The opera of Angers Nantes has appointed a successor to the retiring Alain Surans.
She is Alexandra Lacroix, founder of la Cie mpda, an independent music theatre company.
Not the normal Paris École nationale d’administration suit.
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Continuing our ongoing survey of the symphonies of Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960), we reach the richly complex Fourth symphony in C-Minor, Op. 39 of 1919. The subtitle is, in Swedish, “Från Havsbandet”; in English, “From the […]
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The University of California at Berkeley has an excellent classical music venue, the Hertz Hall. It seats 678. But it is often three-quarters empty. So they have built the Wu Hall, with just 100 seats. […]
