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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Kenneth Woods & the English Symphony Orchestra (Photo: Michael Whitefoot) Based in Elgar’s home-town of Malvern, the English Symphony Orchestra (ESO), artistic director Kenneth Woods, is inevitably associated with the music of Elgar and their […]
Beijing has staged a concert in memory of Seiji Ozawa, who was born in China and did much to assist cultural relations with Japan and America. Tuesday’s concert was conducted by Yu Lu, Ozawa’s student […]
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