Stephen Sondheim would have been 95 today and in celebration here’s a little gem. Imelda Staunton performs ‘Losing my mind’ from Follies, recorded live at the National Theatre in 2017 in the production directed by Dominic Cooke, featuring an orchestra of 21. On YouTube.
Schloss Ludwigslust where Johann Matthias Sperger was based from 1789 until his death(Photo: Matthias Süßen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0) Johann Matthias Sperger (1750-1812) was a name that was new to me. He was […]
The conductor will miss the first three weeks of the Cleveland Orchestra season, having returned unwell from its European tour. His replacements will be Osmo Vänskä, Elim Chan and associate conductor Daniel Reith. The deceptively […]
Buxton Opera House festival time. Credit Buxton International Festival Having launched in 1979 with a production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor in a version, rare at the time, that undid traditional cuts and transposition, the Buxton […]
