The culture minister has renewed Volksoper chief Lotte de Beer by five years to 2032.
The Dutchwoman, 42, has managed a smooth transition of music directors, from Omer Meir Wellber to Ben Glassberg, and has maintained a high level of public attention for the company’s programming.
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The pianist Nina Svetlanova, beloved by generations of students at the Manhattan School of Music and the Mannes College of Music, passed away today at her home in New York. She was 92. She retired […]
Dear Alma, I am finishing a year of teaching at a university as a sabbatical replacement for an acquaintance. My duties span the usual – a studio of undergraduate to PhD students (mix education and […]
Italy’s only aircraft carrier, the Giuseppe Garibaldi, is planning to stage an opera on deck. Singers will make their entrance by helicopter. Read here. The post Madama Butterfly on a battleship appeared first on Slippedisc.
