Famed for her recording of Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras #5, Maria Lucia Godoy held the status of national singer in Brazil, performing at state occasions, investitures and funerals.
Maria Lucia Godoy died today, aged 100.
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Originally conceived by Carlo Collodi, the Pinocchio story has seen adaptations over the eras. Here Polish National Ballet presents a danced version to music by Mieczysław Weinberg, the Polish-born Soviet composer Mieczylaw Weinberg, who has […]
The Hradec Králové Philharmonic takes on Josef Bohuslav Foerster’s Second Symphony here: quite the challenge, and one taken with aplomb. We explored Foerster’s First Symphony on Naxos here. Wagner and Debussy are two oft-mentiooed composer […]
We reported yesterday that the Spanish violinist Raquel Areal Martinez had been admitted to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchsetra. Also passing the audition was Eduardo Rios Silva, a violinist from Lima who is presently first assistant […]
