At the International Opera Awards, which have been presented digitally
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International Opera Awards – Oceane best World Premiere of the Year
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Congratulations, Sir Donald Runnicles!
Donald Runnicles has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
A Toronto Symphony Strauss to stir the soul
Symphony concerts are only predictable on paper. lt’s the moment the music starts, even if it is a piece everyone has heard and played dozens of times before, that the magic of the moment gets a chance to take over.
Oper! Award for Oceane
Bei den am 21. September 2019 erstmals verliehenen Oper! Awards wurde die Uraufführung von Detlev Glanerts Oceane unter der Leitung von Donald Runnicles als Beste Uraufführung der Spielzeit 2019 ausgezeichnet. Die Jury: „Ein faszinierendes Werk, das nach seiner erfolgreichen Uraufführung an der Deutschen Oper Berlin allen Intendanten zum Nachspielen ans Herz gelegt sei“.
Entdecken Sie die neue Saison
Die Spielzeit 2019/20 der Deutschen Oper lockt mit spannenden Premieren. Donald Runnicles wird u.a. „Das Rheingold” und „A Midsummernight’s Dream” dirigieren. Ab dem 29.04. beginnt der allgemeine Vorverkauf. Abonnenten können ihr Programm schon ab dem 21.03. zusammenstellen.
Tribute to Jessye Norman
American soprano Jessy Norman received the twelfth Glenn Gould Prize on February 20th 2019 in Toronto. Donald Runnicles directed at the gala concert. More on operacanada.ca:
DONALD RUNNICLES ANNOUNCED HONORARY FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH
The RSE announced the addition of 62 new Fellows
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Mahler in the Mountains
New York Public Radio, August 28, 2018
My vacation this summer included three of America’s great National Parks: Grand Teton, Yellowstone and Glacier…
Runnicles and Musicians Deliver Thrills in San Francisco Ring
Seen and Heard International, June 19, 2018. Photo: © Cory Weaver
There was plenty of great singing in the return of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen at…
S.F. Opera’s Ring Still Resonates
San Francisco Classical Voice, June 19, 2018. Photo: © Cory Weaver
Francesca Zambello’s production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen…
Youth and age battle it out in SF Opera’s brilliantly vivid ‘Siegfried’
SFGATE, June 16, 2018. Photo: © Cory Weaver
The opera we now know as “Siegfried” began life as “Young Siegfried,” because…
Wagner’s mighty ‘Ring’ rocks the house at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House
The Mercury News, June 14, 2018. Photo: © Cory Weaver
The Valkyries have arrived. It was the moment…
Iréne Theorin steps in as a dazzling Brünnhilde in SF Opera’s ‘Walküre’
San Francisco Chronicle, 14. Juni 2018. Photo: © Brian Feulner
What do you do when you’re running an opera company that’s about to…
Das Rheingold in San Francisco
Opera Today, June 14, 2018. Photo: © Cory Weaver
Alberich’s ring forged, the gods moved into Valhalla…
Conductor Donald Runnicles is lord of the ‘Ring’ at SF Opera’s ‘Rheingold’
San Francisco Chronicle, June 13, 2018. Photo: © Liz Moughon
To experience “The Ring of the Nibelung,” Wagner’s compendious
Who will be conducting the ‘Ring’ at S.F. Opera? Why Donald Runnicles, of course
San Francisco Chronicle, May 31, 2018. Photo: Liz Hafalia
Tenors and stage directors may come and go, but if Wagner’s “Ring” Cycle is being performed…
Scholarship competition in honor of Donald Runnicles
The Grand Teton Music Festival announces the inaugural scholarship competition in honor of Music Director Donald Runnicles. The
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Donald Runnicles and the World Orchestra for Peace at the BBC Proms
In the centenary year of the end of the First World War the World Orchestra for Peace returns under Donald Runnicles to the BBC Proms with one of classical music’s most…
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CD Release of L‘ Invisible in May 2018
Oehms Classic will release a recording of Aribert Reimann’s recent opera L’ INVISIBLE in May 2018. Donald Runnicles is conducting the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the soloists are Rachel Harnisch,
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin shortlisted as best opera orchestra at the International Opera Awards
Over the course of 2017 the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, under the direction of Donald Runnicles, has been strikingly successful in extending its potential for expression,hitherto associated with its world-famous Wagner sound, into other areas of the repertoire.
Donald Runnicles presented with Royal Society of Edinburgh Medal 2017
In July 2017 Donald Runnicles was awarded by Her Majesty The Queen with the Royal Society of Edinburgh Royal Medal 2017 for his outstanding contribution to the art of music at the highest international level.