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Gondwanaland – LEIPZIG ZOO
6/15/17 •
LEIPZIG/GERMANY: BACHFEST LEIPZIG 2017, is the hit in Leipzig during the periode 9-18th Junee 2017, in addition to the Martin Luther 500 years for reformation, but when you first are in the area, and need another kind of some thing really extraordinary, we would recommend a visit to the LEIPZIG ZOO and its GONDWANALAND tropic parc.. Visited by Henning Høholt,
“The Forbidden City” in Monaco
6/14/17 •
MONTE CARLO/MONACO: Each summer, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco produces a major thematic exhibition devoted to an important artistic movement, a subject of heritage or civilisation, a public or private collection, or any subject in which the renewal of creativity is expressed. It offers an opportunity to highlight its strengths and specificities, with a space of 3,200 square metres to create in complete freedom, placing the best technological tools at the service of the scenography, making use of the best specialists in each field to ensure the scientific quality of its exhibitions. July 14th – September 10th, 2017.
Sommerkonsertene i Vigeland-museet fra 18. Juni.
6/13/17 •
OSLO/NORGE: Søndag 18.juni kl 14 starter Sommerkonsertene i Vigeland-museet. Hver søndag fram til 3.september kan vi oppleve noen av våre fremste musikere i tillegg til internasjonale stjerner i museets vakre borggård. Sopranen Birgitte Christensen og barytonen Ole Jørgen Kristiansen akkompagnert av pianisten John Lidal vil presentere sanger, arier og duetter av blant annet Grieg, Nyström, Mozart,Dvorak og Gershwin.
CAMERON CARPENTER – at BACH in Open Air, Leipzig
6/11/17 •
CAMERON CARPENTER Star organist – at BACH Open Air, Leipzig By Henning Høholt, fotos and Text LEIPZIG/GERMANY: After the opening concert 9 . June at ST . Thomas Church the “Show” continued with CAMERON CARPENTER in the second of a seria of Bach Open Air concerts, which is going on […]
BACHFEST LEIPZIG 2017
6/09/17 •
LEIPZIG/GERMANY: With Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and his music in center the BACHFEST Leipzig 2017 was opened Friday 9. June 2017 in “his own church” – Thomas Church with a program named “Ein Schön New Weld” – (A beautiful new song), who also has the undertitel Music and Reformation, was opened by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, who in the Bach connection is president of the Bach archive (for the last four years). By Henning Høholt in Leipzig, text and photos.
Very amusing and entertaining Don Giovanni in Berlin
6/09/17 •
BERLING/GERMANY: It became one of the Don Giovanni that we, for sure, will remember for a very long time. Because, the regiseur has let his excellent ensemble show all their talents, also with out the normale Don Giovanni stye, making it amusing, funny, entertaining, and also giving someone small chocks. However. The singers did an excellent job, as all the show, didn´t spoil any of the famouse arias, duets or ensembles, but he let them use the time between the many highlights to make it fun, and many of these outstanding singers has really talents in that wa y too, We are sure that they had fun. By Henning Høholt and Tomas Bagackas.
Ny Tosca i Oslo
6/07/17 •
OSLO/NORGE: De første skarpe akkordene i Puccinis populære opera Tosca tar oss med inn i en verden med politisk uro, tortur og ubarmhjertig maktspill. I sentrum står lederen for etterretningstjenesten, Scarpia – en av operaverdenens virkelige bad boys. Hos ham går sadismen hånd i hånd med hans erotiske appetitt, særlig for sangerinnen Floria Tosca. Mens kjæresten hennes, kunstneren Mario Cavaradossi, tortureres, forteller Scarpia at prisen for å løslate ham fra politisk fangenskap er Tosca selv. Regi Calixto Bieito. 11-24. Juni
Fiskars saksen 50 år
6/05/17 •
BILLNÄS/FINLAND: For 50 år siden, på et lite tettsted i Finland, så den oransje Fiskars-saksen dagens lys. Siden den gang har vi solgt over 1 milliard sakser, og de finnes i alt fra kjøkkenskuffer til redskapsboder, ved bestemors symaskin og på skoler – ja de er faktisk også utstilt på selveste Museum of Modern Art i New York.
L’HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT by Stravinsky
6/04/17 •
FIRENZE/ITALY: “L’histoire du soldat, to read, play and dance in two parts”: so the author named this original composition written in collaboration with Swiss writer Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz. Review Fabio Bardelli, photos Michele Borzoni Terraproject-Contrasto
Gala Dalí Castle in Púbol, Spain
6/03/17 •
PUBOL/SPAIN: We visited the interesting and flamboyant Gala- Dali Castle. and old ruin that Salvador Dali bought in 1969 and restored it to make this to be the residence of his wife Gala. Visited by Henning Høholt. Text and photos.
Norske krimforfattere populære i England
6/02/17 •
LONDON/GREAT BRITAIN: Gunnar Staalesen har nylig mottatt en engelsk bokpris, og Jørn Lier Horst er nominert til en annen. Norsk og skandinavisk krim oversettes i stadig større grad til engelsk., og Nordic Noir er populær. Av Synnøve Elisabeth Nord
Norsk skulpturbiennale 2017 Vigelands Museet, Oslo
6/01/17 •
OSLO/NORGE: Norsk Skulpturbiennale 2017 er den niende i rekken, og arrangeres i år for syvende gang i Vigeland-museet i samarbeid med Norsk billedhoggerforening (NBF). Kurator for årets biennale er Steffen Håndlykken. Med utgangspunkt i 440 innsendte søknader har han valgt ut 32 prosjekter som skal vises i Vigeland-museet, i tillegg til noen arbeider i det offentlige rom. De utvalgte bidragene befinner seg alle innenfor det tredimensjonale feltet, men representerer likevel et mangfold av uttrykksformer. 31. mai – 17. september 2017. Av Tomas Bagackas.
Revealed operatic beauty in Leipzig
5/31/17 •
LEIPZIG/GERMANY: “My Leipzig I praise myself! It is a small Paris, and makes its people “. That’s how Goethe let call a drinking buddy in his “Faust” drama, which partly is located in the Saxon city. – Cinq-Mars (Der Rebell des Königs) will be performed again on 11 June 2017, and in 2018 on 20 January, 11 February and 11 March. Review by Christoph Münch
PETER GRIMES in Bologna
5/24/17 •
BOLOGNA/ITALY: Peter Grimes, one of Benjamin Britten’s most important operas, is staged these days at Teatro Comunale in Bologna for the first time ever, as it had never been staged in that city before. Review by Fabio Bardelli, photos; Rocco Casaluci
Mer om Maja Lunde og ”Bienes historie”
5/24/17 •
OSLO/NORGE: Få dager etter vår omtale av suksessen til forfatteren Maja Lunde og boken ”Bienes historie”, kommer meldingen fra Oslo Literary Agency om at romanen nå er oppe på 1.plass på Der Spiegels bestselgerliste. Av Synnøve Elisabeth Nord
Gledelig gjensyn med Don Quixote i Oslo
5/24/17 •
OSLO/NORGE: Nasjonalballetten presenterer som sin siste forestilling før sommerferien 9 forestillinger av Rudolf Nureyev og Ludwig Minkus ballet Don Quixote på Operaen i Oslo. Det er et gledelig gjensyn. AV Henning Høholt.
Norwegian Shame in Cannes
5/23/17 •
CANNES/FRANCE: The annual press lunch in Cannes by the production company Film i Väst is always a good place to overview coming Scandinavian films. The company has an impressive merit list, and this year it is partnership in one of the films nominated for Palme d’Or, – Ruben Östlund’s The Square. Future plans were presented in a beautiful villa overlooking the Mediterranean, and directors, producers, writers and actors from the Nordic countries lined up to tell about opening nights in 2018. Report by Torkil Baden
Kunstauksjon hos Blomqvist
5/22/17 •
OSLO/NORGE: Blomqvist i Oslo avholder kunstauksjon med moderne og klassisk kunst den 23. mai. Blant kunstverkene finner vi også en fyldig avdeling med kunst på papir, deriblant en rekke grafiske blad og akvareller av Edvard Munch. Av Synnøve Elisabeth Nord
Den Nationale Scene vert rehabilitert
5/20/17 •
BERGEN/NORGE: Regjeringa foreslår i revidert nasjonalbudsjett for 2017 eit statleg investeringstilskot på til saman 101 millionar kroner til rehabilitering av tak og fasadar ved Den Nationale Scene i Bergen.
Don Carlos in Firenze
5/19/17 •
FIRENZE/ITALY: The four-act version of Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi is chosen by the conductor Zubin Mehta to bid his operistic farewell (so it seems) to the city where he conducted a great deal over the last sixty years and with which he had always a special bond. As it is known the act of Fontainebleau, which precedes the four represented on this occasion in Florence, describes the background of the plot that is the meeting between Don Carlo Infante of Spain and Elisabetta di Valois, which then for political reasons will marry the Infante’s father, King Filippo II. Review By Fabio Bardelli, Photos: Michele Borzoni TerraProject Contrasto
40th Dresden Music Festival opens at Semperoper – Tonight.
5/18/17 •
DRESDEN/GERMANY: The Dresden Music Festival begins its 40th edition on May 18, 2017. Intendant Jan Vogler has chosen the motto »LIGHT«, focusing on revolutionaries and luminaries whose ideas and visions have given the music world new impulses and continue to do so. The Festival’s opening night features legendary violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Philharmonia Zurich under the baton of Fabio Luisi at the Semperoper. They perform Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Tōru Takemitsu‘s »Nostalghia« for Violin and String Orchestra and Brahms’ Symphony No. 4.
‘BALENCIAGA, L’OEUVRE AU NOIR’
5/17/17 •
PARIS/FRANCE: The Palais Galliera is paying homage to the couturier Cristobal Balenciaga (1865-1972) with an extra-mural exhibition at the Musée Bourdelle entitled : ‘Balenciaga, l’oeuvre au noir’. The exhibition resonates with the black tones of an alchemist of haute couture : variations of black repeated in over a hundred of pieces from the Galliera collections and the archives of Maison Balenciaga. This exhibition opens the Palais Galliera’s Spanish season, which will continue with ‘Costumes espagnols entre ombre et lumière’ (‘Spanish costumes from dark to bright’) at the Maison de Victor Hugo (21 June – 24 September 2017) and will finish with ‘Mariano Fortuny’ at the Palais Galliera (4 October – 7 January 2018).
USA guest 7th edition of the Art History Festival at Fontainebleau
5/15/17 •
FONTAINEBLEU/FRANCE: The United States will be at the heart of the Art History Festival: conferences about artistic relations between USA and France, artists and collectors profiles, conferences about the place of the artist in the American society, about photography that mainly grew in the United States… -7th edition of the Art History Festival. June 2,3 and 4, 2017- At Fontainebleau.
Maja Lundes roman ”Bienes historie” på vei ut i verden
5/14/17 •
OSLO/NORGE: I 2015 hadde forfatteren Maja Lunde stor suksess med romanen ”Bienes historie”. Boken fikk gode kritikker og mange lesere, og bl.a. Bokhandlerprisen. Her hjemme er bokens opplag hele 122.000. Av Synnøve Elisabeth Nord
Nasjonalmuseet – i fremtiden
5/13/17 •
OSLO/NORGE: Noe av det første som møter deg i den faste utstillingen i det nye museet er portrettene av de romerske keiserne, i samspill med andre gjenstander fra oldtiden. Keiserportrettene kan dateres til de første århundrene e.Kr. Blant Nasjonalmuseets keiserlige portretter finner du blant andre Tiberius, Nero og Marcus Aurelius.