The performance home of the Houston Symphony, Jones Hall, had some water penetration, « but we are fortunate that the stage and auditorium appear to have been untouched », Janet F. Clark, Board President of the Houston Symphony Society says in a statement. « Water did reach the basement level, where some equipment was stored, but we moved the most valuable and hard-to-replace items to higher floors prior to Harvey’s arrival. The Theater District garages are flooded and therefore are not accessible. » Read More →
Stephany Ortega
(c) Sara Benzeno
A jury composed, among others, by Teresa Berganza, Gabriele Lechner, Mary Nelson, Marek Ruszczynski and Peter Edelmann has awarded the Silver Prize of the Second Manhattan International Music Competition to Dominican-Luxembourgish coloratura soprano Stephany Ortega. Read More →
Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov
(c) Andreas Knoth
Es ist wie mit einem Fliegenfänger: Reingelaufen & kleben geblieben. Unbedarfte Musikredakteure der deutschen generalistischen Presse drucken den Agenturtext eines noch unbedarfteren Journalisten ab, der in Berlin erlebt hat, wie das Traumpaar Anna Netrebko und Yusuf Eyvazov « gefeiert wurde ». Read More →
Die öffentlich getragenen deutschen Theater und Orchester – also Staats- und Stadttheater sowie Landesbühnen – boten in der Spielzeit 2015/2016 mehr Vermittlungsveranstaltungen, Stück-Einführungen und Podiumsdiskussionen zu aktuellen Themen als je zuvor: Die Theaterstatistik des Deutschen Bühnenvereins zeigt einen Anstieg von fast 10 Prozent, von 13.229 Veranstaltungen auf 14.519. Read More →
The Houston Ballet says in a message that « a disruption of the company’s systems from a power outage and minor water damage that caused our ticketing and email systems to go offline, our offices are closed and will remain closed through Labor Day. » Read More →
Théâtre de la Monnaie, Bruxelles
The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie in Brussels will reopen on September 5 after a two-year-long renovation. The opening production is Philippe Boesman’s opera Pinocchio. Read More →
Suntory Hall
Suntory Hall in Tokyo is scheduled to reopen its doors on 1 September after a major renovation which has been carried out on the entire hall in a seven-month project that was launched in February 2017. Read More →
The agency TASS has made public the death of the Russian violinist Dmitry P. Kogan who died in Moscow at the age of 38. He died from cancer, according to his assistant. Dmitry Kogan was born in 1978. His father was Pavel Kogan, a conductor, his grandfather was the violinist Leonid Kogan and his grandmother, Yelena Gilels, came from the family of the pianist Emil Gilels. Dmitry Kogan was a confidant of Vladimir Putin.
Houston Grand Opera - Wortham Center
Due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey, all performances of the Houston Symphony’s Ella at 100 concerts on September 1, 2 & 3 have been cancelled. The orchestra further says that the Patron Services Center is closed indefinitely. Read More →
Catherine Foster, die Sängerin der Brünnhilde in der Wagners ‘Götterdämmerung’, verletzte sich am Montag am Ende des ersten Aufzugs am Fuß und konnte nicht weiterspielen. Ein Regie-Assistent zog ihr Kostüm an und agierte auf der Bühne als Brünnhilde, während Foster von der Seite aus die Partie sang.
