The BBC Singers, almost abolished last year by top-floor decree, is upping its attention-seeking strategy. This just dropped in: On Tuesday 21 May at 7pm, singers of all abilities across the UK are invited to […]
Message from the Russian soprano’s people: Anna Netrebko is unfortunately obliged to withdraw from her two performances of Aida at the Arena di Verona this summer for personal reasons. “I sincerely regret the inconvenience this […]
The billionaire Klaus-Michael Kühne has promised to give 300 million euros to build a new opera house. The city has allocated a site. But the bureaucrats are dithering over small print and the donor, 87, […]