City Opera has parted company with Michael Capasso, its general director. Contrary to the usual bromides, we hear the board voted him out. Either way, Capasso says he’s going to live in Italy.
The next Executive Director and Music Director is to be Constantine Orbelian (pic).
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Czech media have reported the death of Jiří Žigmund, violist of the Wuhan Quartet from 1988 to 2014. He has suffered longterm health problems. The post Famed violist dies at 58 appeared first on Slippedisc.
The singing contest will take place in Mumbai, India, in September. These are the selected contestants: Nurgalym Amanbay, tenor, Kazakhstan Eliza Boom, soprano, New Zealand Le Bu, bass-baritone, China Vladislav Chizhov, baritone, Russia Monica Conesa, […]
Joseph Horowitz has written an 11,000-word essay on Harry Burleigh, the black student who guided Antnin Dvorak down the byways of American music. He made a significant contribution to the 9th symphony, ‘From the New […]
