+++ Saariaho: Innocence +++
The Nuremberg State Theatre is currently staging a new production (directed by Jens-Daniel Herzog) of Kaija Saariaho's successful contemporary opera ‘Innocence’. Roland Böer is the musical director, with the premiere scheduled for 2 November.
scene photo "Innocence" (left to right) Jochen Kupfer, Chloë Morgan © Bettina Stoess
+++ Highlights +++
+ In 2024, the cycle ‘Dream Story’ (’Traumnovelle’) by SJ Hanke – based on the famous novel of the same name by Arthur Schnitzler – was premiered in Graz by actor Werner Strenger and organist Gunther Rost. The first movement of the composition from the premiere recording has recently been released on YouTube.
+ The Alinde Quartet continues its #schubert200 project with a new album: Hänssler Classic has just released the fourth volume of their complete recording of all Schubert's string quartets, this time combined with a commissioned work by the young composer Marc Migó.
+ On 10 November, ORF will broadcast a recording from the Klangräume Waidhofen on Ö1 Konzert. Actor Max Simonischek reads from the book to the famous Benigni film ‘Life is Beautiful’ (La vita è bella), accompanied musically by Alon Sariel on mandolin, archlute and baroque guitar.
+ The fourth part of the series ‘Funkoper – 100 Years of Radio Music‘ with the Kammersymphonie Berlin conducted by Jürgen Bruns will take place on 9 November in the Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic, this time featuring rediscoveries by Pavel Haas and Bohuslav Martinů, among others.
