Watch: Jussi Björling comemmorates Jean Sibelius

My Lebrecht Interview with Wasfi Kani presents a woman of colour at war with the old school ties who control British opera. Wasfi is the first to admit she’s not an easy person to get […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Month   It may be a bit early in springtime to be nominating an Album of the Year, but I’ll be very surprised if any release in the next […]

The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera has chosen Ilya Ram as Music Director, only the fourth in 91 years. Ram, 33, is presently in charge of the orchestra at Leipzig University. Back home in Tel Aviv, […]