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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This is another somewhat unusual (and likely hard-to-find) release, appearing on a label I’ve never heard of, la dolce volta. Similar to the Paris Polonais disc I recently reviewed, this one seems to be available […]
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra – Roland Wood, Antony Hermus, Vazgen Gazaryan, Opera North (Photo: James Glossop) Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Roland Wood, Sara Cortolezzis, Andrés Presno, Vazgen Gazaryan, Mandla Mndebele, Richard Mosley-Evans, director: PJ Harris, conductor: Anthony […]
The rising Finn Tarmo Peltokoski, at 24 the youngest conductor ever signed by Deutsche Grammophon, talks to BR about his formative influences: ‘I don’t really come from a musical family, but Mozart’s music was always […]
