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Orchestras
Barenboim hands over the baton
From a correspondent in Berlin: Touching ceremony last…
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Orchestras
San Antonio is sinking
The SA Philharmonic has cancelled the rest of…
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RIP
Just in: Leif Segerstam has died
The prolific Finnish symphonist and conductor died today…
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RIP
Eminent US baritone, RIP
The death has been communicated of Dominic Cossa,…
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Orchestras
Tafelmusik adds a British leader
The Canadian baroque orchestra has recruited violinist Rachel…
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First chair of historical performance in UK? (No, it isn’t)
The Royal Academy of Music has just created…
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Conductor settles unfair dismissal case in London
There was outcry on this site in October…
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News
Rattle’s rants sound futile from afar
The conductor Sir Simon Rattle occupies page 3…
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Ruth Leon recommends
Ruth Leon recommends…The Art of the Copyist – Met Museum
The Art of the Copyist – Met Museum…
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Opera
Don’t fall asleep, she’s about to start walking
Live streaming tonight on Slippedisc, courtesy of OperaVision,…
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Why Mahler
Comment of the week: The secret life of Mahler symphonies
The conductor Sybille Werner, while working with Henry-Louis…
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Orchestras
Rotterdam Philharmonic re-enact the night the Germans bombed
Message from the orchestra with an electrifying photo;…
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News
NY Philharmonic goes ahead with Taiwan visit
Amid mounting tension over the territory’s future, the…
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ballet
Bolshoi Theatre bans Nureyev on gay grounds
Bolshoi chief Vladimir Urin said yesterday he had…
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Orchestras
Ridiculous title for royal conductor
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, 80 today and soon…
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RIP
Sad loss of an English livewire
The Times reports that Fran Hickox, founder of…
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RIP
Sudden death of noted German tenor, 67
The distinguished Leipzig tenor Martin Petzold, renowned for …
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News
Domingo jumps in at Munich
The oustanding German soprano Anja Harteros has cancelled…
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Orchestras
A sense of ending at the BBC Proms
Simon Rattle is terminating his short term as…
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Ruth Leon recommends
Ruth Leon recommends… Blues for an Alabama Sky – National Theatre
Blues for an Alabama Sky – National Theatre…
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News
No Berlin, no Vienna – it’s a poor BBC Proms
The 2023 BBC Proms, announced tonight, promises ‘a…
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News
Norway expels soprano for being half-Russian
We’re hearing that the Queen Sonja Singing Competition…
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Opera
Another $50k for Speedo
The bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green has been awarded…
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RIP
Hamburg mourns opera director
The funeral has been announced of Josef Hussek,…
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