The much-loved instrument maker George Stoppani died over Christmas. Aside from making instruments he created a brand of ‘Real Guts Strings’ and was an international authority on instrumental acoustics.
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We have been informed of the death of the Italian bass-baritone Angelo Nardinocchi, always in the first cast for Rigoletto and a summer fixture at the Arena di Verona. He was also knwon for Leporello […]
The widely admired Christoph Nel died on Monday, aged 80. Working mostly in Frankfurt, he also directed in Stuttgart, Hannover, Munich, Mannheim and Berlin. The post German opera director, RIP appeared first on Slippedisc.
Sholto Kynoch & Helen Charlston in rehearsal (Image from YouTube video) Notes of Old: Mompou, Hahn, Monteverdi, Bach, Schubert, Bach arranged by György Kurtág, Anna Semple Pauline Viardot, Ravel, Marc Antoine Charpentier, Schumann; Helen Charlston, Sholto […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Orpheus returns, raag, rhythm & a new sitar concerto: Jasdeep Singh Degun to be artist in residence at Barbican Centre for 2026/27")
