Welsh National Opwera had to abandon tonight’s performance when the stage safety curtain jammed.
The company offered a concert alternative, but many disappointed operagoers queued hours for refunds.
The post Exclusive: Welsh demand refunds as opera curtain jams appeared first on Slippedisc.
The NY Times has a soft feature today about its favourite pianist Jeremy Denk choosing a new piano for the Frick. He has a choice of three, all Steinways. America knows no other concert brand. […]
Pretty well, it seems. Lise Davidsen jumped in with ease as Ariadne. Kurier praised the ‘Bewitchingly beautiful singing’. Davidsen, wrote Der Standard, ‘effortlessly sings her way through the role of the ancient mourner who awaits […]
The next chief conductor of the Mainz Philharmonic State Orchestra and GMD of the Mainz State Theatre is to be Gabriel Venzago. Presently with Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, the young Venzago, 34, is the son of […]
