CONSUMER NEWS
June 2020
Your monthly update on performing arts releases, live streams, previews and specials - directly from the producers. Brought to you by the IMZ International Music + Media Centre, the international business network supporting performing arts through audiovisual media.
NEW RELEASES
DVD + Blu-Ray: Il Trovatore – Anna Netrebko at Arena di Verona
C Major Entertainment
A monumental staging by legendary director Franco Zeffirelli brings superstar Anna Netrebko to the Arena where she is giving her much-anticipated debut.
DVD + Blu-Ray: New Year’s Eve Concert 2019
EuroArts Music International
The Berliner Philharmoniker, conductor Kirill Petrenko and star-soprano Diana Damrau play together for the first time at the New Year’s Eve concert!
DVD + Blu-Ray: Puccini: Turandot
Bel Air Media
Puccini’s Turandot conquers the Teatro Real in a new production by Robert Wilson. With Irene Theorin, Gregory Kunde, Yolanda Auyanet and many more.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Simon Boccanegra from Salzburg Festival
C Major Entertainment
Verdi’s masterpiece is presented in a “clear and levelheaded” (The New York Times) staging by Andreas Kriegenburg from the Salzburg Festival.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Stefano Landi – La morte d’Orfeo / DNO
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
Stefano Landi’s La morte d’Orfeo staged by Pierre Audi at the Dutch National Opera in 2018 features Les Talens Lyriques conducted by Christophe Rousset.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Weinberg / Tchaikovsky – Nelsons, Gewandhausorchester
Accentus Music
This release of Weinberg’s Trumpet Concerto with Håkan Hardenberger and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony continues Accentus’ Tchaikovsky cycle.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Yo-Yo Ma – Bach: Cello Suites
C Major Entertainment
Yo-Yo Ma performing Bach’s six suites for solo cello in one sitting at the overwhelming Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens.
VIDEO ON DEMAND NEWS
150 years “Die Walküre”
myfidelio
Wagner’s masterpiece “The Valkyrie” (“Die Walküre”) was first premiered 150 years ago. Watch 4 different versions on fidelio!
Amon Amarth in Oberhausen
ARTE G.E.I.E.
ARTE shows the highlights of the live recording in the König-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen in a compilation.
ARTE Concert celebrates a virtual festival summer
ARTE G.E.I.E.
For many years, summer time has been festival time on ARTE Concert. Due to the circumstances in 2020, ARTE Concert invites music lovers to virtual festivals.
Staatskapelle Dresden on fidelio
myfidelio
Watch Staatskapelle Dresden’s best moments now on-demand on fidelio.
Staatskapelle@Dresden – ARTE Concert and ZDFkultur
ARTE G.E.I.E.
In cooperation with the Staatskapelle Dresden, ARTE Concert and ZDFkultur will show a range of attractive concerts in the upcoming weeks.
Summer Night concerts
myfidelio
The Vienna Philharmonic’s iconic Summer Night Concerts now on-demand on fidelio!
LIVE STREAMS + BROADCAST DATES
A musical journey through Grafenegg
ORF – Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
19 2020: Rudolf Buchbinder meets various voice leaders of the Tonkunstler orchestra in the impressive park of Grafenegg for a musical get together.
Looking back with love
ORF – Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
28 2020: Dominique Meyer is looking back at his decade as director of the Wiener Staatsoper, before moving on to La Scala next season.
Wahnfried | Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
MONARDA Music GmbH
28 2020: Exclusive live stream on the occasion of Justin Brown’s farewell from Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.
PRODUCTIONS SOON ON THE MARKET
Avner Dorman | Wahnfried
MONARDA Music GmbH
World premiere recording of a brandnew opera about the Wagner clan under the musical direction of the Wagner specialist Justin Brown.
Leaving Home, Coming Home: Robert Frank
MONARDA Music GmbH
The first ever feature-length documentary about the legendary photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank.
EXCITING NEWS FOR MUSIC + DANCE LOVERS
Avant Première 2020 featured fascinating World Music productions
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Many productions at Avant Première 2020 focused on different regions and their traditional music + dances. In a year marked by an international health crisis – which makes it clear we are all in it together around the globe – it is only fitting to shine a light on World Music.
The IMZ Music Film Festival Summer
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The IMZ is happy to contribute to an exciting cultural summer for residents + visitors of Vienna, Yekaterinburg and Brno!
BEETHOVEN 2020
ARTE celebrates Beethoven – 21 June
ARTE G.E.I.E.
On 21 June, ARTE proposes a selection of recently produced documentaries and concert recordings around Ludwig van Beethoven on TV.
Beethoven Pastoral project
Beethoven Jubiläums Gesellschaft
Classical music industry develops awareness of climate change – more than 200 orchestras and artists take part in a worldwide project.
- CONSUMER NEWS