The soprano Denise Dupleix, whose death is reported today, burst onto the scene at Tours in 1950 with the Bell Song from Lakmé. For the next four decades she was a high-note star in both Paris opera houses. As you can hear below, she was astonishing in her prime.
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Friends have reported the death of Nicholas Kynaston, the universally admired English organist, at the age of 83. Jeremy Filsell, outgoing director of music at Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York, writes: RIP Nicolas […]
Message from inveterate concertgoer Tim Walton: In a break from what is going on at the CBSO, I went to a fantastic concert at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the final concert of their academic year. […]
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