The soprano Denise Dupleix, whose death is reported today, burst onto the scene at Tours in 1950 with the Bell Song from Lakmé. For the next four decades she was a high-note star in both Paris opera houses. As you can hear below, she was astonishing in her prime.
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Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea – Hera Protopapas (Nerone), Theano Papadaki (Poppea) – HGO at Jackson’s Lane Theatre (Photo: Julian Guidera) Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea; Hera Protopapas, Theano Papadaki, Louis Pettit, Jasmine Flicker, Henry Saywell, Henry […]
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, b. Brescia, January 5, 1920 (d. Lugano, 1995) Alfred Brendel, b Wizemberk, Cz, 5 January 1931 Maurizio Pollini, b Milano, 5 January 1942 The post Three piano giants were born today […]
The American icon has pulled out of a farewell tour this week with a full symnphony orchestra after undergoing emergency surgery. She has rescheduled ‘One last time, Germany,’ for next May, when she will be […]
%20Show%20artwork%20-%20Windrush%20Suite%20&%20Echo%20in%20the%20Bones.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "An evening of connection, reflection, & celebration: Renell Shaw's The Windrush Suite at Kings Place")
