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 death has been made known of Susann McDonald, co-founder and artistic director of the World Harp Congress. Susann was three days past her 90th birthday. A student of Lily Laskine in Paris, she followed […]
Proper Distribution, which represents a medley of interesting labels, shut down its classical department today, maing Ginny Cooper and her two sidekicks redundant. Among the labels left high and dry are Carus, Prospero, Aurora, Eloquence, […]
The Cleveland Orchestra, leaderless since David Radzynski resigned in March, has upgraded a recent member of the second violins to the title of first associate concertmaster. Xie, from Shanghai, joined the orchestra ten months ago. […]
