Hundreds protested today outside the Royal Opera House in London against the engagement of Russian soprano Anna Netrebko. She goes on stage on September 11.
Katharina Wagner’s parting message last night at the closing of the Bayreuth Festival 2024 was: The entire Festspielchor must re-audition. The existing Festspielchor has been disbanded. The Festspiele will hold auditions on around 10 weekends […]
A detail of A C Pugin’s drawing of the Entrance Hall, Brighton Pavilion c1821 English piano maker Thomas Tomkison (c1764-1853) made a succession of instruments for the Prince of Wales (later Prince Regent and then […]
We hear that the French star Ludovic Tézier has withdrawn from rehearsals and from the first night of the Bastille Opera’s new Rheinegold. He has flu. He is to be replaced by the Scottish bass-baritone […]