The Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena mourns the passing of Cesare Orselli, illustrious musicologist and university professor. He was the author of works on Boito, Brahms, Mascagni and Richard Strauss.
The US tenor, presently at the Met, talks about his unusual pathway to the limelight in the latest episode of Speaking Soundly with Met principal trumpet David Krauss. ‘When I got to college… my goal […]
Wolf-Ferrari’s short opera is perfect for a one-night coupling, as Opera Holland Park have proved both this year, with Pagliacci (review), and, in 2019, with Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta (review). Susanna’s secret? As you can see from […]
We reported earlier that Franz Welser-Möst had withdrawn from Cleveland’s cycle of Beethoven piano concertos because he is still recovering from the effects of successful cancer treatment. It has just been confirmed that his chosen […]