Thomas Adès leads the London Symphony Orchestra in the U.K. premiere of his new violin concerto, Air, with Anna Sophie Mutter as soloist. The May 30 program also includes two works by Stravinsky—Orpheus and Agon—as well as Witold Lutosławski’s Partita. https://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/myth-and-magic-thomas-ades/
Mussorgsky wrote both the music and the libretto for his opera Chowanschtschina (Kovanshchina) but died before he could complete it. The Staatsoper Berlin’s new production June 2-24 will use the version by Shostakovich with an ending by Stravinsky, and the whole score has been re-orchestrated. The staging is by Claus Guth with music direction by […]
British composer Sally Beamish finally gets to hear her new concerto performed in her native city as the London Symphony plays the U.K. premiere of Distans, a concerto for violin and clarinet. The soloist are violinist Janine Jansen and clarinetist Martin Fröst. LSO principal guest conductor will also lead the orchestra in Prokofiev’s Symphony No. […]
Directing team Hauen und Stechen have created a new production of John Adams’ Nixon in China for Deutsche Oper Berlin. With performances June 22-July 12, the production will be directed by Daniel Carter. The cast includes Kyle Miller as Chou En-lai, Thomas Lehman as Nixon, and Heidi Stober as Pat Nixon. https://deutscheoperberlin.de/en_EN/calendar/nixon-in-china.17580481
