Arguably the least musical US national anthem

Aaron Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man Born on this day in 1900, Aaron Copland  was 90 when he died in 1990. Often referred to as the “Dean of American Composers”, he wrote in a […]

The state theatre of Kassel, where the young Gustav Mahler learned the conducting ropes, has chosen the Lithuanian Ainars Rubikis as its Generalmusikdirektor. Rubikis, 45, was formerly GMD at the Komische Oper Berlin. The post […]

Shanghai media are reporting that Katharina Wagner is in town to sign a three-year residency with Shanghai Grand Theatre, running from 2025 to 2027. The deal is for Tristan und Isolde, Walküre and Tannhäuser to […]