Sigrid Kehl started out as a mezzo at Leipzig Opera and upscaled to soprano, singing in all major Wagner productions for more than 35 years, from 1957 until the Wall came down.
Abroad, she sang in Naples, Bologna, Vienna, Prague, Moscow and Budapest.
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In response to Patricia Kopatchinskaja stunning Schonberg Concerto earlier this week at the Proms, we republish a report on a concert at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall: Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s programming is always stimulating, but as she […]
The 2025 Young Composers’ Workshop with ORA Singers The vocal ensemble, ORA Singers, has opened applications for its seventh national Young Composers’ programme. This offers secondary students free composition coaching with professional composers, and the […]
Wexford Festival Trust has picked Suzanne Nance as its new Executive Director. She has spent eight years as President and CEO of All Classical Radio based in Portland, Oregon. Nance’s husband, Desmond Earley, is director […]
