Offenbach: La princesse de Trébizonde – Anthony Flaum, Meriel Cunningham – New Sussex Opera in 2021 (Photo Colin Chapman) Under Léon Carvalho, the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris had something of a miracle period in the 1860s. In […]
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro – Rosemary Carlton-Willis, Marcio da Silva, Joshua Furtado-Mendes – Ensemble OrQesta at Arcola Theatre’s Grimeborn Festival, 2024 Ensemble OrQuesta, artistic director Marcio da Silva, whom we last heard at the […]
The baroque violinist Tekla Cunningham has founded a Bach festival in Seattle, gateway to the new. It opens next weekend in at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral , moving on to Lynnwood and Tacoma. Tekla says: […]
Violinist Roman Mints is the artistic director of WE ARE! Concert in Support of Ukraine, a night of music and solidarity to support Ukraine on Sunday 26 January 2025 at St John’s Church, Waterloo. The […]
Angelina Jolie went home empty-handed from the Golden Globes last night. Her portrayal of Maria Callas was outvoted by Fernanda Torres in I’m Still Here. The GGs are a dry run for the Oscars. None […]
On long walks during the live performance hiatus brought about by the Covid pandemic, Renée Fleming conceived what became her album, ‘Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene,’ juxtaposing vocal classics featuring imagery of nature with works […]
The Romanian migrant Ionut Cibotariu was working on the catering team at the Flagey theatre in Brussels when a manager heard him practising backstage. From there to a recital was just a short contract. He […]
From the Tehran Times today: TEHRAN-The musical play “Violetta” directed by Neda Shahrokhi will be staged at the Art Palace in Tehran on Tuesday. It is an adaptation of “La Traviata” (The Fallen Woman), an […]
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, b. Brescia, January 5, 1920 (d. Lugano, 1995) Alfred Brendel, b Wizemberk, Cz, 5 January 1931 Maurizio Pollini, b Milano, 5 January 1942 The post Three piano giants were born today […]
The death has been announced of Andrzej Klimczak, international bass-baritone and co-founder five years ago of Polish Royal Opera. He had endured a prolonged illness. Klimczak appeared, in Poland and internationally, in 50 bass-baritone roles. […]
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