All shall have prizes: A Karajan for Lise Davidsen

All shall have prizes: A Karajan for Lise Davidsen

Opera

norman lebrecht

March 19, 2024

The annnual Herbert von Karajan Easter eggs have been allocated, each worth 16,000 Euros.

The eye-catching recipient is the Norwegian suprema Lise Davidsen.

Also collecting little checkies are the South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and the rising Swiss mezzo Eve-Maud Hubeaux.

Comments

  • A.L. says:

    The irrelevancy and devaluation of these prizes marches apace.

  • Petros Linardos says:

    To their credit, the recipients usually donate their prize money. Maybe they have read Ecclesiastes, a must read for all of us, regardless of religious beliefs.

  • phf655 says:

    Given her – much deserved – superstardom, isn’t the 16,000 euros almost an insult. Other such prizes sometimes amount to 100,000 euros, which allows even a successful, wealthy, recipient to start, or support, a program of their own that would benefit others.

  • IP says:

    Karajan lost the high frequencies fairly early but he had pitch nonetheless.

  • Zandonai says:

    16000 Euros will buy you 2 Salzburg Festival tickets and a Sacher-torte.

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