The death has been made known of the Mexican soprano Gilda Cruz-Romo who appeared at the Met 160 times between 1970 and 1984, generally in leading roles – Aida, Tosca, Butterfly and the like. Gilda, who died on June 28, was 85.
Originally from Guadalaja, she appeared in Europe at La Scala, Covent Garden, Vienna and the Bolshoi.
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The German luxury car-maker has rexcruited 40 local musicians to start an orchestra at its UK base in Preston, Lancashire. The city lost its last orchestra more than half a symphony ago. A Porsch rep […]
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Some leading personalities have added their signatures to a petition to stop the far-right. Among them are the singers Natalie Dessay, Julie Fuchs and Sabine Devieilhe, pianists Alexandre Kantorow (pic) and Alexandre Tharaud, conductors Debora […]
