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Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod
Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod (hebrew: גַּן-יָה בֶּן-גּוּר אֲקְסָלְרוֹד ''Gan-Yah Ben-Gūr Axelrōd''; born May 25, 1987) is an American-Israeli opera singer (soprano). Life and career Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod was born in Tel Aviv. She began her musical education with playing cello, piano, and clarinet. She studied at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Israel and at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music in New York City. In the U.S., she appeard at Opera Moderne in New York and the Crested Butte Music Festival in Colorado. In 2009, she won the first prize of the Buchman-Mehta Singer’s Competition in Tel Aviv.Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod Staatstheater Karlsruhe, retrieved February 11, 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew Language
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and remained in regular use as a first language until after 200 CE and as the liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. The language was revived as a spoken language in the 19th century, and is the only successful large-scale example of linguistic revival. It is the only Canaanite language, as well as one of only two Northwest Semitic languages, with the other being Aramaic, still spoken today. The earliest examples of written Paleo-Hebrew date back to the 10th century BCE. Nearly all of the Hebrew Bible is written in Biblical Hebrew, with much of its present form in the dialect that scholars believe flourished around the 6th century BCE, during the time of the Babylonian captivity. For this reason, Hebrew has been referred to by Jews as '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Weingartner
Paul Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (2 June 1863 – 7 May 1942) was an Austrian Conducting, conductor, composer and pianist. Life and career Weingartner was born in Zadar, Zara, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Dalmatia, Austrian Empire (now Zadar, Croatia), to Austrians, Austrian parents. The family moved to Graz in 1868, and his father died later that year. He studied with Wilhelm Mayer (composer), Wilhelm Mayer (who published his own compositions under the pseudonym of W. A. Rémy and also taught Ferruccio Busoni). In 1881 he went to Leipzig to study philosophy, but soon devoted himself entirely to music, entering the Conservatory in 1883 and studying in Weimar as one of Franz Liszt's last pupils. Liszt helped produce the world premiere of Weingartner's opera ''Sakuntala'' in 1884 with the Weimar orchestra. According to Liszt biographer Alan Walker (musicologist), Alan Walker, however, the Weimar orchestra of the 1880s was far from its peak of a few decades earlier and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiener Kammeroper
Wiener Kammeroper is a chamber opera theatre and company in Vienna, Austria. Founded in 1948 by the conductor , it was originally named Vienna Opera Studiom receiving its present name in 1953. It is located at 24 Fleischmarkt Street in the city centre. It has been managed by Theater an der Wien since 2012. History Initially, the company had no dedicated building. Performances were held at the Konzerthaus, Vienna, Konzerthaus and at Schönbrunn Palace. In 1961 a subsidy from the Ministry of Education and the City of Vienna allowed the company to establish a permanent venue in the former ballroom of the Hotel Post on Fleischmarkt Street, where the dance hall was converted to an opera stage. The new theatre was inaugurated with a performance of short operas: Martinů's ''The Marriage (opera), The Marriage'', Giuseppe Maria Orlandini' ''Il marito giocatore'', and Monteverdi's ''Lamento d'arianna''. as adapted by Carl Orff. Early programs at the Opera House included opera buffa, opere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
