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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Another day, another dose of media gush for Boston Symphony president Chad Smith, placed in the supine print media by his indefatigable publicist Amanda Ameer (pictured). Having groomed two hacks at the New York Times […]
The late music of Moton Feldman (1926-87) is like no other. It kind of speaks for itself (perhaps that’s why thee are no booklet notes here!): or does it kind of “unspeak”?. Although there ae […]
Moscow-born Alexandra Dovgan, winner of five Russian competitions, has been awarded the Schweizer Klavierpreis Prix Serdang. Previous winners include the Israeli Ariel Lanyi and the Englishman Martin James Bartlett. . The post Russian pianist 16, […]
