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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Tonight will be the last performance of Tadaaki Otaka as conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He was principal conductor from 1987 to 1995 and conductor laureate since then. Otaka, 77, remains Music […]
From NPR LA: The Long Beach Opera has unveiled its ambitious 2025 program focused entirely on the works of pioneering queer composer Pauline Oliveros. James Darrah, artistic director of the Long Beach Opera, said audiences […]
Richard Strauss: Elektra – Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2015 (Photo: Bettina Stöß) Richard Strauss: Elektra, Intermezzo; Doris Soffel, Elena Pankratova, Camilla Nylund, Philipp Jekal, Maria Bengtsson, Deutsche Oper Berlin, conductors: Thomas Søndergard, Donald Runnicles, directors: Tobias Kratzer, Kirsten HarmsReviewed […]
