The joint concertmaster of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, David Chan, has been named artistic director of the Taipei Music Academy & Festival until 2028. Chan’s parents are from Taiwan. He says: ‘Contributing to Taiwan’s music […]
The controversial US soprano, 75, went for the high notes in the closing number of her unprompted return yesterday to the Metropolitan Opera. Link here. The post Watch Kathleen Battle’s Met farewell appeared first on […]
In 1999, I named a seat at the Royal Opera House after my eldest sister. She had been a devoted operagoer in the 1950s and my kid brother’s nod to her past happiness was much […]