Orchestral & Symphonic

The resounding success Richard Strauss's second opera Feuersnot experienced upon it's 1902 Dresden premiere more than made up for the failure several years prior of his first, Guntram. Feuersnot is a lively one-act drama about the ancient Bavarian...

Beethoven's only opera Fidelio never ceases to fascinate audiences with it's spellbinding story of true love. Staged by renowned opera director Flim, J?rgenm this production is the outstanding result of the teamwork of the orchestra and chorus of the...

With it's majestic themes soaring upwards like gothic pillars and it's brilliant chorales and fanfares glowing like stained - glass windows, Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 is the most monumental of his orchestral works, a cathedral in sound that grows...

What a pleasure to listen to Demetrio e Polibio", wrote major Italian daily La Stampa" after the premiere of Rossini's very first opera at the 2010 Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, attributing it an undeniable fascination. The work was given it's firs

Beethoven wrote his Piano Concerto No. 3 around 1800, at a time in which the ambitious composer had created his first important works in Vienna, such as the Path?tique" Sonata and the Moonlight" Sonata - personal works full of power and passion, with wh

I am both Christian and a DancerJohn Sebastian Bach's Matthew Passion has deeply moved me. Bach's musical incarnation of the Passion in both it's general and personal aspects created the need in me to find a choreographic equivalent. I am both Christ an

Mahler, Gustav's gigantic Symphony No. 2" in C minor usually fills out a concert on it's own. But in this recording with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra) under it's principal conductor Mariss Jansons,...

The history of dance in Russia goes back to 1738 and has brought forth uncounted generations of wonderful dancers. From 1977 on, the ballet was directed by Oleg Vinogradov, a graduate of the important Vaganova school of Leningrad and an active member of t

With the mighty build-ups and monumental fortissimi of Bruckner's Seventh, Welser-M?st and his Clevelanders have their work cut out for them. And they do not disappoint. The most popular, and perhaps most easily accessible, of Bruckner's symphonies, the S

Aureliano in Palmira celebrated it's fi rst premi?re on 26 December 1813 at the Scala In Milan. Soon afterwards the work was played in different theatres all over Europe. Nevertheless Rossini's piece fell into oblivion more and more compared to the great...

Against the picturesque backdrop of the Vesuvius, the ancient Roman Theatre of Pompeii hosts a colourful open air event in honour of Pablo Picasso. Celebrating the centenary of his visit to Italy, two ballets with sets and costumes designed by this...

Dedicated to bridge the gap between modern dance and classical ballet, the Nederlands Dans Theater forged a reputation as one of the most innovative and exciting dance groups in Europe. Under Kylian's visionary direction (from 1975 to 1999), the...