Marin Alsop’s Brazilian at the Berlin Phil

We are sorry to learn of the death of conductor and writer Christopher Fifield, author of fine biographies of the German composer Max Bruch and conductor Hans Richter. Christopher conducted the Lambeth Orchestra in South […]

The death is reported of the venerable Jean Laforge, chorusmaster of the Opéra de Paris for three decades and of other major companies for the next 15 years. Laforge entered the Palais Garnier as deputy […]

The American mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Russo, who sang Fricka in Fulham Opera’s Ring cycle, has died of cancer. She was cantor and soloist at Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church in Greenwich, Ct., for 25 years. The […]