The Vienna State Opera has confirmed that Anna Netrebko will sing in German for the first time on its stage in January. She is cast as Prima Donna in Richard Strauss’s opera, Ariadne auf Naxos.
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The Swiss flute player Sebastian Jacot, denied tenure after two years as principal at the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, has just issued a cryptic assessment of his situation: After 12 years in Germany—seven of them in […]
Music director Thomas Søndergård had scheduled a program of Ethel Smyth and Tchaikovsky. When he fell ill, Chad Goodman jumped in. The concert was included a fascinating interval discussion between members of the orchestra and […]
Tickets go on sale today for an October 5 operatic aria recital at the Met by the Italian singer Andrea Bocelli. The one-night stand, organised by the Met, will be accompanied by members of the […]
