CONSUMER NEWS
July 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: Adam – Le Postillon de Lonjumeau / Opéra Comique
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
Michel Fau’s critically-acclaimed 2019 production of Adam’s Le Postillon de Lonjumeau staged at the Opéra Comique features a brilliant cast of performers.
DVD: Beethoven’s Ninth – Symphony for the World
C Major Entertainment
A breathtaking Documentary about the greatest Symphony of all times. A moving film – not just for the fans of classical music!
DVD + Blu-Ray: Mahler: Symphony No. 2 – Gustavo Dudamel
C Major Entertainment
Gustavo Dudamel and the Münchner Philharmoniker with an unforgettable performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 at Barcelona’s Palau de la Música Catalana.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Mozart – Mass in C Minor / Salzburg Mozarteum
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
First ever recording of the Reconstructed Edition of Mozart’s Great Mass featuring the Bachchor and the Camerata Salzburg conducted by Andrew Manze.
DVD + Blu-Ray: Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers from Salzburg Festival
C Major Entertainment
“An incredible combination of nonsense, surrealism and fantasy” (Barrie Kosky) – “A frantic and fabulous show” (New York Times).
VIDEO ON DEMAND NEWS
Digital Festival From Aix-en-Provence
ARTE G.E.I.E.
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions in France, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence can’t take place in its usual form. Starting on 6 July, ARTE Concert presents a virtual edition.
New on takt1: Artemis Quartett
takt1
The Artemis Quartett with music from Tchaikovsky and Schubert, recorded in the Konzerthaus Dortmund.
New on takt1: Batiashvili and friends from Elmau
takt1
Lisa Batiashvili, François Leleux, Lawrence Power, Sebastian Klinger, Matthew McDonald and Nino Gvetadze from the idyllic venue of Schloss Elmau.
New on takt1: Faust and Queyras
takt1
Isabelle Faust and Jean-Guihen Queyras with baroque music from Konzerthaus Dortmund.
New on takt1: Gerassimez and Cohen-Milo
takt1
Alexej Gerassimez and Haggai Cohen-Milo in the empty hall of the Konzerthaus Dortmund.
New on takt1: Gražinytė-Tyla and Soltani
takt1
Music from Šerkšnytė, Haydn and Beethoven: The first concert with audience in the Konzerthaus Dortmund.
The Bregenz Festival on-demand on fidelio
myfidelio
Unfortunately, the Bregenz Festival has been canceled this year. However, you can watch selected highlights on fidelio.
LIVE STREAMS + BROADCAST DATES
ARTE invites to “Summer of Dreams”
ARTE G.E.I.E.
2020: From 10 July to 23 August, ARTE presents the dream’s many facets in award-winning films, documentaries, star portraits as well as legendary concerts.
Signs of the zodiac in Beethoven and Wagner
myfidelio
11 2020: Stefan Mickisch live from the Festwochen Gmunden on 11 July at 19:30.
PRODUCTIONS SOON ON THE MARKET
Riverdance 25th Anniversary in cinemas
Stanza Media
Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show, postponed due to the coronavirus, is due for release in cinemas worldwide beginning in July.
BEETHOVEN 2020 + SUMMER SPECIALS
Beethoven: the heard and the deaf
Beethoven Jubiläums Gesellschaft
What was the cause of Beethoven’s hearing impairment and could modern medicine have helped him? The Medical-musical symposium in October 2020 in Bonn.
European Cultural Award Gala 2020 is postponed
Beethoven Jubiläums Gesellschaft
Due to the current situation, the European Cultural Award Gala will not take place as planned at the opera in Bonn on 3 October 2020.
Private Concert at Daniel Barenboim’s home
ARTE G.E.I.E.
Daniel Barenboim invites audiences to his Berlin villa to talk to Annie Dutoit and to play Mozart and Beethoven with his son Michael and cellist Kian Soltani.
Show must go on – the FEDORA Digital Prize
FEDORA
In collaboration with the IMZ, FEDORA presents the 4 final nominees. Support them with a donation through the online Transnational Giving Europe Platform!
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!
- CONSUMER NEWS