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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So, afe the French part of Sandine Piau nd David Kadouch’s Wigmore recital on Monday (review posted yesterday), here’s an extension of that French arm: Iris Scialom and Antonin Bonnet making their recoding debut as […]
Conspiracy theorists are chattering about the Finnish conductor’s first appearance at the summer festival in four decades. Salonen got on well with Boston Symphony Prez Chad Smith when both were at the LA Phil. Boston […]
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