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Overview of the events of 2011 in classical music
| Date |
Opera |
Composer |
Theatre
|
| 17 February |
Anna Nicole |
Mark-Anthony Turnage |
Royal Opera House
|
| 18 March |
Kommilitonen! |
Peter Maxwell Davies |
Royal Academy of Music
|
| 26 March |
Risorgimento! |
Lorenzo Ferrero |
Teatro Comunale Modena[5]
|
| April |
The Importance of Being Earnest |
Gerald Barry |
Los Angeles Philharmonic (concert performance)
|
| 9 & 10 April |
Sonntag aus Licht |
Karlheinz Stockhausen |
Staatenhaus of the Kölner Messe (auspices of the Cologne Opera)
|
| 13 April |
The Juniper Passion |
Michael F. Williams |
Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato
|
| 9 June |
Rockland the Opera |
Jukka Linkola |
Nivala Ice Arena, Finland
|
| 24 June |
Two Boys |
Nico Muhly |
English National Opera
|
| 1 July |
Dr Dee |
Damon Albarn |
Palace Theatre, Manchester, 2011 Manchester International Festival
|
| 30 July |
Mansfield Park |
Jonathan Dove |
Boughton House
|
| 11 September |
Manifest Destiny 2011 |
Keith Burstein |
King's Head Theatre, London
|
| 15 October |
One Night Stand |
Olli Kortekangas |
Helsinki Music Centre
|
| 1 November |
Heart of Darkness |
Tarik O'Regan |
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
|
| 12 November |
Silent Night |
Kevin Puts |
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Saint Paul, Minnesota
|
| 31 December |
The Enchanted Island |
Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau |
Metropolitan Opera
|
- January 24 – Bhimsen Joshi, Indian classical vocalist, 88
- January 28 – Dame Margaret Price, Welsh operatic soprano, 69
- February 2 – Armando Chin Yong, 52, Malaysian opera singer
- February 5 – Beatrice Krebs, 86, American mezzo-soprano
- February 6 – Per Grundén, 88, Swedish tenor
- February 10 – Claus Helmut Drese, 88, German opera manager
- February 21 – Antonín Švorc, 77, Czech bass-baritone
- February 26 – Eugene Fodor, US violinist, 60
- March 13 – Hans Christian [de], 81, Austrian baritone
- March 22 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer, 84
- March 28 – Lee Hoiby, 85, American composer and pianist
- March 29 – Robert Tear, Welsh operatic tenor and conductor, 72
- April 8 – Donald Shanks, 70, Australian bass-baritone
- April 8 – Daniel Catán, 62, Mexican composer
- April 15 – Vincenzo La Scola, Italian operatic tenor, 53 (heart attack)
- May 7 – Jane Rhodes, 82, French soprano/mezzo-soprano
- May 30 – Giorgio Tozzi, 88, American bass
- July 4 – Gerhard Unger, 95, German tenor
- July 6 – Josef Suk, Czech violinist and conductor, 81
- July 23 – David Aiken, 93, American baritone
- July 26 – Denise Scharley, French operatic contralto, 94
- August 1 – Milada Šubrtová, Czech operatic soprano, 87
- August 2 – Ralph Berkowitz, US composer and painter, 100
- August 3 – Louise Behrend, US violinist and academic, 94
- August 25 – Anne Sharp, 94, Scottish coloratura soprano
- September 5 – Salvatore Licitra, 43, Italian tenor
- September 29 – Vera Veljkov-Medaković, Serbian pianist and piano teacher, 88
- October 8 – Ingvar Wixell, Swedish operatic baritone, 80
- October 19 – James Yannatos, US composer conductor, violinist and teacher, 82
- October 29 – Walter Norris, American pianist and composer, 79
- November 22 – Sena Jurinac, Bosnian operatic soprano, 90
- November 23 – Montserrat Figueras, Catalan operatic soprano, 70
- December 5 – Violetta Villas, Polish coloratura soprano, cabaret star, singer, actress, composer and songwriter, 73
- December 8 – Minoru Miki, 81, Japanese composer[6]
International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 – Piano
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- ^ Levere, Jane (April 17, 2013). "New York Philharmonic To Perform All-American Program With Joshua Bell And Christopher Rouse Premiere". Forbes. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ Miller, Sarah Bryan (May 1, 2011). "BSLSO concludes season with Rouse's Symphony No. 3". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ Druckenbrod, Andrew (February 12, 2012). "Composer Steven Stucky's new piece will honor Rachel Carson's work". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ Risorgimento! – Il prigioniero at the Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti (Modena)
- ^ 作曲家の三木稔さんが死去 オペラや現代邦楽. 47news.jp. 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
