May 28, 2023 From the CV grapevine May 28, 2023/ Classical Voice Staff This blogpost is updated several times a week.We heard that… Verona Opera Festival will celebrate 100th anniversary with 8 operas from 6/16 through 9/9. — https://www.arena.it/it/arena-di-verona French coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay will quit classical music on her 60th birthday in 2025. — https://bit.ly/435XTyQ Cellist Anastasia Kobekina signed up with Sony Classical, debut album in early 2024. — https://www.kobekina.info/ Kobekina with her 1698 stradivarius Berlin Phil gives 9 free works by 9 composers in their Digital Concert Hall - Mozart, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Haydn, Dvorak, Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner — https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/playlist/50 Violinist Stefan Jackiw broke $30,000 bow in mid-performance in Bournemouth UK last Wednesday. — https://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20235/29626/ Pretty Yende, the ‘Coronation soprano’ from South Africa, broke a leg - literally. — https://bit.ly/3pCxTMZ soprano pretty yende Frankfurt Radio Symphony and music director Alain Altinoglu announce 2023/24 season - Shostakovich cycle, trumpets and more... — https://www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de/index.html Marin Alsop was named Principal Guest Conductor of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra... — https://bit.ly/3MkeDg3