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 Kiss holds a unique place in Smetana’s oeuvre; it was the first operatic work he composed after the great personal tragedy of completely losing his hearing. Eliška Krásnohorská adapted a short story by Czech […]
The Philadelphia Orchestra has added Victoria Knudtson (pic) to the horn section and and Samuel Huss to the trumpets. She’s from the St Louis Symphony, he’s principal trumpet of the Richmond Symphony. The post Two […]
Not sure at all about this upcoming Vienna premiere. Would you say it’s appropriate? In KaiserRequiem, Viktor Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis merges with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem to create a musico-dramatic dance evening. It […]
