Denmark Radio’s chamber orchestra will cease to exist next week. Canada’s Orchestra London will be wound up some time next month after the city shut
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AFP reports from La Scala, quoting the Italian news agency, that Monday night’s Schubert recital was disrupted by a photo flash in the audience. Daniel
We have been informed of the death, early today near Lausanne, Switzerland, of the Polish-born French conductor Jerzy Semkow. He was 86. A student of
Three days after John Freeman, who elicited Otto Klemperer’s most famous interview, we learn of the death of Jacques Chancel, the gentle inquisitor of Radiocopie
This is Eyvind Rafn, principal flute of the Royal Danish Orchestra, in a cigarette advertisement, dated 1967. Rafn made several such commercials for the Chr.
Anne Midgette comes down hard on the Amazon-made TV series based on Blair Tindall’s memoir of an oboist’s life on the New York freelance beat.
There’s a fascinating set of Messiah reflections from leading singers on the AskonasHolt site. Among others, John Mark Ainsley recalls: A few years ago, I
The British baritone has pulled out of a January 21 concert at the Liceu in Barcelona, citing ‘diary issues’, according to a report from the
The credit rating of the Metropolitan Opera was downgraded last night after a year of conflict and losses. The ratings firm Moody’s gave it a
If you to know the meaning of hubris, watch this new interview with the Metropolitan Opera manager by a fawning host on a college site.
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