Pick of the Week

February 12, 2019 2 Comments

Following its 2018 Olivier Award wins for Best Musical Revival and Best Costume Design and a sold out run at

Norman Lebrecht March 26, 2010

Bliss, Brett Dean’s opera on Peter Carey’s novel, opened in Sydney amid a tide of patriotism for Australia’s most important

Norman Lebrecht March 26, 2010

Courtney Love, widow of the late Kurt Cobain and supposedly ‘the most controversial woman in the history of rock’, has

Norman Lebrecht March 25, 2010

When the meditative music of Arvo Pärt and Henryk Mikolai Gorecki reached western ears in the early 1980s, it was

Norman Lebrecht March 23, 2010

Susana, widow of the composer William Walton, has died in the garden shrine she created in his memory at La

Norman Lebrecht March 22, 2010

The Sony label, which paid $3 million to snatch Lang Lang from Deutsche Grammophon a few weeks ago, has swooped again

Norman Lebrecht March 22, 2010

The death of Wolfgang Wagner, announced Sunday night, ends a post-war era at Bayreuth that was almost as unpleasant as the

Norman Lebrecht March 21, 2010

The Vienna Philharmonic has posted a tribute to one of its oldest friends, Franz Mailer, the supreme authority on three-four

Norman Lebrecht March 19, 2010

In the second episode of my conversation with the strings world in The Strad magazine, I discuss what has been

Norman Lebrecht March 7, 2010

Before you sit down tonight to watch the Oscars, you may wish to sample the latest in-depth analysis of one

Norman Lebrecht March 6, 2010

The great English tenor, the outstanding Peter Grimes and Aschenbach of recent years, has succumbed to a rapid, aggressive cancer.

Norman Lebrecht March 5, 2010

Coming out of a premiere at the Young Vic last night, I overheard the following exchange between two of the