Joyce DiDonato has always been fearlessly honest, or at least, has the courage to be honest, though it may cost her a great deal emotionally to get over her fear. I don’t know, but I do know that her bravery has helped, and is helping, many young people. Recently she talked to The Telegraph’s Rupert […]
Rupert Christiansen
Dame Janet Baker: I was a green and raw northern girl
At the Dorchester Hotel today, Dame Janet Baker will receive The Gramophone’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The Telegraph‘s Rupert Christiansen talked with the great mezzo – here are her words: On coaching “I have worked with a few people on technique, mainly to ensure that the roots of what I was saying were useful and correct, […]
Simon Keenlyside is “singing on the top of his form” or has a “tendency to shout tonelessly”?
Simon Keenlyside’s British début as Macbeth at The Royal Opera House has both bemused and wowed the critics. After the live relay we can all have our say, but here is a smattering of divided opinion from the opening night critics. Hilary Finch in The Times was blown away: The English baritone, singing on the […]
