Conductor Daniel Barenboim says he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease
Conductor Daniel Barenboim says he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The 82-year-old issued a statement Thursday ...
Challenging How Germany Remembers the 1972 Olympics Attack
With tensions running high over the war in Gaza, a new opera and a movie are looking back on the moment when Israeli athletes ...
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Patricia Johnson, English mezzo-soprano who specialised in matriarch roles
She started as a ballet dancer but turned to singing after growing 6ft tall with size-seven feet, taking vocal lessons with Maria Linker, a veteran of the prewar Berlin State Opera. Her first ...
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Ukrainian foreign ministry irritated by Russian singer Netrebko’s return to Berlin Opera
"Regrettably, our arguments were not convincing enough for the German state opera," the ministry added. When Netrebko will premiere on the Berlin Opera stage on Friday evening, Ukrainian ...
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First interview with musician Daniel Barenboim since announcing illness
Colleen Barry published the first interview with renowned conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim since his severe neurological illness forced him to give up his full-time post at the Berlin State ...