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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Jiří Pánek, who died on December 19 aged 77, was an outstanding Czech violinist, happy to be leading great orchestras. But when the opera house in Pilsen ran into difficulties, someone had to grab hold […]
,%20Ensemble%20(c)%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=670&resize=670,446&ssl=1 "Engaging rom-com energy in Martin Constantine's not quite end of the pier production of Donizetti's The Elixir of Love at English Touring Opera")
Donizetti: The Elixir of Love – Timothy Nelson & chorus – English Touring Opera (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Donizetti: The Elixir of Love; Natasha Page, Tamsanqa Tylor Lamani, Emyr Wyn Jones, Timothy Nelson, Rosie […]
The first of two releases on the Somm label this weekend (in their “Ariadne’ series), this is also the first in their stunning ongoing Bruckner From the Archives series. It seems to have a twofold […]
