Daniel Barenboim, end of tour

Metamorphosen, for strings alone, contemplates the world after the end of his world, in 1945. The post 80 years ago: Richard Strauss surveys his country’s ruin appeared first on Slippedisc.

Begin The Beguine – Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire  I know you know who Fred Astaire was. Everybody does. But it’s possible you may not have come across Eleanor Powell.  She was simply the greatest female […]

The ten finalists were made known last night: Eliza Boom, soprano, New Zealand Le Bu, bass-baritone, China Vladislav Chizhov, baritone, Russia Elmina Hasan, mezzo-soprano, Azerbaijan Liam James Karai, bass-baritone, UK/India Jack Lee, baritone, UK Kathleen […]