The fall-out from the very public display of anger on both sides continues in Cologne. Uwe Erich Laufenberg, 51, director of the city’s opera, one of the leading operas in Germany, was fired with immediate effect on June 22.
Category: Commentary
Bavarian State Opera Renews Nicolas Bachler’s Contract
Nicolas Bachler, intendant of the Bavarian State Opera, has had his contract extended through August 2018.
Duisburg Petition Drive Proves Strong Support for Local Opera
Amidst crucial, ongoing financial concerns about future funding for opera
and ballet throughout Germany’s highly populous North Rhein-Westphalia
region, a diverse gathering at the Duisburg Theatre verified sincere grassroots
support for Deutsche Oper Am Rhein and the current partnership with nearby
Dusseldorf.
More Delays for the Berlin State Opera
The re-opening of Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden has been set back for another year.
Lyric Opera Posts Annual Report
The Lyric Opera of Chicago announced their financial figures in their annual report and “balanced its budget” for the 2011-2012 season, according to general director Anthony Freud.
Thunder Storm at the Theater an der Wien
Conflicts like this usually remain inside opera house walls. The three Viennese daily newspapers carried headlines reporting that Oscar-winning director William Friedkin called the intendant of the Theater an der Wien a “liar.”
Torsten Kerl to Perform Tannh‰user
Casting changes continue at the Bayreuth Festival, now only three months
away.
The Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2012
This year’s Kathleen Ferrier Awards final was both a competition and a
celebration, marking as it did the centenary anniversary of the great singer’s birth.
Continued Progress at the Vienna State Opera
In his second season, intendant Dominique Meyer has chalked up increases both in tickets sold and earnings at the Vienna State Opera.