Strauss’s style
oprano raptures Unsurprisingly for a composer married to a fine soprano singer, Strauss’s operas favour that voice above others:
Not My Usual Aria…
Picture the scene. You’re a conductor and, as you reach the final moments of a live opera performance, you are suddenly aware that your lead tenor has lost his voice. What do you do? If you are Laurence Cummings, music director of the Academy of Anci