Novak Djokovic, 36, can never be counted out. He may be down – as he was after the first set during the final of the Western & Southern Open – against Carlos Alcaraz, 20, but rose like a Phoenix in what was nothing short of a nail biter of a match that pitted the two highest ranked male players in the world against each other.
A leading authority on performance practice and performance history, Professor Ryamond Holden AM is the author of The Virtuoso Conductors: The Central European Tradition from Wagner to Karajan for Yale University Press, among other books. Part II examines Herbert von Karajan’s recording career.
Novak Djokovic, 36, can never be counted out. He may be down – as he was after the first set during the final of the Western & Southern Open – against Carlos Alcaraz, 20, but rose like a Phoenix in what was nothing short of a nail biter of a match that pitted the two highest ranked male players in the world against each other.
In a grueling match that lasted four hours and 42 minutes, Carlos Alcaraz, 20, defeated Novak Djokovic 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.
Michael D. Miller, the president of the Los Angeles-based Operetta Foundation and board chairman of the Ohio Light Opera, is passionate about Emmerich Kálmán’s music. Miller is also one of the world’s foremost experts on the Hungarian composer.
The modern history of opera can be divided into before and after Luciano Pavarotti. In a wide-ranging interview, Nicoletta Mantovani, Pavarotti’s widow, opens up about his lesser-known attributes.