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Overview of the events of 2011 in classical music
Events
New works
Opera premieres
Date |
Opera |
Composer |
Theatre
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17 February |
Anna Nicole |
Mark-Anthony Turnage |
Royal Opera House
|
18 March |
Kommilitonen! |
Peter Maxwell Davies |
Royal Academy of Music
|
26 March |
Risorgimento! |
Lorenzo Ferrero |
Teatro Comunale Modena
[5]
|
April |
The Importance of Being Earnest |
Gerald Barry |
Los Angeles Philharmonic (concert performance)
|
9 & 10 April |
Sonntag aus
Licht |
Karlheinz Stockhausen |
Staatenhaus of the
Kölner Messe (auspices of the
Cologne Opera)
|
13 April |
The Juniper Passion |
Michael F. Williams |
Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts,
University of Waikato
|
9 June |
Rockland the Opera |
Jukka Linkola |
Nivala Ice Arena, Finland
|
24 June |
Two Boys |
Nico Muhly |
English National Opera
|
1 July |
Dr Dee |
Damon Albarn |
Palace Theatre, Manchester, 2011
Manchester International Festival
|
30 July |
Mansfield Park |
Jonathan Dove |
Boughton House
|
11 September |
Manifest Destiny 2011 |
Keith Burstein |
King's Head Theatre, London
|
15 October |
One Night Stand |
Olli Kortekangas |
Helsinki Music Centre
|
1 November |
Heart of Darkness |
Tarik O'Regan |
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
|
12 November |
Silent Night |
Kevin Puts |
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Saint Paul, Minnesota
|
31 December |
The Enchanted Island |
Handel,
Vivaldi,
Rameau |
Metropolitan Opera
|
Albums
Musical films
Deaths
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January 24 –
Bhimsen Joshi, Indian classical vocalist, 88
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January 28 – Dame
Margaret Price, Welsh operatic soprano, 69
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February 2 –
Armando Chin Yong, 52, Malaysian opera singer
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February 5 –
Beatrice Krebs, 86, American mezzo-soprano
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February 6 –
Per Grundén, 88, Swedish tenor
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February 10 –
Claus Helmut Drese, 88, German opera manager
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February 21 –
Antonín Švorc, 77, Czech bass-baritone
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February 26 –
Eugene Fodor, US violinist, 60
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March 13 –
Hans Christian [
de], 81, Austrian baritone
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March 22 –
Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer, 84
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March 28 –
Lee Hoiby, 85, American composer and pianist
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March 29 –
Robert Tear, Welsh operatic tenor and conductor, 72
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April 8 –
Donald Shanks, 70, Australian bass-baritone
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April 8 –
Daniel Catán, 62, Mexican composer
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April 15 –
Vincenzo La Scola, Italian operatic tenor, 53 (heart attack)
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May 7 –
Jane Rhodes, 82, French soprano/mezzo-soprano
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May 30 –
Giorgio Tozzi, 88, American bass
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July 4 –
Gerhard Unger, 95, German tenor
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July 6 –
Josef Suk, Czech violinist and conductor, 81
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July 23 –
David Aiken, 93, American baritone
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July 26 –
Denise Scharley, French operatic contralto, 94
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August 1 –
Milada Šubrtová, Czech operatic soprano, 87
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August 2 –
Ralph Berkowitz, US composer and painter, 100
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August 3 –
Louise Behrend, US violinist and academic, 94
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August 25 –
Anne Sharp, 94, Scottish coloratura soprano
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September 5 –
Salvatore Licitra, 43, Italian tenor
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September 29 –
Vera Veljkov-Medaković, Serbian pianist and piano teacher, 88
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October 8 –
Ingvar Wixell, Swedish operatic baritone, 80
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October 19 –
James Yannatos, US composer conductor, violinist and teacher, 82
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October 29 –
Walter Norris, American pianist and composer, 79
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November 22 –
Sena Jurinac, Bosnian operatic soprano, 90
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November 23 –
Montserrat Figueras, Catalan operatic soprano, 70
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December 5 –
Violetta Villas, Polish coloratura soprano, cabaret star, singer, actress, composer and songwriter, 73
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December 8 –
Minoru Miki, 81, Japanese composer
[6]
Major awards
International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 – Piano
Classical Brits
Grammy Awards
See also
References
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^ Smith, Steve (June 10, 2012).
"Poems in Four Voices, a Concerto in Two: New York Philharmonic's Contact! Series at the Met".
The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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^ Levere, Jane (April 17, 2013).
"New York Philharmonic To Perform All-American Program With Joshua Bell And Christopher Rouse Premiere".
Forbes. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
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^ Miller, Sarah Bryan (May 1, 2011).
"BSLSO concludes season with Rouse's Symphony No. 3".
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
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^ Druckenbrod, Andrew (February 12, 2012).
"Composer Steven Stucky's new piece will honor Rachel Carson's work".
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
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^
Risorgimento! – Il prigioniero at the Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti (Modena)
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^
作曲家の三木稔さんが死去 オペラや現代邦楽. 47news.jp. 8 December 2011. Archived from
the original on 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2011-12-09.