In an act of Kremlin musical chairs, the Russian leader has reshuffled his Presidential Council for Culture and Art.
Out goes the former Bolshoi chief, Vladimir Urin, who was never much of a Putinist. In comes the bass singer Ildar Abdrazakov, a fanatical loyalist.
The post Putin promotes loyal opera star appeared first on Slippedisc.
Cherubini: Médée – Lila Dufy, Joyce El-Khoury in Act One – Opéra Comique (Photo: Stefan Brion) Cherubini: Médée; Joyce El-Khoury, Julien Behr, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Lila Dufy, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, director: Marie-Ève Signeyrole, Insula Orchestra, conductor: Laurence […]
Jacqueline Stucker History’s Lovers: Telemann: Overture-Suite: Burlesque de Quixotte, Handel: arias from Alcina, & Rodelinda, Concerto Grosso in F op. 6 No. 9, Telemann: aria from Orpheus; Jacqueline Stucker, La Nuova Musica, David Bates; Wigmore HallReviewed 28 […]
Project Manager at the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, based in Berlin, 20-30 hours a week: Do you love working in an international classical music environment? Is keeping several balls in the air at once a challenge […]
