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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Rosie Millard’s substack is essential reading for goers-out and stayers-in alike. Here’s her latest: More than 1,000 cultural figures, including the bosses at Welsh National Opera, have signed a letter claiming the (Supreme Court’s) judgement […]
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