Trouble in Toronto as deputy disappears
There’s room at the top of Canadian Opera Company. Look at the admin board and you’ll find that COC Deputy General Director Christie Darville has been erased. No word from anyone. Darville has been with […]
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Taster: Opera Rara’s stunning new Simon Boccangra – 1857 version!
On Friday 21 March, Opera Rara released the first ever studio recording of the original 1857 version of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra (ORC65). Follow the link for a cornucopia of Verdian deliciousness: aria after aria, including this, Amelia’s Cavatina sung […]
Ruth Leon recommends.. Elizabeth Taylor – The Last Time I Saw Paris
Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, born February 27, 1932, died 14 years ago this week on 23rd March, aged 79. She was much more than “the girl with the violet eyes”. Elizabeth Taylor was […]
The phenomenal JACK Quartet plays John Zorn
These “Complete String Quartets” by American composer John Zorn aren’t really string quartets – at least not in the traditional sense. These are, more accurately, a collection of 8 named pieces for string quartet. (There is […]
Puccini authority dies at 70
The Venetian musicologist Michele Girardi has died in his home town after a long illness. An international authority on the operas of Puccini, he recently stepped down as chair in the History of Music at […]
Mrs Dudamel makes opera debut
The Málaga Film Festival has premiered a documentary on Beethoven’s Fidelio, directed by the Spanish actor María Valverde, who is married to the conductor Gustavo Dudamel. The project, originally presented in Barcelona last year, features […]
Another opera star is expecting twins
The Moldovan soprano Valentina Nafornița, who was twice honoured with opening the Vienna Opera Ball, has announced a happy event. Sometimes miracles come in pairs! Life has given us another reason to be grateful, and […]
Now Utah lands $15 million gift
Utah Symphony and Opera have received a hige gift from a family whose commitment to its work dates back to the formative conductor, Maurice Abravanel. Here’s the press release: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (March 21, […]
Boston music leader dies, 87
The music community in Boston is mourning the livewire known as Scott Nickrenz. Scott was responsible for concert programming at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for 26 years. Before that he was director of chamber […]
The artists who won’t cancel Kennedy, and why
From an article in The Atlantic: … Most scheduled performers have not canceled. In the first month of Trump’s chairmanship, the Center hosted a children’s play based on the Navajo creation myth; a class on […]
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