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Netrebko’s Don Pasquale A major event at the Metropolitan Opera during the 2010/2011 season was Donizetti’s comic opera, Don Pasquale, with Anna Netrebko reviving the role of Norina. In that role, Anna Netrebko manages to …

Carlos Kleiber: Traces to Nowhere A Film by Eric Schulz With Plácido Domingo, Brigitte Fassbaender, Otto Schenk, Veronika Kleiber, Michael Gielen & Manfred Honeck… It is my own view that Carlos Kleiber had music in …

Evgeny Kissin Evgeny Kissin is not longer viewed as a “Wunderkind” (German for ‘Child Wonder’). He is now about 39 years old, and he continues to provide his magical sound to millions of admiring listeners. …

Christa Ludwig,  Mezzo Soprano Christa Ludwig is acknowledged as one of the twentieth century’s most complete vocal artists. She debuted in 1946 as Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus at the Frankfurt State Opera and starred …

Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major Lucerne Festival Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado I am hearing more and more great music performed by the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, and I think they are terrific! On …