The Italian-US tenor Lando Bartolini, who died today, had a rags trade to riches story. Unhappy working in his family’s textile factory in Prato, he moved to Philadelphia in 1966 and started taking voice lessons […]
Rehearsal images from St Paul’s Opera’s forthcoming production of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore My local opera company, St Paul’s Opera is presenting its annual Summer operatic staging at St Paul’s Church, Clapham next month (3 to […]
Moscow-trained Ilya Shmukler, 27, has swept the board at the Geza Anda piano competition in Geneva. He won the main prize, audience prize and the young jury’s vote, plus best Mozart performance. The post […]