In the summer of 1939 the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu wrote a field mass for Czech soldiers who were volunterring to fight for France. It’s a fabulous piece, very rarely heard.
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Christian Thielemann has told La Scala he has to undergo surgery next month and cannot conduct Das Rheingold, which opens on October 28. Simone Young and Alexander Soddy will step in. Since he misses the […]
The Russian-born soprano Olga Peretyatko has a habit of spilling personal beans on Facebook. In June 2018, she announced that she was filing for divorce from the con ductor Michele Mariotti and withdrawing from all […]
.jpg?w=670&resize=670,446&ssl=1 "Second view: Anna Patalong makes her role debut as Puccini's Tosca at Opera Holland Park")
Puccini: Tosca – Opera Holland Park, 2024 (Photo: Ali Wright) Puccini: Tosca; Anna Patalong, José de Eça, Morgan Pearse, director: Stephen Barlow, conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren, City of London Sinfonia; Opera Holland ParkReviewed 12 June […]
