The death has been announced of Rikka Hakola, a powerful personality at the heart of Finnish opera as both performer and teacher. She last appeared as Queen Tye in Akhnaten by Philip Glass in September 2022.
Rikka was diagnosed five months ago with an incurable brain tumour.
We’ve been given to understand that tonight’s Lebrecht…
Pablo Casals conducts a gloriously old-fashioned 1971 performance…
From the last Lebrecht Album of the Week…
Jiří Pánek, who died on December 19 aged…
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How sad