NEWS - NOVEMBER 2009
KONZERTHAUS BERLIN

12, 13, 14 / 11/ 2009

Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Oleg Caetani
Anton Webern Sechs Stücke für Orchester op. 6
Franz Schubert Sinfonie Nr. 3 D-Dur D 200
Gustav Mahler Sinfonie Nr. 1 D-Dur

Die drei Werke von Webern, Schubert und Mahler sind Werke des Aufbruchs: Franz Schubert schrieb seine Dritte als Teenager für ein Wiener Liebhaberorchester, ein Geniestreich des Jugendlichen. Gustav Mahlers sinfonischer Erstling wurde von den Zeitgenossen verlacht und verspottet, so ungewohnt neu war ihnen seine Tonsprache. Dass Mahler gerade mit dieser Sinfonie auch das Erbe Schuberts antrat, spürten wohl die wenigsten. Anton Webern, der Mahler und Schubert zeitlebens zutiefst verehrte, gehörte zu denen, die anknüpfend an die späte Romantik Mahlers die Tore zur Moderne aufstießen: In den Orchesterstücken op. 6 finden die Erschütterungen einer in Umwälzung begriffenen Welt Widerhall in einer expressionistischen Klanglandschaft.

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NEWS - NOVEMBER 1, 2009
NEW CD RELEASE

TANSMAN, A. - Symphonies, Vol. 4
Sinfoniettas Nos. 1, 2 /
Symphonie de chambre /
Sinfonia piccola

Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana,
Oleg Caetani

NEWS - OCTOBER 30, 2009
TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA - STAGIONE SINFONICA

Teatro Manzoni - 30 ott. 2009 ore 20.30

OLEG CAETANI
direttore

ENRICO DINDO
violoncello
ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA

programma:
LUCIANO BERIO
Quattro versioni originali della
«Ritirata Notturna di Madrid»
di Boccherini sovrapposte e trascritte per orchestra
ROBERT SCHUMANN
(nel bicentenario della nascita - 1810)
Concerto in La minore op. 129 per violoncello e orchestra
DMITRIJ ŠOSTAKOVIč
Sinfonia n. 5 in Re minore op. 47

NEWS - OCTOBER 2009
TOKYO METROPOLITAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Sun. 18 October 2009, 14:00Suntory Hall
Conductor:Oleg Caetani
Piano:Michel Dalberto
Nicorai: "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor" overture
Franck: Variations Symphoniques
R. Strauss: Burleske
Schumann: Symphony No.4 in d minor, op.120

Fri. 23 October 2009, 19:00 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
Conductor:Oleg Caetani
Piano:Katia Skanavi

Mozart: Symphony No.29 in A major, K.201(186a)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, op.26
Shostakovich: Symphony No.6 in b minor, op.54

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NEWS - OCTOBER 2009
LAS PALMAS de GRAN CANARIA

Teatro Pérez Galdòs
9, 11 October 2009
RICHARD STRAUSS
Salomé

Tenerife Symphony Orchestra
Music director: Oleg Caetani
Stage director, set designer and costume designer:
Pier Luigi Pizzi
Cast:
Peter Svensson, Graciela Araya, Nicola Beller Carbone,
Egils Silins and Ferdinand von Bothmer

Italy is to treat us to a masterful adaptation of one of the most representative operas of German expressionism. the Reggio Emilia Teatros are to unveil their version of Richard Strauss’ Salomé, with the ever-reliable Pier Luigi Pizzi heading stage direction, set design and wardrobe design.

With Oleg Caetani as conductor, the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra is to interpret the music composed by Strauss towards the start of the twentieth century. As was the case with Oscar Wilde’s play on which the opera is based, Salome had its debut in Dresden in 1905 and immediately attracted fierce criticism from the puritan society at that time, the very same society that would eventually be won over by the opera’s immense artistic and musical vision.

As Strauss saw it, the risqué libretto, coupled with the highly-charged sexuality of the protagonist and the expansion and mutation of the Gospels as a side-line theme, was sublime material for a work to wrap off the century with a bang. Salome unfolds on a moonlit night at the palace. Herod Antipas is so utterly captivated by his niece Salome that he agrees to grant her any wish if she will only dance for him. This leads Salome to perform the famous dance of the seven veils. Her wish, according to the gospels, is the head of John the Baptist.

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NEWS - SEPTEMBER 2009
XXXIX FESTIVAL DE OPERA DE TENERIFE

Auditorio de Tenerife. Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

 

17,19 de Septiembre 2009
RICHARD STRAUSS
Salomé, drama musical en un acto



Herodes, Roman Sadnik, tenor
Herodias, Graciela Araya, mezzosoprano
Salome, Nicola Beller Carbone, soprano
Jokanaan, Egils Silins, barítono
Narraboth, Ferdinand von Bothmer, tenor
1º Judío, Santiago Sánchez Jericó, tenor
2º Judío, Lorenzo Moncloa, tenor
3º Judío, Ángel Rodríguez Rivero
4º Judío, Jordi Casanova, tenor
5º Judío, Francisco Santiago, tenor
1º soldado, Alberto Arrabal, baritono
2º soldado, Jaime Esteban, barítono
1º nazareno, Marco Moncloa, barítono
2º nazareno, Pablo Rossi Rodino, tenor
El Paje, Margarita Gritskova, mezzosoprano
Esclava, Eduvigis Sánchez, soprano
Capadocio, Jeroboam Tejera, barítono
Oleg Caetani, director

Pier Luigi Pizzi, director de escena, escenógrafo y figurinista
Giulio Zappa, maestro repetidor
Andrea Bernard, asistente de dirección de escena
Lorena Marin, asistente de figurinista
Serena Rocco, asistente de escenografía
Marco Berriel, coreógrafo
Vincenzo Raponi, reposición de diseño de luces
Producción de I Teatri Reggio Emilia, Italia

Basado en la obra de Oscar Wilde, Salome supone el capítulo más atrevido en la producción de Richard Strauss. Una obra cargada de erotismo y sexualidad, de una capacidad dramática pocas veces igualada en el repertorio.
La historia es bien conocida: Salomé está fascinada por Juan Bautista y su padrastro, Herodes, por ella. La primera le pide a Herodes la cabeza del profeta a cambio de un sensual baile. Al obtenerla, Salomé se deshace en besos hacia ella. Al presenciar la escena, horrorizado, Herodes la manda matar. Un triángulo amoroso no consumado que finaliza en una orgía de sangre y muerte.

El estreno provocó, en 1905, un escándalo mayúsculo. Un siglo más tarde se estrena en Tenerife de la mano de Pier Luigi Pizzi. Es una producción proveniente del Teatro Reggio Emilia -nunca antes representada en España- en la que el director milanés da rienda a su sensibilidad escénica y conceptual. Es, además, una buena ocasión de disfrutar de la Sinfónica de Tenerife en una obra en la que la orquesta tiene un papel determinante.

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NEWS - 2 SEPTEMBER 2009

Maestro CAETANI was presented with an award conferring the title of GRAND OFFICER of the Order of Merit of the Romanian Government

in the homepage you can
WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE AWARD CEREMONY
recorded during the Inauguration of the
Enescu International Festival in Bucarest

 

NEWS - MAY 2009

ORCHESTRA SINFONICA SICILIANA -
STAGIONE SINFONICA 2009
May 15, 16
BARTOK: Concerto n.1 per pianoforte e orchestra SZ 83
SCHUBERT: Sinfonia n.9 in do maggiore (“La grande”)
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana
Susanna Stefani Caetani, piano
Oleg Caetani, conductorr

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NEWS - APRIL/ MAY 2009

BASQUE NATIONAL ORCHESTRA - SEASON CONCERTS
April: 27 Donostia A; 28 Pamplona-Iruñea;
29 Donostia B; 30 Vitoria-Gasteiz; May: 1 Bilbao
G. Martucci: Concierto para piano y orquesta nº2
M. Bruch: Sinfonía nº 3
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano “Giuseppe Verdi”
Simone Pedroni, piano
Oleg Caetani, conductor

Basque National Orchestra Official Website

NEWS - APRIL 2009

ORCHESTRA SINFONICA DI MILANO GIUSEPPE VERDI
Stagione Sinfonica 08/09
April 23, 24, 25; Auditorium di MIlano
LUCIANO BERIO - LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Quattro versioni de La ritirata notturna di Madrid
GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI
Concerto n. 1 in Re minore per pianoforte e orchestra op.40
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Sinfonia n.7 in La maggiore op.92

Simone Pedroni, piano
Oleg Caetani, conductor

Orchestra Sinfonica “Giuseppe Verdi” Official Website

NEWS - UPCOMING EVENT!

OLEG CAETANI WILL CONDUCT THE OPENING GALA CONCERT of the "GEORGE ENESCU" INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL AND COMPETITION OEDIP by George Enescu- Coproduction of the National
Opera from Bucharest and
the Théâtre du Capitole du Toulouse


Sunday, August 30, 2009
Time: 19.00 Bucharest National Opera House
Series "Opera and Ballet"
OEDIPE by George Enescu
Coproduction of the National Opera from Bucharest and the Théâtre du Capitole du Toulouse
Director: NICOLAS JOEL
Sets: EZIO FRIGERIO
Costumes: FRANCE SQUARCIAPINO
Lights: VINICIO CHELI
Conductor: OLEG CAETANI
Conductor of the choir: STELIAN OLARU
Orchestra and Choir of the Bucharest National Opera
Soloists:
Oedipe - FRANCK FERRARI
The great priest - STEFAN SCHULLER
The Shepard - VALENTIN RACOVEANU
Iocasta - OANA ANDRA
Laios - MIHAI LAZAR
Tirésias - HORIA SANDU
Phorbas - POMPEIU HARASTEANU
Mérope - ADRIANA ALEXANDRU
The guardian - MIHNEA LAMATIC
The Sphinx - ECATERINA TUTU
Théseu - GABRIEL NASTASE
Women of Thebe - SIDONIA NICA
Creon - IONUT PASCU

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NEWS - January 23, 2009

Venerdì 23 gennaio 2009, 20.30
Lugano - Auditorio Stelio Molo

Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
Direttore
Oleg Caetani
Solista
Matthias Racz, fagotto

Alexander Tansman
Sinfonietta n.2 , per orchestra da camera
Introduzione e “L’estro armonico”, Scherzetto popolaresco, Adagio quasi intermezzo, Finale romantico
André Jolivet
Concerto per fagotto, orchestra d’archi, arpa e pianoforte
Recitativo, Allegro gioviale, Largo cantabile, Fugato
Charles Gounod
Sinfonia n.2 in mi bemolle maggiore
Adagio – Allegro agitato, Larghetto, Scherzo. Allegro molto, Finale. Allegro leggero assai
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NEWS -JANUARY 2009

NEWS - 15 NOVEMBER 2008
ANAM - CAETANI CONDUCTS

Schubert Rondo for Violin and Strings in A major, D.438
Schoenberg Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op.41
(Text by Lord Byron)
Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No.1, Op.9
Schubert Symphony No.3 in D major, D.200
Rebecca Chan, violin
Gerald English, narrator
Oleg Caetani, conductor
Orchestra of the Academy
Oleg Caetani appears by arrangement
with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Oleg Caetani directs the Orchestra of the Academy in a performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s searing Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte. Schoenberg was living in California in 1942 when the entry of the USA into the Second World War led him to this setting of Byron’s sarcastic critique of tyrannical power. The Ode is presented with the same composer’s virtuosic Chamber Symphony from thirty years earlier, the two works providing a snapshot of Schoenberg in Vienna and in Hollywood. The program is framed by two exquisite youthful works by Franz Schubert.

NEWS - OCTOBER 2008
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA


Oct 17, 24, 26, 29, Nov 1, 2008
Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci - Mascagni & Leoncavallo

Betrayal, jealousy and revenge—the perfect partners for an evening of irresistible theater. A powerhouse cast takes charge: Brandon Jovanovich makes his HGO debut as Cavalleria’s caddish Turiddù, with Dolora Zajick in her signature role as the spurned Santuzza. In Pagliacci, Vladimir Galouzine returns to HGO as the titular clown—the wronged husband whose jealousy escalates to insanity—with HGO Studio alums Ana María Martínez and Scott Hendricks as his unfaithful wife and her paramour. Oleg Caetani conducts in his HGO debut.
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NEW RELEASE - SEPTEMBER 2008

Tansman - Symphonies Volume 3

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Oleg Caetani




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NEWS - SEPTEMBER 2008
APN NEWS & MEDIA PREMIER SERIES 2008 CONCERT 8

Thu 4 Sep 2008 8:00pm - Auckland Town Hall THE EDGE®
Auckland Philarmonia Orchestra
Oleg Caetani Conductor
James Ehnes Violin
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Brahms Serenade No. 1

A very special evening that brings conductor Oleg Caetani and internationally acclaimed violinist James Ehnes together for the first time for Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. After the interval we feature Brahms’ Serenade No. 1 – a piece of superb symphonic warmth and lyricism receiving its North Island premiere after 150 years!
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NEWS - JULY 2008

Symphonie Fantastique

8pm, Friday 11 & Saturday 12 July, Perth Concert Hall
RAVEL Une barque sur l'océan
SAINT-SAENS Piano Concerto No.2
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Oleg Caetani, conductor
Simon Trpceski, piano

“A genuine wunderkind, Trpceski is really a marvel: heart-stopping technique, and a sense of exhilaration and zest that keeps listeners near the edge of their seats all evening.” Seattle Times
Oleg Caetani’s memorable exploration of the Romantic orchestral repertoire continues with a performance of Berlioz’s epic masterpiece. French sophistication abounds in a program that includes outstanding pianist Simon Trpceski.
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NEW RELEASE - JUNE 2008

MSO Live - Tchaikovsky Symphonies
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
6 CD set



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NEWS - JUNE 27, 2008

INAUGURAZIONE PRIMA ESTIVA DELLA "SINFONICA"

Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana
Oleg Caetani, direttore
Ilya Grubert, violino

Oleg Caetani ritorna sul podio della Sinfonica per il Concerto di Cajkovskij.
Grande ritorno sul podio della Sinfonica - dopo alcuni anni di assenza - per il direttore Oleg Caetani. Venerdì 27 giugno alle ore 21.15, nell’Atrio della Biblioteca Comunale Casa Professa, il direttore stabile e artistico della Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, dirigerà un bel programma con musiche di Ducasse, Cajkovskij e Beethoven.
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NEWS - JUNE 2008

Orchestre National de Lyon
Oleg Caetani conductor

Cherubini,
Requiem en ut mineur pour chœur et grand orchestre

"Concerts maudits? Ils ont été à la mémoire d’Armin Jordan, décédé en septembre 2006, qui devait les diriger. Claus-Peter Flor devait les diriger, mais… souffrant, il a dû être remplacé par Oleg Caetani. Qui semblait quant à lui boiter légèrement!..."
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NEWS - MAY 2008
SPECIAL:
PICTURES FROM THE CONCERT IN VATICANO
24th April 2008 in Vaticano - Aula Paolo VI (Sala Nervi)
Symphonic Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus
“Giuseppe Verdi” of Milano, conducted by Oleg Caetani.

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S.S. Benedetto XVI with Maestro Caetani


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Symphonic Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus “Giuseppe Verdi”

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S.S. Benedetto XVI and
President of Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano


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Maestro Caetani

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S.S. Benedetto XVI with Maestro Caetani

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NEWS - 02/05/2008 Sydney Morning Herald

SYDNEY SYMPHONY Conducted by OLEG CAETANI
Opera House, April 30 - Reviewed by Peter McCallum

"...And what a performance this was. Working from memory, the conductor Oleg Caetani communicated a clarity of structure and aim while encouraging each player to shape the individual lines with comeliness according to their natural instinct. This happened not only in the woodwind detail, where so much of the colour and individuality of Tchaikovsky's orchestration is built, but in the glorious yet controlled brass sound, and there were radiant moments from the strings. It was disciplined, sophisticated and musical, and a great joy to hear the orchestra play at its best under the guidance of a masterly conception..."

NEWS - APRIL 2008

The President of Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano presents S.S. Benedetto XVI with a classic concert to celebrate the III anniversary of his pontificate performed by Symphonic Orchestra and Symphonic Chorus “Giuseppe Verdi” of Milano, conducted by Oleg Caetani.
The concert takes place Thursday, 24th April at 5.00 pm in Vaticano Aula Paolo VI (Sala Nervi).

Il 24 Aprile 2008 in Vaticano (Sala Nervi), il Maestro Caetani dirigera' il concerto con l'Orchestra e il Coro della Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi di Milano offerto dalla Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana Giorgio Napolitano in omaggio a Sua Santita' Benedetto XVI per il terzo anno del Suo Pontificato.



info:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

NEWS - FEBRUARY 2008

Maestro Caetani celebrates the Jubilee of one of his Orchestras, the Robert Schumann Philharmonie, Chemnitz, where he was Music Director from 1996 through 2001.

07.02.2008
Jubiläumskonzert
der Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie

Béla Bartók Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr.1,
Gustav Mahler Sinfonie Nr. 1 D-Dur
Solisten: Susanna Stefani Caetani - Klavier
Dirigent: Oleg Caetani

info: Robert Schumann Philharmonie

NEWS - JANUARY, 31 - 2008

COMUNICATO STAMPA
"Per la Stagione Sinfonica dell'Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, un concerto all’insegna del Romanticismo:
Concerto n.1 in Mi minore per pianoforte e orchestra op. 11 di Fryderyk Chopin e Manfred,
sinfonia in quattro quadri di Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij.

Al pianoforte, il giovane polacco Rafał Blechacz che si è imposto all'attenzione del pubblico e della critica internazionale nel 2005, vincendo il prestigioso concorso Chopin, già attribuito a pianisti quali Maurizio Pollini, Martha Argerich e Krystian Zimerman.
Sul podio, torna a dirigere la Verdi il Maestro Oleg Caetani, grande esperto di musica russa."

prima - 31/01/2008
repliche 1 e 3/02/2008

info e dettagli:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

NEWS - DECEMBER 2007

Oleg Caetani

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