Erna Berger, Irmgard Seefried, Julius Patzak, Alexander Kipnis – what an exalted line-up! As it was for Fritz Busch’s performance of Haydn’s Die Schöpfung in 1934 (oratorio excerpts bookend the release). This is a celebration […]
The Society for American Music has announced the death of Charles Hiroshi Garrett, general editor of the 2013 second edition of The Grove Dictionary of American Music. He was a member of the faculty of […]
The Süddeutsche Zeitung headline proclaims: Viel Sex in Aix. The opera under review is Samson and Delilah. Must be due for a haircut. The headline will win prizes. The post Opera headline of the year: […]