The opera of Angers Nantes has appointed a successor to the retiring Alain Surans. She is Alexandra Lacroix, founder of la Cie mpda, an independent music theatre company. Not the normal Paris École nationale d’administration […]
From Joseph Horowitz’s survey of the Met’s present tribulations in the New York Review of Books: Of the Met’s earliest Aida broadcasts, the most esteemed (it is readily available on youtube) was aired on February […]
Four Russian contestants form the largest national group, with South Korea, in October’s Operalia contest in Bulgaria. The UK is represented by the bass singer, William Thomas, who famously clashed with Sir John Eliot Gardiner. […]