I am absolutely delighted to be back at the Metropolitan Opera to conduct an opera which is very dear to my heart: first of all because it is one of the masterpieces by our dear Donizetti;
I am absolutely delighted to be back at the Metropolitan Opera to conduct an opera which is very dear to my heart: first of all because it is one of the masterpieces by our dear Donizetti;
On 23rd March I was nominated Chief Conductor of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir and will up the post for the 2022/23 season.
This partnership is the result of a special relationship that I have with the orchestra,
“O Röschen rot!
Der Mensch liegt in größter Not!
Der Mensch liegt in größter Pein!
Je lieber möcht’ ich im Himmel sein”
This concert is a continuation of my project to interpret the Mahler symphonies and the great German symphonic repertoire.
After the success of Cavalleria rusticana, Pietro Mascagni immediately began thinking about other subject matter to set to music. The initial project, I Rantzau was temporarily set aside to work on L’amico Fritz,