Puccini: Tosca – Amanda Echalaz & Morgan Pearse – Opera Holland Park, 2024 (Photo: Ali Wright) Puccini: Tosca; Amanda Echalaz, José de Eça, Morgan Pearse, director: Stephen Barlow, conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren, City of London […]
What Is the Use of Music Criticism Today? Guest article by Hana Gubenko What is the use of music criticism in an era when everyone feels free to form their own opinions, to like something […]
Dear Alma, I am finishing a year of teaching at a university as a sabbatical replacement for an acquaintance. My duties span the usual – a studio of undergraduate to PhD students (mix education and […]
David Krauss’s latest guest on Speaking Soundly is the outstanding American tenor Lawrence Brownlee. His ascent was not easy. He sang Tamino in The Magic Flute before he had ever seen an opera. He was […]
The The Dayton Philharmmonic Orchestra has chosen Keitaro Harada as its next Music and Artistic Director. He is 39 and has another orchestra in Georgia, the Savannah Philharmonic. Harada succeeds Neil Gittelman, who is retiring […]
The Royal Opera has selected seven artists for its Jette Parker two-year training programme. They are: Mezzo-soprano Jingwen Cai (China) Soprano Marianna Hovanisyan (Armenia) Bass-baritone Ossian Huskinson (UK) Baritone Siphe Kwani (South Africa) Pianist Richard […]
A po-faced press release from the Dutch orchestra: We are pleased to announce that our new management will take office on August 19, 2024. From that date, Rob Streevelaar is General Manager and Piet van […]
The violinist and conductor Andre Rieu poses on social media today with his favourite vegetable. Anyone got more pics of maestros with marrows, solisten mit Spinatblätter, or clarinettistes avec des carrottes? The post A celeried […]
The recording of the complete Bruckner symphonies, conducted by Maestro Rémy Ballot in the Basilica Church of St Florian has been shadowed by the sudden death of Thomas Wall, one of its chief instigators. Thomas […]
The following piece of propaganda has been posted by Lorenzo Viotti, departing music director of Dutch National Opera. The impulsive Swiss conductor, whose image can be seen at the top of the post, might be […]
