He may be the first composer you ever heard of and he could be the last you hear as you leave this world. Ludwig van…
View More Welcome to the Slipped Disc/Idagio Beethoven projectМесец: декември 2019
Peter Schreier, 84, Elegant German Tenor Who Also Conducted, Dies
He made a mark singing in Bach oratorios and Mozart operas. But he also forged a career on the podium — sometimes singing roles in…
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The great opera director has died, aged 84. Dame Anne Evans: Of all the directors I worked with – as Chrysothemis, Leonore in Fidelio and…
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American violinist, pianist and pedagogue Louis Persinger died on this day in 1966 – aged 79. A protégé of Hans Becker, Eugène Ysaÿe and Jacques Thibaud,…
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Just in: Nissan boss ‘fled Japan in a musical instrument case’
The Editor of the Financial Times has inside track on how Carlos Ghosn jumped bail in Japan: I can read a million words on how…
View More Just in: Nissan boss ‘fled Japan in a musical instrument case’Mariss Jansons told me: Conduct opera before you head an orchestra
Andris Nelsons has been talking in Vienna about his much-missed mentor: ‘I learned the trumpet, played in the opera orchestra in Riga, later conducted the…
View More Mariss Jansons told me: Conduct opera before you head an orchestraDirector Harry Kupfer has died
The German Wagnerian director died yesterday at his home in Berlin. He was 84. Concept provider for the Daniel Barenboim 1988 Ring at Bayreuth, Kupfer…
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„Дама Пика“ с премиера в Софийската опера на 31 януари – в.24 часа
На 31 януари в Софийската опера и балет предстои премиерата на операта „Дама пика“ от П.И. Чайковски, концертно изпълнение. Диригент ще бъде Константин Тринкс. „Дама пика“,…
View More „Дама Пика“ с премиера в Софийската опера на 31 януари – в.24 часаFree Download: Musorgsky’s A Night on the Bare Mountain
‘Trpčeski makes it a most magical tone painting’ This week’s free download is Musorgsky’s A Night on the Bare Mountain, performed by pianist Simon Trpčeski. It…
View More Free Download: Musorgsky’s A Night on the Bare MountainDid Domingo shaming change anything?
The AP journalist Jocelyn Gecker who led the nameless hounding of Placido Domingo has written a year-end report, picked up by many US newspapers, in…
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