Hundreds protested today outside the Royal Opera House in London against the engagement of Russian soprano Anna Netrebko. She goes on stage on September 11.
I’ve seen several YouTube videos of live concerts from this orchestra and their new Russian conductor, Stanislav Kochanovsky. He’s certainly a Russian-music specialist, as demonstrated on YouTube and his new debut album. But I have […]
The soprano Lesley Garrett, 70 in April, has been contemplating retirement on the How To Be 60 podcast: ‘My husband says I’m only at my happiest when I’m singing. He says he worries about my […]
For the third time, the Times has published a glorious encomium to the Boston Symphony boss, Chad Smith: Sneaking through the shrubbery, however, was the light breeze of change. Chad Smith, the Boston Symphony’s ambitious […]