is probably too much showy but full of pathos and poetry. Review by Fabio Bardelli
London, Royal Opera – program spring 2014.
1/03/14 •
LONDON/ENGLAND: Kaspar Holten, the Danish director of the Royal Opera House in London presents his own staging of one of Mozart´s DaPonte operas, Don Giovanni. 1 – 24 February 2014. Turandot, Andrei Serban’s spectacular production of Puccini’s exotic final opera. 18 February – 10 March 2014. By Henning Høholt
Berlin: Deutsche Oper – program spring 2014
1/02/14 •
BERLIN/GERMANY: At the Deutsche Oper, Berlin also a complete Nibelungens Ring by Richard Wagner is performed, with Terje Stensvold as Wotan in Walküre (January 9th.), staged by Götz Friedric and conducted by Donald Runnicles, who wil also conduct Benjamin Britten´s “gay” opera Billy Budd presenting John Chest in the titelrole. Furthermore Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz with Roberto Alagna as Dido. By Henning Høholt
Tomas Bagackas fashion show in Paris – trailer
1/01/14 •
PARIS: We have the pleasure to share with you the trailer of the documentary film directed by Romain Claris on the fashion designer Tomas Bagackas who presented his first fashion collection in Paris last november at the Lituanian Embassy.
BRUSSELS – Opera program – spring 2014
1/01/14 •
BRUSSELS/BELGIUM: The Spring Season in Brussels starts with Francis Poulenc´s first opera Les Mamelles de Tiresias, from January 16. One of the highlights this spring is the world premiere of Philippe Boesman´s, (Belgium), (1936-) opera Au Monde. By Henning Høholt
VIENNA: Opera at Wiener Staatsoper – Program Spring 2014
12/31/13 •
VIENNA/AUSTRIA: At Wiener Staatsoper general director Dominique Meyer has devoted January mainly to operas by Mozart and Da Ponte, the socalled Da Ponte Operas: Figaros Wedding, Don Giovanni and Cosi van Tutte, a repertoire that mr. Meyer is familar with form his time as general manager of Theatre des Champs Elysées in Prais, with outstanding DaPonte/Mozart productions.
By Henning Høholt
Nutcracker in Oslo
12/30/13 •
Dinna Bjørn’s ballet The Nutcracker, that she choreographed 20 years ago for the Norwegian National Ballet is also this year the Christmas hit for the Norwegian Ballet´s audience in Oslo. By Henning Høholt, Fotos: Erik Berg
GENEVA – Opera program – spring 2014
12/30/13 •
GENEVA/SUISSE: Tobias Richter, general manager at Grand Theatre Geneva is presenting two fully Der Ring des Nibelungen in May. In addition to Nabucco, La Wally and Delusion ofthe Fury by Harry Partch. Presented by Henning Høholt
Opera Washington – Spring 2014 Program.
12/29/13 •
WASHINGTON/UNITED STATES: Carl Tanner sings Melville´s Captain Ahab, among nautical sets and multimedia effects in Jake Heggie´s Moby Dick, Libretto by Gene Scheer, based on Herman Melville’s 19th-century literary masterwork novel, premiere 22. February 2014.
East Coast premiere. By Henning Høholt
Masculin Masculin at Musée d´Orsay.
12/28/13 •
PARIS: Musée d´Orsay has also this year a hit to show for its very large audienece. This time it is the exposition Masculin Masculin. After having seen nude female pictures and sculptures, which has been rather discriminating to the audience who prefere the masculinity, Musée d´Orsay has understod that and has made a wonderful extremely large exposition with sculptures, paintings, photos of nude men. Until 12. January 2014. By Henning Høholt, text and photos
Oslo Opera program -spring 2014.
12/28/13 •
OSLO/ NORWAY: The Norwegian National Opera in Oslo start the spring 2014 program 16. January Premiering a new production of ALCINA by G.F.Händel. By Henning Høholt
Fokine premierefest m Nasjonalballetten, Oslo
12/26/13 •
Høydepunktet var Ingrid Lorentzens første egne produksjon som ballettsjef ; I FOKINEs Verden, som åpnet høst sesongen på Operaen. 5 koreografer fikk muligheten for å vise deres inspirasjon fra Fokine og noen av hans balletter. Fotos fra premierefest og omtale ved Henning Høholt