Bregenz

Classical highlights: Halle, Quatuor Danel, Tallis Scholars

UNTIL recently assistant conductor of the orchestra, Rory Macdonald returns to conduct Prokoviev’s Lieutenant Kijé suite (the one with the famous sleigh ride - yes, Christmas has started already) and Dvorák’s sunny symphony no. 5.

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Tony Oursler Shows His Media Installations at Kunsthaus Bregenz

BREGENZ, AUSTRIA - Developed over a number of years in conjunction with the KUB, "LOCK 2,4,6" is designed for and inspired by the provocative building and galleries designed by Peter Zumthor. The concept of the installation is...

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Dad kidnaps daughter's killer

Books Galore! An elderly Frenchman admitted on Thursday that he ordered the vigilante kidnapping of a German doctor convicted of killing his daughter 27 years ago, and had him delivered bound and gagged to the courts. Andre...

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SALOME – Now at SF Opera Through November 1st

Soprano Nadja Michael makes her San Francisco debut in Richard Strauss’ tale of Biblical bad girl By Seán Martinfield Sentinel Editor and Publisher Photo by Lynn Imanaka San Francisco Opera presents Richard Strauss’ biblical...

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DGAP-Adhoc: Wolford AG: Sales and earnings in the -2-

DJ DGAP-Adhoc: Wolford AG: Sales and earnings in the first quarter of the 2009/10 fiscal year Wolford AG / Quarter Results 18.09.2009 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG....

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EANS-Adhoc: Valartis Group acquires Hypo Investment Bank (Liechtenstein) AG

ad-hoc disclosure transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The acquisition of Hypo Investment Bank (Liechtenstein) AG is a substantial addition to the private banking activities of Valartis Group,...

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An ‘intelligent spectacle’

Back in the days when David Pountney was director of productions at English National Opera, his so-called office was a tiny broom cupboard of a space carved out of a backstage cranny of the London Coliseum, with a single grubby...

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Aida

Directed by Graham Vick. Talia Or After Philipp Himmelmann's triumphant "Tosca," which played on the Bregenz Festival's humongous lake stage in 2007 and 2008, proved that you can tell an intimate story while using mind-boggling...

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King Roger, Bregenz Festival, Austria

Voluptuous doesn’t even begin to cover it. Szymanowski’s King Roger is so full of aural excess that it’s almost orgiastic. You come out feeling in need of a diet. Or a good confession and a weekend retreat. Best of all, it is...

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Aida, Bregenz Festival, Austria

Since James Bond and his baddies tumbled through Tosca in Quantum of Solace last year, the whole world knows what an opera at the Bregenz Festival looks like. That was product placement par excellence, though it came about...

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