Covid may have put an abrupt halt to cultural life but the response shows the sector is part of national recoveryIn March 2020, live classical music and much of cultural life worldwide came to an abrupt halt overnight. Since then, we have seen the grad…
Norman Bailey obituary
Bass-baritone who excelled as Wagner’s Wotan, Hans Sachs and Flying Dutchman, and in big Verdi rolesThe generation of British opera lovers who got to know Wagner’s works in the late 1960s and 70s was fortunate indeed that Sadler’s Wells (from 1974 Engl…
Tosca review – powerful sound and musical magic in the park
Crystal Palace Bowl, LondonDavid Junghoon Kim, Roland Wood and Natalya Romaniw were excellent in ENO’s outdoor semi-staging of Puccini’s opera Sleaford Mods three weeks ago, now Puccini’s Tosca: the South Facing festival, which has brought Crystal Pal…