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American Baritone Thomas Hampson’s BBC HARDtalk Interview with Sarah Montague: Tough, or Just Stupid?
The leading American baritone Thomas Hampson appears to have done his reputation no end of good (not that it needed much polishing, let’s face it) with a gracious and yet eloquent and robust defense of his art form on the BBC’s HARDtalk program. The television show espouses a confrontational house style and interviewer Sarah Montague had clearly been instructed to put Hampson on the spot about the popularity and expense of opera. EXCLUSIVE: Timo Andres Plays Mozart's 'Coronation' Cadenza
Hear how Timo Andres crowned his own cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537 (i.e. "Coronation").
