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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In the coming season of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the prolific conducting teacher Jorma Panula will share a concert with his latest produgy, Maximilian Fagerlund. Panula is 95 years old, Fagerlund 18. The son of […]
The Heath Quartet has replaced Juliette Roos with Maja Horvath (pic). Roos succeeded Marije Johnston in 2023. Johnston joined in 2021, replacing founder Oliver Heath. Turnover is healthy. The other players are Sara Wolstenholme, Christopher […]
The California summer festival Menlo@music is to lose its founding leadership. David Finckel and Wu Han have let it be known they will retire after the 2026 festival, having given quarter of a century to […]
-5.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Cross-cultural cross currents: Jasdeep Singh Degun with Fantasia Orchestra in Terry Riley's iconic In C performed by string orchestra, piano, sitar and tabla at Smith Square Hall")
