Josephine Baker, who died 50 years ago this Saturday 12th April 1975, was much more than the ‘girl in the banana skirt’. That skirt, and the performer wearing it, became a symbol of the Jazz […]
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 […]
Recent events are uncannily reminiscent of the T. S Eliot play, drawn from a memoir by a terrified Canterbury clerk. Here’s the 2024 update: Act 1 Director of Music Andrew Lumsden is dragged from the […]