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Lockdown has been tough on Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen but she was able to perform Wagner to live audiences in Berlin, plus a new recording sees her step outside her comfort zone with relish, finds Neil Fisher

James Levine, who ruled four decades over Metropolitan Opera, dead at 77 Levine became one of the signature artists in the company’s century-plus history. He was eased aside for health reasons and later fired for sexual improprieties.     James Levine conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in July 2006. Levine died March 9 in Palm Springs, Calif., of natural causes, his physician said. [ MICHAEL DWYER ] Updated Mar. 17 NEW YORK — Conductor James Levine, who ruled over the Metro...

19 shares FILE: James Levine conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra on its opening night performance at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. on July 7, 2006. Levine, who ruled over the Metropolitan Opera for 4 1/2 decades before being eased out when his health declined and then fired for sexual improprieties, died March 9, 2021 in Palm Springs, Calif., of natural causes, his physician of 17 years, Dr. Len Horovitz, said Wednesday, March 17. He was 77. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File) NEW YORK (AP) �...

James Levine, who ruled over Met Opera, dead at age 77 RONALD BLUM, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8FILE - Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine conducts the symphony on its opening night performance at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. on July 7, 2006. Levine, who ruled over the Metropolitan Opera for 4 1/2 decades before being eased out when his health declined and then fired for sexual improprieties, died March 9, 2021 in Palm Springs, Calif., of natural cau...

Truth Tellers: Franz Schubert Bequeathed to Us Hints of a Finer World Little Schubert! He was not quite five feet tall, he was portly, he was plain, and lived only 31 years. The few letters he left behind reveal a gentle, ardent soul, incapable of resentment, and incapable of artifice. He was music’s messenger of infinite beauty and goodwill, producing within 18 years a multitude of symphonies, sonatas, chamber works, and songs in unrivaled abundance. His friends called him “Schwammerl” (...

Mike Ashman Monday, November 16, 2020 In the composer’s anniversary year, Mike Ashman seeks out the finest recordings of his revolutionary operatic masterpiece Late 19th-century advertisement for Liebig’s meat extract depicting the Act 1 scene of Fidelio in which Don Pizarro instructs Rocco to dig Florestan’s grave (Bridgeman Images) Register now to continue reading Thank you for visiting Gramophone and making use of our archive of more than 50,...