The former German chancellor, a regular worshipper at the Wagner festival, has let it be known she is taking this year off. No reason given.
She has missed only one opening night in 16 years.
Her successor is not that bothered.
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Message from Carnegie Hall: Carnegie Hall today announced that violinist Janine Jansen must regrettably cancel her recital with pianist Denis Kozhukhin in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage scheduled for this Tuesday, December 10 due to […]
The Salzburg Festival is putting on performances of a prophetic 1924 film, predicting the upsurge of murderous Viennese antisemitism. The film has been furnished with a musical score by the Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth, co-commissioned […]
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Edward Gardner & Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra – Aldeburgh Festival (Photo: Britten Pears Arts) Daniel Kidane: Sirens, Mark-Anthony Turnage: Refugee, Nielsen: Symphony No.4; Allan Clayton, Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, cond. Edward […]
