Jansson J. Antmann

Brahms’ A German Requiem is a work I return to often, and it would seem I am not alone. Despite the disruptions caused by the pandemic, since 2019 it has been performed on at least nine different occasions by major ensembles around the country. Opera Australia’s Brahms: A German Requiem.

Throughout his impressive career, English tenor Alfie Boe has been defined by the music he’s made his own. This has included the starring role of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, which he has performed on and off for the better part of two decades. But who is the real Alfie Boe? Here, we finally have the answer – the complete portrait of not just the singer and actor but the man. And it’s impressive. Alfie Boe.

When I sit down to speak with Italian baritone Renato Dolcini, he isn’t at home in Milan but high up in the mountains of Trentino, on his way to the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, which has been curated by Cecilia Bartoli since 2012. There, Dolcini will perform Monteverdi’s Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda as part of the Übers Meer (Over the Seas) program, conceived and conducted by Christina Pluhar.