Most Read Today:
-
Orchestras
Tenor stops mid-concert in Birmingham to stop phone snappers
The tenor Ian Bostridge shocked Symphony Hall Birmingham…
-
Orchestras
Just in: Kirill cancels Vienna Phil
The Berlin Philharmonic chief conductor Kirill Petrenko has…
-
Orchestras
New York Phil appoints independent investigator
The orchestra’s president Gary Ginstling has engaged Katya…
-
Orchestras
Breaking: Yannick takes another job
He is already music director of the Metropolitan…
Latest News:
-
RIP
Sudden death of Vienna Opera conductor
The MusikTheater an der Wien has just announced…
-
Orchestras
Violinist becomes Salzburg’s concert chief
The Austrian violinist Benjamin Schmid has been appointed…
-
RIP
London loses major benefactor
We have learned of the death, aged 95,…
-
RIP
English baritone, RIP
The popular ENO and Glyndebourne baritone Nicholas Folwell…
-
RIP
La Scala mourns veteran concertmaster
The funeral took place on Friday in Milano…
-
Orchestras
Canadian to lead Opera North
The next Leader of the Orchestra of Opera…
-
Orchestras
Complete Mengelberg to be released on CD
Dutch based Brilliant Classics have reached agreement with…
-
RIP
Two opera singers of great age
We have been advised of the recent passing…
-
News
More trouble ahead in Cleveland
A parents group has formed at Cleveland Institute…
-
News
All shall have prizes: 400,000 Euros for UK composer
The British composer Sir George Benjamin has succeeded…
-
Orchestras
Dear Alma, I’m fed up with our fly-in music director
Dear Alma, Our fly-in music director has two…
-
News
US string quartet calls it quits
The Alexander String Quartet, founded 1981, says 2024-25…
-
Orchestras
How Geffen Hall coped with NY earthquake
An eyewitness report from Friday morning’s concert for…
-
Opera
First night: Covent Garden’s new Carmen is trivial and misogynist
First-night review for Slippedisc by Alastair Macaulay Carmen…
-
Ruth Leon recommends
Ruth Leon’s Theatre Pocket Reviews
Plays seem to be coming in pairs at…
-
Orchestras
A triptych of Beethoven Brits
Decca has recorded the Beethoven triple concerto with…
-
Daily Comfort Zone
Who could ask for anything more?
Barbara Hannigan sings and conducts Gershwin’s Girl Crazy….
-
News
Iceland composer gets $100k
The Chanel Culture Fund has given composer Anna…
-
Opera
New online: The Carlos Kleiber Elektra
An audience recording at Covent Garden, taken on…
-
Orchestras
A one-man band plays Shostakovich 10th
Well, someone was going to show you this……
-