Daniel Barenboim (born 1942) was an Israeli pianist and conductor. After receiving an international musical education, he established himself as one of the most highly regarded young conductors and pe...
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An opera by Richard Wagner — whose music and anti-Semitic writings influenced Adolf Hitler — will be performed at an open-air theater built under the Nazis by an orchestra made up of Is...
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Vienna (dpa) - Chinese star pianist Lang Lang in Vienna on Friday
announced plans for a special celebration of his 20-year stage
jubilee, with the 25-year-old performing ten...
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A strike by La Scala's 800 workers forced the opera house on Thursday to cancel a second performance of Verdi's "Requiem" led by principal visiting conductor Daniel Barenboim."Requiem" was to have ...
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New York (dpa) - Academy Award winner George Clooney was appointed
Thursday a Messenger of Peace for the United Nations, a new role that
he said involves shoring up flagging...
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Jessye Norman is on a Spiritual mission.The soprano will curate a 20-day festival celebrating black cultural legacy next season at Carnegie Hall, which also will honor the 100th birthday year of co...
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Vienna (dpa) - French opera manager Dominique Meyer will head the
Vienna State Opera from 2010 onwards.
He will jointly lead Austria's foremost opera house with Aust...
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MILAN, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Milan's La Scala opens its new
opera season on Friday with Richard Wagner's five-hour-plus
spectacle "Tristan and Isolde". The gala event in the historic heart of Italy's ...
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Dec 7 (Reuters) - Milan's La Scala opera house, whose
history is intertwined with Italy's, launches its 2007-2008
season with Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" with Daniel Barenboim
picking up the bat...
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Daniel Barenboim
Wagner opera to be performed in Berlin
