We reported in December that the Venezuelan violinist, Gabriela Lara, concertmaster of the Chicago Civic Orchestra, was Klaus Mäkelä’s first hire at the Chicago Symphony.
It now turns out she is the first Latina in the orchestra.
What took them so long?
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The national company has replaced a Peter Grimes production in December with a topical new staging of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. Alexander Joel conducts. The post Israel Opera stages War Requiem appeared […]
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