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Published: October 2, 2020 10:00

DID YOU KNOW THAT… His own festival

———— The most popular conductor of the 20th century, Herbert von Karajan, once he became a dominant figure on the international opera scene, wanted to create his own festival (why not?). When he left the post of director of the Vienna Staatsoper, he began to look for a suitable place for his plan. At first,

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Published: September 29, 2020 11:12

O JOANNIE CORTÉS – była…

———— W latach osiemdziesiątych XX wieku była jednym z najważniejszych filarów naszego Teatru, jego prawdziwą gwiazdą i niekwestionowaną ozdobą! Aż trudno uwierzyć, że o Joannie będziemy mówić w czasie przeszłym… Była uosobieniem pozytywnej energii, poczucia humoru, świetnym kompanem i osobą, która potrafiła swoim wdziękiem i koleżeńskością rozładować każdą sytuację. Przede wszystkim zaś była znakomitą śpiewaczką i

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Published: September 23, 2020 10:00

DID YOU KNOW THAT… It started with singing…

———— Joseph Haydn – like his two colleagues, the so-called Viennese classics (Mozart and Beethoven) – was not a Viennese by birth; however, all three developed their compositional talents in Vienna. Haydn took his first music lessons with J.M. Franck in Hainburg, but when he was only eight years old, he moved to Vienna, where

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Published: September 18, 2020 10:00

DID YOU KNOW THAT… WAGNER – non-musical passions.

———— The outstanding German composer Richard Wagner never even tried to hide his great passion for splendour and luxury. When he received his new flat in Penzing (a suburb of Vienna) in 1863, he immediately began to design and furnish it without any consideration for finances, despite his rather modest financial situation. He went so

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