On November 17, 2024, our dear loved one, friend and colleague to so many, Cullan Bryant, suffered an ischemic stroke. The doctors have said he is stable at the moment, but he is being monitored and continually assessed in the neurological ICU.
He is cognitive and in the midst of this is still asking for coffee! He had his nurse riveted by stories last night about his artistic life.
In addition to being bed ridden, Cullan has partial paralysis of his right arm, which we are deeply hopeful will return with physical therapy and treatment.
The German gadfly Axel Brüggemann has spoken to ten staff members and past singers who claim to have been mistreated at Bayreuth Baroque, the revived festival directed by countertenor Max Emanuel Cenčić. The allegations include […]
Florence Price 1887-1953) and Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) were contemporaries in 1930s and 1940s Chicago. This is major release in the continued appreciation of their music. Both composers deserve as much airtime as possible. As to […]
Ethel Smyth wrote six operas of which the best-known is The Wreckers though it is hardly common currency. But what about the others, after all she wrote three more after The Wreckers. The Boatswains Mate gets performed, […]