I’m delighted to announce my appointment as Music Director for Portland Opera. I’m looking forward to continuing this collab with the wonderful orchestra, chorus, guest artists, and colleagues as we continue to shepherd the scintillating world of opera into the 21st century.
Moscow-born Alexandra Dovgan, winner of five Russian competitions, has been awarded the Schweizer Klavierpreis Prix Serdang. Previous winners include the Israeli Ariel Lanyi and the Englishman Martin James Bartlett. . The post Russian pianist 16, […]
Any guesses? He came into the world in West Hartlepool, the child of Polish-Jewish immigrants, and entered the Royal Academy of Music as a violinist. He came out a violist, the first to make a […]
Verdi: Le Trouvère – Wexford Festival Opera (Photo: Pádraig Grant) Verdi: Le Trouvère; Lydia Grindatto, Eduardo Niave, Giorgi Lomiseli, Kseniia Nikolaieva, Luca Gallo, director: Ben Barnes, conductor: Manuel Hartinger, Wexford Festival Opera; National Opera House, […]