Word: abbado
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Under the frenzied yet fantastic con-ducting of Roberto Abbado, Mahler's work builds up until the final movement, when all of the ominous pressure that had been maliciously swimming at the bottom of the music suddenly leaps forth in an explosion of sound. Abbado led the orchestra to the symphony's profound and dramatic conclusion with a zeal that matched the intensity (and volume) of the piece itself. On his podium, Abbado demonstrated what all great conductors should strive to do--he nearly became the music, in all of its near-violent splendor. By the time he finally...
...opera world by storm. His career, which is only four years old, began when he placed second in the Cardiff Singer of the World competition, an event in which both the heats and the finals are televised. Videocassettes flew around Europe, and the phone began to ring: Solti, Abbado, Sinopoli, Muti. Would Mr. Terfel (pronounced tair-vel) care to audition...
...Ring cycle all over the world. But Terfel has another quality: intelligence. He aims to conserve his voice for a long career, so for now it is Figaro and Leporello and a few comparably medium-weight roles. He also loves to sing lieder and other nonoperatic works. Conductor Claudio Abbado remembers the "beautiful vocal subtlety and understanding" that he brought to their recording of Schumann's difficult Faust...
...European Parliament last week voted overwhelmingly to reject the project and called on Italy to withdraw its candidacy. The Parliament thereby joined its voice to those of 300 global lobbyists -- including Claudio Abbado, Giorgio Armani, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jacques Cousteau and Gore Vidal -- who have signed on as city defenders. The rabble rousing on the celebrity cocktail circuit has brought thousands of protest letters from around the world pouring into the B.I.E.'s Paris office. In Venice the city council remains categorically opposed, as do 63 organizations ranging from police to town planners. "Mounting a spectacular Barnum & Bailey circus...
...sometimes seemed doubtful whether any conductor could be found to take over the Philharmonic, either worst enemy or best friend. Various high-powered names were floated, among them Leonard Bernstein, who has already served one tour of duty as the orchestra's head, and Claudio Abbado, who last year disappointed his supporters by taking the Berlin Philharmonic post instead...