The bass-baritone Alfred Kuhn died this weekend at 86.
He sang 15 years in Darmstadt, five in Düsseldorf and 30 at Bavarian State Opera, where he was a fixture as Antonio in The Marriage of Figaro. Kuhn retired in 2012 and is remembered as one of the company’s most popular members.
photo: WHoesl/BavarianSO
The post Munich mourns its Antonio appeared first on Slippedisc.
Stereophonic is a triumph. It’s that rare theatrical event where everything comes together to make an evening in the theatre both new and timeless. At first sight, the premise is simple: a rock band is making their second […]
The death has been communicated of Walfrid Kujala, author of The Flutist’s Progress and teacher of many of America’s top players. Kujala joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Fritz Reiner in 1954 as second flute […]
San Diego’s symphony hall, the Jacobs Music Center, is reopening this weekend after extensive refurbishment with Mahler’s second symphony. As an unusual prelude to the ribbon cutting, music director Rafael Payare took the oath of […]
-14.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "10th anniversary: Fantasia Orchestra celebrates with a busy summer featuring a return to the BBC Proms")
