This is a scene from a new Richard Strauss production in Berlin.
I will confine my criticism to the singer’s ironing technique: that is not how you do men’s collars, darling.
I can just about put up with the lack of taste displayed by German dictator/directors. But the absence of observation trumps all.
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The Halle Orchestra in Manchester has recruited the accomplished Rachel Helleur-Simcock as Leader of the Cello Section. A former principal cello of Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Rachel has also been a member of the Berlin Philharmonic […]
The death has been communicated of Walfrid Kujala, author of The Flutist’s Progress and teacher of many of America’s top players. Kujala joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Fritz Reiner in 1954 as second flute […]
Manchester Opera House – Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net) Regional arts provision is a curious thing, with different countries opting for radically different models. In Germany, most decent sized cities have a theatre that produces a […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Catch Odaline de la Martinez in London next month with scenes from Imoinda and Canciones")
