The Vienna State Opera has found replacements for Lise Davidsen, who is having twins this year. Simone Schneider will sing Sieglinde in Die Walküre (2 and 22 June). House favourite Krassimira Stoyanova (pic) will sing the Marschallin in Rosenkavalier (9, 12, 14 and 17 June).
The Verbier Festival has called in the Russian Yulia Matochkina to sing Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana.
The post Jumping in for pregnant Lise appeared first on Slippedisc.
The Berkeley Symphony has announced that Joseph Young will leave next summer after six years as music director. Young, 42, is also artistic director at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Berkeley was his first orchestra. […]
From our critic in residence: I. The playwright Mike Bartlett write plays for today in idioms that hanker for the plays of yesterday. His most prestigious play to date has been “King Charles III”, written […]
The German violinist Roberta Verna will start a trial year as first concertmaster of Deutsche Oper Berlin in September. Verna, 26, was previously with the Copenhagen Philharmonic. Before that, she was with Bavarian State Opera. […]
