Kennedy Center VP is fired
A rightwing Trumpist Floyd Brown says he has been fired as VP of development at Kennedy Center after just two weeks. His appointment was never announced through any formal process. Brown declared it two weeks […]
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Bocelli agent dies, 80
The Austrian tabloid Kurier has reported the death of its former showbiz reporter Peter Kupfer, who turned chasing stars into a profitable business. The personable Kupfer was manager of star tenors José Carreras, Juan Diego […]
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Impressive debuts: Opera Holland Park’s first Wagner opera, Der fliegende Holländer is something of a triumph
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer – Eleanor Dennis, Paul Carey Jones – Opera Holland Park (Photo: Ali Wright) Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer; Paul Carey Jones, Eleanor Dennis, Robert Winslade Anderson, Neal Cooper, Angharad Lyddon, Colin Judson, […]
Alexander Pereira gets suspended sentence
The former head of the Sazburg Festival, La Scala Milan and the Maggio Musicale has been found guilty in Florence on two counts of using money from the opera house without authority. Pereira, 77, was […]
Denmark suffers second music loss
In the week that composer Per Nørgård passed away, we are informed of the death of the important conductor Tamás Vetö. He died a week after his 90th birthday. A fugitive from the 1956 Hungarian […]
Australian composer is murdered. Son is charged
The body of Edward Grantham was found inside inside his house in Sydney’s Croydon district after a huge fire. Ted, who was 80, was a well-known organist and composer of the opera “Bitter Innocence”. He […]
Just in: Korean wins the Sibelius Competition
The verdict is just in from the Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, held over ten days at the Helsinki Music Centre. The winners are: 1st Prize €30,000: Sueye Park 2nd Prize €20,000: Minami Yoshida (Japan) 3rd […]
Never trust a Trojan!
In partnership with Opera Zuid and Nederlandse Reisopera, Dutch National Opera has developed a new concert experience in a Purcell programme centred around his short opera Dido and Aeneas. This music from more than 300 years […]
Ruth Leon recommends…Christopher (Kit) Marlowe – Playwright, poet and spy
Dr Faustus Click here to subscribe 432 years ago this week, on May 30th 1593, a man died in mysterious circumstances. He was Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan dramatist most famous for Doctor Faustus and for his […]
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival III: Battleship Potemkin, & something more relaxed
Edmund Meisel (arr. Morton) Battleship Potemkin Last year, Music in the Round celebrated 40 years, and included a performance of the film L’assassinat du duc de Guise with live music. This year upped the ante, […]
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