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.
The post Leipzig mourns dominant singer, 95 appeared first on Slippedisc.
Dear Alma, I have been a member of an amateur orchestra for a number of years. My standpartner and I are both retired, married, with kids long gone. We have developed a special bond and […]
Dresden’s Frauenkirche has completed a gruelling audition of 29 candidates for its vacant organ bench. The winner was also one of the youngest. Nilkas Jahn comes from Fulda in Hesse. He studied church music, organ […]
This disc mysteriously showed up in my mailbox one day. I didn’t order it; and no one had contacted me about sending a promo copy. Not really interested in it, I laid it aside and […]
