Lusine Shirinyan, an official of the Foreign Ministry in Yerevan, has circulated a statement by Agence Massis Opéra, disputing the denials by SemperOpernball that it

Guy Deplus, who died today, taught most of the leading clarinet players in France and many beyond. He founded the Concerts du Domaine Musical with

The orchestra and its management seem to have made strides to put the damaging lockout behind them, but there’s still some way to go. Press

The death is reported of Bill Holley, a long-serving tenor at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein who performed major roles in  Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart,

Operanostlgia.be reports the death of Noel Van Tyl, an American bass-baritone who was a striking Hans Sachs in Vienna and Düsseldorf before giving it all

The distinguished scholar of French Baroque music, Albert Cohen, died on December 31 at the age of 90. On the very same day, his daughter

The Bavarian State Opera has confirmed casting for Puccini’s Turandot on January 28. The title role will be sung by Anna Netrebko, the first time

The Hamburg Senate has awarded the conductor Christoph von Dohnányi with the city’s Johannes Brahms Medal. Dohnanyi, who is 90, was director and chief conductor

From a duty officer on the Slipped Disc night log: The Barbican concert last night with Gautier Capucon started almost 15 minutes late. No explanation

The organiser of the Dresden opera ball has issued a statement denying that Yusif Eyvazov demanded the removal of the Armenian soprano Ruzan Mantashyan due

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