The influential New York violist Karen Ritscher has died after a series of illnesses at the age of 73. Starting out as principal viola at Dallas Opera and Houston Grand Opera, Karen went on to […]
The Orchestre National de France has named its next chief conductor to succeed Cristian Macelaru (who’s heading to Cincinnati). The incoming boss will be Philippe Jordan, music director of the Vienna State Opera, whose tenure […]
Mieczysław Weinberg’s opera on Dostoievsky novel The Idiot has received audience ovations and ecstatic reviews at the Salzburg Festival. The director Krzysztof Warlikowski updates the story to Putin’s Russia, replete with characters selling their souls […]