Sigrid Kehl started out as a mezzo at Leipzig Opera and upscaled to soprano, singing in all major Wagner productions for more than 35 years, from 1957 until the Wall came down.
Abroad, she sang in Naples, Bologna, Vienna, Prague, Moscow and Budapest.
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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, […]
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, b. Brescia, January 5, 1920 (d. Lugano, 1995) Alfred Brendel, b Wizemberk, Cz, 5 January 1931 Maurizio Pollini, b Milano, 5 January 1942 The post Three piano giants were born today […]
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