Orthodox rabbi Jeremy Rosen went to see the Verdi spectacular and dissents from the Met’s production in his weekly sermon: The music, the sets, the choreography was superb. Only one thing got in the way […]
This weekend will mark 70 years since the death of Wilhelm Furtwängler, on November 30, 1954. While his political decisions remain contentious, his importance as a conductor has only increased. No musician in his time, […]
The Australian compilation brand Eloquence has come up with a set of recordings acknowledging the life’s work of Otto Gerdes, best known as Herbert von Karajan’s main producer on Deutsche Grammophon. Gerdes was also a […]