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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · 15d

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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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · 26d

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

www.gramophone.co.uk

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Aug 31

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

www.theguardian.com

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Aug 29

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

www.gramophone.co.uk

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Aug 17

Purbeck Valley Folk Festival

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

www.br-klassik.de

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Jul 11

Great to meet up with Elena Firsova today - preparing a composer profile for Gramophone in the Autumn.

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Jul 1

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

www.gramophone.co.uk

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Jun 27

At Oper Köln for the premiere of Philippe Manoury's Die letzten Tage der Menschheit.

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Jun 14

In Dresden for Kent Nagano's period-instrument Siegfried.

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · May 24

Yep, very interesting.

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · May 24

In Frankfurt for (another) Parsifal

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · May 20

My review of Parsifal at Glyndebourne www.gramophone.co.uk/opera-now/re...

Wagner: Parsifal at Glyndebourne | Live Review

Everything about this production is clearly inspired by the venue, its traditions and especially its size

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · May 17

At Glyndebourne for Parsifal

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · May 16

Klar, Unsuk Chin findete die Inszenierung schlecht auch. Für mich, es war interessant, aber hässlich, natürlich.

Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · May 16

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.

www.ndr.de

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · May 12

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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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Apr 24

Proms listings from @bachtrack.com, the most easily browsable, as ever.

Bachtrack @bachtrack.com · Apr 24

🥳🎉 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...

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Apr 17

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.

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Apr 14

Am currently walking in the Vienna Woods. Yesterday I passed through Pressbaum. Its great claim is that Brahms completed his 2nd Piano Concerto there. I'm guessing he was on his way to somewhere else, Bad Ischl maybe, it's not the sort of place you'd hang around in.

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Apr 14

The music section of a tourist guide to Vienna. An embarrassment of riches.

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Apr 12

Theater 82er Haus, an active theatre in rural Austria (with a gorgous art deco exterior), operating in a 'town', Gablitz, so small it doesn't even have a shop. www.theater82erhaus.at

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Mar 30

An interesting beer to go with today's BBQ, a lambic trippel from Bruges. Tart and fruity

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Mar 22

Huge article today in the SZ on Donald Trump by Jürgen Habermas. He’s not a fan. www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...

Philosoph Jürgen Habermas exklusiv: Ein Appell für Europa

Zu Donald Trump, dem geopolitischen Umbruch und der Übertölpelung unseres Kontinents. Zugleich eine Warnung vor der Rhetorik der Verfeindung und ein Plädoyer für die Freundschaft mit unseren Nachbarn.

www.sueddeutsche.de

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Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social · Mar 19

Putin is consolidating Russia's cultural dominance of Crimea in traditional soft-power fashion, with a world-class opera and ballet theatre at Sevastopol. Due to open next year. smotrim.ru/article/4410...

В Севастополе завершен монтаж металлоконструкций театра оперы и балета

Здание будто парит над землей.

smotrim.ru