The Zagreb pianist and professor Vladimir Krpan, a noted Beethoven specialist, has died at an advanced age. Krpan founded the piano school in Skopje and from 1971 to 2008 he was professor and head of […]
First performed on January 20, 1699, André Campra’s comic opera/ballet Le Carnaval de Venise to a libretto by Jean-François Regnard finally arrives at its UK premiere in late Summer 2025 at the Vache Baroque Summer Festival. It is sung in French, Italian and English, a heady mix and a real test (successfully passed) for the singers. All this happened against […]
The recent walkout by the veteran Eberhard Friedrich, a year before retirement, has been buried beneath a swift leak that Thomas Eitler-de Lint, head of the Leipzig Opera chorus, is to take over with immediate […]