An audience member tells us that after the applause at the end of Rigoletto last night, someone in the audience shouted about the cultural treasure that WNO is and that if we don’t support WNO we will lose it. He got a round of applause from a significant proportion of those present,
Chorus members wore protest t-shirts.
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Yesterday (20 May 2025), Argentinian bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi celebrated his 90th birthday. A long time collaborator with ECM records [his discography is here], the label has released the first track from his upcoming album El Viejo […]
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The orchestra has spent the weekend at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, southern Italy. Riccardo Muti conducted Rossini’s William Tell Overture and Verdi’s Vespri Sicialiani, followed by Brahms’ Second Symphony. Just like olden times. […]
