For around two decades, Peter Gelb at the Met has expanded his reach into cinemas and done his best to exclude all other opera houses from his hoome market. Now, facing declining audiences, he has […]
Having re-worked Vaughan Williams’ Riders to the Sea earlier this year [see composer Michael Betteridge’s article], Southampton-based OperaUpClose has announced that its next project will be a reimagined version of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. Gianni Schicchi (or Where […]
The California summer festival Menlo@music is to lose its founding leadership. David Finckel and Wu Han have let it be known they will retire after the 2026 festival, having given quarter of a century to […]