We have been informed by one of her students that the distinguished opera soprano Marilyn Cotlow died towards the end of last year at the age of 100. Her later years were disrupted after being […]
The soprano Denise Dupleix, whose death is reported today, burst onto the scene at Tours in 1950 with the Bell Song from Lakmé. For the next four decades she was a high-note star in both […]
Louise Farrenc in 1835 Michael Haydn: Divertimento in G, Louise Farrenc: Nonet in E flat, George Onslow: Nonet in A minor; Zoffany Ensemble – Manon Derome, violin, Rachel Roberts, viola, Anthony Pleeth, cello, Lynda Houghton, […]
On one level an old-fashioned Sunday afternoon matinee, this impressive concert was also a more than usually comfortable fit for two ongoing series: the RPO’s own ‘Lights in the Dark’ strand and the Southbank Centre’s […]
The Fedora Prize was awarded last night at the Vienna State Opera to The Curing Line, by the Irish composer Michael Gallen. The Fedora is worth €100,000, the largst prize for new opera. Sung in […]
The thoughtful American composer Richard Wernick died yesterday at the age of 91. Many of his works are for chamber and vocal ensembles He won the Pulitzer in 1977 for Visions of Terror and Wonder […]
Grand Concert pour les Aixois: Haydn, Tchaikovsky , Mozart The Strings of Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra / Gábor Takács-Nagy. Cathédale Saint-Saveur, Aix en Provence, France, 20.04.2025 Haydn Die sieben letzten Worte underes Erlöser am Kreutz, […]
Epic and majestic, Titanic:The Musical captures the triumph and tragedy of the hopeful passengers on the ill-fated Ship of Dreams. Based on the real people aboard the legendary ship, Titanic:The Musical is a stirring portrait […]
Volksoper director Lotte de Beer claims that a quarter of her audience is under 30. In the coming season, announced this morning, she’s pitching for pink Euros with a Pride Week Fledermaus in June 2026. […]
Dear Alma, I am a graduate assistant at a college which offers lessons to any student who signs up. One of my students isn’t exactly tone deaf (she can sing and match pitches), but she […]
