Ermonela Jaho & Carlo Rizzi recording Donizetti for Opera Rara (Photo: Russell Duncan) By and large, Puccini’s operas do not have complex musicological issues surrounding them. He made substantial revisions to Madama Butterfly, but the […]
Our Mother – Rowan Pierce, Emma Kirkby, Alexandra Achillea Pouta – Figure at Stone Nest in 2024 (Photo: Kristina Allen) Following their performances of Our Mother, the staging of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater alongside music by […]
The Italian ballerina Alessandra Ferri starts work today as director of the Vienna State Ballet, taking responsibility for ballet to both the Staatsoper and Volksoper, and at the Ballet Academy. Ferri, 62, has starred as […]