Gavin Dixon
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Classical music writer and journalist. Reviews Editor of Gramophone.
Brett Dean's new opera Of One Blood premiered at Bavarian State Opera on Sunday. It is available to listen on demand on BR Klassik: www.br-klassik.de/programm/rad...
Live aus dem Münchner Nationaltheater: Brett Dean:
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Konzept for Meistersinger. It's the 1980 Chopin Competition. Walther is Ivo Pogorelić. Sachs is Martha Argerich. Haven't worked out the details yet but I'm sure Stefan Herheim could make a go of it.
Have just spotted that Karajan's Dresden Meistersinger is now on streaming services. If you don't know it, check it out. You're in for a treat.
Just had a bash through these two chaconnes on the piano. Don't sound much like Bach to me.
My review of Dorian Gray, by Elżbieta Sikora and David Pountney, at Teatr Wielki, Poznań ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/re...
Sikora: Dorian Gray at Teatr Wielki | Live Review
A major success for all involved, and a clear demonstration of how modern opera can speak to our times
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With David Pountney and Aleksander Laskowski in Poznań for the premiere of Elżbieta Sikora's opera Dorian Gray, for which Pountney is librettist and director. A powerful evening of opera and lots to write about. So review to follow.
The November issue of Gramophone, in which I try to convince Hugo Shirley that Bernstein's recording of Der Rosenkavalier is a classic (spoiler: I fail).
My review of The Makropulos Case at the Royal Opera House: www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/re...
Janáček: The Makropulos Case at the Royal Opera | Live Review
Mitchell’s production raises the dramatic intensity, and the narrative complexity, the results continuously provocative and confrontational
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The striking new Rosenkavalier production that opened the Zurich Opera season is available on Arte w/o VPN. www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - Opernhaus Zürich - Programm in voller Länge | ARTE Concert
Mit dem "Rosenkavalier", angesiedelt in einem imaginierten Wien des Rokoko, schufen Strauss und Hofmannsthal eine tiefsinnige Gesellschaftskomödie. Nicht ohne Wehmut lässt die Marschallin ihren jungen...
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My profile of composer Elena Firsova in the October issue of Gramophone: www.gramophone.co.uk/features/art...
Contemporary composer: Elena Firsova
Gavin Dixon explores the powerful music of this poetic modernist
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Richard Tice says Archbishop Stephen Cottrell should stick to presenting Match of the Day www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Richard Tice hits back at C of E criticism of Reform immigration policy
Deputy leader says archbishop should stay out of matter after Stephen Cottrell calls policy isolationist and kneejerk
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My obituary of Rodion Shchedrin, who died today: www.gramophone.co.uk/classical%20...
Rodion Shchedrin, Russian composer of 'Carmen Suite' and leading voice of the late Soviet era, dies at 92
Shchedrin was one of the most high-profile Russian composers of the late Soviet era and continued to lead the Russian new music scene in the following decades
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The Bayreuth Festival opens on Friday with a new production of Die Meistersinger. All of the first week performances will be broadcast on Bavarian radio, and there is also a video livestream of the Meistersinger (VPN possibly required). www.br-klassik.de/themen/bayre...
Bayreuther Festspiele: Die Spiele auf dem Grünen Hügel | BR-Klassik
Mit der Neuproduktion
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Great to meet up with Elena Firsova today - preparing a composer profile for Gramophone in the Autumn.
My review of Philippe Manoury's Die Letzten Tage der Menschheit at Cologne Opera www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/re...
Manoury: Die Letzten Tage der Menschheit at Cologne Opera | Live Review
The music fully justifies the scale of these resources: modern, emotive and immersive
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At Oper Köln for the premiere of Philippe Manoury's Die letzten Tage der Menschheit.
In Dresden for Kent Nagano's period-instrument Siegfried.
A new opera by Unsuk Chin, 'Die dunkle Seite des Mondes', premieres in Hamburg on Sunday. A recording of the premiere will be broadcast on NDR Kultur on Saturday 24 May: www.ndr.de/kultur/sendu...
Unsuk Chin - "Die dunkle Seite des Mondes"
Unsuk Chin bringt ihre zweite Oper "Die dunkle Seite des Mondes" auf die Bühne, ein Kompositionsauftrag der Hamburgischen Staatsoper.
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RIP Valentina Kholopova, Professor at the Moscow Conservatory and leading authority on Schnittke, Gubaidulina, Shchedrin, and much other recent Russian music. She died today aged 90. muzobozrenie.ru/pamjati-vale...
Памяти Валентины Холоповой - Музыкальное обозрение
12 мая 2025 на 90-м году жизни скончалась Валентина Николаевна Холопова —ученый-музыковед, доктор искусствоведения, профессор
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Proms listings from @bachtrack.com, the most easily browsable, as ever.
Bachtrack@bachtrack.com · last yr.🥳🎉 Our BBC Proms listings are live, with a staggering 82 concerts from 18th July to 13th September. Check out full listings here (remember you can filter any Bachtrack search by composer, performer, work, venue...): bachtrack.com/search-event...
Some Bruckner landmarks in Linz. The first plaque and the organ, which was built to Bruckner's specification, are at the old cathedral. The E-Minor Mass plaque and the window are at the new cathedral.
The music section of a tourist guide to Vienna. An embarrassment of riches.
