Erwin Schrott has pulled out as Mephisto in Covent Garden’s upcoming production of Gounod’s Faust.
His replacement is a rising Pole, Adam Palka, who has sung leading roles in Vienna, Paris and Milan. His Mephisto has boomed out in Hamburg, Vienna and Stuttgart.
Should be interesting.
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The Mellon Foundation has launched a $35 million initiative for the preservation of jazz and its legacies. Among the bequests, we read, the fellowship will support 50 seasoned jazz artists aged 62 and older. Each […]
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.
