The SWR Symphony Orchestra has notified the media that its incoming artistic director Francois-Xavier Roth is unavailable for this summer’s concerts, ‘following allegations of sexual harassment.’ The Finnish conductor Eva Ollikainen will replce his all-Schoenberg […]
Performers from all parts of the opera world are lamenting the death, aged 35, from cancer, of the Belgian coloratura soprano Jodie Devos. Lisette Oropesa: I’m so sad to read about her crossing over… The […]
One of Cambrian Harps’ Discover the Harp sessions Cambrian Harps, a company from the heart of Wales specialising in making harps and encouraging harp playing, is on a mission to show the country and the […]
Robin Haigh: LUCK – Matilda Lloyd, Britten Sinfonia, Jessica Cottis – Aldeburgh Festival at Snape Maltings, 2024 (Photo: Angus Cooke) Purcell: Chaconny in G minor, Handel: Organ Concerto in D minor, Op.7, No.4, Robin Haigh: […]
The singing contest will take place in Mumbai, India, in September. These are the selected contestants: Nurgalym Amanbay, tenor, Kazakhstan Eliza Boom, soprano, New Zealand Le Bu, bass-baritone, China Vladislav Chizhov, baritone, Russia Monica Conesa, […]
Alexander Goldscheider czechs out the latest scene stealers: Prague’s opera life has blossomed in the last years and its ambition has been fruitful. Three opera houses – National Theatre, Estates Theatre and the State Opera […]
We have been notified of the death today in Paris of Jodie Devos, a Belgian coloratura soprano of international renown. The cause was breast cancer. Jodie was just 35. Ten years ago she came second […]
The death has been communicated of the American tenor Paul Sperry, a recitalist who dedicated much of his life to new music by US composers. His premieres covered works by Robert Beaser, William Bolcom, Victoria […]
Dear Alma, I am happily married, with two college-aged children and a husband I love and am compatible with. My problem? I keep finding myself in desperate crushes with people at work. I can’t stop […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Lukas Foss was a classmate of Leonard Bernstein’s at the Curtis Institute and a lifelong friend, though never an equal. While Bernstein blazed to national glory in his […]
