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Miklós Spányi on Mozart’s Other Father: a Review and Interview with the C.P.E Bach Specialist

14/02/201722/06/2011 by Stan

Miklós Spányi on Mozart’s Other Father: An interview with the C. P. E. Bach specialist and a review of his recital at the Boston Early Music Festival 17.6.2010 (SSM)

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Categories Interviews Not on Front Page, Previously Published Tags Boston, Interviews, Stan Metzger

John Axelrod – An American Conductor from Angers

14/02/201718/06/2011 by Stan

John Axelrod- An American from Angers : A conversation with a creative conductor at the Palace of Arts in Budapest  (BM)

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Categories Interviews Not on Front Page, Previously Published Tags Bettina Mara, Budapest, Interviews

Ádám Fischer in conversation with Bettina Mara

14/02/201716/06/2011 by Stan

Ádám Fischer: in conversation during the Budapest Wagner Festival 10.6.2011 (BM)

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Categories Interviews Not on Front Page, Previously Published Tags Bettina Mara, Budapest, Interviews

Soldier of Song: An interview with Thomas Hampson

11/08/202002/06/2011 by Stan

Soldier of Song: An interview with Thomas Hampson – Athens , May 2011 (BM)

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Categories Interviews Not on Front Page, Previously Published Tags Athens, Bettina Mara, Interviews

Graham Vick’s first ever Cav and Pag is in Athens

11/08/202022/05/2011 by Stan

Graham Vick talks about his first ever production of “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “I Pagliacci”: opening at the Herodes Atticus Theater in Athens on 1.6.2011 – further performances on 3, 4, and 5.6.2011 (BM)

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Categories Interviews Not on Front Page, Previously Published Tags Athens, Bettina Mara, Interviews

I dislike the word “career”: An interview with Cheryl Studer

14/02/201722/04/2011 by Stan

I dislike the word “career”: An interview with Cheryl Studer – April 2011 (BM)

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Categories Interviews Not on Front Page, Previously Published Tags Bettina Mara, Interviews

Orchestra of Exiles: The Story of the Israel Philharmonic

14/02/201714/04/2011 by Stan

“Orchestra of Exiles: The Story of the Israel Philharmonic” Josh Aronson, the director of the forthcoming documentary, talks to Stan Metzger (SSM)

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Andris Liepa introduces the ‘Diaghilev Festival’ to Jim Pritchard

14/02/201713/04/2011 by Stan

Andris Liepa and Diaghilev Festival’: An interview by Jim Pritchard  (JPr)

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