Podcasts about Birgit Nilsson

Music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda is also one of the world's most sought-after conductors, recognized equally for his artistry in  the concert hall and the opera house.Gianandrea's award-winning recordings are distributed by LSO Live, for whom he also records as principal guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.  His discography spans over 80 recordings.He became general music director of the Zurich Opera House in September 2021 and he reached an important milestone in May 2024, conducting two highly praised complete Ring Cycles.In the summer of 2024, he led an international festival tour with European Union Youth Orchestra which took them to the Edinburgh Festival and the Lucerne Festival. In 2019, he was appointed the founding music director of the Tsinandali Festival and Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra in the village of Tsinandali, Georgia.A native of Milan, Gianandrea is Commendatore al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, marking his contribution to the artistic life of Italy. He has been honored as Musical America's Conductor of the Year (2015) and International Opera Awards Conductor of the Year (2016). In 2023, he received the Puccini Award, joining the likes of Maria Callas, Birgit Nilsson, and Luciano Pavarotti.

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On the October 14 edition of the Music History Today podcast, Pearl Jam breaks a record, JoJo finally gets to release a record, & Pulp Fiction breathes life into older music. Also, happy birthday to Usher. For more music history, subscribe to my Spotify Channel or subscribe to the audio version of my music history podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts from ALL MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST NETWORK LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytoday On this date: * In 1906, legendary entertainer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson was not allowed to play for the Rutgers University football team because their opponents that day, Washington and Lee University, refused to play against a team that had a black person on it. * In 1939, music company BMI started operations. * In 1954, the musical movie White Christmas premiered. * In 1964, Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones married his wife Shirley Shepherd. * In 1966, Grace Slick first appeared with Jefferson Airplane. * In 1968, the Beatles finished work on the White Album. * In 1971, John Lennon & Yoko Ono appeared on the Dick Cavett Show. * In 1994, the movie Pulp Fiction premiered. From a musical standpoint, the movie helped revive interest in Dick Dale's music (he did the song Misirlou: the song with the crazy surf guitar & the screaming in the beginning of it). It also sparked interest in the early Kool & the Gang funk classic Jungle Boogie & Link Wray's classic Rumble. * In 2000, Pearl Jam broke a record on Billboard's albums chart when 5 of their released live albums from their European tour hit the chart in the same week. * In 2006, Rascal Flatts' opening act Eric Church was kicked off the tour after he repeatedly played over his allotted opening slot time. Apparently, that was the last straw with Rascal Flatts. Eric's replacement was a hotshot country newcomer at the time: Taylor Swift. * In 2006, singer Melina Leon married her husband Ruy Fernando Delgado. * In 2014, singer Kesha started her lawsuit against producer Dr. Luke in order to be released from her contract with him. * In 2017, country singer Kacey Musgraves married singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly. * In 2018, Steppenwolf performed in Baxter Springs, Kansas, which was their final show. * In 2023, Madonna started her Celebration tour, after having to delay it to deal with a bacterial infection which sent her to the hospital. In the world of classical music: * In 1924, the opera Die Gluckliche Hand premiered. * In 1956, the overture Robert Browning by Charles Ives premiered. In the world of theater: * In 1930, the Gershwin musical Girl Crazy premiered on Broadway & made stars out of Ginger Rogers & especially Ethel Merman. * In 1961, the Frank Loesser musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying premiered on Broadway. In award ceremonies that were held on this date: * In 1970, Merle Haggard won at the Country Music Association awards. * In 1974, Charlie Rich won at the Country Music Association awards. * In 1985, Ricky Skaggs won at the Country Music Association awards. In 2009, opera superstar Placido Domingo received the first Birgit Nilsson million dollar prize. In 2020, Post Malone & Billie Eilish were the big winners at the Billboard Music Awards. In 2022, Jefferson Airplane received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musichistorytodaypodcast/support

Ur innehållet: Synskadad Hudiksvallsbos färdtjänst ska upp i Kammarrätten. Tandemcyklisten Louise Jannering om sin väg till Paralympics. Mycket syntolkat finns för den som kan engelska och har en peng. Sommarserien Skånska personligheter: operastjärnan Birgit Nilsson.

Have you ever encountered a singer that no one has apparently heard of, yet once you have discovered them, you feel compelled to introduce them to practically everyone you know? I've had this experience more than a few times over the past five years of producing weekly Countermelody episodes, and today I bring you another such singer: friends, meet Hana Janků, the Czech soprano who lived from 25 October 1950 to 28 April 1995. Her voice is one of steely brilliance that she can taper down to the slightest whisper of a pianissimo. As important as her extraordinary voice was her profoundly-felt and deeply-etched characterizations of all the roles she assumed. As a young music lover, Hana's aims were modest, but thanks to a voice teacher who recognized her gift, she moved from the chorus to a member of the ensemble at the Brno Opera before she was 20. Five years later in Bratislava, she first performed the role with which she would be most closely associated: Puccini's Turandot. Two short years later, after an arduous audition process, she sang the role at La Scala and became a star overnight. Her large repertoire also encompassed roles such Tosca, Gioconda, and Lady Macbeth, French and Russian operas as well as Mozart and Wagner roles, with a large smattering of roles by Czech composers as well, in particular Smetana and Dvořák. Because of political unrest, she made the difficult decision to leave her native Czechoslovakia, performing instead throughout the world, including stints in the ensembles at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Ill health forced her to leave the opera stage prematurely, and she died of cancer in Vienna before she turned 55. Janků left very few commercial recordings, but I have been plumbing the internet for rare live recordings spanning her entire career, encompassing not only her legendary Italian roles, but also roles by Mozart, Gounod, and Othmar Schoeck, as well as a smattering of Czech repertoire. It is an honor to present to you the woman whom Birgit Nilsson dubbed the finest Turandot of her era and who was, as we shall hear, so much more as well! Vocal guest stars include Franco Corelli, Giorgio Merighi, Cornell MacNeil, Roland Hermann, William Holley, and Naděžda Kniplová. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.  

Today, Christmas Day 2023, is also the 93rd birthday of my teacher, the great John Wustman. I can think of no better way to conclude Season Four of Countermelody than with a tribute to the man who had the greatest influence on my development as a musician. He's probably best-known for his work with Luciano Pavarotti and as the accompanist in more than thirty Music Minus One LPs from the early 1960s, as well as for his pioneering teaching of scores of accompanists. He has been called “the dean of American accompanists” and many other things, but to me he is and remains primarily my dear friend and mentor. From the late 1950s through the 1980s and beyond, he appeared with nearly all of the greatest singers on the planet, from Richard Tucker, William Warfield, Eleanor Steber, and Jennie Tourel; to Birgit Nilsson, Carlo Bergonzi, Régine Crespin, Nicolai Gedda, and Renata Scotto. He and Russian mezzo-soprano Irina Arkhipova won the 1973 Gran Prix du Disque for their legendary (and matchless) recording of Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death, only one of his many commercial recordings. I have been searching the internet for sound documents of his many live recordings and I'm pleased to say that I have found some rare ones to complement my reminiscences of studying with him in the late 1980s. He wrote to me just this past week that he is currently preparing another live performance of Schubert's Winterreise in early 2024. I am so thrilled to pay tribute to the man who, through his powerful example and influence, forever changed the way I play, sing, talk about, think about, and hear music. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

Hennes röst har hyllats av både kritiker och publik på Stockholmsoperan, La Scala i Milano och Metropolitan i New York. Birgit Nilsson från Svenstad i Skåne var en av de allra främsta operasångerskorna i världen. Trots sina framgångar glömde hon aldrig vem hon var. Hon arbetade hårt och var alltid ödmjuk inför sina åtaganden.

Inspired by my holiday in Denmark last week, today I inaugurate a new series on Countermelody called “Nordic Tracks,” featured music from Scandinavia and the Nordic countries. There has always been a wealth of vocal music from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland, and in this episode I focus exclusively on orchestral songs, a genre which I also featured in a special episode last fall. Of course there are the usual standbys by Grieg and Sibelius and Nielsen, but also featured is the work of less-celebrated composers, beginning with the romantics and post-romantics (Wilhelm Stenhammar, Ture Rangström) and through to the present day (Aulis Sallinen, the late Kaija Saariaho). The singers are some of the greatest ever to raise their voices in song, including Kirsten Flagstad, Soile Isokoski, Birgit Nilsson, Hugo Hasslo, Elisabeth Söderström, Eric Sædén, Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, and many others. It's highly likely that you will encounter singers (Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Kirsten Schultz) and composers (Fartein Valen, Laci Boldemann, Poul Schierbeck) that you may have never heard before (I know I did!) Oh, yes, and it's all topped off with a bit of Björk! Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

I've been plotting an episode on the subject of Dreams for a while. Given the profusion of music that references that altered state of consciousness, my challenge was narrowing down the topic. I chose to focus today on theater music (opera, operetta, and musicals) that references actual rather than figurative dreams. Even within these parameters, there was a plethora of material and as usual my repertoire choices are strangely and uniquely my own. So on this episode you'll hear everything from a 1965 recording of Tevye's Dream from Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, from the first Israeli production of the musical; Renata Scotto in late career essaying the haunted dreamscapes of Arnold Schoenberg's monodrama Erwartung; Mattiwilda Dobbs in a rare 1952 recording of “Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben” from Mozart's Zaide; excerpts from unusual French and German operettas featuring Robert Massard and Charles Kullman, respectively; birthday tributes to Birgit Nilsson and Richard Tauber; and the great Welsh bass Geraint Evans in a live performance of Bottom's Dream from Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream. And much, much more, including a teaser of next week's subject the Italian lyric tenor Cesare Valletti; and Janet Baker live in recital in 1966, a preview of the first in a series of bonus episodes that will feature rare LPs from my personal collection. As always, thanks for your support; enjoy! Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

Un día como hoy, 17 de mayo: Nace: 1794: Anna Jameson, escritora británica (f. 1860). 1845: Pedro Lira, pintor chileno (f. 1912). 1866: Erik Satie, músico francés (f. 1925). 1889: Alfonso Reyes, escritor mexicano (f. 1959). 1918: Birgit Nilsson, soprano sueca (f. 2005). Fallece: 1935: Paul Dukás, compositor francés (n. 1865). 2009: Mario Benedetti, escritor uruguayo (n. 1920). Conducido por Joel Almaguer. Una producción de Sala Prisma Podcast. 2023

Escuchamos en primer lugar la despedida de este mundo del Marqués de Posa, que no pudimos completar en el programa del 23 de abril. Es Fischer Dieskau quien delinea sabia y expresivamente este adiós con Solti en el foso. Luego el inmenso adiós de Wotan a su hija Brünnhilde en el final de La Walkiria wagneriana con la voz protagonista del gran Hans Hotter. Es la grabación realizada en Bayreuth en 1953 bajo el mando del elegante Clemens Krauss. Y seguimos con Wagner para concluir. Una milagrosa Birgit Nilsson, con de nuevo Solti a la batuta, nos canta la Inmolación de la hija de Wotan. Cierre de la Tetralogía.Escuchar audio

Avsnitt #211 tillägnar vi en av våra mest folkkära glädjespridare – sångerskan och aktrisen Ewa Roos! Vi bjuds på fina minnen från sex innehållsrika decennier i artisteriets tjänst, från Bildjournalens talangjakt som 13-åring, via svensktoppshits, revyande hos Hagge Geigert, folklustspel och – inte minst – otalet scensamarbeten med nära vännen och parhästen Eva Rydberg! Givetvis pratar vi om kompisduons nyväckta schlagerlust de senaste åren, vi hyllar Loreen och Siw Malmkvist, vi imiterar Birgit Nilsson – och ställer oss frågorna – varför tackade Ewa nej till låten Lyckliga gatan? Och hur var det att spela in Rena rama ding dong på kinesiska?Intervjuar gör Jakob Olsson och Erik JensenFoto – privat

Teach me Sweden är en podcast om svensk historia med komikerna Jonathan Rollins (US) och Erik Broström (SE). Varje vecka läser en av dem för den andra om en händelse i svensk historia som förmodligen ingen av dem hört tidigare.I veckans avsnitt berättar Erik för Jonathan om Sveriges mest berömda operasångerska Birgit Nilsson. Vi följer hennes resa från Västra Karup till att sjunga på de största operascenerna i världen och bli en av de största operasångerskorna genom tiderna!Glöm inte att stötta oss på Patreon om du gillar podden!https://www.patreon.com/teachmesweden Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Musikchefin Ursula Magnes berichtet aus Stockholm über den Birgit Nilsson Prize 2022 an Cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Der mit 1 Million Dollar höchstdatierte Klassikpreis der Welt geht nach Plácido Domingo, Riccardo Muti, die Wiener Philharmoniker und Nina Stemme erstmals an einen Instrumentalisten. Das Credo von Yo-Yo Ma lautet: "How can I help?"

Den amerikanska världscellisten Yo-Yo Ma tar emot Birgit Nilsson-priset. P1 Kultur Lisa Wall mötte en maestro på ett strålande humör. Han är känd för det. Nästan lika känd som för sitt cellospel.

Ulf Kristersson (M) har presenterat sin nya regering. Vad betyder valet av Parisa Liljestrand (M) som kulturminister? Kulturcheferna Björn Wiman, DN, Lisa Irenius, SvD, och Karin Pettersson, Aftonbladet, kommenterar. MÖT STJÄRNCELLISTEN YO-YO MADen amerikanske cellisten Yo-Yo Ma mottar under tisdagskvällen Birgit Nilsson-priset på Konserthuset i Stockholm. Han omnämns ofta som världens främste cellist och är den förste instrumentalisten som får priset. I ett samtal med kulturredaktionens Lisa Wall talar han om livet, musiken och mänskligheten ett utforskande som han känner samhörighet med Birgit Nilsson kring.KRITIKSAMTAL: JENNY TUNEDALS POESI BLIR TEATER I "KUNG MOR"2017 kom poeten Jenny Tunedals bok "Rosor, skador", en hyllad samling om relationen mellan en mor och en dotter och hur demensen smälter bort orden dem emellan. Nu debuterar hon som dramatiker när hon tillsammans med Christina Ouzounidis flyttar verket till teaterscenen. Scenkonstkritiker Kristina Lindquist har sett "Kung mor" på Teater Galeasen i Stockholm.ESSÄ: OM GREKISKA EPOSET KYPRIAS HEMLIGHETERDet grekiska eposet "Kypria" har beskrivits som en preqel till "Iliaden" och kvar finns några få brottstycken. Och det är fragment som är temat för denna veckas OBS-essäer. Att det finns mycket att hämta ur några få rader får vi smaka på när författaren och professorn i statskunskap Johan Tralau i dagens OBS-essä gör en närläsning av en bit ur eposet som vid första åsyn verkar innehålla något mycket märkligt.Programledare: Lisa Wall Producent: Felicia Frithiof

durée : 01:28:24 - « Georg Solti, chef d'orchestre » (4/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Vingt-cinq ans après la disparition de ce musicien de légende, qui fut aussi un pianiste virtuose, retour sur l'exceptionnelle discographie de Solti, où l'on croise Renata Tebaldi, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, Renée Fleming, Régine Crespin, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo...

durée : 01:28:13 - « Georg Solti, chef d'orchestre » (3/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Vingt-cinq ans après la disparition de ce musicien de légende, qui fut aussi un pianiste virtuose, retour sur l'exceptionnelle discographie de Solti, où l'on croise Renata Tebaldi, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, Renée Fleming, Régine Crespin, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo...

durée : 01:28:24 - « Georg Solti, chef d'orchestre » (2/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Vingt-cinq ans après la disparition de ce musicien de légende, qui fut aussi un pianiste virtuose, retour sur l'exceptionnelle discographie de Solti, où l'on croise Renata Tebaldi, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, Renée Fleming, Régine Crespin, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo...

durée : 01:28:41 - « Georg Solti, chef d'orchestre » (1/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Vingt-cinq ans après la disparition de ce musicien de légende, qui fut aussi un pianiste virtuose, retour sur l'exceptionnelle discographie de Solti, où l'on croise Renata Tebaldi, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, Renée Fleming, Régine Crespin, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo...

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:NEWS! HeadlinesSteinway IPOs (Fast Company)Missing 100k Violin Found by a Parisian Trash Can (The Strad)Rice Opens New Opera House (FDA Online)St. Paul's adds girls to chorister program (St. Paul's)YoYo Ma wins $1m Birgit Nilsson prize (The Strad)Congrats to Tiffany on her appointment as director of orchestras at U-FL! Go Gators!BERNSTEIN BIOPIC PICS DROPBradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein: First Look (Deadline)ALBUM REVIEW: STILL, ORCHESTRAL WORKSListen on SpotifyAlbum info on NaxosCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistKenshoMozart, Oboe Quartet in F Major TiffanyWilliam Grant Still, Kaintuck'WillTelemann, Ouverture “Les Nations”: 5. Les MoscovitesTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

Der Birgit-Nilsson-Musikpreis ist einer der am höchsten dotierten Preise der klassischen Musikwelt, sein Preisgeld beträgt eine Million US-Dollar. Die 2005 verstorbene, legendäre schwedische Sopranistin gründete noch zu Lebzeiten eine Stiftung, aus der sich der Preis finanziert. Am 17. Mai, Birgit Nilssons Geburtstag, wurde in ihrer südschwedischen Heimat bekannt gegeben, dass diesmal der US-amerikanische Cellist Yo-Yo Ma den Preis erhält. Regine Müller war vor Ort.

„Kaunas 2022“ programos stuburas – Šiuolaikinio Kauno mito trilogija „Sukilimas“, „Santaka“ ir „Sutartis“. Kuo grindžiami šiuolaikiniai mitai ir kodėl tai svarbu stiprinant miestiečių identitetą? Kuo „Santaka“ skirsis nuo sausį regėto „Sukilimo“? Studijoje – trilogijos idėjos ir scenarijaus autorius Rytis Zemkauskas, kuris yra ir Kauno Žvėries krikštatėvis.Ilgiausias vakarienės stalas, Kauno bendruomenės už jo ir kelios dešimtys koncertų, poezijos skaitymai bei kiti meniniai akcentai. Maždaug toks penktadienio vakarą Laisvės alėjoje vyksiančios Kiemų šventės scenarijus. Daugiau apie šį Kauno fenomeną – šventės organizatorė Simona Savickaitė.„Upės mieste mus sujungia“ – taip prisistato bendruomeninė iniciatyva „Švęskimę upę“. Ja siekiama paskatinti upes, jų vandenis ir pakrantes išnaudoti kultūriniams renginiams, bendruomeniniams susitikimams, kurti naujus meno reiškinius. Kaip iniciatyva atsiskleis „Santakos“ programoje? Komentuoja viena programos autorių Romena Puikytė.Paulinos Sofijos Nalivaikaitės parengtose klasikinės muzikos naujienose – apie naują Latvijos nacionalinio simfoninio orkestro muzikos ir meno vadovą, būsimą naują Berlyno valstybinės operos unter den linden meno vadovę, taip pat – kam atiteko šių metų Birgit Nilsson premija ir kieno vardu bus pavadinta Vienos tarptautinė muzikos ir scenos menų akademija.Rubrikoje „Be kaukių“ vieši Tadas Šarūnas – menininkas ir sociologas, šiuo metu atliekantis išorinį „Kaunas 2022“ vertinimą. Kaip apskaičiuoti kultūros ir meno poveikį ir kokį gimtojo miesto pokytį mato tyrėjas?Ved. Kotryna Lingienė ir Gabija Narušytė

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 17th, 2022. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in our app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Sujay DuttProducer: Kris Boswell

Yo-Yo Ma är årets Birgit Nilsson-pristagare och i Storbritannien ökar försäljningen av översatt litteratur tack vare manga-böcker.

Kada prasideda ir baigiasi Nacionalinės bibliotekų savaitės proga geriausia jaunąja bibliotekininke išrinktos Monikos Straupytės darbo diena?Lietuvos kompozitorių sąjunga rengia 2021-ųjų metų kūrinio konkursą. Pristatome kompozitorės Jutos Pranulytės kūrinį „Per juodą marę saulelė kelias“.LRT Klasika jau baigė pristatyti Metų knygos rinkimuose dalyvavusias knygas, tad dabar - pats metas nukreipti žvilgsnį į Azijos literatūrą, kurią pristato kino žurnalistė Ieva Šukytė.Į Kauną grįžo kino teatras „Romuva“. Ar pasiilgę jou buvo žiūrovai ir kaip sekasi istoriniame pastate kurti šiuolaikišką turinį, papasakos „Romuvos“ komanda. Studijoje Kino programų organizatorė Justė Vyšniauskaitė ir Kultūrinės veiklos organizatorė Indrė Maleckė.Paulinos Nalivaikaitės parengtose klasikinės muzikos naujienose - naujai buriamas Ukrainiečių laisvės orkestras, pianisto Lang Lango dovana britų mokykloms, švedų soprano Cornelios Beskow laimėta Birgit Nilsson stipendija, soprano Renée Fleming iniciatyva padėti kvėpavimo sunkumų turintiems žmonėms ir tyrimo rezultatai, atskleidę, kas turi didžiausią įtaką mūsų muzikos patyrimo stiprumui.Rubrikoje „Be kaukių“ - Giedrius Bučas. Kas jis – socialinių inciatyvų kūrėjas, pokyčių lyderis, visuomenininkas, socialinis verslininkas? Naujausias šio kauniečio titulas – gamtosauginės Prezidento V. Adamkaus premijos laureatas. „Be kaukių“ – apie darnios gyvensenos galią, žaliuosius mitus ir kelią iki vietos, kurioje Giedrius yra šiandien.Ved. Kotryna Lingienė

Cornelia Beskow får årets Birgit Nilsson-stipendium och några av Kievs teaterscener öppnar på nytt. Producent: Måns HirschfeldtProgramledare: Amanda Niklasson

Jess Gillam talks to contralto Jess Dandy about the music they love, from Wagner to The Waterboys and including folk music from Ireland and Argentina. Today we played... Wagner - Gotterdammerung, WWV 86D / Act 3: Fliegt heim, ihr Raben! (Birgit Nilsson, Gottlob Frick, Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti) Ibert - The Deserted House (Peter Katin) Mercedes Sosa - Gracias A La Vida Frank Waxman A Place in the Sun – Suite (London Symphony Orchestra, John Williams) Lankum - The Wild Rover Göran Fröst - (Martin Fröst, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra) Deep Listening Band - Lear (Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis) The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon

Un día como hoy, 17 de mayo: Nace: 1794: Anna Jameson, escritora británica (f. 1860). 1845: Pedro Lira, pintor chileno (f. 1912). 1866: Erik Satié, músico francés (f. 1925). 1889: Alfonso Reyes, escritor mexicano (f. 1959). 1918: Birgit Nilsson, soprano sueca (f. 2005). Fallece: 1935: Paul Dukás, compositor francés (n. 1865). 2009: Mario Benedetti, escritor uruguayo (n. 1920). Una producción de Sala Prisma Podcast. 2021

Nos instalamos en la primera temporada del Metropolitan de Nueva York en su nueva sede del Lincoln Center, año 1966. Desfilan ante nosotros cantantes y directores afamados del momento: Gianni Raimondi (Che gelida manina de La bohème), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Serenata de Mefistófeles de Fausto), Zinka Milanov (Suicidio de La Gioconda), Leonie Rysaneck y James King (respectivas entradas de la Emperatriz y del Emperador en La mujer sin sombra), Bruno Walter (Cuarteto inicial de Tamino y las damas de La flauta mágica), Artur Rozinski (Preludio de Lohengrin), Jon Vickers (aria final de Peter Grimes) y Birgit Nilsson (monólogo de Elektra). Escuchar audio

Synopsis On today’s date in 1926, Giacomo Puccini’s last opera, “Turandot,” had its belated premiere at the La Scala Opera House in Milan, with Arturo Toscanini conducting. The originally scheduled 1925 premiere had to be postponed, as Puccini had died in November of 1924, leaving “Turandot” unfinished. Another Italian composer, Franco Alfano, was brought in to complete the opera based on Puccini’s sketches. It’s said that after showing Toscanini his completion, Alfano asked, “What do you have to say, Maestro?”—to which Toscanini replied, “I say I see Puccini’s ghost coming to punch me in the nose.” On opening night, Toscanini stopped the performance at the point that Puccini had ceased composing and left the podium in tears—a touching act of homage to Puccini, perhaps, but also a vote of “no confidence” regarding Alfano’s completion of the beloved master’s score. Although well received by critics, the Puccini“ Turandot” with Alfano’s ending remained less popular than other Puccini operas for decades. After a run of performances in the late 1920s when the opera was still new, “Turandot” remained unperformed at the Metropolitan Opera until 1961, when Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli scored a huge success in a lavish Franco Zeffirelli revival production. Music Played in Today's Program Giacomo Puccini (1858 -1924) Nessun dorma, fr Turandot Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Neville Marriner, cond. EMI 49552 On This Day Births 1690 - Baptismal date of German composer and organist Gottlieb Muffat, in Pasau; He was the son of German composer Georg Muffat (1653-1704); 1840 - Russian composer Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (Gregorian date: May 5); Deaths 1906 - American composer John Knowles Paine, age 67, in Cambridge, Mass.; At Harvard, he created the first Music Department of any American university, and was the teacher there of a number of other American composers, including John Alden Carpenter, Arthur Foote, E.B. Hill, F.S. Converse, and D.G. Mason; Premieres 1881 - Gilbert Sullivan: operetta "Patience," in London; 1918 - Schreker: opera "Die Gezeichneten" (The Branded), in Frankfurt at the Opernhaus; 1926 - Puccini: opera "Turandot," in Milan at the Teatro alla Scala, with Arturo Toscanini conducting; The final scene of this opera, left unfinished at the time of Puccini's death, was completed by Alfano; 1929 - Roussel: "Psalm 80" for tenor, chorus and orchestra, in Paris; 1931 - Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 1 in b, Op. 50, at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, by the Brosa Quartet; 1963 - Hindemith: Organ Concerto, for a jubilee concert of the New York Philharmonic, with the composer conducting and Anton Heiller the soloist; 1980 - Rochberg: "Octet - A Grand Fantasia," at Alice Tully Hall, by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; 1999 - André Previn: Bassoon Sonata, in New York, with Nancy Goeres and the composer at the piano; Others 1841 - At a fund-raising concert in Paris for the Beethoven monument to be erected in Bonn, Franz Liszt performs Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto with Berlioz conducting; Richard Wagner reviews the concert for the Dresden Abendzeitung; The following day, Chopin gives one of his rare recitals at the Salle Pleyel, and Liszt writes a long and glowing review for the Parisian Gazette Musicale; 1865 - Pope Pius IX confers on composer Franz Liszt the title of "Abbé". Links and Resources On Puccini and his operas

Synopsis On today’s date in 1926, Giacomo Puccini’s last opera, “Turandot,” had its belated premiere at the La Scala Opera House in Milan, with Arturo Toscanini conducting. The originally scheduled 1925 premiere had to be postponed, as Puccini had died in November of 1924, leaving “Turandot” unfinished. Another Italian composer, Franco Alfano, was brought in to complete the opera based on Puccini’s sketches. It’s said that after showing Toscanini his completion, Alfano asked, “What do you have to say, Maestro?”—to which Toscanini replied, “I say I see Puccini’s ghost coming to punch me in the nose.” On opening night, Toscanini stopped the performance at the point that Puccini had ceased composing and left the podium in tears—a touching act of homage to Puccini, perhaps, but also a vote of “no confidence” regarding Alfano’s completion of the beloved master’s score. Although well received by critics, the Puccini“ Turandot” with Alfano’s ending remained less popular than other Puccini operas for decades. After a run of performances in the late 1920s when the opera was still new, “Turandot” remained unperformed at the Metropolitan Opera until 1961, when Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli scored a huge success in a lavish Franco Zeffirelli revival production. Music Played in Today's Program Giacomo Puccini (1858 -1924) Nessun dorma, fr Turandot Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Neville Marriner, cond. EMI 49552 On This Day Births 1690 - Baptismal date of German composer and organist Gottlieb Muffat, in Pasau; He was the son of German composer Georg Muffat (1653-1704); 1840 - Russian composer Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (Gregorian date: May 5); Deaths 1906 - American composer John Knowles Paine, age 67, in Cambridge, Mass.; At Harvard, he created the first Music Department of any American university, and was the teacher there of a number of other American composers, including John Alden Carpenter, Arthur Foote, E.B. Hill, F.S. Converse, and D.G. Mason; Premieres 1881 - Gilbert Sullivan: operetta "Patience," in London; 1918 - Schreker: opera "Die Gezeichneten" (The Branded), in Frankfurt at the Opernhaus; 1926 - Puccini: opera "Turandot," in Milan at the Teatro alla Scala, with Arturo Toscanini conducting; The final scene of this opera, left unfinished at the time of Puccini's death, was completed by Alfano; 1929 - Roussel: "Psalm 80" for tenor, chorus and orchestra, in Paris; 1931 - Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 1 in b, Op. 50, at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, by the Brosa Quartet; 1963 - Hindemith: Organ Concerto, for a jubilee concert of the New York Philharmonic, with the composer conducting and Anton Heiller the soloist; 1980 - Rochberg: "Octet - A Grand Fantasia," at Alice Tully Hall, by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; 1999 - André Previn: Bassoon Sonata, in New York, with Nancy Goeres and the composer at the piano; Others 1841 - At a fund-raising concert in Paris for the Beethoven monument to be erected in Bonn, Franz Liszt performs Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto with Berlioz conducting; Richard Wagner reviews the concert for the Dresden Abendzeitung; The following day, Chopin gives one of his rare recitals at the Salle Pleyel, and Liszt writes a long and glowing review for the Parisian Gazette Musicale; 1865 - Pope Pius IX confers on composer Franz Liszt the title of "Abbé". Links and Resources On Puccini and his operas

Serien '10 svenske og 10 danske operasangere med international karriere' præsenterer i denne uge sopranen Birgit Nilsson og bassen Stephen Milling - to af de helt store Wagnersangere, der i den grad kan fylde en scene og med stemmer der kan synge en sal med flere tusind tilskuere op.

Serien '10 svenske og 10 danske operasangere med international karriere' præsenterer i denne uge sopranen Birgit Nilsson og bassen Stephen Milling - to af de helt store Wagnersangere, der i den grad kan fylde en scene og med stemmer der kan synge en sal med flere tusind tilskuere op.

Serien '10 svenske og 10 danske operasangere med international karriere' præsenterer i denne uge sopranen Birgit Nilsson og bassen Stephen Milling - to af de helt store Wagnersangere, der i den grad kan fylde en scene og med stemmer der kan synge en sal med flere tusind tilskuere op.

Serien '10 svenske og 10 danske operasangere med international karriere' præsenterer i denne uge sopranen Birgit Nilsson og bassen Stephen Milling - to af de helt store Wagnersangere, der i den grad kan fylde en scene og med stemmer der kan synge en sal med flere tusind tilskuere op.

Serien '10 svenske og 10 danske operasangere med international karriere' præsenterer i denne uge sopranen Birgit Nilsson og bassen Stephen Milling - to af de helt store Wagnersangere, der i den grad kan fylde en scene og med stemmer der kan synge en sal med flere tusind tilskuere op.

Med diamantringen på ena handen och skurtrasan i den andra förenade 1900-talets främsta operasångerska två världar. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Birgit Nilsson föddes den 17 maj 1918 och dog den 25 december 2005.Här lär vi känna hennes dubbla natur genom personer som på olika sätt stod henne nära: mångåriga vännen, operasångerskan och journalisten Margareta Dellefors, pianisten och ackompanjatören Lars Roos och operasångaren Plácido Domingo, en av Birgits favoritmotspelare och första mottagaren av The Birgit Nilsson Prize.Dessutom medverkar prästen som förrättade Birgit Nilssons begravning Fredrik Westerlund, operadramaturgen Stefan Johansson, operasångerskan och en av Birgits elever Elisabeth Meyer-Topsøe samt Mattias Enn som fick en sånglektion av Birgit Nilsson som 13-åring och därefter brevväxlade med stjärnan under många år. De två sistnämnda är aktuella med varsin nyutkommen bok om henne.Sist men inte minst medverkar Birgit Nilsson själv i en rad klipp där hon kommenterar sin karriär och sin röst.En P2 Dokumentär av Britta Svanholm Maniette i samarbete med radioproducenten Marie Wennersten.

Med diamantringen på ena handen och skurtrasan i den andra förenade 1900-talets främsta operasångerska två världar. I den här reprisen berättar vi åter om Birgit Nilsson som skulle ha fyllt 100 i år. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Birgit Nilsson föddes den 17 maj 1918 och dog den 25 december 2005. I den här reprisen från senast den 10 juni 2018 lär vi känna hennes dubbla natur genom personer som på olika sätt stod henne nära: mångåriga vännen, operasångerskan och journalisten Margareta Dellefors, pianisten och ackompanjatören Lars Roos och operasångaren Plácido Domingo, en av Birgits favoritmotspelare och första mottagaren av The Birgit Nilsson Prize. Dessutom medverkar prästen som förrättade Birgit Nilssons begravning Fredrik Westerlund, operadramaturgen Stefan Johansson, operasångerskan och en av Birgits elever Elisabeth Meyer-Topsøe samt Mattias Enn som fick en sånglektion av Birgit Nilsson som 13-åring och därefter brevväxlade med stjärnan under många år. De två sistnämnda är aktuella med varsin nyutkommen bok om henne. Sist men inte minst medverkar Birgit Nilsson själv i en rad klipp där hon kommenterar sin karriär och sin röst. En P2 Dokumentär av Britta Svanholm Maniette i samarbete med radioproducenten Marie Wennersten.

Ett av världens största konstmusikpris - Birgit Nilsson-priset - tilldelades den 15 maj 2018 operasångerskan Nina Stemme. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. I dokumentären berättar Stemme om den passion som göder hennes konstnärskap. - Det är en eld inuti mig, som ibland övergår till begynnande härdsmälta, säger Stemme och fortsätter: - Jag försöker känna att jag sjunger med hela kroppen - att varenda cell är engagerad. En gång i tiden fick hon inte ens tillträde till körerna i Adolf Fredriks musikklasser och det sångliga självförtroendet var inte så stort. - Jag tyckte jag sjöng ganska fult, men sjunga skulle man ju göra - för det hade jag gjort sedan jag var 9 år, säger Stemme och berättar om sin förvåning när hon fick sin första sångliga framgång vid high school i USA. Det var en framgången som ledde till sångstudier, men tidigt valde hon att prioritera familj och barn - även om inte operacheferna fann valet lika självklart, säger hon. Sofia Nyblom träffade Nina Stemme strax efter det att hon hade genomfört fyra Wagners "Ring-cykler" våren 2017 på Kungliga Operan i Stockholm samt inför nypremiären på operan Turandot i San Francisco samma år. I programmet medverkar röstcoachen Leif Lundberg samt regissörerna Staffan Valdemar Holm och Christoph Loy. Vi hör dessutom operachefen Matthew Shilvock vid San Francisco Opera och Sveriges generalkonsul i Los Angeles Barbro Osher beskriva intrycken av Ninas första Brynhilde. Programmet är en repris senast från den 19 maj 2018. En P2 Dokumentär av Sofia Nyblom/Munck.

Vad är en operabög? Det frågar sig Ola Anderstedt i den här dokumentären. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. I ett par årtionden har det varit känt att homosexuella män kanske i högre grad än heterosexuella män söker sig till operamusik. Begreppet "opera Queen" har det skrivits mycket om, till och med avhandlats akademiskt i framför allt engelskspråkiga länder av bland andra den amerikanske kulturkritikern Wayne Koestenbaum och dramatikern Tony Kushner. I Sverige har operadramaturgen och docenten i teatervetenskap Göran Gademan skrivit boken "Operabögar" från 2003. Vid sidan av honom möter vi en av grundarna av föreningen "Operabögarna" Roger Wallén och genusforskaren och professorn Tiina Rosenberg. Det blir förstås också mycket musik, med Maria Callas, Birgit Nilsson och andra. Programmet är en repris från den 11 augusti 2018. En P2 Dokumentär av Ola Anderstedt. Mixning och teknik Anders Olsén.

av Britta Svanholm Maniette. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play.

Ett av världens största konstmusikpris - Birgit Nilsson-priset - tilldelades den 15 maj 2018 operasångerskan Nina Stemme. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. I dokumentären berättar Stemme exklusivt för kulturjournalisten Sofia Nyblom om den passion som göder hennes konstnärskap. - Det är en eld inuti mig, som ibland övergår till begynnande härdsmälta, säger Stemme och fortsätter: - Jag försöker känna att jag sjunger med hela kroppen - att varenda cell är engagerad. En gång i tiden fick hon inte ens tillträde till körerna i Adolf Fredriks musikklasser och det sångliga självförtroendet var inte så stort. - Jag tyckte jag sjöng ganska fult, men sjunga skulle man ju göra - för det hade jag gjort sedan jag var 9 år, säger Stemme och berättar om sin förvåning när hon fick sin första sångliga framgång vid high school i USA. Det var en framgången som ledde till sångstudier, men tidigt valde hon att prioritera familj och barn - även om inte operacheferna fann valet lika självklart, säger hon. Sofia Nyblom träffade Nina Stemme strax efter det att hon hade genomfört fyra Wagners "Ring-cykler" våren 2017 på Kungliga Operan i Stockholm samt inför nypremiären på operan Turandot i San Francisco samma år. I programmet medverkar röstcoachen Leif Lundberg samt regissörerna Staffan Valdemar Holm och Christoph Loy. Vi hör dessutom operachefen Matthew Shilvock vid San Francisco Opera och Sveriges generalkonsul i Los Angeles Barbro Osher beskriva intrycken av Ninas första Brynhilde. En P2 Dokumentär av Sofia Nyblom/Munck. Den tidigare aviserade reprisen av P2 Dokumentären "Möt tonsättaren Kent Olofsson" utgår och sänds vid ett annat tillfälle.

Av Britta Svanholm Maniette. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play.

Den svenska musikhistorien är fylld med stora sångare, personer med guld i struparna, och det är på 1900-talet som denna tradition peakar i Sverige. Med Esmeralda Moberg och Mattias Lundberg. Avsnittets spellista på Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/1126630471/playlist/0eqk0ouYUxOW8h0IPds5XQ?si=34bJuiI3Qh2rXi8pa4ogGw Kontakta oss på dsm@sverigesradio.se Ljudtekniker: Samuel Lindberg Producent: David Rune Den svenska musikhistorien görs av produktionsbolaget Munck.

Since the Swedish episodes were so popular, it's time to move next door in Scandinavia--for the next 2 weeks bass Ketil Hugaas discusses Norwegian Diction with us. This week we're focusing on vowels with the text "Mens jeg venter", a poem by Vilhelm Krag that was set by Edvard Grieg. Grieg's Opus 60 is a set of 5 songs to texts by Krag and is available on IMSLP along with links to purchase a copy. I found one YouTube of Birgit Nilsson singing this song, and it can also be found on iTunes on the recordings Edvard Grieg Complete Songs Vol 1 with various artists, Grieg: Complete Songs Vol. 2 with Monica Groop and Ilmo Ranta (the entire Opus 60) as well as Grieg: Songs and Lieder with Anne Sofie von Otter and Bengt Forsberg (just "Mens jeg venter"). Most of the information that I gathered in preparing for this episode came from Wikipedia's Norwegian Phonology page as well as Omniglot. The phonetic letters are mostly standard, except for the barred U [ʉ]. Otherwise, we find a [ɑ] å [ɔ] æ [æ] e [ɛ, ə] according to the websites, there is also a closed [e], but not as closed as the German sound i [i, I] o [u, o] ø [ø] u [ʉ] y [y] Please feel free to contact me with questions, comments or suggestions here, at the Facebook page, on Twitter @dictionpolice or directly at ellen@ellenrissinger.com

Happy 2012! We're back from the holidays with German Diction. German actress Susanne Plassman discusses "Kennst du das Land" from Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre and bass Georg Zeppenfeld talks about König Heinrich's Aria from Lohengrin, "Mein Herr und Gott" (scroll down a little beyond halfway to find the aria). The basis for this episode came from bass Thorsten Grümbel, and at his suggestion, we focus on [ʃ], [ç] and [x], as well as when ZU- at the beginning of a word isn't stressed. If you haven't already heard Georg Zeppenfeld sing this role (because I posted it on the Facebook page several weeks ago), here is the YouTube link to the Bayreuth performance last summer--Mein Herr und Gott starts at 5:26. The entire production was broadcast on TV here in Europe, and it's posted on YouTube in it's entirety. There's also a little opera karaoke link, in case you would like to sing this aria yourself! I found some YouTube clips with 2 singers who connect Kennst du (Birgit Nilsson with John Wustman, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf with Gerald Moore), as well as some who separate Kennst/du (Christa Ludwig with Erik Werba, Juliane Banse with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin). The blog Study Hacks has a few postings on Multitasking. There is also an article called The Myth of Multitasking at The New Atlantis. The Diction Police is now on Twitter! Look for me at @dictionpolice. As always, please feel free to leave comments or suggestions here, at the Facebook page, now on Twitter :-) or directly at ellen@ellenrissinger.com

This week we're branching off into a new language--Swedish! In the first of a 2-part series, mezzo-soprano Sofi Lorentzen discusses the vowels and consonants of Swedish, with two songs from Sibelius' Opus 36, No. 4 "Säf, säf, susa" and No.1 "Svarta rosor". The new phonetic letters that we introduce this week are for the letter U [ʉː] & [ɵ] and for the soft K sound [ɕ]. "Säf, säf, susa" is a poem by Gustav Fröding, "Svarta rosor" by Ernst Josephson, a Swedish portrait painter. Composer Jean Sibeluis was Finnish, but most of his songs are to Swedish texts, not surprising since both Finnish and Swedish are equally the official languages of Finnland. Wikipedia has a page on Swedish pronunciation, which I used to help prepare for the interview. The alphabet and writing systems website that I mentioned on this episode is Omniglot, a great resource for all languages which includes tips on learning languages, useful phrases and tongue twisters! They also have a pronunciation page for each language (including Swedish) which includes a phonetic guide. Some of the YouTube clips I found for these songs include: "Säf, säf, susa" with Jussi Björling (and uncredited orchestra?), Birgit Nilsson with the Vienna Opera Orchestra and Håkan Hagegård with Warren Jones on the piano. "Svarta rosor" with Jüssi Björling (again an uncredited pianist!) and a recording from 1902 of Björling's teacher John Forsell with pianist Armas Järnefelt (a contemporary of Sibelius, who studied at the music institute in Helsinki with him). There are many more, these are just a few to get you started! As always, feel free to contact me with questions or comments here, at the Facebook page or directly at ellen@ellenrissinger.com