Christian Thielemann stepped down tonight as chief conductor of the Saxon State Orchestra Dresden with a performance of Gustav Mahler’s 8th Symphony at the Semper Opera.
Thielemann, 65, is about to become General Music Director of the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden, foillowing Daniel Barenboim.
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Go for it, Philippe Jarousky. The post Besame mucho – the historically informed performance appeared first on Slippedisc.
Anna Starushkevych, a UK-based mezzo-soprano, is putting on her own song-and-dance work in war-torn Ukraine. Here’s is her unmediated account of today’s mid-war reality, published first on slippedisc.com: Hello from Ivano-Frankivsk — a beautiful city […]
The emonent Spanish pianist Joaquin Soriano, who died yesterday, was professor at the Madrid Conservatory for almost half a century. He enjoyed an international career as recitalist, teacher and jury member. The post Spain laments […]
