Riccardo Chailly today presented his last season as music director . He will open with Lady Macbeth of Mzensk, directed by the Russian, Vasily Barkhatov. It will be the 12th time Chailly has conducted the […]
The restless David Chan, concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra for the past 24 years, was named last night principal conductor of the Apollo Orchestra of Washington DC. Earlier this month Chan was appointed director […]
From our critic in residence: The ways in which the human voice can project hundreds of feet are close to the heart of Western theatre. In opera – despite occasional rumours of amplification in recent […]