Siemens Music Prize to George Benjamin: Magician of Riddles – Culture
The Siemens Music Prize, which has been awarded annually since 1974, is the noblest of all music prizes. An interpreter...
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Lisette Oropesa: Portrait of a singer infatuated with Mozart – Culture
Lisette Oropesa is celebrated at all opera houses in the world because she always reveals the deepest layers of her...
Should Anna Netrebko perform at the May Festival in Wiesbaden? – Culture
For some she is the greatest of living singers, for others suspect because of her closeness to Putin, which was...
Anna Netrebko: Dispute about appearance at the May Festival in Wiesbaden – culture
Controversy has broken out about the planned appearance of the Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko at the International May Festival...
Frankfurt: Premiere of the opera “Bloom” by Vito Žuraj and Händl Klaus – culture
from Helmut MauroOperas are most contemporary when they are particularly timeless. This also applies to completely new compositions, as the...
The new album by saxophonist Mette Henriette – Kultur
A jet of air between reeds and rubber, resinated horsehair on silver wire, felt hammers on steel: the trio of...
Passion: Playing snooker with Michael Barenboim – Society
Playing is one of those things, the word sounds light as a feather, like effortlessness, but it depends on the...
Blazer dress trends 2023: How to reinterpret the classic
Fashion Classics reinterpreted: That's why the blazer dress is trendy in 2023 The blazer is a timeless all-rounder and so...
“Valkyrie”: Ewelina Marciniak continues her “Ring” in Bern – culture
"Valkyrie", prelude. Sieglinde is lying in front of an open fireplace, covered in bed linen delicately printed with texts, with...
The favorites of the SZ feuilletons: Warm, soft dreams – culture
Picture book: At night in a dreamOne becomes immediately calm when one opens this enchanting book from Bohem-Verlag. On two-page...
Soundtrack from BRD film noir classic: Sleazy Swing for the strangler
The soundtrack by the Swiss jazz musician Bruno Spoerri for "Der Würger vom Tower" is a pleasure. More than the...
Goethe Biography by Jeremy Adler – Culture
When Rüdiger Safranski published his biography of Goethe ten years ago, he gave it the subtitle "Artwork of Life". It...
The favorites of the SZ feuilletons: more than horror – culture
Actor: Jenna OrtegaWednesday, the stylish, morbid daughter of the "Addams Family", was almost predestined for her role. Jenna Ortega became...
Daniel Barenboim resigns: No more opera – culture
Unfortunately, now it's official what many of his followers - and everyone who ever heard him became one - expected,...
Daniel Barenboim resigns as general music director – culture
"I can no longer provide the performance that is rightly demanded of a general music director," explained the conductor and...
