We hear that Danielle DeNiese is to replace Bartoli as Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare directed by Robert Carsen at La Scala in October. Bartoli

The philosopher Bryan Magee, author of the hugely influential Aspects of Wagner (1968) and The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy (2001), died today aged 89.

The Journal de Montréal reports record crowds for the annual Orchester Métropolitain outdoor concert at the foot of Mont Royal. Grieg, a Tchaikovsky symphony and

Tributes are flooding in for the Dutch cellist who died yesterday, a man who rewrote the rules of cello playing. Here are some penetrating thoughts.

In a gentle baptismal interview with the Times – the only UK newspaper to carry classical interviews – the LPO’s Edward Gardner earns a million

Hats off to this morning’s Neue Presse of Hannover, which nails the summer festival’s opening production of Tannhäuser with a headline that will resound long after

The Anglo-Danish cellist Jacob Shaw, a frequent flier with his instrument, just got in trouble again with the airline desk-rats. Oh, Canada…. you can do

Marta Alvarez, Spain Rafael Angster, France Donatien Bachmann, Switzerland Denisa Beňovská, Slovakia Javier Biosca, Spain Marie Boichard, France Sophie Breit, Austria Ariane Bresch, France Andrea

The baritone Mariusz Kwiecień has continued a three-month run of cancellations by pulling out of the Ozawa Festival in Japan, where he was meant to

The Francois Girard film of my novel The Song of Names, with Tim Roth and Clive Owen in the key roles, will have its gala