
Vienna’s favourite maestro dies, aged 92
We regret to report the death of Georges Pretre, an elegant French conductor who was popular wherever he went – nowhere more so than Vienna,
We regret to report the death of Georges Pretre, an elegant French conductor who was popular wherever he went – nowhere more so than Vienna,
Message from the Berkeley Symphony: BERKELEY, CA (January 3, 2017) – Berkeley Symphony announced today that Music Director Joana Carneiro has withdrawn from the Berkeley
Sara Michelle Murawski has been fired as a principal dancer at the Pennsylvania Ballet because she’s too tall. Sara has just finished a run of
Exit Kazan airport. Pursued by cops.
When Pierre Audi steps down in 2019 as director of Dutch National Opera, he will fulfil a career-long dream of staging segments from Karlheinz Stockhausen’s
Aline Sam-Giao has been named director-general of l’Orchestre national de Lyon and of Auditorium Maurice Ravel. Educated at Sussex University, she was previously chief administrator
Pit footage has emerged of a 1994 Vienna Rosenkavalier where the singing seems to drive the inspirational conductor to thoughts of self-destruction. Watch.
We hear from the editor of Pianist magazine that Anthony Goldstone died on Monday. He was 72. Widely recorded, he formed a celebrated piano
The first black singer to appear at Bayreuth, Grace Bumbry has blazed trails of glory across the opera world for more than half a century.
This time there was no-one being hustled to the door gagged by lawyers, as there was with Andrew S. Grossman. Margaret Selby, president of
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