Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
Kurt Weill
Born: March 2nd, 1900
Died: April 3rd, 1950
Country of origin: Germany
Upcoming:
Street Scene
Conductor: Jonathan Darlington
May 30th, 2012 | Semperoper - Dresden - Germany
Street Scene
Conductor: Jonathan Darlington
June 3rd, 2012 | Semperoper - Dresden - Germany
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News
02/20/2012
Work of the Week - Kurt Weill: 2. Sinfonie
The Kurt Weill Festival in Dessau, Germany begins on 24 February with Hotel Montparnasse, an evening of ballet loosely based on the time that Weill spent exiled in Paris before immigrating to America in 1935. Set in the Montparnasse district of 1930s Paris, the ballet will bring the French ...
12/23/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 1/2012 online
For Schott it is with particular pride that we look forward to the world’s celebrations of Wagner’s bicentenary in 2013. In anticipation of this event, we have been busy adding to our Richard Wagner Complete Edition: new urtext-vocal scores based to the Complete Edition of The Flying Dutchman in ...
12/12/2011
Gavin Bryars at Spitalfields Festival
Gavin Bryars will be performing with his "circus band" at Shoreditch Church as part of the Spitalfields Winter Festival on 13th December 2011. "Mercy & Grand: The Tom Waits Project" brings together ten songs by Tom Waits, two by Kurt Weill, a sea shanty, a hymn, a couple ...
07/06/2011
Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins in New Productions at Castleton and Central City Opera
Following the New York City Ballet’s new production of The Seven Deadly Sins in May, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s ballet chant é will enjoy two more new stage productions this summer, this time on opera stages. The Seven Deadly Sins will be presented at the Castleton Festival in ...
06/21/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 4/2011 online
MUSIC IN BLOOM Flowers and Gardens: although we all use the same words, their meaning and significance can be completely different depending on our cultural background. Some of you may bring to mind roses or snowdrops; our ancestors, however, used the word for cherry or plum blossoms. I agree ...
05/09/2011
Work of the Week - Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
On May 11, New York City Ballet premieres a new production of Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins , choreographed by the Tony-nominated director and choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett and starring Patti LuPone as Anna I. Ms. LuPone first sang Anna I in concert at the Cincinnati May Festival ...
04/21/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 3/2011 online
21ST CENTURY CELLO CONCERTOS If you ask cellists about the special character of their instrument, they will above all enthuse about the cello’s extensive range and wide dynamic spectrum, taking in the sonorous ’masculine’ tone of the bass and the luminously bright timbre in the highest parts ...
03/01/2011
Work of the Week - Kurt Weill: Magic Night
On March 5th, Kurt Weill’s Magic Night will be presented at the Kurt Weill Festival 2011 in Dessau, Germany. The production is directed by Nina Kurzeja and will be performed by the Arte Ensemble Hannover. The world premiere of Magic Night took place in Berlin in 1925, but in ...
02/22/2011
schott aktuell - the journal 2/2011 online
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING OPERA p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-7: World Premières: Bernard Rands: Vincent · Gerald Barry: The Importance of Being Earnest · Wilfried Hiller: Kaddisch für David Stahl · Kamran Ince: The Invasion · Christian Jost: Symphonische Toccata ...
12/23/2010
schott aktuell - the journal 1/2011 online
CHORSINFONIK p 3: Editorial · Contents pp 4-6: World Premières: Krzysztof Penderecki: "Powiało na mnie morze snów..." · Robert Beaser: Ground "O" · Rodion Shchedrin: Double Concerto · Gavin Bryars: New full length ballet · Chaya Czernowin: The Quiet ...
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