Liverpool loses a second manager
First Jurgen Klopp, now Michael Eakin. The chief executive said today he will retire next year after 16 years as CEO of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Michael has been a beacon of stability in […]
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On basic pay of $153k, NY Phil players ‘can’t make ends meet’
The musicians have begun picketing concertgoers at David Geffen Hall over their stalled wage negotiations. Earning $50k less than colleagues in Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles, they tell the New York Times today, ‘threatens our […]
Orchestra clearout in Budapest
We hear that the Orban regime has dismissed the entire management of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. The purge includes General Director, Artistic Director, PR and Marketing departments. The conductor Gabor Kali has been appointed […]
Boom, boom: It’s USA-Russia 4-2 in Domingo’s Operalia showdown
The ten finalists were made known last night: Eliza Boom, soprano, New Zealand Le Bu, bass-baritone, China Vladislav Chizhov, baritone, Russia Elmina Hasan, mezzo-soprano, Azerbaijan Liam James Karai, bass-baritone, UK/India Jack Lee, baritone, UK Kathleen […]
Death of Carnegie Hall’s most prolific presenter
The Greek-American conductor and impresario Peter Tiboris, who was died aged 76, was recognised as ‘the most prolific presenter of choral concerts in the history of Carnegie Hall.’ He presented 1,500 events worldwide, including opera, […]
Franz Welser-Möst is ordered to rest
The conductor will miss the first three weeks of the Cleveland Orchestra season, having returned unwell from its European tour. His replacements will be Osmo Vänskä, Elim Chan and associate conductor Daniel Reith. The deceptively […]
Sacked conductor ‘used threatening language’
The Belgian newspaper De Standaard has some additional details of why the early-music group Anima Eterna this week fired its ‘aggressive’ founder Jos Van Immerseel. The ensemble, it appears, was in transition from Van Immerseel’s […]
Gender split achieved in Leeds finals
Strenuous efforts to produce a gender-balanced outcome at the Leeds Piano Competition have apparently paid off. The five finalists, announced last night, are: Kai-Min Chang (Taiwan) Junyan Chen (China) Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (Canada) Khanh Nhi Luong […]
Orliński, Dreisig and Said in Gluck’s Orfeo & Euridice
Il Pomo d’Oro and counter-tenor Jakub Jozef Orliński form a Theseus thread though a trio of discs we will examine in turn: Gluck’s opera Orfeo & Euridice with Orlinski (and Elsa Dreisig and Fatima Said) […]
%20Craig%20Fuller%20(2).jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "An interview with the Snow Maiden: I chat to Ffion Edwards about taking on the title role in Rimsky Korsakov's opera with English Touring Opera")
An interview with the Snow Maiden: I chat to Ffion Edwards about taking on the title role in Rimsky Korsakov’s opera with English Touring Opera
Rimsky Korsakov: The Snowmaiden – rehearsals – English Touring Opera (Photo: Craig Fuller) Rimsky Korsakov wrote some fifteen operas across his career yet if you discount performances by visiting companies, the number of his operas […]
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