The Metropolitan Opera’s general manager has been giving some pre-curtain thoughts on Fidelio.
‘It’s a mesage to dictators that rings true today… My personal heroine is my wife, the conductor Kerri-Lynn Wilson, who, as I speak, is crossing the Ukrainian border for the sixth or seventh time since the invasion to perform for the liberty of that heroic and embattled nation.’
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The death has been made known of the American tenor saxophone and clarinet virtuoso John Ruocco, director of the Dutch Jazz Orchestra and of The Hague Conservatory big band. He was 72. Born in September […]
The distinguished harpsichoprdist and fortepianist Colin Tilney has died at the age of 91. Tilney worked as a repetiteur at Sadlers Wells opera and made numerous akbums. He performed on the recording Stravinsky conducted of […]
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“in music many people are never exposed to long-form compositions, or more challenging works; and I think they should be“nonclassical founder, Gabriel Prokofiev nonclassical in action (Photo: Nick Rutter) Music promoter, record label and events […]
