We previously met Lucca-born Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) on a disc on Glossa’s “Cabinet” label, a set of superb performance software the composer’s Op. 2 Concerti grossi. That was in 2020, and revisiting the disc, the […]
The death has belatedly been brought to our attention of Jeannette Sinclair, principal soprano at the Royal Opera House from 1956 to 1966. She died on April 11, her 96th birthday. Jeannette sang Sister Constance […]
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities has been scrapped in an executive order, it was discovered overnight. Past members of the largely symbolic committee include Frank Sinatra and Yo Yo Ma. Present […]