Meet Speranza Scappucci, who becomes principal guest at the Royal Opera next September.
She’s getting to know the orchestra on Puccini anniversary weekend.
Speranza Scappucci, 51, made her debut at the house two years ago with Verdi’s Attila.
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Mischa Maisky and Martha Argerich have called off next month’s recital tour, citing Mischa’s state of health. They will be replaced in Vienna by Maxim Vengerov und Polina Osetinskaya. No refunds. The post Mischa-Martha tour […]
From our Prague partners, OperaPlus: Almost half of Czechs cannot name any classical music composer. Most cited are Wolfgang Amadeo Mozart and Bedrich Smetana. That sounds like a great result. We’d be surprised if 1 […]
We hear that Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has won the principal flute audition at the Berllin Philharmonic. An announcement is forthcoming later today. Stefán will succeed Sebastian Jacot, who failed to […]
