Dmitry Matvienko led a performance of Mussorgsky and Shostakovich at La Monnaie with meticulous rectitude.
Brigitte Fassbaender‘s sound is piquant and, I’d hazard to guess, instantly recognizable to anyone familiar with her work.
There is something so very Don Draper about René Pape .
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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