A heady audience paid top price to pack Carnegie Hall Thursday for just 80 minutes of unstaged Wagner.
Andris Nelsons and Kristine Opolais announced today they have divorced.
Simply put, Christine Goerke is a stupendous Elektra.
James Levine turns 72 this year. Even though his health has improved considerably in the past year and he may continue to conduct for a decade or more, it seems inevitable that he will step down as the Met’s Music Director sometime in the next few years to assume the role of Conductor Laureate.
Due to a household accident that has resulted in a severe concussion, Andris Nelsons will not be able to conduct the Verdi Requiem at Tanglewood on July 27.
>Andris Nelsons has been named the new music director of the Boston Symphony.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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