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Category Archives: Interviews
Sinking into Parsifal: Jonas Kaufmann
Interview: Jonas Kaufmann Another month, another Gramophone cover story! (still pinching myself…) “As you can imagine, it was far from normal!” Jonas Kaufmann is no stranger to the role of Parsifal, but the tenor can have had few stranger experiences … Continue reading
Pushing the limits: Asmik Grigorian
Interview: Asmik Grigorian Really proud of this cover story for Gramophone – a soprano I greatly admire, but who hasn’t always seemed to enjoy doing interviews. We had a blast! And that cover must surely be the coolest Gramo has … Continue reading
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Tagged Asmik Grigorian, Gramophone, Puccini, Richard Strauss, Salome, Turandot
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“Choreographically, it is heaven!” Marianela Núñez on dancing Tatiana
Interview: Marianela Núñez 5th February 2020 Anyone who’s watched a performance by Marianela Núñez knows that she has a smile that radiates right to the back of the Royal Opera House. It’s no surprise, therefore, to discover that in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Marianela Núñez, Onegin, Royal Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty
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Beethoven’s “problem child”: staging Fidelio in 2020
Interview: Amélie Niermeyer, Tobias Kratzer, Frederic Wake-Walker 31st January 2020 Beethoven referred to Fidelio, his sole opera, as his “Sorgenkind” (problem child). It was a work that cost him much heartache, especially when the first version – Leonore – failed … Continue reading
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Tagged Amélie Niermeyer, Beethoven, Fidelio, Frederic Wake-Walker, Glyndebourne, Royal Opera, Tobias Kratzer, Wiener Staatsoper
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Beethoven 250: Riccardo Chailly on the nine symphonies
Interview: Riccardo Chailly 27th January 2020 During his tenure as chief conductor of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig from 2005 to 2016, Riccardo Chailly undertook what amounted to a re-evaluation of Beethoven’s music, performing and recording the cycle of nine symphonies, taking … Continue reading