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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The Basel Sinfonietta, a full-strength symphony orchestra devoted to contemporary music, has named the British violinist Fiona Stevens as its executive director. Fiona, who’s from Southampton, is presently managing director of the baroque orchestra Concerto […]
There is not one opera house in the world that would walk away from a $100 million gift, least of all the Metropolitan Opera of New York which has just drawn down more than that […]
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