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Tilmann Köhler
Tilmann Köhler (born 1979) is a German theatre stage director who has worked with the ensembles of the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar and the Staatsschauspiel Dresden. His broad repertoire includes classical plays and world premiered. Several of his productions have been invited to international festivals. Köhler turned to also staging operas in 2013, beginning with Handel's ''Teseo'' at the Oper Frankfurt, where he returned to direct Martin's ''Le Vin herbé'', Mozart's '' Le nozze di Figaro'' and Zemlinsky's ''Der Traumgörge''. Life and career Köhler was born in Weimar. He was a theatre actor and director at the ''Theaterfabrik'' of the . He then studied theatre directing from 2001 to 2005 at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts. Drama Köhler worked from 2005 as stage director for the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar. He then moved to the Staatsschauspiel Dresden, where he also led the studio. His production of Ferdinand Bruckner's ' was invited to the 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weimar
Weimar is a city in the state (Germany), state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany (cultural area), Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouring cities of Erfurt and Jena, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia, with approximately 500,000 inhabitants. The city itself has a population of 65,000. Weimar is well known because of its large cultural heritage and its importance in German history. The city was a focal point of the German Enlightenment and home of the leading figures of the literary genre of Weimar Classicism, writers Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller. In the 19th century, noted composers such as Franz Liszt made Weimar a music centre. Later, artists and architects such as Henry van de Velde, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, and Walter Gropius came to the city and founded the Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theater Basel
Theater Basel is the municipal theatre of the city of Basel, Switzerland, which is home to the city's opera and ballet companies. The theatre also presents plays and musicals in addition to operas and operettas. Because the theatre does not have its own orchestra, the Basel Symphony Orchestra is usually contracted to perform for opera and ballet productions as needed. For baroque-opera productions, La Cetra, the baroque orchestra of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, is engaged. History Theater Basel was founded in 1834 under the name Basler Stadttheater. The first theatre was designed by Swiss architect Melchior Berri. In 1873 work on a new theatre began which was designed by Johann Jakob Stehlin Jr.. This second theatre opened in 1875 and was used until it was destroyed by fire on 7 October 1904. Plans for a third theatre were soon made, but it was five years before the theatre finally opened in 1909. The fourth theatre opened in 1975. In October 2018, the compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liviu Holender
Liviu Holender is an Austrian operatic baritone, based at the Oper Frankfurt, where he has performed leading roles including the Count in Mozart's ''Le nozze di Figaro'', Henrik in Carl Nielsen's ''Maskarade'' and Hans in Zemlinsky's ''Der Traumgörge''. He has appeared internationally. In recital, concert and recording he has focused on Mahler's ''Des Knaben Wunderhorn'' and music by other composers of the early 20th century. Life and career Holender was born in Vienna, the son of Ioan Holender who was for years director of the Vienna State Opera after a career as a singer; his mother was a dramaturge in Lucerne. As a child he was a member of the opera school for children of the State Opera, singing solo such as the shepherd boy in Puccini's ''Tosca'' with Johan Botha as Cavaradossi and Stefan Soltész conducting. He studied clarinet and law in Vienna, and then from 2013 voice at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Karlheinz Hanser. Holender became a memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Hinterdobler
Magdalena Hinterdobler (born 1986) is a German operatic soprano, based at the Oper Frankfurt, where she has performed leading roles including Eva in Wagner's ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'', Elisabetta in Verdi's ''Don Carlo'' and Grete in Zemlinsky's '' Der Traumgörge''. She appeared as Anna in the world premiere of Gerd Kühr's ''Paradiese'' at the Leipzig Opera in 2021, and as Chrysothemis in ''Elektra'' by Richard Strauss at the Tyrolean State Theatre in 2023. Early life and career Hinterdobler was born in Straubing, Bavaria, in 1986. She attended a gymnasium focused on music and was a member of its chamber choir, conducted by Gerold Huber, the father of the pianist Gerold Huber, a notable ''lied'' accompanist with whom she later performed. She began voice lessons at age 14. Hinterdobler took part in oratorio performances with the choir, with tours to Italy, and in opera productions, performing demanding roles as a soloist. She enrolled at the University of Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuzana Marková (soprano)
Zuzana Marková (born 1988) is a Czech coloratura soprano who appears in leading roles internationally, with a focus on Italian belcanto roles, such as Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Bellini's Elvira. Training Born in Prague, Marková studied at the Prague Conservatory, voice with her mother Jiřina Marková, piano with , and conducting with Miriam Němcová and Hynek Farkač. She participated in master classes with Mietta Sighele and Veriano Luchetti in Riva del Garda, Italy. She further studied with Paola Pittaluga from the Teatro Comunale di Bologna in 2010 and 2011. Career In 2003, Marková won the "Prague Singer" competition, and won second prize in the "Dušek's Singing Competition" in Prague. In 2012, she won second prize at the Ernst Häfliger International Singing Competition in Switzerland. Marková made her opera debut at the age of sixteen, performing as Frantiska in Emil František Burian's ''Opera z pouti'' at the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AJ Glueckert
AJ Glueckert is an American operatic tenor, based in Germany at the Oper Frankfurt. He has performed leading roles there, and also at major opera houses internationally, such as Wagner's Erik at the Metropolitan Opera and Puccini's Pinkerton at the Santa Fe Opera. Career Glueckert was a member of the opera studio of the Santa Fe Opera. He made his debut in Europe at the Oper Frankfurt in 2014, as the Prince in Dvorak's ''Rusalka''. He became a member of the ensemble with the 2016/17 season. Roles at the house have included Edrisi in Szymanovsky's '' Król Roger'', Graf Vaudémont in Tchaikovsky's ''Iolanta'', Lyonel in Flotow's ''Martha'' and Froh in Wagner's ''Das Rheingold''. His appearance as Flamand in '' Capriccio'' by Richard Strauss, directed by Brigitte Fassbaender playing in Occupied France at the time of the opera's premiere in 1942, was described as "sung with passionate almost Heldentenor power". Glueckert first performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Poschner
Markus Poschner (born 1971, Munich) is a German conductor and pianist. Biography Poschner studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with Hermann Michael. His mentors and supporters included Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Colin Davis and Jorma Panula. From 2000 to 2006, Poschner was chief conductor of the ''Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt''. He has also been first ''Kapellmeister'' of the Komische Oper Berlin. From 2007 to 2017, Poschner was ''Generalmusikdirektor'' (GMD) of the city of Bremen, which encompassed chief conductorships of the Bremer Philharmoniker and of the Theater Bremen. Poschner became chief conductor of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana as of the 2015-2016 season. In February 2015, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz announced the appointment of Poschner as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2017-2018 season. Outside of Europe, Poschner has served as principal guest conductor of the ''Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile''. Poschner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
The ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (; ''FAZ''; "''Frankfurt General Newspaper''") is a centre-right conservative-liberal and liberal-conservativeHans Magnus Enzensberger: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen' (in German). ''Deutschland Radio'', 16 October 2007 German newspaper founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt. Its Sunday edition is the ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung'' (; ''FAS''). The paper runs its own correspondent network. Its editorial policy is not determined by a single editor, but cooperatively by four editors. It is the German newspaper with the widest circulation abroad, with its editors claiming the newspaper is delivered to 148 countries. History The first edition of the ''F.A.Z.'' appeared on 1 November 1949; its founding editors were Hans Baumgarten, Erich Dombrowski, Karl Korn, Paul Sethe and Erich Welter. Welter acted as editor until 1980. Some editors had worked for the moderate ''Frankfurter Zeitung'', which had been banned in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Guggeis
Thomas Guggeis (born 1993) is a German conductor and pianist. He is Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Berlin and the designated Generalmusikdirektor (GMD) of the Oper Frankfurt. Life and career Born in Dachau, Bavaria, Guggeis studied conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. He also received a bachelor's degree in quantum mechanics. He began his professional career as repetiteur at the Staatsoper Berlin, where he was an assistant of Daniel Barenboim. He was internationally recognized there when he stepped in at short notice to conduct ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' by Richard Strauss. Guggeis received the Förderpreis of the Ritter-Stiftung in Straubing in 2014, and was nominated for the Deutscher Dirigentenpreis in 2017. He was Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Stuttgart from the 2018/19 season, where he conducted operas such as Puccini's ''La Bohème'' and ''Madama Butterfly'', Rossini's ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'', Henze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused COVID-19 pandemic cases, more than cases and COVID-19 pandemic deaths, confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history, deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from Asymptomatic, undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, Nocturnal cough, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serse
''Serse'' (; English title: ''Xerxes''; HWV 40) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. It was first performed in London on 15 April 1738. The Italian libretto was adapted by an unknown hand from that by Silvio Stampiglia (1664–1725) for an earlier opera of the same name by Giovanni Bononcini in 1694. Stampiglia's libretto was itself based on one by Nicolò Minato (ca.1627–1698) that was set by Francesco Cavalli in 1654. The opera is set in Persia (modern-day Iran) about 470 BC and is very loosely based upon Xerxes I of Persia. Serse, originally sung by a mezzo-soprano castrato, is now usually performed by a female mezzo-soprano or countertenor. The opening aria, " Ombra mai fu", sung by Xerxes to a plane tree (''Platanus orientalis''), is set to one of Handel's best-known melodies, and is often known as Handel's "Largo" (despite being marked "larghetto" in the score). Composition history In late 1737 the King's Theatre, London, commissioned Handel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radamisto (Handel)
''Radamisto '' ( HWV 12) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an Italian libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, based on ''L'amor tirannico, o Zenobia'' by Domenico Lalli and ''Zenobia'' by Matteo Noris. It was Handel's first opera for the Royal Academy of Music. The opera's plot is loosely based on incidents from Tacitus's ''Annals of Imperial Rome''. Performance history It was first performed at the King's Theatre, London on 27 April 1720, a performance attended by King George I and his son, the Prince of Wales, and was judged to be a success, resulting in 10 further performances. A revised version with different singers including the internationally renowned castrato Senesino in the first of many roles he performed in Handel's works was written for a revival on 28 December 1720. More revisions followed for yet another version presented in 1721. In 1728 ''Radamisto'' was again revised for another revival featuring the two famous prima donnas Cuzzoni and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
