He conducted the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra last night at Musikfest Bremen with works by Brahms and Schubert. Next stop: Berlin’s Waldbühne.
Photos: Manuel Vaca & Patric Leo
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La Divina was born on December 2, 1923. In Manhattan, where else? Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos it said on the birth certificate. The post Maria Callas 101 appeared first on Slippedisc.
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