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Aida: unheard version receives rapturous reception at La Scala

149 years ago, Giusppe Verdi replaced the original opening to the third act of his celebrated opera, Aida and it has remained unheard. Until now. Musica reports on the rapturously-received alternative version as performed at La Scala in Milan.

15/10/2020

Musica

Sweeping melodies with Jonas Kaufmann at the Summer Night Concert

Sweeping melodies with Jonas Kaufmann at the Summer Night Concert in Vienna - in this week's episode of Musica on Euronews.

01/10/2020

Cult

Young talent and big names in classical music gather in Georgia

In this week's episode of Cult, Euronews meets some of the classical music stars performing at the Tsinandali Festival in Georgia.

28/09/2020

Musica

Perpetual Music: Rolando Villazón and Renaud Capuçon mesmerise Paris

Rolex Perpetual Music is a concert series designed to help performers during the difficult time caused by the pandemic. Musica takes a trip to Paris' wonderful Palais Garnier to see the third and final concert in the series.

17/09/2020

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Germany: socially distanced rooftop symphonic concert

Musicians of the Dresden Symphonic orchestra played on the roof of a high-rise building on Saturday, to respect social distancing measures.

13/09/2020

Musica

Talented musicians join forces for the Perpetual Music Concert series

In this edition of Musica on Euronews, opera soprano Sonya Yoncheva puts on a unique performance in Berlin with an array of international musicians.

10/09/2020

Germany

First chord change in seven years for John Cage organ composition

Play it slow: Composer John Cage's 639-year legacy to the world undergoes its first chord change for seven years

06/09/2020

Musica

Gustavo Dudamel's magical 'Firebird' inspires the Salzburg Festival

Gustavo Dudamel's magical 'Firebird' inspires at the Salzburg Festival - in this edition of Musica on Euronews.

03/09/2020

Musica

Rolex Perpetual Music Concerts launched to support performers

The first of a series of Rolex Perpetual Music Concerts to support singers and musicians during this critical time has taken place. It was led by celebrated Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez, who handpicked the stellar cast of performers.

27/08/2020

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Musicians try to lift spirits in COVID-hit Brazilian favela

A group of youth musicians from Heliopolis, the largest favela of Sao Paulo, performed on Tuesday in the streets of the neighbourhood in an attempt to provide a respite from COVID-19.

26/08/2020

Musica

The show goes on: 'Così fan tutte' at the Salzburg Festival

The show goes on: Così fan tutte performed at the Salzburg Festival. Austria's music and drama festival returns to celebrate its first centenary, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

13/08/2020

World

Musicians honour Syrian world heritage site with performance in Italy

In 2015, ISIS ravaged the Syrian archeological site of Palmyra. Five years on, Italian conductor Riccardo Muti leads a concert honouring the UNESCO World Heritage site.

06/07/2020

World News

In pictures: the best images from this week's news stories

Here is our selection of the most eyecatching photographs that made the news this week

26/06/2020

Earth News

Barcelona opera house opens with concert exclusively for plants

Organisers even printed tickets for each of the plants who attended the event.

23/06/2020

Poland

Grammy award-winning Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki dies at 86

Polish culture "has suffered a great and irreparable loss", the country's culture minister said on Sunday.

29/03/2020

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Opera singer serenades her quarantined father from outside his home

An Israeli opera singer brought comfort to her quarantined father on Sunday by serenading him outside his apartment in Tel Aviv.

23/03/2020

Musica

La Scala premiers Rossini's Il Turco in Italia

The opera is a tragi-comedy of love, lust and mistaken identity

27/02/2020

World

Abu Dhabi celebrates 250 years of Beethoven with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra

The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra performance brought crowds together in Abu Dhabi to celebrate the 250th birthday of German composer and pianist, Ludwig van Beethoven.

14/02/2020

Musica

Anoushka Shankar's mesmerising musical journey

Sitar-virtuoso Anoushka Shankar performs the concerto Raga-Mala, composed by her father Ravi Shankar, the most famous Indian musician of the 20th century at Lyon's Auditorium, accompanied by the Orchestre National de Lyon.

13/02/2020

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Forget politics and bureaucracy. Having a stronger cultural indentity will unite the EU ǀ View

The current mobilisation of right-wing protests against the Establishment, against the bureaucracy of the EU, and against immigration and acceptance of war refugees in Europe, is fed by two interrelated sources: national identity and cultural identity.

10/02/2020