Watch: Jussi Björling comemmorates Jean Sibelius

The Musicians Union has published some research showing that 59 per cent of their members no longer find touring Europe to be financially viable. Three-quarters of those who worked in the EU before Brexit said […]

The death has been made known of the Mexican soprano Gilda Cruz-Romo who appeared at the Met 160 times between 1970 and 1984, generally in leading roles – Aida, Tosca, Butterfly and the like. Gilda, […]

What did Vermeer’s Woman Reading a Letter learn from the correspondence? What is Rembrandt’s Night Watch talking about just before marching out? And who will catch the maiden’s slipper in Fragonard’s The Swing? The Secret Life of Paintings is a unique […]