The Lithianian soprano Asmik Grigorian has scratched three Flying Dutchmans in Munich in the last week of March.
Previously she had cancelled a date with the Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, along with two more Cleveland dates. It looks like the highly souight after soprano had allowed her diary to get overloaded this season.
In Munich, she’ll be replaced as Senta by the Swede, Camilla Nylund.
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