CLASSICAL BEAT\A touch of German.Byline: Lynette Rice German conductor Christian Thielemann Christian Thielemann (born 1 April 1959, in Berlin) is a German conductor. He is currently principal conductor (Generalmusikdirektor) of the Munich Philharmonic. Biography Thielemann started his musical career aged 19 as a Korrepetitor makes his Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. debut with a program of Beethoven and Schumann at 8 p.m. Saturday and again March 1-3 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the United States). The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. in the Music Center. Thielemann, who serves as the principal guest conductor of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna, Italy, will conduct a program beginning with Beethoven's Coriolan Overture, Opus 62, followed by the Schumann Concerto. After intermission, Thielemann will conclude with Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F, Opus 68. German pianist Lars Vogt Lars Vogt (b. 1970, September 8 in Düren, Germany) is a German piano player best known to win several major awards in 2004. Career He rose to prominence when he won second prize at the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition, and has since gone on to give major will return to the Pavilion to perform Schumann's concerto. The March 1 concert begins at 1:30 p.m., the March 2 at 8 p.m., and the March 3 concert at 2:30 p.m. Tickets range from $6 to $58 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (213) 365-3500. Etc. Red and black were the predominant colors at the Los Angeles Opera's annual on-stage gala featuring a romantic repertoire of cabaret tunes. Set on Valentine's Day, the gala spotlighted singer Bobby Short and mezzo mez·zo n. pl. mez·zos A mezzo-soprano. mezzo Adverb Music moderately; quite: mezzo-forte Noun pl -zos soprano Frederica von Stade Frederica von Stade (June 1, 1945), is an American mezzo-soprano. Born in Somerville, New Jersey, she acquired the nickname Flicka in her childhood. Miss von Stade attended the Mannes College of Music in New York City. singing the music of Cole Porter, Duke Ellington and Irving Berlin. While guests dined and danced on the stage of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the two singers performed amid the gardenlike sets of Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte," the next production of the L.A. Opera that opens Tuesday and runs through March 13. A number of unique items were auctioned at the gala, including round-trip air fare to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; with accommodations in a private apartment; tickets to the Metropolitan Opera; and an evening of live opera at the recipient's home, featuring an L.A. Opera resident artist. "Cosi Fan Tutte" will feature von Stade in the role of Dorabella, Hillevi Martinpelto as Fiordiligi, Elizabeth Gale as Despina and Claudio Desderi as Don Alfonso. The opera sung in Italian with English subtitles is three hours, 40 minutes. For ticket information, call (213) 972-8001. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo (1) Mezzo soprano Frederica von Stade and Bobby Short were spotlighted at the Los Angeles Opera's annual on-stage gala. (2) Christian Thielemann makes his L.A. Phil debut Saturday. (3) Lars Vogt will perform Schumann's concerto. |
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