Two of the most captivating violinists that ever drew bow across strings play the Beethoven concerto with the same conductor, the phlegmatic Sir Adrian Boult.
Comparison does not get closer.
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Critic Jennifer Wood attended Riccardo Muti’s festival rollout of Osvaldo Golijov’s long-delayed new work. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra returned this weekend to Symphony Center where Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti presented a commissioned […]
%20in%20The%20Merry%20Widow.%20Credit%20Mihaela%20Bodlovic.%20(2).jpg?w=670&resize=670,446&ssl=1 "The Merry Widow meets the Godfather: Scottish Opera brings John Savournin's new production of Lehár's operetta to Opera Holland Park")
Lehár: The Merry Widow – Alex Otterburn, Henry Waddington – Scottish Opera (Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic) Lehár: The Merry Widow; Paula Sides, Alex Otterburn, Rhian Lois, William Morgan, Henry Waddington, director: John Savournin, Scottish Opera, conductor: […]
A blunt email from the festival said today that rising costs were imposing economies on th festival in its 150th anniversary year. Here’s the official line: The current cost developments pose major challenges for the […]
