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Eine Inszenierung, in der einfach alles passt: Mozarts Figaro in Göteborg übertrifft alle Erwartungen und bietet Unterhaltung auf höchstem Niveau, bis zum letzten Akkord.

The Singverein and Akademieorchester were joined by Swedish soprano Malin Hartelius and Florian Boesch for Brahms' German Requiem.

Malin Hartelius and Palle Knudsen electrify an otherwise competent Don Giovanni in Copenhagen.

Are there musical works, even pieces generally considered to be masterpieces, that no longer can catch the listening public’s interest, no matter how expertly they are performed? I have been wrestling with this question since this weekend’s Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus performance of Haydn’s The Seasons.

Edo de Waart, Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, chose for his contribution to the 2011 Arts Festival works by two Germanic composers spanning the late Romantic and early modern periods who were almost exact contemporaries. Richard Strauss coincidentally was born seven years before and died seven years after Alexander von Zemlinsky.