Four Russian contestants form the largest national group, with South Korea, in October’s Operalia contest in Bulgaria. The UK is represented by the bass singer, William Thomas, who famously clashed with Sir John Eliot Gardiner. […]
I am never really sure about lists of things, the Top 50 Best whatevers. However, finding out that you are in such a list is terribly seductive, even if you wonder how the list has […]
Keynote speaker at the summer festival will be a former Economist jounalist, married to the Polish foreign minister. She is the author of important books on the Soviet Gulag and the current rise of western […]