Idan Raichel
The journey of the dreadlocked Idan Raichel, in his early twenties, composing music on his synthesizers from his parents’ Tel Aviv basement, to Idan R...
Brian Moreland in a telephone conversation with Gillian Russo
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the world of live entertainment to a halt. But Brian Moreland, producer of recent Broadway shows including “The Life...
Celebrating with Stanley Wells
his 90th birthday!
In the Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours Professor Stanley Wells received a knighthood in recognition of his services to Shakespeare scholarship. Today, 2...
Soloman Howard talks to Rivka Jacobson
Born into gospel music, Soloman Howard grew up with jazz and hip-hop, and now he specializes in opera.
Howard has a low voice: ‘A bass, or as the I...
Adam Spreadbury-Maher and David Eaton talk to Rivka Jacobson
It was a sheer coincidence that the person seated next to me at the Trafalgar Studios 2 was no other than Adam Spreadbury-Maher, the director of the s...
Alistair Beaton talks with Mel Cooper
Hans Fallada’s Alone in Berlin (Jeder stirbt fuer sich allein was the original German title) was, perhaps, the first novel to deal with the internal r...
Roberto Abbado in conversation with Rivka Jacobson
At the Monaco Opera House, the 2019 season opens with Donizetti’s opera ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’, known as a tragic drama in two parts. Roberto Abbado co...
Jean-Louis Grinda in conversation with Rivka Jacobson
Jean-Louis Grinda is the director of the Opera House in Monte Carlo. His boss is Caroline, Princess of Hanover, he explains with a smile and hastens t...
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Touching the Void
This year is the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Joe Simpson’s remarkable memoir, Touching the Void, later made into an equally successful...