At the start of this year, the associate concertmaster of the Concertgebouw orchestra Tjeerd Top caused a storm in the dykes by moving to the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra as concertmaster. Old rivalries revived, rude words […]
Like its operatic sibling The Marriage of Figaro, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is so perfectly formed a comedy that it almost directs itself and a good performance is virtually guaranteed. But such is its […]
Figures released on Friday by the Metropolitan Opera show that music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin was paid $2,045,038 in the year ending July 2024, a huge leap from his previous $1,307,583. Yannick is also music director […]
From Ronald Blum of the Associated Press: NEW YORK (AP) — Metropolitan Opera season attendance dropped slightly following the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that coincided with a decrease in tourists to New York. The Met […]
Message from Patrick Corrigan, head of Opéra de Montréal: Today I announced my retirement and will conclude my work as General Director of Opéra de Montréal on October 31, 2025. This will mark the end […]
The Israeli-Palestinian pianist Nabil Hayek took first prize last night in the Jose Iturbi Competition in Valencia. Hayek, 23, studied with Arie Vardi in Tel Aviv and with Murray Perahia in Jerusalem. A practising Christian, […]
Not many music gongs. Alex Beard (pic), CEO of the Royal Ballet and Opera since 2013, becomes Sir Alex. David Pickard who ran the BBC Proms for 9 years gets an OBE. Ann Atkinson, former […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: There are four world premiere recordings on this utterly original disc, so if you have even a smidgeon of curiosity about the legend known as Alkan you will […]
Royal Conservatoire Scotland has fired its head of jazz, Professor Tommy Smith, after an investigation into allegations of a relationship with a first-year student, according to the Mail on Sunday. Smith is a formidable figure […]
We attach an Instagram post from the American mezzosoprano Irene Roberts, who claims to have been assaulted by a male singer during a performance of Carmen at the Berlin Staatsoper. The only official response was […]
