An open statement by oboist Mary Gilbert: After 26 years I have decided to leave Northern Ballet, or told them I never want to work there again. Being a professionally musician should be a joyous […]
At the LA Phil, Gustavo Dudamel got on exceedingly well with his precedessor as music director Esa-Pekka Salonon. Looks like the pact is transferring to New York. Dude will be MD. E-P is taking the […]
At the beginning of the 1870s, Smetana faced a rising number of challenges to his position of artistic director of Prague’s opera ensemble. From this tense and pressured period for the composer sprang a work […]