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The American mezzo-soprano Patsy Okaya, a noted Carmen, has died in a Minnesota care home, aged 94. She gave this account of her career: … I studied voice at Northwestern University where I was hired […]

Youtube is hosting a Russian TV video featuring Mikhail Simonyan in occupied Ukraine, calling on more Russians to join the war. Simonyan is married to the Moscow mezzo Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, a world-class performer who is […]

From our agony aunt’s mailbox: Dear Alma I’m 21, at college doing pre-med. For recreation, I play the violin. I have a really good teacher and I have made huge progress this year. I can […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Gypsy Melodies (La dolce volta) **** I am not sure if the title of this album is even legal in Britain and the US. These days we refer […]

The Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow has announced a gala concert on September 5, featuring the Tatar soprano Aida Garifullina. The Bolshoi website says: ‘The detailed programme is kept in secret and will be know just […]

The Spanish singer has posted this tribute to the late Italian television presenter, Pippo Baudo: Caro Pippo, thank you for accompanying us for so many years with your friendliness and great professionalism, entering the homes […]

The leading international harp competition, scheduled for December, has been shut down after only two contestants registered. It has not been specified whether the withdrawals were due to a Gaza-war boycott of Israel, or over […]

Do you remember when Saturday Night Live was still funny? I had forgotten and no longer bother to watch its endless succession of unfunny ‘celebrity’ hosts and unmusical musical guests. But my friend Adele reminded […]

Italian media are mourning the television presenter and entertainer Pippo Baudo, a screen ficture for 60 years. Pippo, who presented many series of the San Remo music festival, was 89. He was married from 1986 […]

Here is a tour of the newly opened Arts of Oceania galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing of the Met Museum. Learn the stories behind some of the most exceptional works produced by Oceania’s […]