MonteVerdi Newsletter

Die Schöpfung

MonteVerdi and the Netherlands Chamber Choir are proud to present a very special project: the first live-stream of Joseph Haydn’s oratorio: Die Schöpfung. As a commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death, MonteVerdi will broadcast the concert given by the choir in the beautiful Amsterdam Concertgebouw live through the internet. You can buy a ticket for only €6,99! Read all about it on our special Schöpfung site.

José Carreras

It is the end of an era: the legendary Spanish tenor José Carreras has announced that he will retire from the opera stage. The 67-year –old Carreras can no longer cope with the demands of performing major roles. Carreras started his operatic career aged 11 and has excelled in the operas of Verdi and Puccini, but he gained fame with a wider audience together with his colleagues Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti as one of the Three Tenors. Now available on MonteVerdi: The Essential José Carreras, a two disc Sony Classics CD which features all the highlights of his career.

Sir Simon and the Berliners

As Carreras announced his leave from the stage, Simon Rattle decided to stay a little longer. Last week it was announced that this British conductor has prolonged his contract with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the best orchestras in the world, to 2018. Good news for all the classical music lovers in the world, since this partnership has become a guarantee for beautiful concerts. Watch them perform together in three wonderful video’s, featuring the works of Ravel, Gershwin, Brahms, Wagner and more.

Alison Balsom

Last week was a good one for trumpeter Alison Balsom since she has become the first British woman to win the best Female Artist of the Year award at the Classical BRIT Awards. Balsom, a recipient of the BRIT award for Young British Classical Performer in 2006, has beaten the sopranos Anna Netrebko and Danielle de Niese to it. Do you want to find out why she deserves this award? Order her new CD of Haydn and Hummel trumpet concerto’s here

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Contest

Do you know in which theatre Haydn’s oratorio Die Schöpfung premiered? Enter our contest and win one of the best recordings ever made by the Netherlands Chamber Choir: Stabat Mater. This recording was made by the Netherlands Chamber Choir conducted by Klaas Stok in 2007 featuring complete Stabat Mater compositions by six great choral composers such as Giovanni Pierlugi da Palestrina, Alphons Diepenbrock and Kryzstof Penderecki.