Arnold Ãstman
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Born in Malmö, Sweden on December 24, 1939, Arnold Ãstman was an acclaimed conductor, educator, and music director. After studying musicology and art history and Lund, Paris and Stockholm and learning to play piano and the harpsichord, he began teaching at the Operahögskolan i Stockholm. He then became the first music director at the Vadstena Academy from 1971 to 1981 and conducted and served as artistic director of the NorrlandsOperan in UmeÃ¥ between 1974 and 1978. Beginning in 1979, he served as theater and museum director at the Drottningholms Teatermuseum, a position he held until 1992. As a conductor. Arnold Ãstman focused on the Baroque era with all the music performed on period instruments. He also conducted at many festivals and prestigious opera houses around the world including stages located in London, Vienna, Cologne, Madrid, Paris, Nice, Washington, and many more. He worked with many acclaimed orchestras including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony, the Philharmoniker Hamburg, and many others. His recorded works include Pettersson: BarfotasÃ¥nger (1974), Mozart: Così fan tutte (1985), Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (1988), Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (1993), and Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (2003). In 2010, Arnold Ãstman was honored with the Medal from His Majesty the King of Sweden for his contribution to Swedish music. He was also made a Knight of the Legion of Honor in France and elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Arnold Ãstman died on August 15, 2023, at the age of 83.
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- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Cosa sento! tosto andate...Basilio, in traccia tosto" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Non più andrai" by Petteri Salomaa
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Non so più...Ah, son perduto!" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "La vendetta, oh, la vendetta"
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Tutto ancor non ho perso...Via, resti servita" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Se vuol ballare...Ed aspettaste il giorno" by Petteri Salomaa
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 / Act 1: "Dalla sua pace" (K.540a) by Nico van der Meel
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Cinque... deci... venti...Cosa stai misurando" featuring Arnold Ãstman
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Se a caso Madama...Or bene, ascolta, e taci" featuring Arnold Ãstman
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 - Overture
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Cinque... dieci... venti..." featuring Arnold Ãstman
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - Sull'aria...Ricevete by Arnold Ãstman
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4 - Giunse alfin il momento...Deh, vieni, non tardar... by Arnold Ãstman
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Venite... inginocchiatevi..." by Arnold Ãstman
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - "Crudel! perchè finora" by Arnold Ãstman
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, K.527 / Act 1 - Masetto, senti un po ... Batti, batti, bel Masetto featuring Bryn Terfel
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, K.527 / Act 1 - "Presto, presto... pria ch'ei venga" featuring Bryn Terfel
- Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2 - Tamino mein ... Wir wandelten durch Feuerglüten featuring Arnold Ãstman
- Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2 - "Ach, ich fühl's" by Arnold Ãstman
- Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2 - "Soll ich dich, Teurer, nicht mehr sehn?" featuring Arnold Ãstman
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - "Riconosci in questo amplesso...Eccovi, o caro amico...Andiamo, andiam, bel paggio" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - "E Susanna non vien...Dove sono i biei momenti" by Arleen Augér
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 (Ed. Tyson): "Aprite, presto, aprite...O guarda il demonietto!" featuring Alicia Nafé
- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - "Crudel! perché finora...E perché fosti meco" featuring Arnold Ãstman
