Anna Netrebko cancelled last night’s performance ‘due to illness’. Jennifer Rowley stood in.

The Met says: ‘The soprano is still scheduled for the final two performances at the Met. She is also scheduled to return to Baden Baden for Adriana Lecouvreur.’

 

One of our readers, Roger Gunn, has produced a labour of love – a chart of 110 female composers, with each composer’s image linked to a video of her music.

Click here.

You may be in for a few surprises.

 

As rare as it gets.

The Cuban-born pianist was 22 at the time, a student of Godowsky and Josef Hofmann.

The following year, he won the Naumburg Competition and had lift-off.

The Lyric Symphony is Zemlinsky’s homage to Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde.

Who knew this rapturous performance was lurking on Loot-tube?

The vocal soloists are Maria Bengtsson and Bo Skovhus.