The Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča has pulled out of the Berlin State Opera’s run of Parsifal with illness. She will miss at least the two opening performances of the Easter-month run.
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner jumps in.
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Conductor Herbert Blomstedt is 98. Still going strong. Must surely be the oldest maestro to stand (or sit) in front of the Vienna Philharmonic. The post Today’s other birthday appeared first on Slippedisc.
With the theme of Song, the Secret of Eternity, Leeds Lieder Festival returns from 5 to 12 April 2025 with a celebration of its 20th anniversary. Festival director Joseph Middleton describes it as “Our boldest […]
Principal viola of the Israel Philharmonic for the past 40 years, Miriam Hartman Beazley was serenaded out this week in traditional fashion, with one odd note. She was allowed to take away the only chair […]
