Famed violist dies at 58

Erwin Schrott has pulled out as Mephisto in Covent Garden’s upcoming production of Gounod’s Faust. His replacement is a rising Pole, Adam Palka, who has sung leading roles in Vienna, Paris and Milan. His Mephisto […]

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The magnificent saxophonist David Sanborn has died of prostate cancer, which he had endured for six years. He took up the instrument on doctors’ orders as a child to strengthen his chest muscles and improve […]