The death has been communicated of Christine Weidinger who, on the advice of Marilyn Horne, quit a string of roles at the Metropolitan Opera to become a company member in Stuttgart Oper and then at Bielefeld. Here, she became a specialist in bel canto.
She returned to the Met in 1992, after an absence of 16 years, in Rossini’s Semiramide.
Christine Weidinger died of brain cancer on August 24 at the age of 78.
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Yesterday’s winners at the Met Opera’s Laffont Competition are: Sadie Cheslak, 30, mezzo-soprano (Duluth, Minnesota) Michelle Mariposa, 30, mezzo-soprano (Quezon City, Philippines) Luke Sutliff, 28, baritone (Denver, Colorado) Alissa Goretsky, 25, soprano (Los Angeles) Emma […]
The orchestra has confirmed Ryan Fleur as CEO, replacing Mathias Tarnopolsky, who has gone to the New York Phil. Fleur has acted in an interim capacity since Tarnopolsky left in January. Fleur has been part […]
The Met chief had a big birthday bash in Montreal on Sunday. Some impressive talent turned out. The post Forever young? Yannick turns 50 appeared first on Slippedisc.
