The Dutch orchestra, where Lahav Shani is chief conductor until next year, has issueda very strong statement against the Flanders Festival ban on his performance with the Munich Philharmonic. Here’s the unequivocal Rotterdam text: Rob […]
“The cycle of sorry and the Flattened muscle of the forgiven / The forgotten democracy and the country we leave to our children…” So begins “Forgiveness.” Words written and to be spoken by Marc Bamuthi […]
We began our coverage of Opera Rara’s Donizetti Songs #4 because of the inclusion of a setting of some of the libretto for La Straniera, and we covered Bellini’s opera of that name recently. now […]