(Credit: © École Normale de Musique) French soprano Edith Selig has died at the age of 91. Selig graduated from Conservatoire de Strasbourg and Conservatoire national Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. She specialized in performing the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and French composers. The soprano left numerous recordings of several works including the Bach cantatas with {…}
(Credit: © Dario Acosta) Soprano Anna Netrebko will perform a double recital at the Philharmonie de Paris on Nov. 11, 2020. The soprano will give the first recital at 5:00 p.m CET, and the second one will follow at 8:30 p.m. at the Grande salle Pierre Boulez. Anna Netrebko will be joined onstage by the mezzo-soprano Elena Maximova. Giovanni Andrea Zanon {…}
Charpentier is known as somewhat of a “one-hit-wonder” in the opera world, perhaps best known for his opera “Louise,” which features the gorgeous aria “Depuis le jour.” In his time, however, he was a renowned composer, best-known for provoking the rigid social standards of French opera. Born June 25, 1860, in Dieuze, France, Charpentier moved to Paris in the 1880s. {…}