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 January 21, 2014

In a hazardous balcony scene, the Russian diva comes out this morning singing, ‘my tiny toes are frozen’. Feel free

Norman Lebrecht January 21, 2014

The Montreal International Musical Competition is claiming to be the first among the 126 World Federation of International Music Competitions

Norman Lebrecht January 21, 2014

The Opéra de Lyon has launched an appeal to recover a saxophone that was stolen from jazz player Jacques Schwarz-Bart on the Paris-Lyon TGV.

Norman Lebrecht January 21, 2014

Full story here. It is claimed that she is the first opera diva to be awarded the honour of singing the

Norman Lebrecht January 21, 2014

Lorin has posted what he was about to say at the Davos Economic Forum, had he not been diverted to

Norman Lebrecht January 21, 2014

We didn’t say that. They did. The Welsh so-called ‘opera singer’ has a a new record deal after being dropped

Norman Lebrecht January 21, 2014

Like me, Franz Welser-Möst does yoga. Actually, he’s been doing it a lot longer, but I’m catching up…

Norman Lebrecht January 21, 2014

We warned that more bits would fall off the troubled agency when Libby Abrahams quit two months ago as v-p. Well,

Norman Lebrecht January 21, 2014

I ripped open a new Luto release and there was not a single work I knew. It’s the piano music,

Norman Lebrecht January 21, 2014

Claudio Abbado ci ha lasciati. Ma alla Scala resterà per sempre. It begins: Claudio Abbado has left us, but at La

Norman Lebrecht January 21, 2014

Seiji Ozawa has posted a short tribute to his comrade: Claudio and I were good friends from before either of