The Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber is taking over this week’s Cosi fan tutti in Hamburg, a full year before he starts work as Generalmusikdirektor.
The Bremen kapellmeister William Kelley (pictured) will conduct the remaining performances. He’s from North Carolina and fast becoming a Hamburg favourite.
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Among the first recipients of a £100m handout from the estate of the philanthropist Julia Rausing is the ballet company she loved best. The money will go towards upgrades of stage and backstage facilities. Rausing […]
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