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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Friends have organised a new singing award for mezzo-sopranos in memory of Emma Kerr, a Glyndebourne chorus member who died tragically young during the collective Covid depression. In her memory, Katie Grosset, Jo Padfield and […]
Musicians preparing for the opening concert of Hatfield House Music Festivalunder the watchful eye of Queen Elizabeth I in the Marble Hall Music which pleaseth myne ear: Thomas Morley, John Dowland, William Byrd, Tobias Hume, […]
James Larter In July this year, percussionist James Larter joined Frederick Waxman and his ensemble Figure to reimagine Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons for an array of pitched and unpitched percussion instruments alongside the strings. Now […]
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