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Author: Gary Hoffman
New Attendance Record for Salzburg
A record 278,978 people attended events of the 2012 edition of the famed Salzburg Festival in Austria, the largest number since its founding 92 years ago.
Eternal Echoes: Songs and Dances for the Soul
Eternal Echoes is an album of khazones [Jewish cantorial music] for cantorial soloist, solo violin and a blended instrumental ensemble comprising a small orchestra and the Klezmer Conservatory Band.
“Ich kann mir keine deutschen S‰tze merken”
http://www.welt.de/kultur/musik/article108680314/Ich-kann-mir-keine-deutschen-Saetze-merken.html
Debussy at 150: The Impressions Still Deceive
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/arts/music/debussys-150th-birthday-gets-little-notice.html?_r=1&ref=music
Another Bayreuth Stunner
Just after things were settling after the scandal of baritone Evgeny Nitikin supposed swastika tattoo at the Bayreuth Festival, another one seems likely to take its place.
Christoph PrÈgardien, Wigmore Hall
Seriousness, elegance and insight characterised this recital of nineteenth-century German song in which Christoph PrÈgardien and his accompanist, Julius Drake, conducted a moving musical dialogue, perfectly matching each other in the depiction of unbending obsession and unfulfilled aspiration.
Good News for Opera in Barcelona
The recently released numbers for the past season at Barcelona’s opera Liceu gives some hope for the future.