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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This is truly special. Rogier Michael, born in Mons, Belgium in around 1553 and died 1623, was a late example of the polyphonic Franco-Flemish school. His setting of the Weihnachtshisorie (Christmas story) dates from 1602 […]
They are Assistant Principal Bass Tobias (Toby) Vigneau (pictutred) and second violin section members John Bian, Eliot Heaton, and MuChen Hsieh. They come from major orchestras in New Mexico, Milwaukee, Detroit and Houston. […]
We have been notified of the passing of Perry Montague-Mason, popular leader of several British orchestras. After an early spell in the BBC Concert Orchestra, Perry led Mantovani Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra for […]
