Welsh National Opera is in trouble. It has hired two co-directors, both with social-campaigning credentials. From today’s press release: Welsh National Opera has announced today that internationally renowned Opera and Theatre Director Adele Thomas and […]
The Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili has walked out on HarrisonParrott after 27 years. She has joined up instead with second-gen management at Impresariat Simmenauer in Berlin. Her transition may be linked to the recent retirement […]
Aaron Copland and Benjamin Britten The two most significant composers of their generation – Benjamin Britten and Aaron Copland – both died this week in, respectively, 1976 and 1990. (So did Cicero but he died […]