The Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts has extended the contract with General Music Director Vladimir Jurowski until the end of the 2028-29 season. The renewal had been left in abeyance for several months.
Jurowski, 53, joined Bavarian State Opera at the turn of the decade. He is also chief conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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The Night Watch Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn would have celebrated his 419th birthday this week which is my excuse for writing about him. Rembrandt (he ditched the ‘Harmenszoon’ early and became known as, simply, Rembrandt) was […]
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The American mezzo-soprano Patsy Okaya, a noted Carmen, has died in a Minnesota care home, aged 94. She gave this account of her career: … I studied voice at Northwestern University where I was hired […]
