International soprano returns to Gergiev’s Bolshoi

A PR informs us this morning that the Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson has passed ‘the remarkable landmark of one billion’ streams of his varied programmes. His video of the Goldberg Variations alone has reached over […]

The apparently departing music director has gone to great lengths to reassure the West Coast that, whatever happens in New York, home stays home. From an interview with Mark Swed of the LA Times: “I […]

Could be interesting. This is Christine Nilsson – no relation to Birgit – and she’s going down very well in Aida. She’s from Ystaad, with local management, and still appearing mostly in Stockholm. But that’s […]