The Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has been confirmed as Artistic Director of the Salzburg Whitsun Festival until 2031. Bartoli, 59, has been in the job since 2012. ‘Cecilia Bartoli and her conceptual farsightedness are a […]
Elgar The Kingdom, Op. 51 (1906). Francesca Chiejina (soprano); Dame Sarah Connolly (contralto); Benjamin Hulett (tenor); Ashley Riches (bass-baritone); Crouch End Festival Chorus; Hertfordshire Chorus; London Orchestra da Camera / David Temple (conductor). … for […]
Works by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky were played at the first symphonic concert since the fall of the Assad regime. The conductor was the Syrian-Armenian Missak Baghboudarian. In the audience was health minister Maher al-Sharaa, brother of […]