W. H. Auden Click here to watch “The trees encountered on a country stroll / Reveal a lot about a country’s soul.” On February 23, 1956, W.H. Auden delivered a poetry reading at The […]
The Armernian baritone David Babayants saved Giordano’s opera at the Vienna State Opera last night, rushing over for the third act after Luca Salsi was doubled up with sickness. Der Standard reports: ‘The curtain had […]
An urban myth tells of how, one evening, Stalin made a surprise phone call to Radio Moscow demanding the urgent delivery of a record: a Mozart piano concerto played by Maria Yudina. Unfortunately, radio companies […]