Writer Amor Towles finds inspiration in a visit to one of his favourite places in The Met, the magical Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio.
This is a little cubbyhole in a corner of the Met Museum that I’d never heard of until I watched this fascinating short video.
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The Illinois Symphony Orchestra has signed Taichi Fukumura as music director, starting next month. He succeeds Ken Lam. Taichi Fukumura came second in the 2o23 Mahler conducting competition. He has received four Solti Foundation US […]
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 […]
Violinist Chris Wu has retired from the orchestra after 36 years. In a parting interview with the Post-Gazette, he makes caustic comments about life in the orchestra. Unfortunately, the headlines are all we can see […]
