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"Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone." ~ Luciano Pavarotti

Edinburgh
Joined June 2022
The opening moments of Handel’s Hallelujah from Messiah, conducted by Christophe Rousset. Watch as the audience stand for one of the most celebrated works in the classical music canon.
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She is not just playing the piece; she is matching every note perfectly to Tom’s animated piano performance. What superb control and timing! A truly remarkable performance. Tom & Jerry Nostalgia | Yannie Tan – Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
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Italian conductor Gabriele Ferro has died at 88. Closely associated with Palermo’s Teatro Massimo, he also held leading posts in Naples and Stuttgart and championed contemporary music. He was still conducting on October 11. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/gabriele-f…
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I’ll be representing @TheStage tonight @LondonColiseum, where @E_N_O’s new Tosca is directed by @AnnileseOpera & conducted by Ben Glassberg: Axelle Fanyo sings the title-role, with @ChazmenWillmsAli as her lover Cavaradossi & Christopher Purves as sadistic police-chief Scarpia.
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🎶 OUT NOW! We’re so proud to share this world-premiere recording of Puccini’s final 1921 version with you. A real labour of love, featuring @ErmonelaJaho @ivan17293 & Carlo Rizzi @BBCSO 🎧 Stream: ow.ly/UBww50ZX78U 💿 Buy: ow.ly/YGvA50ZX78T
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Orff’s Carmina Burana conducted by @CristiMacelaru with @WDR Sinfonieorchester has just surpassed 5 million views on YouTube! Recorded live at the Kölner Philharmonie on October 29, 2022 — exactly four years ago today — for the WDR Sinfonieorchester’s 75th anniversary concert. Congratulations to everyone on this incredible milestone! ⭐️ Cristian Măcelaru, conductor Sarah Aristidou, soprano Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, tenor Markus Werba, baritone WDR Sinfonieorchester WDR Rundfunkchor NDR Vocal Ensemble Boys and girls of the Cologne Cathedral Music Watch the full performance on ARD Klassik’s YouTube channel! . . . #CristianMăcelaru #CarminaBurana #WDRSinfonieorchester #ClassicalMusic
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Callas’s conductor, and Muti’s teacher … Antonino Votto was born in Piacenza #OTD in 1896.
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The voice of a century: marking the centenary of Dame Joan Sutherland Read the report on the Opera Now website! opera-now.com/content/news/t…
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Stephen Kovacevich, a pianist of integrity and generosity – whose performances brought fresh insight, structural mastery and deep expressive humanity to the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Bartók and more – died on the 27th October, having recently turned 86 years of age.
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Chopin composed this work around 1830–1832 (nearly 200 years ago), yet it remains immensely popular to this day and touches the emotions of millions of people.
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Seven performances from the 2026 Festival are coming to Sky Arts, our biggest broadcast series yet. ✨ Free to watch on Sky TV Arts 📅 2 Nov–14 Dec 🌍 + broadcasts on: Mezzo, STAGE+, JazzLive, Carnegie Hall+, UNITEL eif.buzz/4iMJZvS
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Everyone is singing in English, then Canadian singer Bryan Adams comes along and starts singing in Italian. You can see how delighted Luciano Pavarotti is, with a huge smile on his face. He seems genuinely impressed and deeply appreciative of the respect Bryan is showing, and you can even see him bowing at the end of the song. There’s something I can learn from this. If everyone showed love and respect for one another, the world would be a much better place. Music video by Luciano Pavarotti, Bryan Adams performing "O Sole Mio" (Live).
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Don Quixote Act III Coda Carlos Acosta And Marianela Nuñez ୨୧ ⋅ ̊ aesthetic royalballet royaloperahouse fyp#foryoupage foryou
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Petr Popelka shares a little history about Mahler’s roots ahead of his return to Severance, October 30–November 1, for Haydn’s Symphony No. 80 and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. Get to know Popelka with our Short Stories collection on Adella.live, our digital home.
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Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony: a guide to the greatest recordings. Richard Osborne explores how conductors have approached this most elemental of Beethoven symphonies through more than a century of recorded performances gramophone.co.uk/features/ar…
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One of the most electrifying moments from our America 250 concert series this spring. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨 Arr. Brandon Stewart
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Saddened to hear of the passing of one of the great pianists, Stephen Kovacevich 🎹🙏🌹😌 #StephenKovacevich often performed with other artists such as #JacquelineduPré and #MarthaArgerich (with whom he shared a daughter, Stéphanie).
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POTD 1888, this symphony was conducted by its composer at the Mariinsky Theatre. Dedicated to Theodor Avé-Lallemant who was too ill to attend. Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64. Tchaikovsky doubted its finale. The world disagreed! #ClassicalMusic #TchaikovskySymphony5
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“Everyone must work to live, but the purpose of life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. Only then have we ourselves become true human beings.” — Albert Schweitzer, 1933 The ethereal opening of IV. Adagietto, Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️
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Ein Konversationsstück, but just don’t mention the … Strauss’s valedictory opera Capriccio was premiered in Munich @bay_staatsoper #OTD in 1942.
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