The opera Œdipe (Oedipus) is a monumental musical and dramatic work in four acts with a prologue, composed to a libretto by the French poet Edmond Fleg, based on Sophocles’ tragedies Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus.
Alexander Arutiunian (1920–2012) was one of the key composers of Armenia’s postwar musical life and long-time director of the Armenian Philharmonic (1954–1990). His Trumpet Concerto, composed during the war years, was not premiered until 1950 in Moscow, performed by Aykaz Messiyan with the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. The work is written in a single movement with…
Dear Audience, It is my great pleasure to present to you the new concert season of the Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra, shaped under the motto “Titans. Classical Power in a Contemporary Expression”. This year’s season is dedicated to Atlas, while in the years to come, this mythical saga will unfold new chapters of the titanic epic…