Anna Netrebko goes for a late-night double Mac

From the Lebrecht Album  of the Week: Music of the Second Vienna School was condemned as noise on first reception. How deaf is that? The greatest asset of these revolutionary works is their quietude. The […]

The background to this morning’s election of the next music director at La Scala is becoming a little clearer. As so often, the data say it all. Myung Whun Chung debuted at La Scala in […]

The orchestra has spent the weekend at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, southern Italy. Riccardo Muti conducted Rossini’s William Tell Overture and Verdi’s Vespri Sicialiani, followed by Brahms’ Second Symphony. Just like olden times.   […]