We have learned of the death of the French mezzo-soprano Béatrice Uria-Monzon, one of the great Carmens of her day. She owned the role in Paris throughout the 1990s and recorded it with Alain Lombard.
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I didn’t have this on my bingo card for a potential disc of the year, but here we are. Here’s a promo video: And, for all Renud Capuçon’s star status, it is Daniel Harding whose […]
The international opera star Aida Garifullina gave a concert in the Oxford Union. Normally, she’d bring her own pianist. Here, she was accompanied by Christian Wilson, Director of Music at Keble College. The post Look, […]
Food historians Marc Meltonville and Robert Hoare Two intriguing aspects of Georgian life are being examined this month as the Handel Hendrix House is bringing Georgian food demonstrations to Handel’s kitchen, whilst at the Foundling […]
