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• The Salzburg festival saga… no end in sight
  on Mar 4, 2010 in Austria News Salzburg Gabi Burgstaller Helga Rabl Klaus Kretschmer Michael Dewitte Salzburger Festspiele scandal
  After the technical director, Klaus Kretschmer, was found mangled under a bridge just outside of Salzburg in a failed suicide attempt, even more attention has been focused on the yearly Salzburg Easter Festival, founded by Karajan in 1967. Klaus Kret...
• Mopping up the awards at the Belvedere
  on Jul 10, 2009 in Austria Opera Operetta Performers Vienna Belvedere competition finalist Gaston Rivero Pretty Wettbewerb Yende
  Last week the annual world renowned Viennese competition, Hans Gabor Belvedere, completed it’s final round with some dramatic results. The 28th international Belvedere opera competition received around 3,000 singers for the qualifying rounds th...
• Surviving the Endless Winter with a Stradivari Approach
  on Apr 1, 2009 in Austria Capsules Lavender natural cold remedies Oil Propolis Spike Tavipec
  Having rehearsals nearly every day for the last several months combined with a seemingly endless Austrian winter has really taken it’s toll. So it’s the perfect time to talk about some local all-natural aids here in Europe to help sing th...
• A New Old Opera House
  on Feb 12, 2009 in Italy Music News Opera Alzira Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor Luisa Miller Naples opening renovation Teatro di San Carlo Un ballo in maschera Verdi
  Recently, the Neapolitan’s San Carlo was reopened after renovations. What a lovely little gem. I’ve pulled some pics off of La Republica to see just what I’m talking about. Donizetti composed 16 operas for this venue included
• “Handy” Dictionaries for Mobiles
  on Dec 17, 2008 in How to PDA Software Technology Tips 4 Singers bilingual cell dictionaries dictionary English Freedict French German IDP Internet Dictionary Project Italian mobile phone Spanish
  Well I finally got a new “Handy” (what Austrians call mobile phones). The first thing I did after charging it, was to find some practical software for my shiny unlocked travel phone. I came across the Internet Dictionary Project (IDP)
• The Party is at Linz
  on Dec 16, 2008 in Austria Music News 2009 cultural city Linz New Years
  Linz, Austria will be the EU city of culture in 2009 making its New Years celebration extra special. The tiny steel-industry city, proud of it’s 1.9 kilometer subway, is undergoing a massive public transport overhaul as well as a contruction bo.
• Hampson’s zoo break out
  on Nov 17, 2008 in Americans Austria Interview Music News Performers Vienna Andrea Herberstein evasion Ioan Holender leaving Library of Congress Manhattan School of Music New York Philharmonic Parsifal Staatsoper tax Thomas Hampson Tierpark Herberstein
  With only one exception in 2010, Thomas Hampson has decided to no longer perform in Austria: a country that has been his home for some years now. Both his apartment on the outskirts of Vienna and his office near the Vienna Staatsoper were sold recent...
• Oper… etta. Oops how did that get through the door?
  on Nov 6, 2008 in Italy Music News Operetta Die lustige Witwe first ever Franz Lehár La Scala Teatro alla Scala The Merry Widow
  This is certainly a week of firsts. No I’m not talking about the first black American president, or the fact that I stopped introducing myself as Canadian to Europeans (why?). I’m referring to the historic event this week at La Scala.
• Paging the conductor to the set
  on Oct 28, 2008 in Austria Austrians Music News Opera Performers Anna Netrebko Carmen cinema Elina Garanča film Georges Bizets Jan Mojto La Bohème movie Robert Dornhelms Rolando Villazón Unitel
  While Robert Dornhelms’ film “La Bohème” is playing in cinemas, there are plans already underway towards the next big opera movie (see previous articles on this topic here and here). Georges Bizets “Carmen̶
• European art, Japanese obsession
  on Oct 27, 2008 in Austria Cultures European Quirks International Music News Opera Performers Vienna Angelika Kirchschlager Barbara Frittoli Bunka Kaikan Edita Gruberova Japan Japanese Laura Tatulescu Michael Schade Natale De Carolis Riccardo Muti Seiji
  Japan’s first opera house (Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo) is sold out with some tickets as high as 500 euros for the 97th Vienna State opera’s Japanese performance. The 100th performance will be celebrated with Fidelio conducted by Seiji Ozawa

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