The News Letter of Adam Fischer & Haydn Orchestra Fan Club
'Barátom' means 'My Friend' in Hungarian
August 1, 2007 - No. 56
Adam Fischer assumed the GMD position of the Hungarian State Opera
Over the past few years the Hungarian State Opera has faced many challenges, not least a reduced budget. Now the government wants to revive the State Opera as an important tourist attraction. They asked some of big opera managers including Mr. Holender and Mr. Mortier. Both recommended Adam Fischer.
Although he is one of world-famous opera conductors, Adam Fischer had conducted the Hungarian State Opera only once. When he was a boy, he lived just in front of the opera house and sang on the stage. Now he was appointed to the GMD of one of the most beautiful opera house in the world.
Although the detailed terms are not yet agreed, since there is no GMD at the moment, he assumed the position on 1st June, 2007. Of course Adam Fischer has a lot of commitment with other organizations. So he doesn’t have a fixed schedule at the Hungarian State Opera yet, but it will be a major venue for him in future.
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CD and DVD new release information
The
first Mozart Symphonies CD by Adam Fischer and the Danish Radio Sinfonietta has
been released. This CD contains symphonies No. 15 to No.18 and comes from the
Danish national label Dacapo. It offers not only the CD, but also MP3 download
by Internet. http://www.dacapo-records.dk.
The Zurich Opera production DVD “Aida” is released on Bel Air Classics. Adam Fischer conducts the Zurich Opera Orchestra with Nina Stemme as Aida and Salvatore Licitra as Radames. The DVD is available from internet store like Amazon.com.
The Vienna States Opera 1982 production “The Bartered Bride” conducted by the 32 years-old Adam Fischer was recently released from Universal UMS. The director is Otto Schenk. Lucia Popp and Siegfried Jerusalem sang major roles.
Finally, the long-awaited CD, collaboration between Cecilia Bartoli, and Adam
Fischer will be on sale in this autumn from Decca Classical. The CD title
“Maria” means the Spanish Diva Maria Malibran. This includes unknown arias that
Malibran had sung, including “Clari”, which is scheduled in the new season at
Zurich opera with Bartoli and Adam Fischer. The ensemble is Orchestra la
Scintilla. Maxim Vengerov plays the violin solo.
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Editorial Note
There a lot of news about Adam Fischer recently, for example several important CD and DVD releases and most importantly, new appointment of Hungarian State Opera House. There is not enough space to write about Hary Janos production in Vienna, or Bayreuth Festival “Parsifal”. We may be able to report some of these in the next issue, and the Haydntage 2007.
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