The Staatskapelle Dresden (est. 1548) has appointed Mariano Esteban Barco as its principal oboe.
Mariano, 30, is from Calanda in the region of Aragón. He has been principal oboe for the ast three years with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
The post Oldest German orchestra names Spanish principal oboe appeared first on Slippedisc.
The independent artists manager Camilla Wehmeyer has joined Intermusica as Associate Director, Vocal & Opera, bringing 11 singers with her. A survivor of the collapse of Hazard Chase at the start of the pandemic, Wehmeyer […]
%20(c)%20Russell%20Duncan.jpeg?w=670&resize=670,446&ssl=1 "Puccini's final version of La Rondine, a recital from Simon Boccanegra and Donizetti Songs: Opera Rara's 2025/26 season")
Ermonela Jaho & Carlo Rizzi recording Donizetti for Opera Rara (Photo: Russell Duncan) By and large, Puccini’s operas do not have complex musicological issues surrounding them. He made substantial revisions to Madama Butterfly, but the […]
Richard Wagner’s only comic opera had a long gestation. Summer 1845: drawing on the History of German Literature as well as the biography of poet and shoemaker Hans Sachs, the composer sketches out ideas for a satirical […]
