Some more happy news.
The splendid Italian soprano Federica Lombardi will sing Donna Anna in the Met’s opening run of Don Giovanni from September 24. Then she will withdraw for six months to have her first baby.
Here’s how she announced it.
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Jean Cocteau’s 135th Birthday Click here to watch This week also marks the 135th birthday of Jean Cocteau, the celebrated French author, playwright, artist and director. Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – […]
Any mention of Kosovo draws instant associations with the Balkan wars of the 1990s. This, however, is going to be its new opera house, designed by Denmark’s Bjarke Ingels Group. It is magical, inviting, peaceful. […]
Peter Wiegold Composer, conductor, collaborator and remarkable artistic creative, Peter Wiegold will be giving an online talk for School of Sound on 14 October 2025. Titled Being in the room. How to make it happen, […]
