Overview of the events of 2012 in classical music
February – Andrea Bocelli stars in two performances of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. He cancels a third after suffering voice strain.[1]
April 10 – A terminally-ill Robin Gibb is unable to attend the première of his new work, the Titanic Requiem , at the Central Hall, Westminster, London.April 26 – Kurt Masur , conducting the Orchestre National de France in Paris, falls from the podium and is rushed to hospital, where he is found to have broken his shoulder.[2] May 7 – Sir Colin Davis , conducting the Sachsische Staatskapelle at the Semper Oper in Dresden, stumbles and almost falls from the podium.[3] May 30 Benjamin Britten 's War Requiem the 50th anniversary of his premiered conducted by Andris Nelsons July 25 – The Classic Brits award ceremony for 2012, originally due to take place on this date, is postponed to October 2.August 22 – Nearly five years after the composer's death, on what would have been his 84th birthday, Karlheinz Stockhausen 's opera Mittwoch aus Licht Birmingham Opera Company , as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad .September 9 – A day after her performance at the Last Night of The Proms , Nicola Benedetti 's album, The Silver Violin , becomes the highest new entry by a solo instrumentalist in the UK Official Album Chart since 1991.[4] September 15 – The Jozsef Szigeti International Violina and Viola Competition, held in Budapest, is jointly won by Aleksandra Kuls and Wang Xiao .[5] New works [ edit ] According to the League of American Orchestras , North American orchestras premiered 165 new works in the 2012–13 season.[6]
Opera premieres [ edit ]
Date
Opera
Composer
Theatre
9 February
Thelma Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Surrey Opera , Ashcroft Theatre , London
8 August
The Francis Bacon Opera Stephen Crowe Camden Arts Centre , London
22 August
Mittwoch aus Licht Karlheinz Stockhausen Birmingham Opera Company , Argyle Works, Digbeth , Birmingham, UK
30 August
Ghost Patrol Stuart MacRae Traverse Theatre , Edinburgh
? July
Written on Skin George Benjamin Aix-en-Provence Festival
7 July
Swindon: The Opera Betty Roe Museum of the Great Western Railway , Swindon, UK
29 September
Dog Days David T. Little Peak Performances, Alexander Kasser Theater, Montclair State University , New Jersey
27 October
Babylon Jörg Widmann National Theatre Munich
January 9 – Ruth Fernández , Puerto Rican contralto and politician, 92January 18 – Anthony Gonsalves , Indian violinist and composer, 84January 20 – Ruthilde Boesch , 94, Austrian sopranoJanuary 22 – Rita Gorr , 85, Belgian mezzo-sopranoJanuary 24 – Patricia Neway , US operatic soprano and musical theatre actress, 92January 29 – Camilla Williams , 92, American sopranoFebruary 1 – Andrij Dobriansky , 81, Ukrainian American bass-baritone[16] February 8 – Giangiacomo Guelfi , 87, Italian baritoneFebruary 14 – Charles Anthony , 82, American tenorFebruary 16 – Ethel Stark , Canadian violinist and conductor, 101February 18 – Elizabeth Connell , South African operatic soprano, 65February 24 – István Anhalt , Hungarian-Canadian composer, 92April 8 – George Wilberforce Kakoma , Ugandan composer, 89April 10 – Lili Chookasian , 90, American contraltoApril 12 – Stefánia Moldován , 80, Hungarian sopranoApril 16 – Alan Hacker , English clarinettist, 73April 16 – Sári Barabás , 98, Hungarian sopranoApril 20 – Leandra Overmann , 55, Serbian mezzo-soprano/contraltoApril 30 – Finn Benestad , Norwegian musicologist, 82May 2 – Zvi Zeitlin , Russian violinist and music teacher, 90May 3 – Felix Werder , Australian composer, 90May 16 – Maria Bieșu , 76, Moldovan sopranoMay 18 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , German lyric baritone and conductor, 86May 29 – Mark Minkov , Russian composer, 67June 4 – Eduard Khil , Russian baritone, 77June 13 – Jože Humer , Slovenian composer and choirmaster, 76June 14
June 23 – Franz Crass , German operatic bass, 84June 24 – Jean Cox , US operatic tenor, 90June 28 – Éric Gaudibert , Swiss composer, 75July 1 – Evelyn Lear , 86, American sopranoJuly 10 – Viktor Suslin , Russian composer, 70[18] July 16
Jon Lord , English composer, 71[20] July 17 – İlhan Mimaroğlu , Turkish-born American composer and record producer, 86[21] July 22 – Nan Merriman , 92, American mezzo-sopranoAugust 2
August 6 – Ruggiero Ricci , American violinist, 94[24] August 7 – Sabahattin Kalender , Turkish composer, 93[25] August 7 – Karl Helm [de ] , 73, German bassAugust 11 – Carlo Curley , American classical organist, 59[26] August 16 – Bystrík Režucha , Slovak conductor, 77[27] August 23 – Marlise Wendels , 89, German sopranoSeptember 1 – Amanda Thane , 59, Australian soprano[28] September 2 – Emmanuel Nunes , Portuguese composer, 71[29] September 4 – Ian Parrott , British composer and academic, 96[30] September 12 – William Schatzkamer , American pianist and conductor, 96[31] September 13 – William Duckworth , US composer, 69September 15
September 18 – Leo Goeke , US operatic tenor, 74[34] September 22 – Grigory Frid , 97, Russian composerSeptember 30 – Walter Dicks [de ] , 99, German baritoneOctober 9
October 12 – Geraldine Mucha , Scottish composer, 95[37] October 15 – Axel Borup-Jørgensen , Danish composer, 87[38] October 20 – Przemysław Gintrowski , Polish composer and musician, 60[39] October 27 – Hans Werner Henze , 86, German composerNovember 5
November 18 – Sir Philip Ledger , British composer and academic, 74[42] December 4
December 5 – Dave Brubeck , American pianist and composer, 91December 10 – Lisa Della Casa , 93, Swiss sopranoDecember 11
December 13 – Otto Ketting , Dutch composer, 77[47] December 20 – Victor Merzhanov , Russian classical pianist, 93[48] December 24 – Richard Rodney Bennett , 76, British composerMajor awards [ edit ] Classical Brits [ edit ] Grammy Awards [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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