A concert at the Teatro Maggio Musicale to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini’s death was cancelled due to a general strike of public workers across Italy.
Politics came first.
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The esteeemed pianist is playing a new piece tomorrow in Barcelona by a Juilliard-trained Catalan composer, Marc Migó. Migó is a John Corigliano student whose work has been performed in Amsterdam and Berlin. He was […]
The Royal Opera has selected seven artists for its Jette Parker two-year training programme. They are: Mezzo-soprano Jingwen Cai (China) Soprano Marianna Hovanisyan (Armenia) Bass-baritone Ossian Huskinson (UK) Baritone Siphe Kwani (South Africa) Pianist Richard […]
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