Arthur Fagen has scored an enormous triumph in Atlanta where he has conducted Wagner’s Der Fliegende Hollaender the last week of April (see reviews). Soon after he traveled to South America where he conducted the oldest orchestra of Colombia, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bogotà. Program included Schubert’s Symphony n. 9. On May 19 and 20 he has concerts in Italy with the Orchestra Haydn in Trento and Dobbiaco, with a program including Dvorak’s Biblische Lieder and Mendelssohn’s Symphony n. 5. The last week of May he will conclude with Naxos the recording of the complete piano concertos by Bohuslav Martinu.
Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota, May 8 & 9, 2009
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Haydn Orchestra, May 19 & 20, 2009
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Arthur Fagen conducts Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, one of the most frequently staged operas worldwide, at the North Carolina Opera’s Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
This new production has become the best-selling production in the organization's history, setting a new ticket sales record since the company was founded. Performances on January 30 at 7:30 p.m. and February 1 at 2 p.m. at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. INFO
