The death has been announced of Russell Malone, a prodigious jazz guitarist who worked with many leading artists, latterly with Harry Connick Jr. and Diana Krall.
The Royal Opera has moved swiftly to replace Lise Davidsen, who’s having twins, with a home-grown soprano of great potential. The role of Sieglinde in Die Walküre in May will be performed by Natalya Romaniw, […]
Virginia Woolf: The Wavescover of the first edition, designed by Vanessa Bell Virginia Woolf’s 1931 novel, The Waves, is regarded as her most experimental, consisting of ambiguous and cryptic soliloquies spoken mainly by six characters. It […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Four months ago, I wrote about one of the least satisfying Shostakovich records I have ever heard, a performance where the conductor, a hyped young Finn, skied across […]