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Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today…
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18 operagoers need medical treatment after lesbian Hindemith opera
Florentina Holzinger’s Stuttgart production of Hindemith’s Sancta Susanna…
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Jersey hires Joshua Bell
The violinist Joshua Bell has been named principal…
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Peter Gelb blames critic for Met flop
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Rusalka is scrapped on opening night when tenor falls sick
The opening night of a new production of…
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Nine are named to compete for Met auditions
Nine finalists have been named in the Metropolitan Opera…
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So how was Anna Netrebko’s first Tosca?
First reviews are trickling in. Here they are,…
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Exclusive: A Vienna Philharmonic player is suspended on #MeToo grounds
We understand that a member of the Vienna…
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Wigmore Hall to repeat Anita’s Bundestag address
press release: Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly…
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Book Club: Every human being has a capacity for anger and violence
This third instalment of the Fortnightly Music Book…
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Sleeper bows out
Thomas Sleper retired this week after 25 years…
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How many times have I told you not to buy a record for its cover…
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: How…
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A composer’s view on Brexit: The lessons from history are not encouraging
The film, television and stage composer Howard Goodall…
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Hamburg responds to world uproar over sacking of pregnant soprano
The Staatstoper has issued a Twitter explanation for…
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Armenian, 18, wins Menuhin competition
Diana Adamyan of Armenia won the Menuhin competition in…
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Thielemann and Jansons return their ECHO awards
The conductor Christian Thielemann and his Staatskapelle Dresden…
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Hamburg fires top soprano for being pregnant
Message from Julie Fuchs: Today, I…
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A woman conductor changes orchestras ‘one note at a time’
A report on the rise of women conductors…
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I listened to nothing but Schoenberg one week
Things happen. I needed to reference the Serenade…
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An international competition for 6 or 8 hands
It’s in Bavaria this week. Some 13 groups…
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Kasper Holten takes back his old job
The former head of London’s Royal Opera has…
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US bans two Bolshoi dancers
Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova and soloist Jacopo Tissi have been…
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Sacked opera director: I was confronted by the Inquisition
The veteran director Peter Konwitschny has given his…
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Levine accuser says male victims get ignored
Chris Brown, professor of music at the University…
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