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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André de RidderCourtesy of English National Opera © Hugo Glendinning English National Opera’s announcement of its 2025/26 season (good news in itself, there is a season and it is far stronger than might have been […]
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