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Great news coming from Japan! La Passione, featuring music by Grisey, Nono and Haydn, wins “Record Academy Award 2020, Contemporary Music Category” from Record Geijutsu in Japan. Thank you to the jury of レコード芸術 magazine for this great recognition. La Passione Barbara Hannigan released her second album as soprano and conductor with Dutch orchestra LUDWIG, following Crazy Girl Crazy which won …
On November 23, Barbara Hannigan was honoured with the prestigious Opera Canada “Ruby” award. The award celebrates the talent and accomplishments of Canadians who have made a significant contribution to the opera world as artists, creators, administrators and philanthropists. Barbara is one of four recipients in 2020 and is recognized for her outstanding career as a soprano and conductor as …
Le Monde “L’agilité extraordinaire de la chanteuse et le soin qu’elle porte à la moindre note apparentent cette page à une sanctification de la douleur.” // “The singer’s extraordinary agility and the care she takes over the slightest note makes the page resemble a sanctification of pain” The Times (5 out of 5 stars) “Barbara Hannigan is a total wonder, …
Reviews from The Snow Queen, an opera written by Hans Abrahamsen. “Barbara Hannigan in the role of Gerda once again proves her enormous acting potential paired with top-class singing”
George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Opera Recording. The world premiere of George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence took place at the Royal Opera House in May 2018. The production brought together baritone Stéphane Degout as King, soprano Barbara Hannigan as Queen Isabel, Gyula Orendt as Gaveston …
Hannigan is a natural phenomenon rbb24.de, 12 September 2019 “This woman is a natural event – her voice, her stage presence – simply breathtaking. In no other work can you enjoy this more than in “Let me tell you”, a song cycle on the few words of Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.” “No one else can fetch these delicate, high notes …
Four Days in Ojai, a Musical Utopia The New York Times, Joshua Barone, 11 June 2019 “First there’s Barbara Hannigan the singer, a fearless soprano who’s more likely to give a world premiere than step into a repertory staple. Then there’s Barbara Hannigan the conductor. She’s even done the two jobs at once. So what’s one more? Meet Barbara Hannigan …
Barbara toured throughout Europe with semi-staged concerts of The Rake’s Progress with performances in Munich (14 and 15 May), Paris (20 May), Amsterdam (23 May), Dortmund (25 May), Dresden (27 May) and conclude in Hamburg (29 May). The Rake’s Progress cast featured singers from her mentoring initiative, Equilibrium Young Artists. Anne Trulove – Sofie Asplund Tom Rakewell – Gyula Rab …
Barbara Hannigan and LUDWIG gave two performances of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress at the Klarafestival on 25 and 26 March, featuring singers from Equilibrium Young Artists.
Inspired by Faust’s story of temptation, lust and decline, Barbara conducted this semi-staged contemporary production in collaboration with stage director and lighting designer Linus Fellbom.
Financial Times 19 March 2019 (4 out of 5 stars) “As a singer, Hannigan has always stood out from the crowd, unable to see a musical boundary without wanting to cross it. “ “The dazzling soprano took up the baton for an evening that was out of the ordinary” Bachtrack 18 March 2019 (4 out of 5 stars) “The power …