Sigrid Kehl started out as a mezzo at Leipzig Opera and upscaled to soprano, singing in all major Wagner productions for more than 35 years, from 1957 until the Wall came down. Abroad, she sang […]
Verlaine drinking absinthe in the Café François 1er in 1892, photographed by Paul Marsan Dornac (Photo: Musée Carnavalet) Logan Lopez Gonzalez, Eleanor Burke – 555:Verlaine en prison; Logan Lopez Gonzalez, Anna Sideris, Stella Marie Lorenz; […]
The London Philharmonic last night played works by Saariaho, Prokofiev and Nielsen at the Royal Festival Hall. The conductor was the underrated Finn Hannu Lintu and the soloist was Alina Ibragimova. If any European orchestra […]