Not the soloist, watch the cello

The Almeida director Rupert Goold has been named artistic director of the iconic Old Vic theatre, succeeding Matthew Warchus. Goold, 52, has staged several musicals, but no opera. The post Old Vic names new boss […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Lukas Foss was a classmate of Leonard Bernstein’s at the Curtis Institute and a lifelong friend, though never an equal. While Bernstein blazed to national glory in his […]

Very few female painters have survived the male heirarchy of art history and come down to us with their reputations burnished and their talents finally recognised. There are only two who come to mind immediately […]