The Berlin Staatsoper has commissioned a bust for its resplendent foyer of an Austrian conductor who made his career behind the Iron Curtain. Otmar Siutner, from Innsbruck, took up a popst as principal conductor of […]
A field that has long abandoned its core studies is now fretting over holding smaller conferences and decolonising itself. Read this: On Behalf Of Parncutt, Richard (richard.parncutt@uni-graz.at) Sent: 09 July 2025 11:02 To: MUSICOLOGY-ALL@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: […]
Comedy had traditionally played little part in French opera. Lully soon eliminated comic episodes from his tragedies; from then until the appearance of this work, only a handful of operas had comic themes. The theme […]