Message from Mischa:
As some of you might have heard, I recently suffered a severe infection of the spinal cord, leaving me almost paralysed. A week ago I underwent successful surgery, and now must go through a long and difficult rehabilitation.
I feel optimistic and hope very much to return to full strength in the not too distant future.
The post Mischa Maisky: Health update appeared first on Slippedisc.
Three new Shakespeare productions opened this week. Nicholas Hytner’s Richard II livened up London’s Bridge. Tom Hiddleston shed his shirt in Much Ado About Nothing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. And Rupert Goold directed a revised Hamlet with […]
Review from Tel Aviv by Dan Yakir: The special chamber concert with Martha Argerich and Lahav Shani yesterday at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium was sold out. The hall has 2,500 seats and a few extra […]
I am greatly saddened to learn that Alexander Waugh has died, far too soon, of prostate cancer. Among his many writings, he was opera critic of the Mail on Sunday and the Evening Standard in […]
